2033 St. Louis River Walkers: And the saga continues - Page 26

rink23 · 07-09-2021, 02:51 AM

Record: 30-25, 4th, 4.5 GB Cedar Rapids
Tied 1-1, Daniel Becerra hit a grand slam to highlight a five-run top of the third inning for St. Louis, and the River Walkers poured it on from there routing Akron 16-1 at Candlestick Park (1993).
Becerra's slam drove in the final four runs of the outburst for the Walkers.
The first run scored when Jose Ramirez drew a bases-loaded walk from Flying Feet starting pitcher Orland Claude.
Claude issued two walks, hit a batter in the inning, in addition to being taken deep by Becerra.
St. Louis added a single run in the fourth -- Will Banfield led off with a double off reliever Braxton Ashcraft and scored on a Freudis Nova ground out -- and two more in the sixth -- A RBI double from rookie starting pitcher Kyle Smarr and a run-scoring single from Eric Peretz -- to up its lead to 9-1.
The Walkers poured it on late with three runs in the eighth and four more in the ninth.
Peretz drove in two runs with a single in the eighth, while Becerra collected his fifth RBI of the game, also with a single.
Nova hit a three-run homer to highlight the ninth.
All the offense overshadowed a strong MBL debut for Smarr.
Making a start for a rotation which needed a rest, he allowed one run on four hits over six innings.
Smarr (1-0) struck out five and walked two.
Luke Dunkin pitched a pair of scoreless innings.
Oscar Martinez followed suit in the ninth.

rink23 · 07-09-2021, 03:30 AM

Record: 30-26, 4th, 6.5 GB Cedar Rapids
Akron's Joey Wilson and Victor Romero hit back-to-back doubles with one out in the bottom of the 12th inning off St. Louis reliever Zachary Stella to lift the Flying Feet to a 3-2 win at Candlestick Park.
Stella got the lead-off batter, John Polk, to ground out.
But Wilson hit a 3-2 pitch into the gap into right field to move into scoring position.
Romero then smacked a 3-1 pitched into the same gap to win it.
The River Walkers had forced extra innings when Freudis Nova hit his second solo home run of the game with one out in the top of the eighth off reliever Jeremy Bangs.
Akron starting pitcher Benjamin Wiegman lasted five innings, allowing one run on four hits.
After that seven relievers took the mound for the Flying Feet.
Jose Tapia, Tom Ross, Bangs and Phil Luis all pitched one inning.
Antonio Gonzalez didn't allow a base runner over 2.1 innings.
Braxton Ashcraft (6-1) earned his sixth win of the season after working a 1-2-3 top of the 12th.

rink23 · 07-09-2021, 04:07 AM

Record: 31-26, 4th, 6.5 GB Cedar Rapids
St. Louis scored at least one run in five of the first six innings, paving the way for an 8-1 win over Akron at Candlestick Park.
The River Walkers scored single runs in each of the first three innings, going up 3-0.
Dan Hillard hit a solo homer off Flying Feet starting pitcher Joel Thomas in the first.
Jared Thomas led off the second with a double, and scored on a Jose Ramirez double.
Hillard doubled with one out off Thomas in the third, and scored on a Nick Shaw single.
After not scoring in the fourth, and its lead shrinking to 3-1, St. Louis tallied twice in the fifth.
Jose Segura led off the inning with a triple off Thomas. He scored on a Shaw fly ball.
Jared Thomas followed with a single.
A Daniel Becerra single moved Thomas to third.
Ramirez collected his second RBI of the game with a fly ball to right.
Nathaniel Dixon made it 6-1 with a solo homer off Jose Tapia in the sixth.
St. Louis added to its advantage with two runs in the eighth.
Segura (fly ball) and Shaw (RBI double) drove in the runs off Tom Ross.
After a rough start to his season, St. Louis starting pitcher Angel Tiburcio turned in his third straight impressive start since coming off the injured list.
Tiburcio (3-1) worked the first six innings, allowing one run on eight hits. He struck out seven and walked two.
Single scoreless innings from Oscar Martinez, Gil Meier and Josh Forgy closed out the win.

rink23 · 07-09-2021, 04:10 AM

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rink23 · 07-09-2021, 04:49 AM

Record: 31-27, 4th, 7.5 GB Cedar Rapids
Akron's Jesus Pinto went the distance in a one-hit shutout as the Flying Feet downed St. Louis 6-0 at Candlestick Park (1993).
The victory gave Akron a split of the four-game series.
Pinto carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning before allowing a one-out single to Jose Ramirez.
Pinto (1-6) got the next batter, Nick Shaw, to ground into a double play to end the inning.
He retired the final six St. Louis batters to complete the shutout.
Pinto struck out six and didn't issue a walk.
The Walkers had three total base runners, in addition to the Ramirez single, they also reached on a hit by pitch and an error.
All of the Flying Feet's runs came via the three-run homer, both of St. Louis starting pitcher Jim Martin.
Jimmy Johnson opened the scoring with his ninth homer of the year, a one-out homer off Martin in the fifth.
An inning later, Polk hit his 12th of the season with one out.

rink23 · 07-09-2021, 05:32 AM

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rink23 · 07-10-2021, 02:35 AM

