2033 St. Louis River Walkers: And the saga continues

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Akron's John Polk hit a game-tying home run with two outs in the top of the ninth inning and hit a three-run homer in the 11th to spur a four-run inning as the Flying Feet defeated St. Louis 8-6 at Busch Stadium (2006).
Down 4-1, Akron scored single runs in the top in the sixth -- Bill Savage led off with a double off River Walkers starting pitcher Edward Kunselman. He then stole third and scored on a Danny Morrison fly out -- and seventh -- a George Crockett solo homer off Kunselman -- to pull to within 4-3.
Then in the ninth, Polk powered the first pitch he saw from Strother 395 feet over the right-field wall to tie the game.
The homer marked the first run allowed by Strother in 24 appearances, and his first blown save of the season.
In the 11th, TJ Reeves got things rolling for the Feet with a lead-off double off Scott Rissler.
Rissler retired the next two, before issuing an intentional walk to Victor Romero.
Polk made St. Louis regret that, smacking a 3-1 pitch over the left-field wall to make it 7-4.
Jorge Goto then also blasted Rissler with a solo shot, as the Akron lead reached 8-4.
St. Louis made it interesting with two solo homers of its own in the bottom of the 11th.
Mark Herman led off with his 11th of the season.
Rookie Mark Waterson later went deep with his first of the season with two outs.
Reliever Santiago Snyder allowed both homers.
Akron starter Joe Black worked just four innings, giving up four runs on seven hits.
After that it was Kevin Baker and Freddy Cisneros for two innings apiece.
Phil Luis handled the ninth without an issue.
Snyder (2-1) had his troubles in his second inning, the 11th, but got the win.

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Record: 78-54, 1st, 6 GA Cedar Rapids
Xavier Wigfall pitched seven shut-out innings and Marcos Francis broke open a scoreless game with a three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning, as St. Louis downed Akron 4-0 at Busch Stadium (2006).
A two-out double by John Polk with two outs in the top of the second inning was the only hit Wigfall allowed.
Wigfall (11-9) struck out 10 and walked three.
Flying Feet starting pitcher Josh Thomas was almost as impressive holding the River Walkers scoreless into the sixth.
But Manuel Coke opened the bottom portion of that inning with a double.
Nick Shaw was then given an intentional walk.
Francis took advantage smacking a 1-1 pitch 436 feet over the wall in left-center for his 18th home run of the season and a 3-0 lead.
St. Louis added an insurance run an inning later.
Pinch-hitter Nathaniel Dixon scored it after he led off with a single off reliever Adam Disney.
A balk moved Dixon to second.
Dixon reached third on a Bob Saavedra ground out.
When Disney uncorked a wild pitch, Dixon crossed the plate.
Brennan Weldon pitched a scoreless eighth for St. Louis.
Armando Cintron did the same in the ninth.

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Record: 79-54, 1st, 6 GA Cedar Rapids
Trailing 2-1, St. Louis exploded for five runs in the top of the fifth inning and added two more in the sixth, and the River Walkers needed every one of them as they held on for an 8-7 win over Akron at Busch Stadium (2006).
The win gave St. Louis' wins in two of the final three games of the series between division leaders.
The Walkers' five-run fifth featured a pair of home runs.
Nathaniel Dixon led off the inning with his eighth homer of the season.
Manuel Coke capped the outburst with his 33rd of the season, a two-run shot.
In between, Bob Saavadera drove in a pair of runs with a double.
Flying Feet starting pitcher Mike Evanson was on the mound for all the damage.
In the next inning, Eddie Estrella led off with a single off reliever Jeremy Bangs.
The next batter, Dixon, Estrella home with a triple.
Dixon then scored on an Abdul-Nasser bin Amr ground out.
The Feet started their comeback with a run in the seventh inning.
They then really made it interesting in the ninth.
Three of Akron's first four hitters reached base against reliever Ron Cox, a pair of walks sandwiched around a Bill Savage double.
A wild pitch by Cox allowed the inning's first run to score.
With runners at the corners, Brennan Weldon took the mound and proceeded to give up a three-run homer to Adam Vargas, making it 8-7.
Weldon, however, settled down and got Victor Romero to ground out and struck out John Polk to end it.
Walkers rookie starter Kevin Hrdlicka (4-4) went six innings, allowing two runs on four hits. He struck out seven and walked three.
Rookie reliever Alex Salinas took the mound to start the seventh, and allowed all three batters he faced to reach base.
Nick Ruffalo took over and got the first two outs of the seventh.
Bobby Westerman wrapped up the seventh and kept the score 8-3.
Cox was made in his third of an inning in the ninth.
Weldon gave up the Vargas' homer, but still earned his sixth save.

