2039 and beyond -- St. Louis River Walkers thread

[rink23]

Record: 6-14, 6th, 6 GB Quad City
Tied 2-2, Green Bay scored three times in the bottom of the eighth inning and went on to defeat St. Louis 6-4 at PNC Park.
A two-run double by Mark Herman staked the River Walkers to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning.
The Mallards tied it in the bottom of the fourth when Sal Valdez hit a two-run homer off St. Louis starting pitcher Miguel Cisneros.
The Walkers retook the lead in the top of the fifth on an RBI single by Ryan Wibbenmeyer off Green Bay starter Matt Loest.
Blaze Jordan retied it in the bottom of the fifth with a two-out homer off Cisneros.
The Mallards broke that tie against reliever Chris Willett in the bottom of the eighth.
Beginning with a lead-off double by Hugo Vargas followed by a Brady House single, Green Bay put five of its first six batters on base.
With runners at first and third and one out, Savion McMullan tripled to score two and make it 5-3.
Former St. Louis catcher Jackson Miller followed with a single to make it 6-3.
Loest went five innings, allowing three runs on six hits. He struck out seven and walked one.
Former Walker reliever Scott Rissler pitched a scoreless sixth inning.
Jason Pappas struck out the side in the seventh and got the first out of the eighth.
Matt Rodriguez got out of a jam in the eighth without allowing a run.
Rodriguez (1-0) would net his first win of the season.
Phil Luis gave up a solo homer to Joe Allen in the ninth but still netted his sixth save.
The five Mallards pitchers combined to strike out 16 batters.

[rink23]

Record: 7-14, 6th, 6 GB Quad City
St. Louis scored once in the first inning and three times in the second and went on to defeat Green Bay 4-2 at PNC Stadium.
Manuel Coke hit his seventh home run of the season off Mallards starting pitcher Ernesto Tello in the top of the first inning to put the River Walkers ahead 1-0.
An inning later, Tello gave up a lead-off double to Mark Herman.
And with two outs, he allowed three straight batters to reach -- walks to Zach Wenman and Daylen Reyes sandwiched around a single by pitcher Ming Xiang -- as two more runs scored.
Xiang drove in a run with his single as did Reyes' bases-loaded walk.
Xiang (3-1) went 6.2 innings, allowing two runs on five hits. He struck out six and didn't issue a walk.
He exited the game after giving up a run-scoring double to Sean Reed which made the score 4-2.
Ron Cox came on with runners on second and third and got Jackson Miller to fly out to end the inning.
Brett McVey (0.1 IP) and Hydajet Hysemi (0.2) combined on a scoreless eighth inning.
Craig Fritzler worked a scoreless ninth for his second save.

[rink23]

Record: 7-15, 6th, 7 GB Quad City
Green Bay ruined the debut of St. Louis rookie starting Cory Birks by scoring three runs over the first two innings and the Mallards went on to defeat the River Walkers 3- 1 at PNC Stadium.
The win gave Green Bay wins in two of three games in the series
Jordan Lawlar opened the game with a lead-off single off Birks, who was making an emergency start for Agustin Perdomo, and Alberto Landaverde followed with being hit by a pitch.
A ground out by Devon Reyna put runners at second and third.
Blaze Jordan scored them both with a single.
In the second, Sean Reed coaxed a one-out walk from Birks.
Reed stole second and scored on a Lawlar single to make it 3-0.
John Haynes pitched the first four innings for the Mallards, allowing one run on three hits. He struck out six and walked five.
The three relievers who followed Hayes -- Angel Hurtado (2.0 IP), Efrain Garcia (1.0) and Matt Rodriguez (2.0) -- combined to shut out the River Walkers over the final five innings.
Hurtado (2-0) earned his second win.
Rodriguez got his first save.