Record: 32-27, 4th, 6.5 GB Cedar Rapids
Nathaniel Dixon singled with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning to score Daniel Becerra and help give St. Louis a 5-4 win over Milwaukee at Busch Stadium (2006).
Dixon, who had led off the bottom of the third inning with a home run to spark a four-run outburst, connected off Crushers reliever Yeison Santos, a former River Walker, on his hit in the eighth.
It scored Becerra, who had singled with one out. A two-out walk to pinch-hitter Dan Hillard had moved Becerra to second.
Milwaukee got one run in the second and two in the third off St. Louis starting pitcher Jesse McNaboe to go up 3-0.
Crushers starter Scott Mueller was on the mound for all of St. Louis' outburst in the bottom of the third.
In addition to Dixon's sixth home run of the season, the inning featured a two-run double by Freudis Nova.
Jared Thomas drove in the inning's final run with a ground out.
McNaboe left after allowing a lead-off double to Glenn Santiago in the sixth.
In his five innings-plus, McNaboe allowed four runs on nine hits.
Nick Ruffalo finished the sixth for the Walkers.
Cory Tiller worked all of the seventh and got the first out of the eighth.
The win went to Josh Forgy (1-0) , after he got out of the eighth without allowing a run despite issuing a pair of walks.
Gil Meier was perfect in the ninth for his second save.

rink23 · 07-10-2021, 03:25 AM

Record: 33-27, 4th, 6.5 GB Cedar Rapids
Freudis Nova's two-out RBI single capped a two-run bottom of the ninth inning for St. Louis, as the River Walkers rallied for a 5-4 win over Milwaukee at Busch Stadium (2006).
For the second consecutive game, former Walker reliever Yeison Santos took the loss for the Crushers, although this time he was not on the mound when the winning run scored.
Jose Segura got it started with a lead-off single.
He scored two batters later on a Jared Thomas double.
Chris Duncan grounded out for the second out, with Segura staying at second.
Caleb Walker took over the mound duties for Milwaukee, and was greeted by a single by pinch-hitter Dan Hillard to place runners at the corners.
Nova followed with his game-winner a line drive into left-center on a 0-1 pitch from Walker.
At one point, St. Louis trailed 4-2.
The Walkers pulled to within 4-3 on a run-scoring two-out double from Duncan in the sixth off Yeison Rafael Sanders.
Earlier, Duncan hit a two-run homer off Crushers reliever Ed Sutherland in the fifth to make it 2-1 St. Louis.
Walkers starter Devin Rogers allowed three runs in the top of the sixth.
Overall, he pitched 5.1 innings, allowing four runs on nine hits.
Luke Dunkin completed the sixth inning for St. Louis.
Zachary Stella worked the seventh and got the first out of the eighth.
Getting the final two outs of the eighth helped earn the win for Scott Rissler (1-3).
Nick Ruffalo struck out the side in in the ninth for his third save.

rink23 · 07-10-2021, 04:13 AM

Record: 34-27, 4th, 5.5 GB Cedar Rapids
Xavier Wigfall pitched into deep in the eighth inning and Josh Forgy handled the final four outs as St. Louis completed a three-game sweep of Milwaukee with a 1-0 win at Busch Stadium (2006).
Wigfall (5-5) allowed just three singles over the first 7.2 innings. He struck out five and walked two.
The right-hander exited after walking pinch-hitter Jim Sukut with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning.
Josh Forgy took over and retired all four of the batters he faced for his third save.
The game's lone run came in the bottom of the first.
Freudis Nova led off with a single off Crushers starting pitcher George McCardel.
A bunt by Eric Peretz moved Nova to second.
Jose Segura flew out for the second out, before Nick Shaw was hit by a pitch.
Jose Ramirez then collected the only RBI of the game with a double.

rink23 · 07-10-2021, 04:47 AM

Record: 34-28, 4th, 6.5 GB Cedar Rapids
Justin Schneider homered twice, including a three-run shot to highlight a four-run seventh inning, as Springfield downed St. Louis 7-2 at Oracle Park.
Tied 1-1, Schneider gave the Railers the lead for good when he hit a one-out homer off River Walkers starting pitcher Angel Tiburcio in the bottom of the fourth.
Springfield added another run later in the inning on three consecutive singles, the third by Ryan West which scored Mike Murray.
In the seventh, with the score 3-2, the Railers again put together three straight singles, this time off reliever Cory Tiller.
Included in that was a wild pitch, which scored first run of the inning.
Schneider's second homer of the game came off Oscar Martinez.
Railers starting pitcher Marcos Zaragoza (6-5) worked the first 5.2 innings, allowing two runs on three hits. He struck out seven and walked one.
Alan Albanese finished the sixth for Springfield.
Nick Theil followed with a pair of scoreless innings.
Carlos Aguirre allowed two hits but no runs in the top of the ninth.