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MBL news: Week 22 -- Awards and standings

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Record: 81-55, 1st, 6 GA Cedar Rapids
Tied 5-5, St. Louis tallied two runs in the top of the 10th inning and went on to defeat Rockford 7-5 at RFK Stadium (2005).
Lightning reliever Ferrie Stolk struck out Eddie Estrella to begin the top of the 10th.
Zach Wenman followed with a single, and when Chris Duncan reached on a bunt the River Walkers had two runners aboard.
Stephen Von Lehmden took over the mound duties for Rockford.
Nathaniel Dixon greeted him with a double, with Wenman winding up at third.
Bob Saavedra scored Wenman with a fly ball to left.
St. Louis tallied twice in both the first and fifth innings, to go up 4-0.
The Lightning got their first run in the bottom of the fifth against Walkers starter Josh McDonald.
Daylen Reyes singled and scored on a two-out double by Ernesto Ferreras.
Rockford then tied it with three runs off McDonald in the sixth.
Jared Braude plated two of the runs with a homer.
St. Louis went up 5-4 in the top of the seventh.
Manuel Coke was hit by a Pablo Ochoa pitch to open the inning.
He scored on a two-out single by Jose Segura.
The Lightning tied it in the bottom of the eighth on a pinch-hit single by Greg Bernier off Armando Cintron.
Coffey, also a pinch-hitter, had reached on a two-out double off Bobby Westerman.
McDonald pitched six innings for St. Louis, allowing four runs on five hits. He struck out four and walked the same.
Greg Sones allowed a pair of hits and retired just one batter in the seventh.
Westerman finished the seventh and got the first two outs of the eighth.
Cintron finished the eighth and got the first out of the ninth.
Walkers closer Nick Strother (6-2) allowed just one base runner over the final 1.2 innings to earn the win.

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Record: 82-55, 1st, 6 GA Cedar Rapids
Nick Shaw hit a two-run home run off Rockford relief pitcher Ferrie Stolk with one out in the top of the 10th inning to help lift St. Louis to a 5-3 win at RFK Stadium (2005).
Marcos Francis had singled just in front of Shaw.
Shaw followed that up by blasting an 1-1 pitch 403 feet over the right-field wall for his 20th homer of the season.
The Lightning had tied it with two outs in the bottom of the ninth when Javy Monjaraz homered off River Walkers reliever Nick Ruffalo.
St. Louis had taken a 3-1 lead with a three-run top of the fifth.
Jose Segura led off the inning with a homer off Lightning ace Melvin Chavez.
Eddie Estrella followed with a single, and a double by Abdul-Nasser bin Amr had put runners at second and third.
Pitcher Shane Drogo scored Estrella with a bunt.
Abdul-Nasser bib Amr crossed the plate with Bob Saavedra hit into a fielder's choice.
Rockford made it 3-2 in the bottom of the sixth, when Jared Braude led off the inning with a single off Drogo.
He scored when David Blanton followed with a double.
Drogo worked five innings, allowing two runs on six hits. He struck out four and didn't issue a walk.
Scott Rissler worked two innings of scoreless relief, following Drogo.
Ron Cox didn't allow a base runner in a silent eighth.
Ruffalo got the first out of the ninth.
Weldon (6-2) got the other two, setting himself up for the win.
Nick Strother pitched the 10th and notched his 27th save.

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Record: 83-55, 1st, 6 GA Cedar Rapids
Tied 1-1, Abdul-Nasser bin Amr hit a three-run home run in the top of the fourth inning and St. Louis went on to defeat Rockford 8-3 to complete a three-game sweep at RFK Stadium (2005).
Bin Amr's fifth homer of the season came off Lightning starting pitcher Rich Nelson.
It scored Manuel Coke, who had led off the inning with a single, and Jose Segura, who had drawn a two-out walk.
It's lead now 4-2, the River Walkers added two runs in the sixth.
Jackson Miller drove them both in with a single off Josh Forgy.
Rookie Mark Waterson tripled off Franciso Claros as a pinch hitter in the eighth and scored on a Marcos Francis ground out to make it 7-2.
Eddie Estrella hit a solo homer off Ryan Wimbushin the ninth to make it 8-3.
St. Louis starting pitcher Edward Kunselman (10-3) allowed two runs on nine hits over six innings. He struck out four and didn't issue a walk.
Greg Sones worked a silent seventh.
Alex Salinas (0.1 IP) was responsible for Rockford's final run in the eighth.
Ron Cox (0.2) retired two in a row in that inning to limit the damage.
Armando Cintron took care of the ninth.

