2039 and beyond -- St. Louis River Walkers thread

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Record: 5-8, 5th, 6 GB Des Moines
Evansville jumped on St. Louis starting pitcher Allan Almon for five first-inning runs and the Bosses never looked back in a 9-3 win at Yankee Stadium (1988).
The victory was the third of the four-game series for Evansville.
Shenouda Sokoine opened the bottom of the first with a triple off Allmon and scored on a Tadiyuki Yamaguchi single.
Home runs provided the rest of the damage as Sam Muszynski and Tom Brooks both cranked two-run jobs to help make it 5-0.
Muszynski picked up another RBI in the second, driving in a run with a single off Allmon to make it 6-0.
A two-run homer from Jeff Waldron off Darren Xu in the bottom of the fourth made it 8-0.
It reached 9-0 in the bottom of the sixth, Myles Faust connecting for a run-scoring double off Chris Willett.
All three of the River Walkers' runs came in the top of the eighth.
Bosses starting pitcher Jeremy Kriech (1-1) went six scoreless innings. He struck out four and walked one.
After that, Rich Haas, Fernando Bustamante and Michael Bowen all pitched an inning apiece to close out the game.

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MBL news: April 15 -- Week 2 -- Awards and standings

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With a 5-8 start to their season, the St. Louis River Walkers have decided to take a pair of roster moves regarding their pitching staff.
Left-handed starting pitcher Allan Allmon and right-handed reliever Adam Attaway Jr. have both been sent to AAA Memphis while right-handed starting pitcher Juan Farias and right-handed reliever Nick Thiel have been called up from the Redbirds.
Allmon, 25, made three starts going 0-3 with a 12.00 ERA. He allowed 16 earned runs in just 12 innings.
Attaway Jr., 25, pitched in just two games while with the Walkers. He worked a total of four innings allowing seven hits, nine earned runs and a 20.25 ERA.
Farias, 28, spent the entire 2040 season in the St. Louis rotation, going 5-11 with a 3.77 ERA in 26 starts but was demoted to AAA Memphis to start the season after a rough spring training.
The righty made one start for the Redbirds, and picked up a win while allowing two runs while pitching a complete game.
Thiel, 34, was signed by the Walkers during the offseason after spending the 2040 season pitching in the minors for Chicago.
The right-hander appeared in one game for the Walkers, pitching a scoreless inning.
For his career, Thiel has pitched in 629 games going 44-35 with 15 saves. He has a career ERA of 4.17.

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Record: 6-8, 4th/(Tied/w. Quad City), 5.5 GB Des Moines
Down 3-2, St. Louis scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat Los Angeles 4-3 at Busch Stadium (2006).
Pinch-hitter Nick Shaw drew a walk from Turtles closer Jose Patricio to open the bottom of the ninth.
He was eliminated when Ryan Wibbenmeyer hit into a force play.
But Mark Herman kept things going with a double, putting runners at second and third.
Rookie Carlos Martines was given an intentional walk to load the bases.
Patricio struck out Josh Hurley for the second out.
Mark Waterson, however, drew a walk on a 3-2 pitch to tie the game.
Joe Bien untied it doubling to right field on a 1-2 pitch to score Herman with the winning run.
Down 1-0, L.A. had taken control with three runs in the top of the fifth off River Walkers starter Mike Harney.
Amari Simpson drove in the first two runs with a homer.
Luis Jimenez and Jordan Lawlar later connected on back-to-back two-out doubles to make it 3-1.
Harney went six innings, allowing three runs on four hits. He struck out four and walked two.
Nick Thiel, making his first appearance for St. Louis, worked the seventh and got the first two outs of the eighth.
Antonio Cruiz (1-0) finished the eighth and added a silent ninth to earn his first win.

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Record: 6-9, 5th/(Tied/w. Quad City), 5.5 GB Des Moines
T.J. Leitch staked Los Angeles to a 3-0 lead with a homer in the top of the second and the Turtles rode that to a 5-1 win over St. Louis at Busch Stadium (2006).
Jordan Lawlar got things rolling by drawing a lead-off walk from River Walkers starting pitcher Billy Ables to begin the third.
Ables retired the next two and it should have been three but strike three eluded catcher Savion McMullan and Rick Koenig reached safely.
Leitch made St. Louis pay belting a 1-0 pitch 387 feet over the right-field wall for a 3-0 Turtles lead.
After the Walkers pulled to within 3-1 with a run in the bottom of the sixth, L.A. answered with a pair in the top of the seventh.
Josh Ames plated them both with a two-out double off Kyle Smarr.
Turtles starting pitcher Lorenzo Mascorro (1-2) allowed one run on four hits over five innings. He struck out three and walked the same.
Jason Stone worked a scoreless sixth for L.A.
The seventh and eighth were silent as well, Ben Aughenbaugh working around a pair of hits.
The ninth belonged to Orlando Soto in a non-save situation.

