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Record: 72-57, 1st, 9 GA Quad City
Tied 2-2, Kansas City ripped St. Louis starting pitcher Josh McDonald for four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and the Monarchs went on to defeat the River Walkers 10-2 at Kauffman Stadium.
The loss ended a six-game win streak for St. Louis.
A two-run homer from Manuel Coke, his fifth homer in the last six games, off KC starting pitcher Jeremy Bangs, had put St. Louis ahead 2-0 after a half inning.
The Monarchs tied it with runs in the bottom of the second -- T.J. Latham with a two-out RBI single off McDonald -- and fourth -- Alejandro Crespo and Jose Sotelo with back-to-back doubles -- to tie the score.
KC put its first three hitters on base against McDonald to open the bottom of the fifth.
Nick Kline led off with a double.
A wild pitch with Josh Shuler at the plate moved Kline to third.
Shuler put the Monarchs in front with an RBI single.
McDonald did retire the next two, although Crespo did drive in a run with a sacrifice fly.
But he walked Sotelo and when T.J. Latham followed with a double the Monarchs led 6-2.
A solo homer from Shuler off Jose Tapia in the sixth made it 7-2.
KC made it a lopsided game with a three-run bottom of the eighth.
Scott Rissler allowed all four batters he faced to reach base.
A throwing error by Bob Saavedra at third base allowed the inning's first run to score.
The other two came home on a Nick Kline triple.
Bangs (1-1) worked the first five innings, allowing two runs on five hits. He struck out six and walked one.
Four relievers, Omar Moreno (1.1 IP), Jim Messina (0.2), Andy Carruthers (1.0) and Omar Benitez (1.0), combined to shut out the Walkers the rest of the way.