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Record: 84-55, 1st, 6.5 GA Cedar Rapids
A red-hot month of September for the St. Louis River Walkers as they jumped out to a 4-0 lead after 5.5 innings and went on to defeat Cincinnati 7-3 at Riverfront Stadium (1984).
The loss was the sixth in a row for St. Louis and moved Walkers to 10-1 since the start of the month.
Jose Segura connected for an RBI triple off River Sharks starting pitcher Chris Novotny and later scored on a Abdul-Nasser bin Amr fly ball to highlight a two-run top of the second inning.
In the sixth, Manuel Coke and Marcos Francis hit back-to-back homers off Novotny to open the inning and push that advantage to 4-0.
Cincinnati did pull to within 4-3, with two runs off Walkers starter Xavier Wigfall in the bottom of the sixth.
A wild pitch scored one run while Tom Aloisio drove in the other with a two-out single off Nick Ruffalo.
Jonathan Hodges connected on for an RBI single off Bobby Westerman with one out in the seventh.
St. Louis added two insurance runs in the top of the ninth.
Segura scored for the second time.
This time he led off with a double off Carlos Aguirre.
A bin Amr single moved Segura to third, and a third consecutive hit, this one a single from Zach Wenman, sent him across the plate.
Later, bin Amr scored on a two-out single by Coke off Braxton Ashcraft.
Wigfall (12-9) worked five shutout innnings, but didn't record an out in the sixth.
He still earned the win, allowing two runs on five hits. He struck out five and walked three.
Ruffalo got all three outs in the sixth inning, and the first one in the seventh.
After that, it was Bobby Westerman and Greg Sones recording three outs apiece.
Scott Rissler stepped in to record the final two outs of the game.

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Record: 85-55, 1st, 6.5 GA Cedar Rapids
Nick Shaw snapped a 1-1 tie with a two-run home run in the top of the sixth inning and he went 3 for 5 with two runs scored and four RBIs, to help lead St. Louis to a 9-3 win over Cincinnati at Riverfront Stadium (1984).
The win was the seventh in a row for the River Walkers and improved them to 11-1 since Sept. 1.
River Sharks relief pitcher Mike Goldblatt hit the Walkers' Manuel Coke to open the top of the sixth.
Shaw then turned on an 0-2 pitch and powered it 413 feet over the wall in left center for his 22nd home run of the season.
St. Louis added another run in the seventh.
Abdul-Nasser bin Amr led off the inning with a double off Bobby Stover.
A single by pinch-hitter Nathaniel Dixon moved bin Amr to third.
He later scored on a wild pitch while Coke was at the plate with two outs.
A throwing error by St. Louis center fielder Jose Segura on a Joe Neyer single allowed the Sharks to score a run in the bottom of the seventh with Brennan Weldon on the mound.
The Walkers wiped that out in a big way by exploding for five runs in the top of the ninth.
Marcos Francis delivered the big hit with a three-run homer off Braxton Ashcraft.
Shaw drove in the inning's first run with a single.
The final run came home on a bin Amr double off Justin Roberson.
St. Louis rookie starter Kevin Hrdlicka (5-4) handled the first six innings, allowing three runs on three hits. He struck out one and walked three.
Weldon (0.1 IP) and Ruffalo (0.2) combined to pitch the seventh when Cinicinnati scored its final run.
Bobby Westerman worked a scoreless eighth.
Ron Cox did the same in the ninth.

