2039 and beyond -- St. Louis River Walkers thread

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Record: 75-65, 2nd, 3 GB Cedar Rapids
Dayton starting pitcher Brian Budd and the Pilots bullpen combined to limit St. Louis to one hit in a 7-0 victory at Camden Yards (1992)/
Budd (6-13) held the River Walkers hitless until Rich Dodson doubled with two outs in the top of the sixth inning.
Budd got Tom Porter to ground out to end the inning.
He then exited the game, having allowed no runs on the one hit. He struck out three and walked three.
A trio of relievers, Moises Rodriguez, Tony Cardenas and Billy Lavala, all pitched an inning and didn't allow a base runner the rest of the way.
The game was scoreless into the bottom of the fifth when Dayton finally got something going against River Walkers starting pitcher Ming Xiang.
Ruben Cruz led off with a double and moved to third on a Mike Casebolt single.
After a flyout, Budd drove in the game's first run with a single.
Bobby Mullan followed that with a two-run double.
Dayton hit a pair of homers in the bottom of the seventh as it piled on four more runs.
Mark Dow opened the inning with a lead-off shot off Victor Roisles.
Alex Richards did the rest with a three-run homer off rookie Allan Almon.

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Record: 75-66, 2nd, 3 GB Cedar Rapids
Dayton starting pitcher Marty Benitez didn't allow a hit until six inning and only run for the seven he pitched, as the Pilots downed St. Louis 4-1 at Camden Yards (1992).
The previous game, Dayton's Brian Budd had not allowed a hit until there were two outs in the bottom of the sixth when Rich Dodson connected on a double.
In this game, the first River Walkers hit came on a lead-off single by Mike Vaughan in the sixth.
Benitez, got the next batter, R.J. Gomez, to hit into a double play.
Miguel Cisenros then flew out to end the inning.
Benitez also pitched a scoreless seventh but also was on the mound to begin the eighth when he allowed a lead-off single to Joe Allen.
With the score 2-0, Benitez was relieved by Elvis Pool , who gave up the lone St. Louis run on a Jose Ramon double.
But he was able to get out of the inning with the score 2-1.
The Pilots had got those runs on single runs in the bottom of the fourth -- Doug Brinton drew a walk, went to third on an Alex Colon double and scored on a Mike Casebolt fly ball -- and fifth - Bobby Mullan solo homer -- off St. Louis starter Miguel Cisneros.
Cisneros was making his first start in the majors since suffering a back injury in late June.
A two-run homer with two outs in the eighth from pinch-hitter Alex Richards off reliever Carlos Hernandez made it 4-1.
Luis Sosa pitched the ninth for the Pilots, earning his 23rd save.

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Record: 76-66, 2nd, 3 GB Cedar Rapids
Tied 1-1, pinch-hitter Jose Ramon connected on a two-run, two-out single in the top of the ninth inning to help lift St. Louis to a 3-1 win over Dayton at Camden Yards (1992).
The victory gave the River Walkers a split of the four-game series with the Pilots.
Dayton had tied it 1-1 in the bottom of the eighth when Alex Richard led off the inning with a homer of St. Louis reliever Leo Hermosillo.
In the ninth, Nick Shaw led off with a single off Pilots closer Luis Sosa.
Tony Urbalejo then replaced Shaw at first as a pinch-runner.
While Sosa was getting the next two batters to fly out, Urbajelo stole second base.
Pinch-hitter Mark Herman was then given an intentional walk.
R.J. Gomez then reached on an error by first baseman Ruben Cruz to load the bases.
This brought Ramon to the plate, and he dinged a 2-2 pitch just over the infield deep enough to score Urbalejo and Herman.
St. Louis starter Kevin Hrdlicka went 5.1 shutout innings, allowing four hits. He struck out six and walked three.
Brett McVey finished the sixth and got the first two outs of the seventh.
Hermosillo got out of the seventh before giving up Richards' homer in the eighth.
Chris Willett got two outs to end the eighth.
Closer Craig Fritzler earned his 23rd save.