[rink23]

Record: 8-15, 6th, 7 GB Quad City
Down 2-1, St. Louis scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and two more in the seventh and went on to defeat Detroit 6-3 at Busch Stadium (2006).
The Diesels had scored a run on a Brian Moyer ground out off River Walkers starting pitcher Agustin Perdomo in the top of the sixth inning to take a 2-1 lead.
But St. Louis used the long ball to take control of the game in the bottom of the inning.
Joe Allen led off the inning with a homer off Detroit starting pitcher Ray O'Leary.
Later, Chris Gibbs hit his first homer of the season, a two-run shot, off reliever Tony Orozco to put the Walkers ahead 4-2.
St. Louis added two more run in the seventh.
Pinch-hitter Jose Ramon had the big hit with a triple off reliever Edwin Rosa.
The triple drove in Daylen Reyes who had led off the inning with a single.
Ryan Wibbenmeyer later scored Ramon with a fly ball.
Pedromo (2-1) worked seven innings, allowing two runs on three hits. He struck out three and walked two.
Ron Cox pitched the eighth giving up the Diesels third run.
Craig Fritzler earned his third save in the ninth.

[rink23]

Record: 9-15, 6th, 6 GB Quad City
St. Louis starting pitcher Kevin Hrdlicka took a no-hitter into the top of the seventh inning but what was a scoreless game changed quite quickly from there.
After allowing a one-out double to Joey Wilson, Hrdlicka surrendered a two-run homer to Lee Oakley before exiting the game.
That was the start of a six-run inning for the Diesels.
However, the River Walkers exploded for nine runs in the bottom of the eighth on their way to a 9-6 win at Busch Stadium (2006).
Lets start with Detroit's seventh inning.
Ron Cox replaced Hrdlicka after the Oakley homer.
He was horrible.
He walked the first two batters he faced before giving up a three-run homer to Adam Stratton.
Jonathan Villareal followed with a double.
Victor Rosiles replaced Cox, only to be greeted by an RBI double by Freedy Woolsey as Detroit went up 6-0.
But St. Louis trumped that an inning and a half later.
Facing the Diesels bullpen, the Walkers scored nine runs on six hits and they drew three walks.
The big hits were home runs.
Pinch-hitter Gabriel Hagan hit a grand slam off Martin Alfaiate, while Manuel Coke hit a two-run shot off Joe McClain.
Before Hagan's slam, Jose Ramon drove in a run with a single off Alfaiate while Nolan Gorman collected an RBI double.
Ryan Wibbenmeyer also had an RBI double, his coming just in front of Coke's eighth homer of the season.
Hrdlicka went 6.2 innings, allowing two runs on two hits. He struck out eight and walked three.
Cox failed to retire any of the four batters he faced.
Victor Rosiles got the final out of the seventh.
Leo Hermosillo (1-0) pitched a scoreless top of the eighth to earn the win.
Craig Fritzler notched his fourth save.

[rink23]

Record: 10-15, 5th/(Tied/w. Springfield), 5 GB Quad City and Kansas City
Jose Ramon hit his first home run of the season leading off the bottom of the eighth inning, snapping a 3-3 tie and propelling St. Louis to a 5-3 win over Detroit at Busch Stadium (2006).
Ramon's homer came on 2-1 pitch from Diesels reliever Tony Orozco and it soared 373 feet over the left-field wall.
The River Walkers added another run later in the inning, Nick Shaw with an RBI double off Orozco to score Manuel Coke.
Coke had drawn a one-out walk and moved to second on a wild pitch.
Freddy Woolsey and Laurenco Curvelo connected for back-to-back homers off St. Louis starting pitcher Juan Farias in the top of the first to put Detroit up 2-0.
Alex Boychuk delivered a two-run homer off Diesels starter Tony Zaragoza in the second to tie it.
An RBI double from Roc Riggio in the top of the fourth off Farias put Detroit back in front.
Tony Urbalejo hit his first homer since joining St. Louis off Ryan Ballou in the bottom of the seventh, tying it 3-3.
Farias went six innings, allowing three runs on seven hits. He struck out six and walked one.
Leo Hermosillo retired one batter in the seventh before leaving with a back injury.
Kyle Smarr came on to finish off the seventh and record the first two outs of the eighth.
Brett McVey (1-1) went the rest of the way and earned the win.