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Record: 6-10, 5th/(Tied/w. Quad City), 5.5 GB Des Moines
Trailing 1-0, Los Angeles got to St. Louis starting pitcher Ming Xiang for three runs in the top of the sixth inning and that was enough to carry the Turtles to a 3-2 win at Busch Stadium (2006).
The victory was the second of the three-game series for L.A.
Pitcher Travis Mayr got things rolling for the Turtles when he led off the top of the sixth with a single off Xiang.
Jordan Lawlar followed with another single, putting runners at second and third.
After a strike out, David Johnson tied the game with a double.
With Josh Ames at the plate, two pitches later, the Turtles were in front as Xiang uncorked a wild pitch allowing Lawlar to score.
When Ames swung his bat, he singled to score Johnson and make it 3-1.
Ryan Wibbenmeyer drove in a St. Louis run in the bottom of the sixth with a single off Mayer as the Walkers pulled to within 3-2.
That, however, was the end of the scoring.
Mayr (1-1) went 5.2 innings, allowing two runs on five hits. He struck out five and walked three.
Ben Aughenbaugh got the final out of the sixth for L.A.
After that, it was Sam Gibb for two scoreless innings and Jose Patricio for one.
Patricio earned his second save.

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Record: 7-10, 4th/(Tied/w. Louisville), 6 GB Des Moines
Down 1-0, Savion McMullan connected on a two-run single in the top of the ninth inning to help lift St. Louis to a 2-1 win over Madison at Comiskey Park (1969).
Nick Shaw led off the inning with a single off Muskies relief pitcher Mauricio Moreno.
Joe Bien pinch-ran for Shaw.
Jordan Grullon followed with a single.
A walk to Mike Casebolt then loaded the bases.
Savion McMullan connected for a single, scoring both Bein and Grullon.
Madison's lone run came in similar fashion in the bottom of the first, as it put its first four batters on base against River Walkers starting pitcher Kevin Hrdlicka.
However, it resulted in just one run as Kevin Couture Jr. drove in Andy Granado with a bases-loaded single.
Hrdlicka settled down after that going six innings, allowing the one run on three hits. He struck out four and walked one.
Kyle Smarr, Curt Donaldson and Tom Floria all pitched scoreless innings of relief for the Walkers.
Floria posted his second save.

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Record: 7-11, 5th, 7 GB Des Moines
Madison tallied single runs in three of the first four innings off St. Louis starting pitcher Juan Farias, and the Muskies held on for a 3-2 win at Comiskey Park (1969).
Former Walker Dan Hillard scored the game's first run in the bottom of the first.
He doubled off Farias, who was making his first start of the season after beginning the season with AAA Memphis, and scored on a two-out single by Kevin Couture Jr.
In the third, pitcher Melvin Michalec led off with a single.
A wild pitch moved him to third.
Michalec scored on a two-out single by Josh Schulte.
An inning later, Couture Jr. was hit by a Farias pitch to open the inning.
An Adam Macklin single moved Couture Jr. to third.
Hector Hildalgo later connected on a two-out single, making it 3-0.
The second home run of the season for rookie first baseman Carlos Martines provided both St. Louis runs in the bottom of the sixth.
Reliever Efrain Garcia gave up the homer.
That was one of just two hits for St. Louis.
A third inning single by Ryan Wibbenmeyer off Michalec in the third was the other.
Michalec went four innings, allowing no runs on one hit. He struck out two and walked three.
Garcia (1.2 IP) and Jorge Juarez (1.1) combined to pitch the fifth through seventh innings.
Alan Albanese set the Walkers down in order in the eighth.
Mauricio Moreno did the same in the ninth for his fourth save.

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The St. Louis River Walkers have placed shortstop Mike Casebolt on the 14-day injured list after he suffered a foot injury following a hit by pitch during a 3-2 loss to Madison on April 20.
Casebolt is expected to be out for up to two weeks.
The first few weeks of the season have been rough for the 29-year-old Casebolt.
In 16 games, he has hit jut .143 with five RBIs and two runs scored.
Getting called up from AAA Memphis is 35-year-old infielder Quiang Chang.
Chaing opened the season with the Redbirds after being injured during spring training.
Chang played in nine games for Memphis batting .250 with seven RBIs and three runs scored.

