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Record: 10-8, 1st (Tied/w. Quad City), 1 GA Kansas City
Quad City pounded St. Louis starting pitcher Trey Benton for five runs in the bottom of the first inning and then chased him with two more in the third, as the Thunder went on for a 7-4 win at Fenway Park (1976).
QC put three straight runners on base to open the bottom of the first -- two singles, followed by a walk -- Jacob Gonzalez drove in the first run when Nick Gonzalez hit into a bases-loaded fielder's choice.
Bobby Wescott made it 2-0 by scoring Chase Davis with a sacrifice fly.
Former River Walkers Myles Austin did the rest of the damage with a two-out three-run homer.
It's lead at 5-1, Quad City opened the bottom of the third with four straight single s off Benton, the final one by Austin scoring two more runs, to send him to the shower.
St. Louis did make it interesting by scoring three times in the top of the eighth to pull within 7-4.
But Peter Ahn was struck out by reliever Travis Hailey with the bases loaded to end the inning.
For the second straight game, the Thunder pitching staff piled up the strike outs whiffing 13 batters.
Starter Danny Garza notched nine of them during his 4.2 innings. He also allowed just one run on three hits.
Victor Moreno (2-2) earned the win by finishing the fifth inning and working a scoreless sixth.
Josh Holt pitched the seventh without incident.
St. Louis three-run seventh was divided between Billy Weiner (0.2 IP) and Hailey (0.1).
Craig Fritzler pitched around a lead-off single in the ninth by getting a double play, to earn his first save.