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MBL news: Sept. 12 -- Week 23 - Awards and standings

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Record: 77-66, 2nd, 2 GB Cedar Rapids
Trailing 6-4, Nolan Gorman hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning to help lift St. Louis to a 7-6 win over Rockford at Busch Stadium (2006).
The Lightning had gone up 6-4 with a pair of runs in the top of the fifth.
Yui Wantanabe led off the inning with a single off River Walkers reliever Kyle Smarr.
Wantanbe scored when Greg Bernier tripled.
Bernier scored on a Joel Petucci fly ball.
St. Louis three runs sixth featured three errors by the Rockford infield.
It started when lead-off hitter Alex Boychuk reached on a miscue by Wantanbe at shortstop.
With Orland Claude replacing Danny Wright on the mound, Nick Shaw got on base when third baseman Joel Petrucci booted a grounder.
This brought Gorman to the plate, with an 0-1 count he smacked the ball 408 feet over the wall in right to put St. Louis in front.
It was a bad outing for Walkers starting pitcher Xavier Wigfall, who was pulled in the third inning.
For the game, he worked two innings, allowing four runs on four hits. He struck out two and walked three.
It was hard to keep track of, but he is how it looked beginning with Chris Willett.
Willett pitched 1.1 innings, Kyle Smarr two full innings, Victor Rosiles got three outs.
Roisles (2-1) got the win.
Carlos Hernandez recorded four outs.
Alex Rios got the final out of the eighth.
Craig Fritzler sent the Lightning down in order in the ninth for his 24th save.

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Record: 77-67, 2nd, 3 GB Cedar Rapids
Tony Santana limited St. Louis to one run on two hits over the first six innings to help lead Rockford to a 5-2 win over the River Walkers at Busch Stadium (2006).
The lone run Santana (2-1) allowed came in the bottom of the sixth -- pinch-hitter Daniel Lopez led off with a homer -- by which time the Lightning led 3-0.
The only other hit allowed by Santana was a lead-off single by Nick Shaw in the second.
For the game, Santana struck out six and walked one.
Three relievers all pitched one inning, Greg Krawczyk, Matt Whitmore and Bobby Westerman, to close out the game.
Whitmore gave up the second Walkers run in the eighth, Rich Dodson driving in a run with a double.
Westerman, who spent parts of four seasons in St. Louis, posted his 10th save since coming back from elbow surgery notched his 10th save.
Rockford notched three of its runs against Walkers starting pitcher Juan Farias.
David Blanton singled with one out in the top of the first and scored on a two-out double by Yui Wantanabe.
Blanton scored again in the third.
He again singled with one out.
A wild pitch moved him to second.
Walks to Erik Stowe and Wantnabe loaded the bases.
With two outs, Joel Petrucci drew the third walk of the inning to make it 2-0.
Petrucci made it 3-0 in the sixth when he led off with a double off Farias and scored on a Nigel Collins single.
Pinch-hitter Jared Braude homered off Alex Rios in the eighth.
The Lightning loaded the bases against Leo Hermosillo in the ninth, and Brett McVey issued St. Louis' second bases-loaded walk of the game, this one to pinch-hitter Duncan Littleton, to push their lead to 5-2.

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Record: 78-67, 2nd, 2 GB Cedar Rapids
Ming Xiang was not great on the mound, allowing two runs over six innings, but he also drove in three runs with the bat to help lead St. Louis to a 9-4 win over Rockford at Busch Stadium (2006).
The victory gave the River Walkers wins in two of three games in the series.
Down 1-0, Xiang provided perhaps his biggest contribution to the win in the bottom of the second inning with a two-out, two-run single off Lightning ace Melvin Chavez to put his team in front for good.
After Rockford tied it with a run in the top of the fourth, Xiang untied it in the bottom half getting down a bunt with the bases loaded to score Mike Vaughan to put the Walkers ahead for good.
Another run scored later in the inning on a Jose Ramon fly ball, as St. Louis took a 4-2 lead.
That advantage just grew from there.
The Walkers scored twice in the fifth -- Joe Allen with an RBI double to chase Chavez, while another run scored on an error by Lightning second baseman Ernesto Ferraras on a ball hit by Mark Herman -- and once in the seventh -- Ramon led off with a double off Gregg Krawczyk and scored on a Daniel Lopez ground -- to take a 7-2 lead.
Lopez connected on a two-run double off Danny Wright in the eighth to push that lead to 9-2.
On the mound, Xiang (12-11) went six innings, allowing two runs on five hits. He struck out four and walked the same.
Rookie Allan Almon worked a scoreless seventh for the Walkers.
Victor Rosiles got the first out of the eighth while Frank Jimenez recorded the final two.
Jimenez returned to the mound for the ninth and gave up a two-run homer to Erik Stowe.
That brought Brett McVey into the game. He retired three straight to end it.