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Record: 86-55, 1st, 7.5 GA Cedar Rapids
Abdul-Nasser bin Amr hit a two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning to snap a 1-1 tie and help lift St. Louis to a 3-1 win over Cincinnati at Riverfront Stadium (1985).
The was the eighth in a row for the River Walkers and improved them to 12-1 since Sept. 1.
Nick Shaw drew a lead-off walk from Nate Guthrie to begin the top of the ninth.
Shaw was later forced out at second on a fielder's choice by Jose Segura.
After the fielder's choice, bin Amr blasted his sixth home run of the season driving a 3-2 pitch from Guthrie 384 feet over the left-field wall.
St. Louis got its lone run before the ninth in the top of the fourth off River Sharks starting pitcher Lenyn LaMoureaux.
It all came with two outs as Manuel Coke singled with two outs.
He scored when Nick Shaw followed with a double.
Cincinnati tied it in the bottom of the sixth.
Former St. Louis minor leaguer Laurenco Curvelo reached on a bunt single, but was eliminated when the next batter, Danny Benavidez, hit into a fielder's choice.
Benevidez stole second and moved to third on a throwing error by catcher Jackson Miller.
Shaun Young drove Benevidez home with a single.
Walkers starting pitcher Josh McDonald lasted seven innings, allowing the one run on five hits. He struck out four and didn't issue a walk.
Aramando Cintron (4-0) worked a scoreless eighth for the Walkers to earn the win.
Nick Strother earned his 28th save for setting the River Sharks down in order in the ninth.

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Record: 86-56, 1st, 7.5 GA Cedar Rapids
Rich Haas shut out St. Louis over the first six innings, and Cincinnati got a pair of two-run homers from Jean Carmona and Laurence Curvelo in the bottom of the fifth to pave the way for a 5-1 win at Riverfront Stadium (1985).
The win allowed the River Sharks to avoid a four-game sweep. It also stopped an eight-game win streak for St. Louis.
It was a scoreless game into the bottom of the fifth when pair of Walkers' ties came up big for Cincinnati.
Joe Neyer led off the inning with a single off St. Louis 15-game winner Shane Drogo.
Jean Carmona, who spent parts off 11 seasons at the Walkers shortstop, followed with a two-run homer, his ninth of the season.
Pedro Egovail followed with a single.
Three batters later, Laurenco Curvelo, who spent six years in St. Louis' minor-league system before being traded to the River Sharks, launched his sixth home run of the season to make it 4-0.
St. Louis did get on the board against Haas in the top of the seventh.
Marcos Francis led off the inning with a double and scored on a Mark Herman single.
Cincinnati got that run back in the bottom of the seventh on a solo homer from Tom Alisio off reliever Ron Cox.
Haas (9-10) allowed the one run on six hits over seven innings. He struck out five and didn't issue a walk.
Bobby Stover pitched a scoreless eighth for Cincinnati.
Mike Goldblatt did the same in the ninth.

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MBL news: Sept. 15 -- Week 23 - Awards and standings

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Record: 86-57, 1st, 6.5 GA Cedar Rapids
Down 2-1, Cedar Rapids scored the game's next six runs and went on to defeat St. Louis 7-3 at Busch Stadium (2006).
The Grapplers gained command by scoring twice in both the third and four innings off River Walkers starting pitcher Edward Kunselman.
A Miguel Mato homer accounted for the first run in the top of the third.
Miguel Mena drove in the other run with a double, scoring Jose Morillo, who had been hit by a pitch.
Eric Peretz led off the fourth for the Grapplers with a single.
He scored when the next batter, Mark Hill, doubled.
Pitcher Edwin Rivera scored Hill with a single.
Steven Williams drove in Peretz, who had led off the inning with a double, with a double of his own off Brennan Weldon in the sixth.
Morrillo led off the seventh with a double off Weldon.
He scored on a Mena double off Scott Rissler to make it 7-2.
Rivera (14-9) earned his 14th win of the season by allowing two runs on six hits over seven innings. He struck out three and didn't walk a batter.
Jordyn Ibarra worked a scoreless eighth and got the first out of the ninth before getting into trouble following a double by Jackson Miler.
Miguel Britten got the final two outs, he also allowed an RBI double to Marcos Francis, to seal the win.