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Record: 7-12, 5th, 8 GB Des Moines
St. Louis hit four home runs over the first three innings to build a 6-2 lead, but that was not enough as Madison rallied for a 9-6 win at Comiskey Park (1969).
The victory was the Muskies second of the three-game series.
Ryan Wibbenmeyer hit a first-inning solo homer off Madison starting pitcher Chris Brakefield and two batter later rookie Carlos Martines added a two-run blast two batters as St. Louis went ahead 3-0.
In the second, in his first at bat of the season, Quiang Chang launched a homer off Brakefield, Manuel Coke also drove in a run with a single during the inning, as the Walkers went ahead 5-1.
Joe Bien led off the third with his first home run since joining St. Louis in the offseason -- it came off Frank Morales -- it gave the Walkers a 6-2 lead.
But Madison came roaring back.
First, it was a four-run bottom of the fourth.
It began when St. Louis starter Mike Harney walked the bases loaded to begin the inning.
A wild pitch scored Tyler Mosley with the first run.
Hector Hildalgo plated the second with a fly ball to left.
Andy Granado made it 6-5 with a two-out double.
Dan Hillard then added another double as the Muskies tied it 6-6.
The onslaught continued in the fifth against reliever Kyle Smarr.
He gave up a single to Kevin Couture Jr. to begin the inning.
Mosley followed with a double.
Brian Schlegel then walloped his third homer of the season as Madison grabbed a 9-6 lead.
Brakefield lasted just 1.2 innings in his start, allowing five runs on seven hits. He struck out three and walked two.
Morales (1-0) earned the win after supplying 3.2 innings of relief giving up just one run.
Jorge Juarez got the final two outs of the sixth.
Steve Nilsen held the Walkers scoreless in the seventh.
Alan Albanese earned his first save with a scoreless eighth and ninth.

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MBL news: April 22 -- Week 3 -- Awards and standings

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The game between Chicago G-Men and St. Louis River Walkers scheduled for April 22 at Busch Stadium has been postponed because of rain.
It will be made up as part of a doubleheader on April 23.

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Record: 7-13, 5th/(Tied/w. Quad City), 8.5 GB Des Moines
Former St. Louis pitcher Maximilliano Minelli threw five shutout innings and the River Walkers didn't score until the ninth, as Chicago took the opening game of a doubleheader 6-1 at Busch Stadium (2006).
Minelli (2-2), who St. Louis traded to Chicago in the 2039, allowed five hits -- three singles, one double and one triple -- during his time on the mound.
He struck out seven and didn't walk a batter.
Jorge Ariza pitched a scoreless sixth for the G-Men.
While another former Walker, Xavier Wigfall, followed that with two more scoreless innings.
Willie Acheson handled the ninth and gave up an RBI single to pinch-hitter Josh Hurley, but by that time Chicago led 6-0.
It was a rough outing for St. Louis starter Ming Xiang, who allowed five runs on eight hits in five innings.
The G-Men scored in four consecutive innings, beginning in the third when Dave Hutchison opened the scoring with a two-out RBI single off Xiang.
In the fourth, another former St. Louis player, Chris Gibbs, did some damage with an RBI single.
Ryan West followed with a double which plated a run, making it 3-0.
Val Moreno doubled off Xiang with one out in the fifth.
He scored on a throwing error by Xiang on a ball hit by Ramiro Hernandez.
It was one of three error by the Walkers in the game.
Josh Rosborough made it 6-0 with his first home run of the season -- a two-run shot off Josh Joyce in the top of the sixth.

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Record: 8-13, 5th, 8 GN Des Moines
Billy Ables pitched seven shutout innings and St. Louis pulled off a split of a doubleheader with Chicago with an 8-0 win at Busch Stadium (2006),
Ables (2-2) scattered six singles during his time on the mound. He struck out five and didn't walk a batter.
Chris Willett pitched the final two innings without issue to complete the shutout.
The River Walkers grabbed the lead for good in the bottom of the first inning against G-Men starter Cory Maddox.
Josh Hurley opened the inning with a walk.
He then stole second and scored on a one-out single by Mark Herman.
St. Louis tallied twice off Maddox in the third.
After a strikeout to begin the inning, Maddox walked two straight before giving up an RBI single to Herman.
Nick Shaw later delivered a two-out single to make it 3-0.
Ronny Mauricio opened the fourth with a double off Maddox.
A walk and a Josh Hurley single later loaded the bases.
Mauricio scored on a wild pitch.
Herman's third hit of the game, a single, scored Ables as the Walkers went ahead 5-0.
Mark Waterson led off the fifth with a double off reliever Jorge Ariza.
He later scored on an Ables ground out.
Solo homers from Manuel Coke in the sixth and eighth innings provided the final two runs for the Walkers.