[rink23]

St. Louis got just two appearances out of left-handed relief pitcher Hydajet Hyseni before an elbow will ended his season.
Hyseni last pitched on April 27 in a 3-1 loss to Green Bay. He left that contest with an elbow injury.
He will undergo ligament reconstruction surgery in the near future and is expected to miss up to nine months.
Hyseni, who St. Louis signed as a free agent in the off-season, pitched just 1.2 innings in his two games with St. Louis He had no record, struck out one batter and had a 0.60 WHIP.
Getting called up from AAA Memphis will be 40-year-old lefty Yelin Rodriguez.
Rodriguez has pitched in three games for the Redbirds. He has posted no record and worked five innings total.
In that time, he has posted a 0.80 WHIP and struck out one.
For his career, Rodriguez has pitched in 431 games at the major-league level, all in relief.
He has a 23-14 record with eight saves and a 3.15 ERA.
In 530.2 innings, he has struck out 408 batters and owns a 1.30 WHIP.

[rink23]

MBL news: May 1 -- Players and Pitchers of the Month for April

[rink23]

MBL news: May 1 -- Rookies of the Month for April and standings

[rink23]

MBL news: May 1 -- American League leaders

[rink23]

MBL news: May 1 -- National League leaders

[rink23]

Walkers news: May 1 -- Team statistics for April

[rink23]

Player of the Month: Manuel Coke -- The 26-year-old right fielder batted .278 with eight homers, 25 RBIs and 2 runs scored in 25 games. He got on base at a .324 clip and slugged .619.
Starting Pitcher of the Month: Ming Xiang -- The 27-year-old right-hander was 3-1 in five starts with a 2.62 ERA. He pitched a total of 34.1 innings, during which he struck out 24 and had a 0.82 WHIP.
Relief Pitcher of the Month: Leo Hermosillo -- The 33-year-old left-hander got into nine games during which he went 1-0 with a .0.87 ERA. He pitched 10.1 innings and struck out nine batters while posting a .1.06 WHIP.

[rink23]

Walkers news: May 1 -- Player Development Report

[rink23]

Record: 10-16, 7th, 6 GB Quad City
Wally Gibbs shutout St. Louis on one hit over the first eight innings and Detroit avoided a four-game sweep with a 6-0 win at Busch Stadium (2006).
Gibbs (3-1) didn't allow a hit until Mark Herman reached on a one-out single in the bottom of the seventh.
The right-hander exited after throwing 110 pitches through the first eight innings. He struck out eight and walked one.
Matt Kelsh set the River Walkers down in order in the ninth to complete the shutout.
The Diesels scored single runs in six different innings.
They scored in the second, third and sixth off St. Louis starting pitcher Miguel Cisneros.
Edgar Suarez singled with one out in the second.
He stole second and scored on a Lance Platko single.
Gibbs singled with one out in the third and advanced to second on an error by center fielder Joe Allen.
Freddy Woolsey drove in Gibbs with a two-out double.
Cisneros allowed three straight batters to reach to open the sixth, loading the bases.
Shiju Shikari drove in Suarez, who had drawn a lead-off walk, with a fly ball to left.
In the seventh, Jonathan Villareal led off with a double off Ron Cox and scored on a Laurenco Curvelo single.
Roc Riggio drew a two-out walk from Chris Willett in the eighth.
A wild pitch by Yelin Rodriguez moved Riggio to second.
He scored on a Woolsey single.
Lee Oakley drew a one-out walk from Kyle Smarr in the ninth.
A Lance Patko double put Oakley on third.
Shirkari collected another RBI when Oakley scored on a ground out.

