2039 and beyond -- St. Louis River Walkers thread

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Record: 2-8, 6th, 4 GB Kansas City and Quad City
Down 2-0, Indianapolis scored three times in the bottom of the third inning and went on to defeat St. Louis 5-2 at the Astrodome (1995).
The loss was the seventh in a row for the River Walkers.
Ramon Montes led off the bottom of the third inning with a single off St. Louis starting pitcher Miguel Cisneros.
After a bunt by pitcher Jorge Rodriguez moved Montes to second, Cisneros walked Johnny Castognozzi to put two runners on.
When CJ Abrams followed with a single, the bases were loaded.
Tony Galvan singled, scoring Montes to make it 2-1.
A passed ball by catcher Zach Wenman while Nick Jackson was at the plate allowed Castognozzi to score, tying the game.
Jackson then put the Racers in front, as Abrams scored on his ground out.
Indy added insurance runs in the sixth.
Galvan led off with a single off Cisneros and scored on a Damiao Orzco two-out single.
Abrams capped the scoring with a homer off reliever Victor Rosiles in the seventh.
Rodriguez worked just the first 3.1 innings for the Racers, allowing two runs on three hits. He struck out six and walked four.
Alfonso Zamora (1-0) earned the win after he finished the fourth and also pitched the fifth and sixth innings.
Relievers Nick Thiel (2.0 IP) and Ramiro Canales (1.0) closed out the win for the Racers.
Canales earned his first save.

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Record: 3-8, 6th, 3.5 GB Cedar Rapids
Daniel Torres drew a one-out walk from Indianapolis Ramiro Canales in the top of the ninth inning and later scored on a wild pitch as St. Louis snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over Indianapolis at the Astrodome (1995).
Torres drew his walk on four-straight pitches.
He moved to third on an Alex Boychuk ground out.
A 2-0 pitch by Canales then eluded Racers catcher Ramon Montes as Torres crossed the plate with what-would-be the winning run.
The Racers had owned a 2-1 lead when Boychuk tied it with his first home run of the season in the top of the fourth off starting pitcher Chung Pei.
St. Louis starter Ming Xiang went seven innings, allowing two runs on five hits. He struck out four and didn't issue a walk.
Ron Cox (1-1) earned the win after a scoreless eighth inning.
Craig Fritzler notched his first save after doing the same in the ninth.

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Record: 4-8, 5th/(Tied/w. Springfield), 3 GB Kansas City
Ryan Wibbenmeyer singled off Indianapolis relief pitcher Chris Lutz with one out in the top of the 10th inning and he later scored on a two-out single by Nick Shaw to help St. Louis defeat the Racers 2-1 at the Astrodome (1995)
Wibbenmeyer had moved to second on a single by Mark Herman and a Manuel Coke ground out had put runners at second and third when Shaw stepped to the plate in the 10th.
The Racers took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second when Danny Ocampo led off with a single off River Walkers starting pitcher Agustin Perdomo and later scored on a two-out single by pitcher Rob Mincey.
Mincey was on the mound when St. Louis tied it in the fourth.
Chris Gibbs led off with a single.
He moved to second when Mincey hit Dave Crooks by a pitch.
Alek Boychuk then singled, scoring Gibbs to make it 1-1.
Pedromo went 5.2 innings, allowing one run on nine hits. He struck out four and walked three.
Frank Jimenez got the Walkers out of a jam to end the sixth.
Leo Heromosillo followed with 1.2 innings for scoreless relief for St. Louis/
Brett McVey got the final out of the eighth for the Walkers.
Kyle Smarr (0.1 IP) and Maximilliano Minelli (0.2) combined on a scoreless ninth.
Minelli (1-0) would get the win.
Closer Craig Fritzler got the first two outs of the ninth but got into trouble.
Ron Cox induced Tony Galvan to fly out with a runner at second base to end it, and earn his first save of the season.

