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Record: 17-23, 5th/(Tied/w. Louisville and Springfield), 7.5 GB Cedar Rapids
Ming Xiang took a shutout into the eighth inning and St. Louis squeaked out a 3-2 win over Milwaukee at Miller Park (2020).
Xiang (3-5) went 7.2 innings, allowing one run on five hits. He struck out five and didn't walk a batter.
The lone run he allowed came in the eighth when Corey Flowe doubled with two outs.
Flowe scored when Angel Ontiveros followed with a single.
That made the score 3-1.
Juan Munoz stepped in and struck out Andy Burhoe to end the inning.
Munoz returned to pitch the ninth but gave up a homer to Jose Morillo to lead off the inning.
Arnold Hammond then followed with a single.
Tom Floria took over and struck out Joseph Hughes before getting Dylan Crews to hit into a double play to notch his fourth save.
A pair of runs in the top of the second off Crushers starter Josh Galarza put St. Louis in front.
Quiang Chang doubled with one out and Daniel Lopez drew a walk.
Mark Waterson scored Chang with a single.
Xiang then collected an RBi with a two-out single, scoring Lopez.
The other Walkers' run came in the fifth.
Galarza walked Adam Stewart to open the inning.
A wild pitch then moved Stewart to second.
A sac bunt by Xiang placed him on third.
Stewart scored, making it 3-0, on a Tom Porter ground out,