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Walkers news: April 11 -- St. Louis 2, Kansas City 1
Record: 4-2, 1st, Tied with Springfield and Quad City
St. Louis' Andrew Benintendi hit a two-run home run off Kansas City's Josh Fields with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the River Walkers to a 2-1 win over the Pit Masters at Kansas City Municipal Stadium.
With the win, St. Louis took the final two games of the three game series.
The game's only other run came in the bottom of the first, when an Eric Thames sacrifice fly off Walkers starting pitcher Aaron Nola scored Allen Cordoba.
Nola would not allow a run over the next six innings. Overall, he allowed five hits while striking out eight and walking one.
Masters starter Dinelson Lamet was impressive as well, tossing five shutout innings. He gave up just three hits, with six strike outs and two walks.
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