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The game between the St. Louis River Walkers and Louisville Sluggers scheduled for Sept. 16 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis has been postponed by rain.
It will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Sept. 17.

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Record: 79-67, 2nd, 1 GB Cedar Rapids
St. Louis had two big innings -- a three-run fourth and a four-run eighth -- to power its way to an 8-4 win over Louisville in the opening game of a doubleheader at Busch Stadium (2006).
Down 1-0, the River Walkers scored three times in the bottom of the fourth off Sluggers starting pitcher Josh McDonald on three singles and a walk.
The first run scored when there were bases loaded with one out.
Mark Herman hitting a grounder to the first base to score Manuel Coke from third.
Mike Vaughan followed with a two-run single to give St. Louis a 3-1 lead.
It's lead at 4-3, Manuel Coke had hit a solo homer off McDonald in the sixth, the Walkers busted out after a rain delay stopped play with one out in the bottom of the eighth.
Coke got it rolling with a two-out solo homer -- his second of the game and 46th of the season.
It came off Louisville reliever Bryan Bohan.
And the Walkers kept on rolling.
Nick Shaw reached on an error by Victor Archuleta.
Joe Allen followed with a double before a walk to Mark Herman loaded the bases.
Vaughan then cleared the bags with a double, giving him five RBIs for the game. and St. Louis an 8-3 lead.
Walkers starting pitcher Miguel Cisenros (6-7) went 5.2 innings, allowing one run on four hits. He struck out three and walked the same.
Cisneros exited the game with runners on second and third.
Leo Hermosillo got pinch-hitter Pete Crow-Armstrong to fly out to end the inning.
Hermosillo also recorded the first out of the seventh.
Chris Willett finished off the seventh.
Victor Rosiles got the first out of the eighth and was responsible for allowing two runs to score.
Brett McVey completed the eighth without allowing another run to score.
Rookie Allen Almon allowed three straight batters to reach bases to open the ninth.
Alex Rios came on to finish the game, not allowing the Sluggers to get any closer than 8-4, earning his second save.

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Record: 80-67, 2nd, 0.5 GB Cedar Rapids
A six-run bottom of the third inning pushed St. Louis out to a 6-0 lead, and after Louisville got close, the River Walkers busted it open again with three runs in the bottom of the eighth as it defeated the Sluggers 9-5 to complete a doubleheader sweep at Busch Stadium (2006).
Louisville starting pitcher Garrett Karp got a fly out to open the bottom of the third but Jose Ramon followed with a walk to get things going.
Rich Dodson, Manuel Coke, Nick Shaw and Mark Herman connected for four straight singles -- Shaw's and Herman's driving in runs -- to put the Walkers in front.
Alex Boychuk drove in a fly ball to center.
Nolan Gorman then contributed the big blow with a three-run homer.
Louisville did climb back into the game.
Brice Mills hit a three-run homer off Walkers starter Kevin Hrdlicka in the fourth making it 6-3.
An inning later, Tom Blevins led off with a homer and two walks and an err by Rich Dodson at second base loaded the bases and forced Hrdlicka from the game.
Chris Willett came on and stuck out Bob Crandall to keep it 6-4.
The Sluggers pulled within 6-5 in the top of the seventh.
Kyle Smarr gave up back-to-back one-out singles to Dan Boyle and Willie Miranda.
Pete Crow Armstrong then scored Boyle with a two-out single off Alex Rios.
But the Walkers claimed a comfortable margin again the in the eighth.
Pinch-hitter Joe Allen led off the inning with a homer off Nate Blaszak.
The next three batters also reached against Blaszak, loading the bases.
Nick Shaw drove home a run with a fly ball to right.
Mark Herman made it 9-5 with a single to left center.
Hrdlicka didn't last long enough to earn the victory, pitching 4.2 innings during which he allowed four runs on four hits. He struck out five and walked six.
Willett finished off the fifth for St. Louis.
Smarr (5-1) earned the win by pitching the sixth and getting the first out of the seventh.
Rios finished the seventh and worked a scoreless eighth.
The ninth belonged to Carlos Hernandez.