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Record: 8-14, 6th, 8 GB Des Moines
Chicago tallied two runs off St. Louis starting pitcher Kevin Hrdlicka in the second and third innings to take a 4-0 lead, and the G-Men rode that to a 5-2 win at Busch Stadium (2006).
The victory was the second of the three-game series for Chicago.
Ramiro Hernandez got things moving for the G-Men when he led off the top of the second with his second home run of the season.
Chicago added another after pitcher Lenyrn LaMoureaux singled with one out.
A walk to Chris Gibbs moved LaMoureaux to second.
Ryan West drove him in with a single.
Back-to-back one-out singles by Val Moreno and Ramiro Hernandez to lead off the third set things in motion for the G-Men.
Juan Gonzalez scored Moreno with a two-out single.
When Hernandez scored on LaMoureaux's second single of the game, Chicago led 4-0.
In addition to going 2 of 3 at the plate, LaMoureaux was impressive on the mound.
He pitched six innings, allowing one run on four hits. He struck out eight and walked three.
Mark Herman connected for an RBI single off LaMoureaux in the third.
The score now 4-1, the G-Men got that run back in the fifth on a RBI single from Chris Gibbs.
Xavier Wigfall replaced LaMoureaux to start the seventh.
Mark Waterson greeted Wigfall with a homer off his former teammate.
Wigfall completed the rest of the seventh without incident.
Adam Olmstead set St. Louis down in order in the eighth.
Chris Conway handled the ninth for his second save.

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Walkers news: April 24 -- Reliver Darren Xu gets into altercation with fans

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Record: 8-15, 6th, 9 GB Des Moines
Tied 2-2, Noah Smith connected on an RBI double off St. Louis reliever Antonio Cruiz with two outs in the top of the ninth inning to score Matt Beagle to help Indianapolis to a 3-2 win over the River Walkers at Busch Stadium (2006).
Beagle had led off the inning with a single off reliver Curt Donaldson.
Donaldson retired the next batter before a 10-minute rain delay hit.
Cruiz replaced Donaldson after the delay.
He got Danny Ocampo to fly out for the second out.
But Smith lined a 3-2 pitch into the gap in left center and Beagle came around to score the tie-breaking run.
The Walkers' Manuel Coke hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the first off Racers starting pitcher Jason Mucci to give his team an early 2-0 lead.
Indy tied it with runs in the top of the second -- Jose Maldonaldo tripled off St. Louis starter Juan Farias and scored on a Dan Huff single -- and seventh -- Alex Horta led off with a single off Farias. He stole second and scored on a two-out single by pinch-hitter Vince Sessions off reliever Nick Thiel -- setting the Racers to win it late.
Mucci went six innings, allowing one run on two hits. He struck out five and walked two.
After that, it was an inning apiece from David Hinojasa, Marshall Hornby and Ramiro Canales to close out the Walkers.
Hornby (2-1) earned the win.
Canales collected his ninth save.

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The game between the Indianapolis Racers and St. Louis River Walkers scheduled for April 26 at Busch Stadium (2006) has been postponed by rain.
It will be made up as part of a doubleheader on April 27.

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The first game of a doubleheader between the Indianapolis Racers and St. Louis River Walkers scheduled for April 27 at Busch Stadium (2006) has been postponed by rain.
It will be played as part of a doubleheader scheduled for April 28.
The second game of the April 27 doubleheader is expected to be played.

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Record: 8-16, 6th, 9.5 GB Des Moines
Indianapolis beat up on St. Louis spot starter Cory Birks for two runs in the top of the third inning and five more in the fourth to propel the Racers to an 8-4 win at Busch Stadium (2006).
The game was scheduled to be the second game of a doubleheader, but the opening game was rained out.
The teams will play a doubleheader on April 28.
Alex Horta put Indy in front 2-0 with a two-run homer off Birks in the top of the third.
An inning later, pounded out five hits and benefitted from a walk and a wild pitch in scoring five times.
Victor Sessions provided the big blow with a three-run homer to cap the scoring.
Before that, Sergio Flores had driven in the inning's first run with a double.
The other scored on a Birks wild pitch.
The River Walkers did get back into the game with a three-run bottom of the fifth against Racers starting pitcher Axel Kalman.
Kalman allowed five straight batter to reach base to open the inning -- allowing three straight singles followed by a pair of walks.
The inning's first run scored on a Quiang Chang single. The second on a bases-full walk to Carlos Martines.
Chang scored the third run when he scored on a passed ball charged to catcher Sergio Flores.
Noah Smith drove in the game's final run with a two-out single off St. Louis reliever Nick Thiel in the seventh.
Kalman lasted 4.1 innings, allowing four runs in six hits. He struck out four and walked four.
Danny Munos finished off the fifth for Indy.
Four relievers all pitched an inning apiece -- Jayden Prater, Edwin Cervantes, Jimmy DaPra and Marshall Hornsby -- to close out the game.
Prater (3-0) got the win.