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Old 02-26-2019, 04:25 AM   #80
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Walkers news: June 11 -- Fort Worth 9, St. Louis 7

Record: 31-25, 2nd, 4 GB Des Moines
Fort Wayne scored four times in the top of the seventh inning to take a five-run lead and held on for a 9-7 win over St. Louis at Busch Stadium.
With the victory, the Mad Men took two of three games in the series.
A two-run homer from Tim Anderson in the third inning off River Walkers starting pitcher staked Fort Wayne to a 2-0 lead.
Joe McCarthy had a two-run blast of his own off Hendricks in the fifth, as the Mad Men lead reached 4-1.

Pinch-hitter Manny Margot connected for an RBI single off reliever John Curtiss in the sixth, making it 5-1.
However, St. Louis sliced that advantage down to 5-4 when Manny Pina cranked a three-run homer off Fort Wayne reliever Hector Neris.
Fort Wayne answered back with four in the top of the seventh.
The Mad Men benefited from four walks -- including one with the bases loaded to Cesar Hernandez -- while Tommy Pham drove in the first run with a single. The final two came on a single by pinch-hitter Tyler Naquin.
Reliever Phil Maton was on the mound for St. Louis when all four runs scored.
The Walkers would not go away.

They scored three times in the eighth -- Michael Conforto had an RBI double off reliever Kelvin Herrara, while Nicky Delonico hit a two-run homer off Nick Goody -- but they could not manage any more.
Jake Bretnz working around a one-out hit by pitch in the ninth to earn his 11th save.
Fort Wayne starting pitcher Taylor Roark allowed one run on four hits over 4.2 innings.
It took six relievers to finish the game. Chih Hu, who got the final out of the fifth inning, earned his third win of the season.
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