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Record: 81-67, 1st, 0.5 GA Cedar Rapids
St. Louis jumped out to a 3-0 lead with some early offense and went on to defeat Louisville 6-2 at Busch Stadium (2006).
The victory gave the River Walkers a sweep of the three-game series.
It also moved them a half-game in front of Cedar Rapids in the National League South Division standings.
Daniel Lopez scored the game's first run after drawing a lead-off walk from Sluggers starter Cole Duensing in the bottom of the first.
A bunt by Tom Porter moved Lopez to second.
He scored on a single by Nick Shaw.
In the next inning, Kerry Fackelman drew a one-out walk from Duensing.
Pitcher Xavier Wigfall then reached on a throwing error by catcher Joe Connel.
Lopez brought Fackelman across the plate with a fly ball to left.
Wigfall then scored when Louisville third baseman Brice Mills booted a ball hit by Tom Porter, as the St. Louis lead grew to 3-0.
A pair of Sluggers runs off Wigfall in the third did make it 3-2.
But St. Louis answered with a run in the bottom of the third.
Duensing issued a pair of one-out walks and the Sluggers third error of the game -- this one by second baseman Chris Zoltan -- loaded the bases.
Wigfall got down a bunt to score Mark Herman as St. Louis went ahead 4-2.
The Walkers got the game's final two runs in the seventh against the Louisville bullpen.
Ludo Enrigue gave up singles to three of the inning's first four batters -- the third single by Mike Vaughan scored Nick Shaw, who had led off with a single -- making it 5-2.
Mark Herman scored the inning's second run when pinch-hitter Nolan Gorman reached on the Sluggers fourth error of the game.
It was committed by Mills, his second of the game.
Wigfall (5-7) went 6.1 innings, allowing two runs on seven hits. He struck out eight and walked two.
Leo Hermosillo finished the seventh for St. Louis.
The eighth and ninth belonged to Frank Jimenez and Chris Willett, respectively.

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MBL news: Sept. 19 -- Week 24- Awards and standings

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Record: 82-67, 1st, 0.5 GA Cedar Rapids
Rookie starting pitcher Juan Farias allowed two runs over 6.2 innings, he also drove in three of his team's runs in a 4-2 win over Peoria in the first game of a doubleheader at Globe Like Park.
The River Walkers were the home team due to this being a game that was rescheduled a game that had been rained out in St. Louis earlier in the season.
Farias (6-5) allowed two runs on seven hits over 6.2 innings. He struck out six and didn't walk a batter.
The first run he allowed came in the top of the first -- a two-out RBI single by Eric Nichols -- the second happened in the seventh -- on a solo homer by Ethan Rives to lead off the inning and make the score 4-2.
Farias left the game with two outs in the seventh after having thrown 93 pitches.
Alex Rios (0.2 IP) and Carlos Hernandez (0.2) got the game to the ninth.
Craig Fritzler allowed two baserunners in the ninth but still earned his 25th save.
Offensively, Farias put St. Louis ahead with a two-out, two-run double off Rivermen starting pitcher Ian Goshe in the bottom of the second inning.
Manuel Coke hit his 47th home run of the season off Goshe in the third pushing that advantage to 3-1.
Farias collected his third RBI in the fourth with a bunt off Gose, scoring Mike Vaughan who had led off with a single.
A Mark Herman single had moved Vaughan to third.

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Record: 82-68, 1st, Tied/w. Cedar Rapids
Peoria starting pitcher Seth Sipple allowed one run over the first seven innings -- he also drove in a run with a single -- to help the Rivermen defeat St. Louis 4-3 and earn a doubleheader split at Globe Life Park.
Sipple (8-12) allowed just three hits in his time on the mound while striking out five and issuing one walk.
The lone run the Walkers got off Sipple was on Manuel Coke's 49th homer of the season in the top of the fourth, making it 2-1.
Peoria's Bobby Dodson had opened the scoring with his 30th homer of the season, a two-run shot St. Louis rookie starter Billy Hermann in the bottom of the first.
Herman had come up from AAA Memphis to pitch this game due to a shortage of starting pitchers.
The Rivermen's other runs came in the fourth -- Sipple with a two-out single off Hermann -- and sixth-- Eric Nichols led off with a double off Kyle Smarr and scored on a Steven Williams single -- as they took a 4-1 lead.
The Walkers scored a pair of runs in the eighth off reliever Hans Aguiar.
Tom Porter drove them both in with a single.
But Peoria closer Juan Munoz came on to the get final out of the eighth -- Nick Shaw popped out to the shortstop after Coke had drawn a walk to load the bases - and followed that by setting the side down in order in the ninth for his 28th save.