rink23 · 07-10-2021, 05:18 AM

Record: 34-29, 4th, 6.5 GB Cedar Rapids
Justin Schneider provided another big bomb, this time hitting a two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to help lift Springfield to a 7-6 win over St. Louis at Oracle Park.
The previous day, Schneider homered twice, including a two-run homer in a decisive four-run seventh inning to help the Railers to a 7-2 win.
This time, Springfield trailed 6-5 going into the bottom of the seventh.
The River Walkers had scored three runs in the top of the inning, on back-to-back homers from Nick Shaw (a two-run homer) and Jose Ramirez, both off reliever Fernando Fernando.
In the bottom of the eighth, Ruben Villanueva got on base in front of Schneider with a one-out single off St. Louis reliever Nick Ruffalo.
Schneider then powered a 2-2 pitch 417 feet over the high wall in right to put the Railers in front.
Springfield starting pitcher Marcos Banditelli worked five innings, allowing two runs on five hits.
Eric Deese pitched a scoreless sixth.
Fernando got roughed up in his two-thirds of an inning on the mound in the seventh.
Nick Thiel wrapped up the seventh without further damage and pitched a scoreless eighth.
Thiel (5-1) would get the win.
Jose Santiago was perfect in the ninth for his 17th save.

rink23 · 07-10-2021, 05:24 AM

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rink23 · 07-10-2021, 06:09 AM

Record: 34-30, 4th, 6.5 GB Cedar Rapids
Springfield scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning and gradually built itself an 8-0 lead, on its way to completing a three-game sweep of St. Louis with an 8-3 win at Oracle Park (2020).
Joseph Hughes staked the Railers to a 2-0 lead with a two-run homer off River Walkers starting pitcher Jesse McNaboe in the first.
The lead grew to 3-0 in the fourth, when Justin Schneider hit his fourth homer of the series this one off McNaboe.
Ryan West led off the bottom of the fifth with a double off McNaboe.
West stole third, and when catcher Justin Thomas' throw landed in left field it was soon 4-0.
The Railers busted the game open with a four-run sixth.
Hughes got it going with a one-out double off McNaboe.
He scored when the next batter, Riley Greene, singled.
A West single plated Greene with the second run of the inning.
It also chased McNaoboe
Reliever Oscar Martinez took some lump as well, giving up a two-run double to the first batter he faced, Ben Rortvedt.
Jose Segura accounted for all three St. Louis' runs with a homer off reliever Eric Deese in the top of the seventh.
Railers starting pitcher Ewdy Alex handled the first 5.2 innings, not allowing a run on six hits.
Deese pitched a scoreless inning.
After that it was Carlos Aquirre (1.1 IP) and Alan Albanese (1.0).

rink23 · 07-10-2021, 06:13 AM

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rink23 · 07-11-2021, 02:02 AM

Record: 34-31, 4th, 6.5 GB Cedar Rapids
Wade Martin hit a three-run home run to break up a scoreless game and highlight a four-run bottom of the third inning for Rockford, as the Lightning went on to defeat St. Louis 5-3 at RFK Stadium (2005).
Matt Weaver got things rolling for Rockford in the bottom of the third with a lead-off double off River Walkers rookie starter Devin Rogers.
Rogers retired the next two, but Daylen Reyes came through with a single.
to score Weaver and make it 1-0.
Blaze Jordan followed with a single.
Two pitches later, Martin torched an 0-1 pitch 453 feet over the wall in left center and Rockford led 4-0.
St. Louis did climb to within 4-3, with a big inning in the top of the fifth.
Rogers drove in the final two runs with a single off Lightning starting pitcher Gregg Krawczyk.
But the only run scored the rest of the way was of the insurance sort -- Alex Freeland with a two-out single in the sixth off Cory Tiller to score Erik Stowe -- as Rockford claimed the win.
Krawczyk (1-1) allowed three runs on four hits over the first six innings.
After that, Bill Singer, Ricky Cisneros and Nate Green all pitched scoreless innings.
Green collected his 18th save.

rink23 · 07-11-2021, 02:36 AM

Record: 34-33, 4th, 6.5 GB Cedar Rapids
Trailing 2-1, Rockford tallied two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning and went on to defeat St. Louis 3-2 and complete a three-game sweep at RFK Stadium.
The loss was the sixth in a row for the River Walkers.
St. Louis led 2-0 going into the bottom of the sixth inning, when the Lightning got on the board for the first time on a lead off homer from Scott Baron off Walkers starting pitcher Angel Tiburcio.
It was Josh Forgy who was on the mound for the Walkers to start the seventh.
He got Joe Coffey to ground out to lead off the inning.
But than the Lightning went to work.
Alex Freeland doubled, and he moved to third on a Phillip Clarke ground out.
Gil Meier took over for the Walkers, only to be greeted by a Matt Weaver single which tied the game.
Four pitches later, Rockford was in front thanks to a double from Baron.
Former St. Louis prospect Kurt Halter pitched the opening 5.2 innings for the Lightning, allowing two runs on four hits. He struck out seven and walked four.
Bill Singer got the final out of the sixth inning.
Omari Gordon (4-1) handled a scoreless seventh, and for the second consecutive game earn the win.
Brad Tonks pitched the eighth.
Nate Green sent St. Louis down in order in the ninth for his 19th save.

