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The Shires respond after getting blasted by Nolan Gorman and rival Windy City to split the 4-game series, before winning the next series at 1st place Jacksonville. The pitching staff was on display versus Birmingham, allowing just 2 runs over the 3-game set. The 10-g stretch ended with StL and rival WCity splitting the opening 2 games of the series in the Windy City.