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The St. Louis River Walkers have sent left-handed relief pitcher Frank Jimenez to AAA Memphis after he had to leave their 4-3 loss to Peoria on Sept. 20 with a back injury.
Jimenez is expected to miss a week and will actually remain with the club but not be eligible to pitch as Memphis' season has come to an end.
The 25-year-old Jimenez has had a bumpy season bouncing back and forth between St. Louis and Memphis.
In 43 games with the Walkers, he has pitched in 43 games (all in relief) and gone 0-3 with a 5.30 ERA.
He has worked a total of .37.1 innings, during which he has struck out 48 and posted a 1.69 WHIP.
Getting called up from AAA is 23-year-old left-hander Nate Simmons.
Simmons most of the season at AAA, where he went 11-7 with a 2.71 ERA in 25 games. He pitched 159.2 innings, during which he struck out 142 and had a 1.03 WHIP.
St. Louis also announced that after making his start in the second game of the doubleheader against Peoria, Billy Hermann has been returned to the Memphis roster while Juan Farias is back on the major-league roster.

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Record: 82-64, 2nd, 1 GB Cedar Rapids
Tied 4-4, Peoria's Bobby Dotson led off the bottom of the eighth inning with a double off St. Louis reliever Carlos Hernandez and eventually scored on a Jaydeen Keets fly ball to right off Brett McVey to give the Rivermen a 5-4 win at Globe Life Park.
Dotson moved to third when Juan Felix followed his double with a single.
McVey then relieved Hernande and his first pitch was hit too deep to right to keep the run from scoring.
The River Walkers grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the first when Manuel Coke doubled with one out off Peoria starting pitcher Lorenzo Mascorro.
The Rivermen wasted little time seizing the lead in the bottom of the inning with a pair of runs off St. Louis starter Ming Xiang.
Jeff Neiderer and Tony Gamez both singled with one out.
After Bobby Dotson hit into a fielder's choice, eliminating Gamez, Eric Nichols drove both runners in doubling into left center on the first pitch he saw.
The Peoria lead would eventually become 4-1
Neiderer reached on an error by Kerry Fackelman at shortstop to begin the third inning.
He scored on a Gamez double.
Bradley Monesir homered off Xiang in the sixth -- his seventh of the season -- pushing that lead to 4-1.
The Walkers did come back to tie it with three runs against the Peoria bullpen in the top of the eighth.
The first run scored on a wild pitch by Mike German.
Rich Dodson plated the other two with a bases-loaded single.
Mascorro went five innings, allowing one run on three hits. He struck out six and walked one.
Hector Aledina (1.2 IP) and Bobby Dellinger (0.1) combined to pitch the sixth and seventh innings.
German (6-4) got the win despite blowing the save in the eighth.
Casey Owens walked two batters but didn't allow a run in the ninth to collect his first save.

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Columbus right-hander Cesar Gamez pitched his first no-hitter at the major league level in the Golden Bears 2-0 win over Cincinnati at Forbes Field (1959).
Gamez (10-11) allowed just one baserunner -- it came when the River Sharks Brian Vargo reached on a booted ground ball by Columbus third baseman Justin Schneider -- while striking out five and walking none.
It is the third no-hitter of the season.
Milwaukee's Pablo Maldonaldo no-hit Chicago on August 8.
Evansville's Ben Wilson tossed a no-hitter 10 days later against Dayton.
Gamez effort also helped Columbus wrap up the American League East Division title with a 92-59 record.
The Bears lead second-place Cincinnati by 12 games with 11 contests left on the schedule.
It is the ninth division championship for the Bears.
Columbus has reached the World Series five times (2019, '21,'27, '29 and '38) and won three championships (2019, '29 and '38).