rink23 · 07-11-2021, 03:19 AM

Record: 34-31, 4th, 6.5 GB Cedar Rapids
Wade Martin hit a three-run home run to break up a scoreless game and highlight a four-run bottom of the third inning for Rockford, as the Lightning went on to defeat St. Louis 5-3 at RFK Stadium (2005).
Matt Weaver got things rolling for Rockford in the bottom of the third with a lead-off double off River Walkers rookie starter Devin Rogers.
Rogers retired the next two, but Daylen Reyes came through with a single.
to score Weaver and make it 1-0.
Blaze Jordan followed with a single.
Two pitches later, Martin torched an 0-1 pitch 453 feet over the wall in left center and Rockford led 4-0.
St. Louis did climb to within 4-3, with a big inning in the top of the fifth.
Rogers drove in the final two runs with a single off Lightning starting pitcher Gregg Krawczyk.
But the only run scored the rest of the way was of the insurance sort -- Alex Freeland with a two-out single in the sixth off Cory Tiller to score Erik Stowe -- as Rockford claimed the win.
Krawczyk (1-1) allowed three runs on four hits over the first six innings.
After that, Bill Singer, Ricky Cisneros and Nate Green all pitched scoreless innings.
Green collected his 18th save.

rink23 · 07-11-2021, 04:00 AM

Record: 34-34, 5th, 6.5 GB Cedar Rapids
Will Holland hit two home runs to power Cleveland to a 4-2 win over St. Louis at Busch Stadium (2006).
Holland's first homer came off River Walkers starting pitcher Jim Martin with no outs in the top of the third.
The 416 foot shot put the Juke Box Heroes ahead 2-1.
His second came with one out in the top of the seventh, and it greeted Cory Tiller who had just taken the mound.
It traveled 440 feet over the wall in left-center and made it 4-2.
In between Holland's bomb, Andy Carruthers had homered off Martin in the fourth to make it 3-1.
St. Louis did load the bases in the ninth with two outs, but Jonah Milles got Freudis Nova to ground out to end it.
Cleveland starting pitcher Luke Madden (3-5) allowed two runs on three hits in five innings.
After that, it was Ernesto Barbosa, Juan Munoz and Adam Wenger for an inning apiece.
Barbosa and Wenger are both former pitchers for St. Louis.
Bill Webb was brought in to close things out in the ninth, but could not finish the job exiting with two outs.
The save was the first of the season for Mills.

rink23 · 07-11-2021, 04:35 AM

Record: 34-35, 5th, 7.5 GB Cedar Rapids
Sparked by a two-out error in center field by Jose Segura, Cleveland took control of a scoreless game with three runs in the top of the sixth inning and went on to defeat St. Louis 3-1 at Busch Stadium (2006).
The loss extended the River Walkers' losing streak to eight games.
St. Louis starting pitcher Jesse McNaboe retired the first two Juke Box Heroes hitters in the top of the sixth, but Jon Howard kept the inning going with a double.
Edgar Bustillos, a former top prospect for St. Louis then hit a fly ball to center which Segura somehow misplayed.
Howard scored on the error.
Joe Silverstein kept the inning going with another double scoring Bustillos to make it 2-1.
When Tony Jackson connected on a single, Cleveland's owned a 3-0 lead.
St. Louis did get a run in the bottom of the sixth.
Dan Hillard led off with a triple off Heroes starting pitcher Bryan Sharpe.
He scored on a Segura fly ball.
Sharpe (6-3) went six innings, allowing one run on six hits.
Renaud Magoni, Ernesto Barbosa and Victor Vodnik all pitched an inning apiece.
Vodnik saw his defense commit a pair of errors behind him in the bottom of the ninth, but struck out the other three batters he faced for his second save.

rink23 · 07-11-2021, 05:11 AM

Record: 35-35, 5th, 7 GB Cedar Rapids
Devin Rogers took a shutout into the eighth inning to help St. Louis end an eight-game losing streak with a 5-2 win over Cleveland at Busch Stadium (2006).
Rogers (2-3) seventh start of his major league career was easily his best, as he went 7.2 innings, allowing one run on three hits. He struck out three and walked two.
The 25-year-old exited after throwing 111 pitches.
With a runner on first, Mac Horvath, who had reached on an error by River Walkers third baseman Freudis Nova, Luke Dunkin took over for St. Louis.
Edgar Bustillos hammered his third pitch over the left-field wall to make it 5-2.
Dunkin followed that with a strike out of Fernando Jimenez to end the inning.
Scott Rissler set the Juke Box Heroes down in order in the ninth for his fifth save.
The Walkers jumped in front in the bottom of the first on a two-out, two-run double by Nova off Cleveland starting pitcher Devin Eyre.
Chris Duncan hit a two-run homer off Eyre in the fourth to make it 4-0.
Jared Thomas connected on a two-out RBI single off Luis Palomo in the fifth to put the Walkers ahead 5-0.

07-09-2021, 02:51 AM	#501
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 20,915	Walkers news: June 1 -- St. Louis 16, Akron 1 Record: 30-25, 4th, 4.5 GB Cedar Rapids Tied 1-1, Daniel Becerra hit a grand slam to highlight a five-run top of the third inning for St. Louis, and the River Walkers poured it on from there routing Akron 16-1 at Candlestick Park (1993). Becerra's slam drove in the final four runs of the outburst for the Walkers. The first run scored when Jose Ramirez drew a bases-loaded walk from Flying Feet starting pitcher Orland Claude. Claude issued two walks, hit a batter in the inning, in addition to being taken deep by Becerra. St. Louis added a single run in the fourth -- Will Banfield led off with a double off reliever Braxton Ashcraft and scored on a Freudis Nova ground out -- and two more in the sixth -- A RBI double from rookie starting pitcher Kyle Smarr and a run-scoring single from Eric Peretz -- to up its lead to 9-1. The Walkers poured it on late with three runs in the eighth and four more in the ninth. Peretz drove in two runs with a single in the eighth, while Becerra collected his fifth RBI of the game, also with a single. Nova hit a three-run homer to highlight the ninth. All the offense overshadowed a strong MBL debut for Smarr. Making a start for a rotation which needed a rest, he allowed one run on four hits over six innings. Smarr (1-0) struck out five and walked two. Luke Dunkin pitched a pair of scoreless innings. Oscar Martinez followed suit in the ninth. Attached Images

