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Walkers news: June 27 -- St. Louis 3, Madison 1
Record: 45-30, 1st/(Tied/w. Springfield), 2 GA Quad City
St. Louis jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning and the River Walkers rode that and a strong start from Edward Kunselman to a 3-1 win over Madison at Busch Stadium (2006).
Both of the first-inning runs scored with two outs against Muskies starting pitcher Jim Martin.
Jackson Miller had singled with one out.
Two batters later, Nick Shaw singled to move Miller to third.
He scored when Martin threw a wild pitch.
Marcos Francis plated Shaw with a double.
The Walkers went up 3-0 in the third.
Miller scored his second run of the game.
This time, he led off the inning with a single, and went to second on a one-out single by Shaw.
Rookie Mark Herman drove Miller in with a two-out single.
Kunselman (6-0) went seven innings, allowing one run -- Dan Hillard led off the fifth with a double an scored on a Brady House fly ball-- on three hits. He struck out eight and didn't issue a walk.
Bobby Westerman pitched the eighth and ninth.
Madison did load the bases in the ninth, but Westerman got out of it without allowing a run for his third save.
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