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Walkers news: May 7 -- St. Louis 6, Milwaukee 5
Record: 17-12, 1st, 0.5 GA Kansas City
Down 2-1, St. Louis scored five times in the top of the third inning, and held on for a 6-5 win over Milwaukee at Milwaukee County Stadium (1976).
The win allowed the River Walkers to avoid being swept in the three-game series.
Jose Ramirez got things rolling in the top of the third for St. Louis with a lead-off single off Crushers starter George McCardel.
Two batters later, after a bunt and ground out, Ramirez was at third, and he scored on a Jordan Groshans double.
That's when the fun really began.
Rick Scott, who had homered for the Walkers' first run, moved Gorshans to third with a single.
Thairo Estrada then moved everyone up a base, scoring Groshans, with another single.
Heston Kjerstad followed that by clearing the bags with his first home run of the season, putting St. Louis up 6-2.
The Crushers did make it interesting, a two-run homer from Erik Rivera with two outs in the seventh off starter Kaneo Kawamoto made it 6-5.
But the St. Louis bullpen didn't allow anything after that.
Despite earning the win, Kawamoto's struggles continued as he allowed five runs on eight hits in 6.2 innings.
He improved to 1-2 on the season.
Yeison Santos got the final out of the seventh and pitched scoreless eighth.
Ernesto Barbosa kept Milwaukee off the scoreboard in the ninth to earn his sixth save.
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