07-09-2021, 03:30 AM	#502
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 20,915	Walkers news: July 2 -- Akron 3, St. Louis 2, 12 innings Record: 30-26, 4th, 6.5 GB Cedar Rapids Akron's Joey Wilson and Victor Romero hit back-to-back doubles with one out in the bottom of the 12th inning off St. Louis reliever Zachary Stella to lift the Flying Feet to a 3-2 win at Candlestick Park. Stella got the lead-off batter, John Polk, to ground out. But Wilson hit a 3-2 pitch into the gap into right field to move into scoring position. Romero then smacked a 3-1 pitched into the same gap to win it. The River Walkers had forced extra innings when Freudis Nova hit his second solo home run of the game with one out in the top of the eighth off reliever Jeremy Bangs. Akron starting pitcher Benjamin Wiegman lasted five innings, allowing one run on four hits. After that seven relievers took the mound for the Flying Feet. Jose Tapia, Tom Ross, Bangs and Phil Luis all pitched one inning. Antonio Gonzalez didn't allow a base runner over 2.1 innings. Braxton Ashcraft (6-1) earned his sixth win of the season after working a 1-2-3 top of the 12th. Attached Images

07-09-2021, 04:07 AM	#503
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 20,915	Walkers news: June 3 -- St. Louis 8, Akron 1 Record: 31-26, 4th, 6.5 GB Cedar Rapids St. Louis scored at least one run in five of the first six innings, paving the way for an 8-1 win over Akron at Candlestick Park. The River Walkers scored single runs in each of the first three innings, going up 3-0. Dan Hillard hit a solo homer off Flying Feet starting pitcher Joel Thomas in the first. Jared Thomas led off the second with a double, and scored on a Jose Ramirez double. Hillard doubled with one out off Thomas in the third, and scored on a Nick Shaw single. After not scoring in the fourth, and its lead shrinking to 3-1, St. Louis tallied twice in the fifth. Jose Segura led off the inning with a triple off Thomas. He scored on a Shaw fly ball. Jared Thomas followed with a single. A Daniel Becerra single moved Thomas to third. Ramirez collected his second RBI of the game with a fly ball to right. Nathaniel Dixon made it 6-1 with a solo homer off Jose Tapia in the sixth. St. Louis added to its advantage with two runs in the eighth. Segura (fly ball) and Shaw (RBI double) drove in the runs off Tom Ross. After a rough start to his season, St. Louis starting pitcher Angel Tiburcio turned in his third straight impressive start since coming off the injured list. Tiburcio (3-1) worked the first six innings, allowing one run on eight hits. He struck out seven and walked two. Single scoreless innings from Oscar Martinez, Gil Meier and Josh Forgy closed out the win. Attached Images

07-09-2021, 04:10 AM	#504
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07-09-2021, 04:49 AM	#505
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 20,915	Walkers news: June 4 -- Akron 6, St. Louis 0 Record: 31-27, 4th, 7.5 GB Cedar Rapids Akron's Jesus Pinto went the distance in a one-hit shutout as the Flying Feet downed St. Louis 6-0 at Candlestick Park (1993). The victory gave Akron a split of the four-game series. Pinto carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning before allowing a one-out single to Jose Ramirez. Pinto (1-6) got the next batter, Nick Shaw, to ground into a double play to end the inning. He retired the final six St. Louis batters to complete the shutout. Pinto struck out six and didn't issue a walk. The Walkers had three total base runners, in addition to the Ramirez single, they also reached on a hit by pitch and an error. All of the Flying Feet's runs came via the three-run homer, both of St. Louis starting pitcher Jim Martin. Jimmy Johnson opened the scoring with his ninth homer of the year, a one-out homer off Martin in the fifth. An inning later, Polk hit his 12th of the season with one out. Attached Images

07-09-2021, 05:32 AM	#506
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07-10-2021, 02:35 AM	#507
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 20,915	Walkers news: June 5 -- St. Louis 5, Milwaukee 4 Record: 32-27, 4th, 6.5 GB Cedar Rapids Nathaniel Dixon singled with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning to score Daniel Becerra and help give St. Louis a 5-4 win over Milwaukee at Busch Stadium (2006). Dixon, who had led off the bottom of the third inning with a home run to spark a four-run outburst, connected off Crushers reliever Yeison Santos, a former River Walker, on his hit in the eighth. It scored Becerra, who had singled with one out. A two-out walk to pinch-hitter Dan Hillard had moved Becerra to second. Milwaukee got one run in the second and two in the third off St. Louis starting pitcher Jesse McNaboe to go up 3-0. Crushers starter Scott Mueller was on the mound for all of St. Louis' outburst in the bottom of the third. In addition to Dixon's sixth home run of the season, the inning featured a two-run double by Freudis Nova. Jared Thomas drove in the inning's final run with a ground out. McNaboe left after allowing a lead-off double to Glenn Santiago in the sixth. In his five innings-plus, McNaboe allowed four runs on nine hits. Nick Ruffalo finished the sixth for the Walkers. Cory Tiller worked all of the seventh and got the first out of the eighth. The win went to Josh Forgy (1-0) , after he got out of the eighth without allowing a run despite issuing a pair of walks. Gil Meier was perfect in the ninth for his second save. Attached Images Last edited by rink23; 07-14-2021 at 01:57 AM.