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Record: 4-9, 6th, 4 GB Kansas City
Jorge Millan drew a one-out walk in the bottom of the 10th inning and later scored on a Brandon LeBree fly ball to give Indianapolis a 7-6 win over St. Louis at the Astrodome (1995).
The win gave the Racers a split of the four-game series.
After drawing a walk from River Walkers reliever Brett McVey, Milan moved to second when Rich Calhoun reached on an error by second baseman Ryan Wibbenmeyer.
Millan then stole third setting him up to score on LeBree's fly ball.
Down 6-4 after the Racers scored four times in the bottom of the eighth against their bullpen, Nick Jackson hit a two-run homer off Frank Jimenez while Maximilliano Minelli allowed a run on a bases-loaded walk and a Ramon Montes sac fly, St. Louis tied it with a pair of runs in the top of the ninth.
Mark Herman drove them both in with a double off Ramiro Canales.
Indy starting pitcher Danny Munos went five innings, allowing two runs on four hits. He struck out five and walked two.
Chris Lutz gave up a pair of runs on an Alex Boychuk homer in the sixth.
Paul Weaver (0.1 IP) and Aaron Kirkaldy (0.1) combined to pitch a scoreless seventh for the Racers.
After that, it was an inning apiece from Nick Thiel, Canales and Chris Conway to close out the game.
Conway (1-0) earned his first win of the season.

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MBL news: April 18 -- Week 2 - Awards and standings

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The St. Louis River Walkers have called up 26-year-old right-hander Juan Farias to make his major-league debut and sent right-handed relief pitcher Victor Rosiles back to AAA Memphis.
Farias, signed by St. Louis as a free agent in the offseason, has gone 1-1 in two starts at AAA this season.
He has posted a 6.00 ERA over 12 innings, striking out nine and owning a 1.75 WHIP.
Farias is taking the place of Xavier Wigfall in the Walkers rotation.
Wigfall suffered an elbow injury in his most recent start and is expected to miss up to seven weeks.
Rosiles, 31, got into three games during his brief time in St. Louis.
He worked a total of 2.1 innings, had no record, struck out none and had a 0.86 WHIP.

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Off to a 4-9 start, the St. Louis River Walkers decided an overhaul of their bench would be the first step toward getting things turned around.
In the outfield, Dave Crooks and Daniel Torres have both been slated to head to AAA Memphis.
While Gabriel Hagan and Jose Ramon both will leave the Redbirds to join the River Walkers.
Crooks, 38, got into 13 games while with St. Louis during which he hit just .111 with one RBI.
Torres, 27, played in seven games and while he did hit one homer, he batted just .071 and had two RBIs.
A veteran of 10-MBL seasons, all with Quad City, Hagan, 34, batted .359 with three homers and five RBIs in 10 games at AAA.
Ramon, 27, played in 11 games with the Redbirds during which he hit .231 with two homers and six RBIs.

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The St Louis Rive Walkers have called up utility infielder Tony Urbalejo from AAA Memphis and sent fellow utility infielder Kevin Kendall down to the Redbirds.
Urbalejo, 35, signed with the River Walkers during the offseason but suffered an ankle injury during spring training.
He spent four games on a rehab with Memphis, during which he hit .625 with six RBIs.
Kendall, 39, also signed with St. Louis during the off-season.
It was Urbalejo's injury which allowed him to open the season in St. Louis.
Kendall played in nine games while with the Walkers, hitting just .190 with three RBIs.

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Record: 4-10, 6th, 4.5 GB Kansas City
Nate Farren homered off St. Louis reliever Ron Cox with two outs in the bottom of the 12th inning to give Quad City a 7-6 win at Fenway Park (1976).
Farren's third homer of the year came on a 0-2 pitch. It soared 423 feet over the Green Monster in left-center field.
The Thunder tied the game in the bottom of the ninth on a two-run homer from Collin Allen off River Walkers closer Craig Fritzler.
It marked Fritzler's third blown save of the season, he had four during the entire 2038 season, while he has just one save.
Thunder starting pitcher Roy Pocock lasted just five innings, allowing three runs on five hits. He struck out four and walked one.
The four relievers who followed Pocock, all pitched one inning.
William Myers, who gave up two runs, Brian Crawford, who gave up one run, and Corey York and Glenn Zoucha, who both pitched scoreless innings.
Bob Robbins held St. Louis scoreless in the 10th and 11th innings, along with recording the first out of the 12th.
Justin Davis and Salvador Rubalcaba got the final two outs of the 12th.
Rubalcaba (2-0) also got his second win of the season.