[rink23]

MBL news: May 2 -- Awards and standings after Week 5

[rink23]

Record: 10-17, 7th, 6 GB Quad City
Twin Cities scored a pair of runs off St. Louis closer Craig Fritzler in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat the River Walkers 5-4 at Target Field.
Pinch-hitter Pete Johnson tied the score when he led off the inning with a homer to left field.
It marked Fritzler's fourth blown save of the season, matching his total for the 2038 season.
Juan Yanez later drew a one-out walk.
Mike Sartain won it two batters later hitting a two-out double on the first pitch he saw.
St. Louis led 4-2 going into the bottom of the eighth when the Snow Cats scored twice to pull within a run.
Danny Morrison drove in both runs with a two-out single off River Walkers reliever Yelin Rodriguez.
Rodriguez had entered the game after starter Xiang Ming struck out Juan Yanez to lead off the inning.
Rodriguez came in and allowed all four batters he faced to reach base --two walks and two singles -- with Morrison being the hit which tied the game.
Snow Cats starting pitcher Travis Mayr went five innings, allowing four runs on five hits. He struck out five and walked two.
Chris Bigalow (0.2 IP) and Tristan Nicholls (0.1) combined to pitch a scoreless sixth inning .
Mike Harney did the same in the seventh.
Danny Patino (2-2) would earn the win after keeping the Walkers off the scoreboard in the eighth and ninth.

[rink23]

Record: 11-17, 7th, 6 GB Quad City
St. Louis put together two big innings -- scoring four runs in the top of the second and five in the fifth -- to power its way to a 10-5 win over Twin Cities at Target Field.
Tied 1-1, Joe Allen gave the River Walkers the lead for good when he hit a grand slam off Snow Cats starting pitcher Brent Autin in the top of the second.
With Twin Cities having pulled to within 5-4, St. Louis busted it open again the top of the fifth.
This time, Allen got things rolling with a lead-off double off Ruben Lopez.
A wild pitch moved Allen to second, and he scored on a Manuel Coke single.
But St. Louis wasn't done.
Mark Herman followed with a double as Coke moved to third,
Chris Gibbs then reached on an error by third baseman Jim Felde as Coke scored to make it 7-4.
Brandon Jollay replaced Lopez, only to walk two of the next three hitters to load the bases.
Jollay made it three walks in the inning with a free pass to Perdomo, scoring Mark Herman.
Jose Ramon followed with a two-out single to make it 10-4
Perdomo pitched seven innings, allowing five runs on nine hits. He struck out two and walked the same.
Chris Willett worked two scoreless innings in relief.
.

[rink23]

Record: 11-18, 7th, 6 GB Quad City and Kansas City
Twin Cities pounded St. Louis starting pitcher Kevin Hrdlicka for seven runs in less than four innings as the Snow Cats downed the River Walkers 10-4 at Target Field.
The victory gave the Cats wins in two of three games in the series.
The onslaught started early with Jonathan Knapp hitting a two-run homer and Jim Felde belting a solo shot in the bottom of the first to put Twin Cities up 3-0.
Felde drove in two more runs in the third with a two-out double off Hrdlicka to make it 5-0.
Danny Morrison belted a two-out, two-run double off Hrdlicka in the fourth as the lead reached 7-0.
The fun continued against the Walkers bullpen in the fifth when Victor Rosiles gave up solo homers to Mike Sartain and Pete Johnson.
They made it 9-0.
The Walkers tallied three times in the seventh -- Mark Herman drove in two of the runs with a single off Danny Patino -- but it didn't really matter.
Andy Dornfeld (2-2) held St. Louis scoreless over the first five innings. He struck out eight and walked two.
Four relievers, Craig Bigalow (1.1 IP), Danny Patino (1.2), Brandon Jollay (0.2) and Andres Alvarez (0.1), combined to finish out the game for Twin Cities.

[rink23]

The St. Louis River Walkers have called up 25-year-old shortstop R.J. Gomez from AA Springfield and sent veteran infielder Tony Urbalejo for AAA Memphis.
Urbalejo will have to clear waivers before he can join the Redbirds.
The Walkers re-signed veteran shortstop Daylen Reyes in the offseason hoping he could play the position again for them in 2039.
But Reyes, 37, has struggled mightily batting just .119 with two RBIs in his first 26 games (23 starts).
St. Louis signed Gomez as a free agent in the offseason.
He has played at both AAA and AA Springfield this season and struggled at the plate at both levels.
At AAA, Gomez started four games and hit just .059 with one homer and two RBIs.
For Springfield, Gomez started 21 games and hit .182 with two homers and 10 RBIs.
Urbalejo got into six games in St. Louis, hitting .176 with one homer and one RBI.