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Record: 92-65, 1st, 7 GA Des Molines
Magic No. to clinch NL South: clinched
Magic No. to clinch NL: 2
Springfield's Justin Verlander tossed five scoreless innings and four relievers did the rest as the Prairie Fighters defeated the St. Louis River Walkers 4-0 at Olympic Stadium.
Verlander scattered five hits in his time on the mound, while striking out five and walking two.
St. Louis starting pitcher Aaron Nola had very little go right, lasting just two innings giving up four runs on nine hits. He struck out three and walked three.

The Fighters first batter of the game, Mookie Betts, homered off Nola.

Two batters later, Freddie Freeman took Nola deep to make it 2-0.
Springfield got its other two runs an inning later.

Verlander did the job for the first one, with his second homer of the season.
Betts followed with a triple and Whit Merrifield drove him home with a single, making it 4-0.
Kenyon Middleton (1.0 IP), Aruto Castro (0.1), Brad Hand (1.2) and Carl Edwards Jr. (1.0) combined to complete the shutout for Springfield.