07-10-2021, 03:25 AM	#508
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 20,915	Walkers news: June 6 -- St. Louis 5, Milwaukee 4 Record: 33-27, 4th, 6.5 GB Cedar Rapids Freudis Nova's two-out RBI single capped a two-run bottom of the ninth inning for St. Louis, as the River Walkers rallied for a 5-4 win over Milwaukee at Busch Stadium (2006). For the second consecutive game, former Walker reliever Yeison Santos took the loss for the Crushers, although this time he was not on the mound when the winning run scored. Jose Segura got it started with a lead-off single. He scored two batters later on a Jared Thomas double. Chris Duncan grounded out for the second out, with Segura staying at second. Caleb Walker took over the mound duties for Milwaukee, and was greeted by a single by pinch-hitter Dan Hillard to place runners at the corners. Nova followed with his game-winner a line drive into left-center on a 0-1 pitch from Walker. At one point, St. Louis trailed 4-2. The Walkers pulled to within 4-3 on a run-scoring two-out double from Duncan in the sixth off Yeison Rafael Sanders. Earlier, Duncan hit a two-run homer off Crushers reliever Ed Sutherland in the fifth to make it 2-1 St. Louis. Walkers starter Devin Rogers allowed three runs in the top of the sixth. Overall, he pitched 5.1 innings, allowing four runs on nine hits. Luke Dunkin completed the sixth inning for St. Louis. Zachary Stella worked the seventh and got the first out of the eighth. Getting the final two outs of the eighth helped earn the win for Scott Rissler (1-3). Nick Ruffalo struck out the side in in the ninth for his third save. Attached Images Last edited by rink23; 07-14-2021 at 02:36 AM.

07-10-2021, 04:13 AM	#509
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 20,915	Walkers news: June 7: St. Louis 1, Milwaukee 0 Record: 34-27, 4th, 5.5 GB Cedar Rapids Xavier Wigfall pitched into deep in the eighth inning and Josh Forgy handled the final four outs as St. Louis completed a three-game sweep of Milwaukee with a 1-0 win at Busch Stadium (2006). Wigfall (5-5) allowed just three singles over the first 7.2 innings. He struck out five and walked two. The right-hander exited after walking pinch-hitter Jim Sukut with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning. Josh Forgy took over and retired all four of the batters he faced for his third save. The game's lone run came in the bottom of the first. Freudis Nova led off with a single off Crushers starting pitcher George McCardel. A bunt by Eric Peretz moved Nova to second. Jose Segura flew out for the second out, before Nick Shaw was hit by a pitch. Jose Ramirez then collected the only RBI of the game with a double. Attached Images Last edited by rink23; 07-14-2021 at 03:00 AM.

07-10-2021, 04:47 AM	#510
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 20,915	Walkers news: June 9 -- Springfield 7, St. Louis 2 Record: 34-28, 4th, 6.5 GB Cedar Rapids Justin Schneider homered twice, including a three-run shot to highlight a four-run seventh inning, as Springfield downed St. Louis 7-2 at Oracle Park. Tied 1-1, Schneider gave the Railers the lead for good when he hit a one-out homer off River Walkers starting pitcher Angel Tiburcio in the bottom of the fourth. Springfield added another run later in the inning on three consecutive singles, the third by Ryan West which scored Mike Murray. In the seventh, with the score 3-2, the Railers again put together three straight singles, this time off reliever Cory Tiller. Included in that was a wild pitch, which scored first run of the inning. Schneider's second homer of the game came off Oscar Martinez. Railers starting pitcher Marcos Zaragoza (6-5) worked the first 5.2 innings, allowing two runs on three hits. He struck out seven and walked one. Alan Albanese finished the sixth for Springfield. Nick Theil followed with a pair of scoreless innings. Carlos Aguirre allowed two hits but no runs in the top of the ninth. Attached Images Last edited by rink23; 07-14-2021 at 03:34 AM.

07-10-2021, 05:18 AM	#511
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 20,915	Walkers news: June 10 -- Springfield 7, St. Louis 6 Record: 34-29, 4th, 6.5 GB Cedar Rapids Justin Schneider provided another big bomb, this time hitting a two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to help lift Springfield to a 7-6 win over St. Louis at Oracle Park. The previous day, Schneider homered twice, including a two-run homer in a decisive four-run seventh inning to help the Railers to a 7-2 win. This time, Springfield trailed 6-5 going into the bottom of the seventh. The River Walkers had scored three runs in the top of the inning, on back-to-back homers from Nick Shaw (a two-run homer) and Jose Ramirez, both off reliever Fernando Fernando. In the bottom of the eighth, Ruben Villanueva got on base in front of Schneider with a one-out single off St. Louis reliever Nick Ruffalo. Schneider then powered a 2-2 pitch 417 feet over the high wall in right to put the Railers in front. Springfield starting pitcher Marcos Banditelli worked five innings, allowing two runs on five hits. Eric Deese pitched a scoreless sixth. Fernando got roughed up in his two-thirds of an inning on the mound in the seventh. Nick Thiel wrapped up the seventh without further damage and pitched a scoreless eighth. Thiel (5-1) would get the win. Jose Santiago was perfect in the ninth for his 17th save. Attached Images Last edited by rink23; 07-14-2021 at 04:12 AM.