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Record: 82-70, 2nd, 2 GB Cedar Rapids
Former River Walker Brad Monroe limited St. Louis to one run over 7.1 innings and Peoria beat up on St. Louis rookie starting pitcher Nate Simmons in his major league debut as the Rivermen breezed to a 9-1 win at Globe Life Park.
The win was Peoria's third in a row to complete the four-game series.
Monroe (8-14), who went 15-6 in 2038, his lone season in St. Louis, allowed one run -- on a Rich Dodson homer in the top of the third inning which tied it 1-1 -- on just four hits. He struck out four and didn't issue a walk.
Francisco Perez pitched the final 1.2 innings for Peoria and did not allow a base runner.
Tied 1-1, some sloppy defense opened the door for a three-run bottom of the third for the Rivermen.
First baseman Tom Porter and Dodson at third both made errors to open the inning and put two runners on.
Tony Gamez, who went 3 for 4, followed with an RBI double off Simmons to snap the tie.
Simmons then uncorked a wild pitch, allowing Noah Smith to score the inning's second run.
Eric Nichols plated the third run of the frame with a deep fly ball to center.
The Rivermen tacked on three more runs in the fourth.
Simmons retired the inning's first two batters but then fell apart.
He walked Danny Camargo and Gamez followed with his second double in as many innings, scoring the base runner.
Bobby Dotson was given an intentional walk.
Nichols followed with a single to load the bases.
That brought Victor Rosiles to the mound.
Bradley Mondesir greeted him with a two-run single.
The Rivermen got their final two runs in the seventh off Chris Willett.
Ethan Rives hit a one-out solo homer.
Jesse Chappelow and Monroe then followed with back-to-back doubles making it 9-1.

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Record: 83-70, 2nd, 2 GB Cedar Rapids
Scoreless through nine innings, St. Louis' Jose Roman hit a two-run home run in the top of the 10th inning to highlight a three-run outburst as the River Walkers defeated Ann Arbor 3-0 at Crosley Field (1958).
After pitching a scoreless ninth, reliever Kyle Gatti returned to the mound for the 10th for the Wolf Pack.
He walked Mike Vaughan to open the inning then gave way to Tom Halverson.
The right-hander struck out Kerry Fackelman for the first out.
But in a 0-1 count, Roman turned on a pitch and powered it 439 feet over the left-field wall for his eighth homer and a 2-0 lead.
The Walkers were not done.
Rich Dodson connected on his third hit of the game, a single.
He was eliminated when Mark Herman hit into a fielder's choice.
Ryan Lodge replaced Halverson.
Manuel Coke greeted him with a double to make it 3-0.
Walkers starter Kevin Hrdlicka went 5.1 scoreless innings, allowing three hits. He struck out nine and walked one while throwing 92 pitches.
Wolf Pack starter Josh Walker tossed seven shutout innings. He allowed four hits while striking out five and did not issue a walk.
After Hrdlicka left, the Walkers used five relievers.
Brett McVey got the first call and finished the sixth and got the first out of the seventh.
Leo Hermosillo finished off the seventh for St. Louis.
Alex Rios (0.2 IP) and Kyle Smarr (0.1) combined on a scoreless eighth.
Closer Craig Fritzler (4-3) earned the win after pitching two scoreless innings.

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Record: 83-71, 2nd, 3 GB Cedar Rapids
Down 3-1, Ann Arbor outscored St. Louis 8-0 in a four-inning span as the Wolf Pack downed the River Walkers 9-3 at Crosley Field (1958).
St. Louis wiped out a 1-0 deficit with a run in the top of the second inning --Tom Porter got down a bunt to score Mark Herman who had reached on an error by shortstop Jose Nieto -- and two more in the third -- Herman and Manuel Coke connecting on RBI singles off Ann Arbor starting pitcher Joe Alvarado -- to go up 3-0.
After that, it was all Wolf Pack.
Danny Patino drove in a run with a two-out double off St. Louis starter Miguel Cisneros in the bottom of the fifth.
An inning later, Alfredo Gomez tripled off Cisneros to drive in Aaron Watson, who had singled, evening the score at 3-3.
The Wolf Pack used the long ball to bust the game open hitting three-run homers in both the seventh and eighth.
Pinch-hitter Trajano Campo did the honors in the seventh, taking Kyle Smarr, who had just entered the game, deep.
Mario Gurule did the honors in the eighth homering off Brett McVey to make it 9-3.
Alvarado went five innings, allowing three runs on eight hits. He struck out one and didn't issue a walk.
Ryan Lodge and Nick Black both followed with scoreless innings.
Black (2-2) would notch his second win of the season.
Alex Serrano worked the eighth and got the first out of the ninth.
Joe Donohoe retired the only two batters he faced to end the game.