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Walkers news: May 29 -- Green Bay 3, St. Louis 2
Record: 23-26, 5th, 6 GB Kansas City
Anthony Rendon and Bobby Bradley hit sixth-inning solo home runs off St. Louis starting pitcher Argenis Batista to rally Green Bay for a 3-2 win at War Memorial Stadium.
With the win, Green Bay took the final two games of the three-game weekend series.
The River Walkers scored a pair of runs off Long Haulers starting pitcher Max Scherzer to take a 2-0 lead in the top of the third ining, but those were all the runs they could muster.
Alek Thomas had an RBI single in the bottom of the third for Green Bay.
Rendon led off the sixth with his solo home run.
Batista struck out Marcell Ozuna before Bradley smacked the second pitch he saw 384 feet over the fence in left.
Scherzer worked 5.1 innings, allowing two runs (none earned) on four hits.
Jason Jester finished the sixth inning for Green Bay.
The rest of the contest was handled by Luis Angel Medina (1.0 IP), Richard Lovelady (0.2), Jake McGee (0.1) and Nick Burdi (1.0).
Burdi posted his 12th save of the season.
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