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Record: 9-4, 1st, 1 GA Kansas City A Yasmani Grandal grand slam highlighted a five-run bottom of the first inning for Kansas City as it rolled to a 7-2 win over St. Louis at Kansas Municipal Stadium. River Walkers starter Trevor Hildenberger had all kinds of problems in his opening inning, allowing four hits and walking the first two batters the Pit Masters sent to the plate. Brian Mundell drove in the inning's first one, tying it at 1-1. Grandal's slam came on the first pitch he saw and traveled 361 feet into the right-field seats. Hildenberger settled down after that with five shutout innings, but the damage had already been done. Kansas City added two more runs in the seventh against reliever John Curtiss. A bases-loaded walk to Gallo drove in the first run. A Mundell single earned him his second RBI of the game. The Masters got a strong effort from starter Trevor Oaks, who allowed just the one run on three hits in seven innings. He struck out seven and walked one. Wily Peralto and Drew Anderson kept the River Walkers off the board in the eighth and ninth innings, respectively.