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Record: 87-57, 1st, 7.5 GA Cedar Rapids
Jose Segura scored on an Anton Melendez wild pitch -- St. Louis' second run of the bottom of the 14th inning -- to give the River Walkers a 6-5 win over Cedar Rapids at Busch Stadium (2006).
The Grapplers has taken a 5-4 lead in the top of the 14th.
Mark Hill led off the inning with a double off St. Louis reliever Ron Cox.
He later scored when Miguel Mateo tripled with two outs off Alex Salinas.
Salinas got Eric Gebhardt to fly out to end the top of the 14th, keeping the score 5-4.
In the bottom half, Marcos Francis drew a lead-off walk from Melendez.
Segura followed with a single.
Zach Wenman grounded out to put runners on second and third.
Abdul-Nasser bin Amr tied with a single, scoring Francis.
Nathaniel Dixon flew out for the second out.
With Bob Saavedra at the plate, Melendez threw to first three straight times.
(Why, the runner at third was the winning run, the runner at first did not matter).
His first pitch to Saavedra then got past catcher Tim Jurgensen and allowing Segura to cross the plate.
Jurgensen hit a three-run homer in the top of the third off River Walkers starting pitcher Xavier Wigfall to give the Grapplers a 3-0 lead.
The Walkers tied it in the bottom of the sixth against Cedar Rapids starter Joel Glen.
Nathaniel Dixon led off the inning with a double and scored on a Mark Herman fly ball.
Nick Shaw followed with a two-run homer.
Both teams scored single runs in the 11th.
Jurgensen led off the top of the inning for Cedar Rapids with a single off Nick Ruffalo.
He scored on a Miguel Mena double.
In the bottom half, Keith Kirby hit Herman with a two-out pitch.
Nick Shaw connected for a double to keep the game going.
Wigfall went five innings, allowing three runs on three hits, He struck out three but walked six.
St. Louis used seven relievers to cover the final nine innings.
Scott Rissler (1.2 IP), Armando Cintron (0.1) and Greg Sones (1.0) got the game to the ninth inning.
Westerman and Ruffalo both pitched two innings, with Ruffalo giving up Cedar Rapids' fourth run.
Ron Cox (1.2 IP) didn't allow a run in the 13th but put a runner on which did in the 14th.
Alex Salinas gave up Mato's triple, which made it 5-4.
He did, however, keep the score 5-4.
That allowed Salinas (1-0) to earn his first win.

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Record: 87-58, 1st, 6.5 GA Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids starting pitcher Antonio Echevaria shut out St. Louis into the seventh inning, and the Grapplers held off a late comeback to defeat the River Walkers 6-4 at Busch Stadium (2006).
Echevaria (4-8) allowed no runs on three hits over the first six innings, before giving up a lead-off double to Nick Shaw in the seventh.
The left-hander left the game after getting the next batter, Marcos Francis, to fly out.
Overall, Echevaria allowed one run on four hits. He struck out three and walked one.
Brian Petak took over for the Grapplers and allowed a two-run homer to Jose Segura making it 4-2.
Cedar Rapids had scored one run in the first inning -- Jose Morillo drew a one-out walk from St. Louis starting pitcher Kevin Hrdlicka. Morillo stole second and scored on a Tim Jurgensen single -- and two in the second -- a two-run single by Miguel Mato off Hrdlicka -- to go up 3-0.
The Grapplers got their fourth run in the sixth.
Morillo scored again.
This time he singled off reliever Bobby Westerman with one out.
He again stole second, and scored on a Jurgensen single.
It's lead 4-2, the Grapplers added two more runs in the eighth.
Mena and Ron Henriques with two-out RBI singles off Nick Ruffalo.
They would need those runs, as St. Louis made it interesting in the ninth.
The Walkers loaded the bases with two outs.
Abdul-Nasser bin Amr drove in two runs with a single off closer Keith Kirby, making it 6-4.
But Kirby got Yan C. Dixon to hit into a fielder's choice to end it.
Petak pitched 1.2 innings, allowing one run on one hit.
Miguel Britten got the first two outs of the ninth.
Kirby's got the final out for his 38th save.

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Record: 88-58, 1st, 6.5 GA Cedar Rapids
Josh McDonald took a perfect game into the seventh inning and ended up with a two-hitter as St. Louis blasted five home runs in a game it routed Quad City 10-0 at Fenway Park (1975).
McDonald (13-7), whose team already led 6-0 didn't allow a base runner until former River Walker Daniel Becerra led off the bottom of the seventh with a single.
The only other hit McDonald gave up was a two-out single to Jacob Gonzalez in the eighth.
For the game, McDonald allowed just the two hits while striking out 11 and walking nine while posting his second shutout of the season.
Offensively, St. Louis wasted little time putting the game out of reach.
The River Walkers sent 11 batters to the plate in the first inning against Thunder rookie starter Ryan Falk.
Manuel Coke and Nick Shaw both hit two-run homers among the first four batters.
McDonald later drove in a run with a bunt
Bob Saavedra plated the inning's final run with a ground out off reliever Jeff Young.
The rest of the St. Louis scoring came in the eighth off reliever Angelo Touliatos.
It came as the result of three straight home runs.
Coke was first with a two-run shot.
Marcos Francis and Shaw followed with solo blasts.

