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Record: 4-2, 2nd (Tied/w. Cedar Rapids, 2 GB Des Moines
Making his first start of the season, Nathaniel Dixon slapped a two-run double in the top of the fifth inning to give St. Louis a 2-1 lead over Madison, and neither team scored again as the River Walkers avoided getting swept at Comiskey Park (1991).
An RBI double from Chris Duncan off St. Louis starter Angel Tiburcio in the bottom of the second had staked the Muskies to a 1-0 lead.
That lasted until Thairo Estrada and Jovan Gil led off the fifth with back-to-back singles off Madison starter Danny Munos in the fifth.
A balk moved the runners to second and third.
After a strikeout of Tiburcio, Dixon followed with his double to right-center as St. Louis went in front for good.
Tiburcio, who had to exit his opening day start after just two innings with a back injury, fared much better this time going 6.1 innings, allowing just the one run on six hits. He struck out six and walked one.
Yeison Santos finished the seventh inning and recorded the first out of the eighth.
Josh Grissom was supposed to finish the eighth but was lifted after recording an out because of another back injury.
The right-handed is expected to be out for a week.
Cory Tiller retired the only batter he faced to end the eighth.
Madison put its first two hitters aboard against Walkers closer Ernesto Barbosa in the ninth, but couldn't get either one of them home.
It is the second save of the season for Barbosa.