07-10-2021, 05:24 AM	#512
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 20,915	MBL news: June 11 -- All-Star game fan voting update MBL news: June 11 -- All-Star game fan voting update Attached Images Last edited by rink23; 07-14-2021 at 04:14 AM.

07-10-2021, 06:09 AM	#513
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 20,915	Walkers news: June 11 -- Springfield 8, St. Louis 3 Record: 34-30, 4th, 6.5 GB Cedar Rapids Springfield scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning and gradually built itself an 8-0 lead, on its way to completing a three-game sweep of St. Louis with an 8-3 win at Oracle Park (2020). Joseph Hughes staked the Railers to a 2-0 lead with a two-run homer off River Walkers starting pitcher Jesse McNaboe in the first. The lead grew to 3-0 in the fourth, when Justin Schneider hit his fourth homer of the series this one off McNaboe. Ryan West led off the bottom of the fifth with a double off McNaboe. West stole third, and when catcher Justin Thomas' throw landed in left field it was soon 4-0. The Railers busted the game open with a four-run sixth. Hughes got it going with a one-out double off McNaboe. He scored when the next batter, Riley Greene, singled. A West single plated Greene with the second run of the inning. It also chased McNaoboe Reliever Oscar Martinez took some lump as well, giving up a two-run double to the first batter he faced, Ben Rortvedt. Jose Segura accounted for all three St. Louis' runs with a homer off reliever Eric Deese in the top of the seventh. Railers starting pitcher Ewdy Alex handled the first 5.2 innings, not allowing a run on six hits. Deese pitched a scoreless inning. After that it was Carlos Aquirre (1.1 IP) and Alan Albanese (1.0). Attached Images Last edited by rink23; 07-14-2021 at 04:49 AM.

07-10-2021, 06:13 AM	#514
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 20,915	MBL news: June 12 - Week 9 - Awards and standings MBL news: June 12 - Week 9 - Awards and standings Attached Images Last edited by rink23; 07-14-2021 at 04:52 AM.

07-11-2021, 02:02 AM	#515
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 20,915	Walkers news: June 12 -- Rockford 5, St. Louis 3 Record: 34-31, 4th, 6.5 GB Cedar Rapids Wade Martin hit a three-run home run to break up a scoreless game and highlight a four-run bottom of the third inning for Rockford, as the Lightning went on to defeat St. Louis 5-3 at RFK Stadium (2005). Matt Weaver got things rolling for Rockford in the bottom of the third with a lead-off double off River Walkers rookie starter Devin Rogers. Rogers retired the next two, but Daylen Reyes came through with a single. to score Weaver and make it 1-0. Blaze Jordan followed with a single. Two pitches later, Martin torched an 0-1 pitch 453 feet over the wall in left center and Rockford led 4-0. St. Louis did climb to within 4-3, with a big inning in the top of the fifth. Rogers drove in the final two runs with a single off Lightning starting pitcher Gregg Krawczyk. But the only run scored the rest of the way was of the insurance sort -- Alex Freeland with a two-out single in the sixth off Cory Tiller to score Erik Stowe -- as Rockford claimed the win. Krawczyk (1-1) allowed three runs on four hits over the first six innings. After that, Bill Singer, Ricky Cisneros and Nate Green all pitched scoreless innings. Green collected his 18th save. Attached Images Last edited by rink23; 07-15-2021 at 01:33 AM.

07-11-2021, 02:36 AM	#516
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 20,915	Walkers news: June 14 -- Rockford 3, St. Louis 2 Record: 34-33, 4th, 6.5 GB Cedar Rapids Trailing 2-1, Rockford tallied two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning and went on to defeat St. Louis 3-2 and complete a three-game sweep at RFK Stadium. The loss was the sixth in a row for the River Walkers. St. Louis led 2-0 going into the bottom of the sixth inning, when the Lightning got on the board for the first time on a lead off homer from Scott Baron off Walkers starting pitcher Angel Tiburcio. It was Josh Forgy who was on the mound for the Walkers to start the seventh. He got Joe Coffey to ground out to lead off the inning. But than the Lightning went to work. Alex Freeland doubled, and he moved to third on a Phillip Clarke ground out. Gil Meier took over for the Walkers, only to be greeted by a Matt Weaver single which tied the game. Four pitches later, Rockford was in front thanks to a double from Baron. Former St. Louis prospect Kurt Halter pitched the opening 5.2 innings for the Lightning, allowing two runs on four hits. He struck out seven and walked four. Bill Singer got the final out of the sixth inning. Omari Gordon (4-1) handled a scoreless seventh, and for the second consecutive game earn the win. Brad Tonks pitched the eighth. Nate Green sent St. Louis down in order in the ninth for his 19th save. Attached Images Last edited by rink23; 07-15-2021 at 02:15 AM.