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Record: 88-59, 1st, 6.5 GA Cedar Rapids
A day after losing 10-0 to St. Louis, Quad City turned the tables on the River Walkers routing them 12-0 at Fenway Park (1975).
The Thunder took the lead early with single runs in the first and second innings off St. Louis starting pitcher Shane Drogo.
Angel Solis drew a one-out walk from Drogo in the first and scored on a two-out single by Paul Totten.
Gabriel Hagan hit a solo homer off Drogo in the second.
That lead grew to 3-0 in the seventh when former St. Louis player Daniel Becerra led off with a double off Drogo and scored on a Collin Allen double.
The remaining Thunder runs came in bunches, as they scored four times in the seventh, and five in the eighth.
Pitcher Javier Assad drove in two runs in the seventh with a single off Scott Rissler.
Joey Wilson hit a three-run pinch-hit homer off Alex Salinas in the eighth.
Allen also went deep in the eighth, a solo homer also off Salinas.
Assad (3-3) was impressive on the mound working 7.2 innings of shutout ball.
He allowed four hits and struck out three while not walking a batter.
Joe Wahl got the final out of the eighth.
Lawrence Caulfield kept St. Louis off the board in the ninth.

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Record: 88-60, 1st, 5.5 GA Cedar Rapids
Quad City jumped on St. Louis starting pitcher Edward Kunselman for four runs in the bottom of the first inning, and the Thunder rode that to a 7-2 win at Fenway Park (1976).
The victory was the second in a row for QC to complete the three-game series.
Back-to-back homers off Kunselman were the key blows of the Thunder's big first inning.
Gabriel Hagan struck first with a three-run homer.
Fontana Felitti then drove the first pitch he saw 389 feet over the wall in right to make it 4-0.
It's lead at 4-1, Nick Shaw hit a solo homer off QC starter Pascal Marcovicci in the top of the sixth, the Thunder tallied twice in the bottom of the sixth.
Kunselman loaded the bases before giving up an RBI single to Raul Collazo.
He then walked Bill Blakeney to force in another run.
That marked the end of Kunselman's outing.
Jose Segura led off the seventh for St. Louis with a homer off Joe Wahl.
The Thunder got that run back in the bottom of the inning.
Jacob Gonzalez led off with a single off Danny Burch.
Gonzalez stole second and scored on a Paul Totten single.
Marcovicci (8-8) lasted 5.1 innings, allowing one run on five hits. He struck out seven and walked one.
Sam Gibb finished off the sixth for the Thunder.
Wahl pitched the seventh and got the first two outs of the eighth.
Rodrigo Bueno completed the eighth.
A scoreless ninth was posted by Hector Almedina.

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Record: 89-60, 1st, 5.5 GA Cedar Rapids
Xavier Wigfall took a shutout into the ninth inning and St. Louis broke open a close game with five-run innings in the fifth and eighth to defeat Louisville 11-1 in the opening game of a doubleheader at Busch Stadium (2006).
Wigfall (13-9) shut out the Sluggers on five hits over the first eight innings.
The right-hander appeared to run out of gas in the top of the ninth, when he allowed singles to the first three batters.
The third single, by Chris Ring, scored Joe Bien with Louisville's first run to make it 11-1.
Scott Rissler came on to retire the next two to end the game.
For his eight innings, Wigfall allowed one run on eight hits. He struck out seven and didn't walk a batter.
Wigfall also had a pair of hits.
His first, a lead-off single in the third off Sluggers starting pitcher Victor Mendez, led to the game's first run when he scored on a Marcos Francis triple.
Wigfall also sparked the Walkers' five-run outburst in the fifth when he led off the inning with a double off Mendez.
He scored when Nathaniel Dixon followed with a homer.
Manuel Coke later doubled and scored on a Nick Shaw single.
Jose Segura drove in the inning's final two runs with a triple.
The five-run eighth inning for St. Louis was highlighted by a three-run homer by Shaw off Caleb Kinney, his 27th of the season.
Manuel Coke drove in the inning's first run with a single off Kyle Kulig.
Francis also had an RBI single off Kinney in the inning.