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Record: 32-21, 1st (Tied/w. Des Moines), 2 GA Cedar Rapids and Kansas City
Tied 2-2, Jared Thomas connected on a bases-loaded double which scored three runs to help lift St. Louis to a 6-4 win over Kansas City at Royals Stadium (1974).
The victory gave the River Walkers' victories in two of the series' three games.
In that seventh inning, Daniel Becerra led off the inning with a single off Monarchs relief pitcher Travis Rinker.
After a strikeout of Jose Segura, Alex Greene drew a walk putting two runners aboard.
Nick Shaw flew out for the second out.
Juan Sandoval took over on the mound for Kansas City.
He proceeded to walk Jovan Gill to load the bases.
Thomas followed with his double to score all three.
St. Louis added an insurance run in the ninth.
Nick Shaw doubled with one out off reliever Grayson Rodriguez.
A throwing error on a pickoff throw by catcher Logan Tanner moved Shaw to second.
Thomas collected his fourth RBI of the game when he drove in Shaw with another double.
St. Louis starting pitcher Jesse McNaboe (7-2) earned his seventh inning by going six innings, allowing two runs on three hits. He struck out five and walked three.
Josh Grissom and Nick Ruffalo both pitched an inning apiece to get the game to the ninth.
Ricky Cisneros was called upon to close the game out, only to allow a single to Josh Shuler and triple to Ed Moore to get the Monarchs back into the game.
A wild pitch scored Moore to make it 6-4.
That brought closer Ernesto Barnosa to the mound, and he slammed the door with a pair of strikeouts to notch his 14th save.