07-11-2021, 03:19 AM	#517
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 20,915	Walkers news: June 13 -- Rockford 6, St. Louis 2 Record: 34-31, 4th, 6.5 GB Cedar Rapids Wade Martin hit a three-run home run to break up a scoreless game and highlight a four-run bottom of the third inning for Rockford, as the Lightning went on to defeat St. Louis 5-3 at RFK Stadium (2005). Matt Weaver got things rolling for Rockford in the bottom of the third with a lead-off double off River Walkers rookie starter Devin Rogers. Rogers retired the next two, but Daylen Reyes came through with a single. to score Weaver and make it 1-0. Blaze Jordan followed with a single. Two pitches later, Martin torched an 0-1 pitch 453 feet over the wall in left center and Rockford led 4-0. St. Louis did climb to within 4-3, with a big inning in the top of the fifth. Rogers drove in the final two runs with a single off Lightning starting pitcher Gregg Krawczyk. But the only run scored the rest of the way was of the insurance sort -- Alex Freeland with a two-out single in the sixth off Cory Tiller to score Erik Stowe -- as Rockford claimed the win. Krawczyk (1-1) allowed three runs on four hits over the first six innings. After that, Bill Singer, Ricky Cisneros and Nate Green all pitched scoreless innings. Green collected his 18th save. Attached Images Last edited by rink23; 07-15-2021 at 02:17 AM.

07-11-2021, 04:00 AM	#518
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 20,915	Walkers news: June 15 -- Cleveland 4, St. Louis 2 Record: 34-34, 5th, 6.5 GB Cedar Rapids Will Holland hit two home runs to power Cleveland to a 4-2 win over St. Louis at Busch Stadium (2006). Holland's first homer came off River Walkers starting pitcher Jim Martin with no outs in the top of the third. The 416 foot shot put the Juke Box Heroes ahead 2-1. His second came with one out in the top of the seventh, and it greeted Cory Tiller who had just taken the mound. It traveled 440 feet over the wall in left-center and made it 4-2. In between Holland's bomb, Andy Carruthers had homered off Martin in the fourth to make it 3-1. St. Louis did load the bases in the ninth with two outs, but Jonah Milles got Freudis Nova to ground out to end it. Cleveland starting pitcher Luke Madden (3-5) allowed two runs on three hits in five innings. After that, it was Ernesto Barbosa, Juan Munoz and Adam Wenger for an inning apiece. Barbosa and Wenger are both former pitchers for St. Louis. Bill Webb was brought in to close things out in the ninth, but could not finish the job exiting with two outs. The save was the first of the season for Mills. Attached Images Last edited by rink23; 07-15-2021 at 02:50 AM.

07-11-2021, 04:35 AM	#519
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 20,915	Walkers news: June 16 -- Cleveland 3, St. Louis 1 Record: 34-35, 5th, 7.5 GB Cedar Rapids Sparked by a two-out error in center field by Jose Segura, Cleveland took control of a scoreless game with three runs in the top of the sixth inning and went on to defeat St. Louis 3-1 at Busch Stadium (2006). The loss extended the River Walkers' losing streak to eight games. St. Louis starting pitcher Jesse McNaboe retired the first two Juke Box Heroes hitters in the top of the sixth, but Jon Howard kept the inning going with a double. Edgar Bustillos, a former top prospect for St. Louis then hit a fly ball to center which Segura somehow misplayed. Howard scored on the error. Joe Silverstein kept the inning going with another double scoring Bustillos to make it 2-1. When Tony Jackson connected on a single, Cleveland's owned a 3-0 lead. St. Louis did get a run in the bottom of the sixth. Dan Hillard led off with a triple off Heroes starting pitcher Bryan Sharpe. He scored on a Segura fly ball. Sharpe (6-3) went six innings, allowing one run on six hits. Renaud Magoni, Ernesto Barbosa and Victor Vodnik all pitched an inning apiece. Vodnik saw his defense commit a pair of errors behind him in the bottom of the ninth, but struck out the other three batters he faced for his second save. Attached Images Last edited by rink23; 07-15-2021 at 03:25 AM.

07-11-2021, 05:11 AM	#520
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 20,915	Walkers news: June 17 -- St. Louis 5, Cleveland 2 Record: 35-35, 5th, 7 GB Cedar Rapids Devin Rogers took a shutout into the eighth inning to help St. Louis end an eight-game losing streak with a 5-2 win over Cleveland at Busch Stadium (2006). Rogers (2-3) seventh start of his major league career was easily his best, as he went 7.2 innings, allowing one run on three hits. He struck out three and walked two. The 25-year-old exited after throwing 111 pitches. With a runner on first, Mac Horvath, who had reached on an error by River Walkers third baseman Freudis Nova, Luke Dunkin took over for St. Louis. Edgar Bustillos hammered his third pitch over the left-field wall to make it 5-2. Dunkin followed that with a strike out of Fernando Jimenez to end the inning. Scott Rissler set the Juke Box Heroes down in order in the ninth for his fifth save. The Walkers jumped in front in the bottom of the first on a two-out, two-run double by Nova off Cleveland starting pitcher Devin Eyre. Chris Duncan hit a two-run homer off Eyre in the fourth to make it 4-0. Jared Thomas connected on a two-out RBI single off Luis Palomo in the fifth to put the Walkers ahead 5-0. Attached Images Last edited by rink23; 07-15-2021 at 03:58 AM.