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The St. Louis River Walkers have signed free-agent outfielder Joe Allen to a one-year contract worth $9 million.
Looking to add some life to their stagnant roster, the Walkers decided to make a deal with Allen, who has spent the last four seasons with Des Moines before becoming a free agent in the off-season.
Allen, 33, batted .248 with 24 homers and 67 RBIs in 118 games with the Harvesters in 2038.
For his career, Allen is a three-time All-Star and four-time Gold Glove winner who can play both left and center field.
In his career, Allen has played 1,375 games (841 with Dayton and 534 with Des Moines) during which he has batted .266 with 257 homers and 737 RBIs.
Allen will play a few games with Memphis before being called up to the majors.

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Record: 4-11, 6th, 5 GB Quad City
Quad City jumped on St. Louis starting pitcher Miguel Cisneros for three runs in the bottom of the first inning and never trailed routing the River Walkers 12-2 at Fenway Park (1976).
It was an ugly first inning for Cisneros as he gave up three runs on five singles.
Jim Waldron, T.J. Latham and Joshua Naylor all drove in runs with their hits.
The Walkers scored a pair of runs in the top of the second -- Nick Shaw led off with a homer and Alex Boychuk later connected on an RBI double -- to make it close again.
But it didn't last long as the Thunder pushed across two more runs against Cisneros in the third.
Cisneros issued three walks in the inning, including one with the bases loaded.
Latham also collected his second RBI of the game with a double.
After that, all the runs belonged to QC.
Frank Garcia led off the sixth with a homer off Brett McVey.
The Thunder scored four times in the seventh.
McVey sustained the early damage, allowing a pair of singles while walking two,
Naylor drove in a run with a single.
Ron Cox replaced McVey with the bases loaded and one out.
He walked the first batter he faced, Nate Farren, to score Jim Waldron.
David Henderson followed with a single.
With Keith Reiter at the plate, Cox uncorked a wild pitch scoring Kevin Begin to make it 10-2.
Maximiliano Minelli was not any better in the eighth for St. Louis.
After striking out the first batter he faced, Jim Waldron, he gave up a single to Latham and walked Naylor and Begin to load the bases.
J.P. DiPietro then hit into a fielder's choice, scoring Latham.
A wild pitch while David Henderson was at the plate scored Naylor to make it 12-2.
QC starter Benito Diaz (2-2) went five innings, allowing two runs on five hits. He struck out three and walked one.
Four relievers, William Myers, Corey York, Glenn Zoucha and Brian Crawford all worked one scoreless innings to wrap up the win.

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Record: 5-11, 6th, 4 GB Quad City
Down 2-0, St. Louis took the lead with three runs in the top of the third inning and then added on five runs late in the game to defeat Quad City 8-3 at Fenway Park (1975).
The victory allowed the River Walkers to avoid being swept in the three-game series.
The Thunder got a pair of runs off St. Louis ace Ming Xiang in the bottom of the second to take a 2-0 lead.
But St. Louis immediately responded against QC starter Antonio Ceja in the top of the third.
Xiang got it going with a lead-off single, and after Chris Gibbs and Tony Urbalejo drew walks the bases were loaded with no outs.
Manuel Coke unloaded the bases with a two-run double.
Mark Herman later plated Coke with a one-out single.
The Walkers would stretch their lead to 4-2 with a run in the top of the seventh off reliever Avery Izquierdo.
Chris Gibbs doubled with one out. He scored on a two-out double by Coke.
St. Louis then tallied twice in both the eighth and ninth.
Pinch-hitter Gabriel Hagan drove in the first eighth-inning run with a single. Gibbs collected another RBI with a flyball to left.
Making his debut in the majors, Jose Ramon capped a two-hit day with a two-run double off Corey York in the ninth to make it 8-2.
Xiang (2-1) went seven innings, allowing two runs on four hits. He struck out two and walked two.
Frank Jimenez worked a scoreless eighth.
Kyle Smarr allowed a run in the ninth.

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The St. Louis River Walkers have placed 26-year-old outfielder Mark Waterson on the injured list after he suffered a sprained ankle in a 7-6 loss to Quad City on April 18.
Waterson is expected to miss three weeks.
In 14 games this season (12 starts), Waterson has hit .217 with two homers and eight RBIs
Getting the call up from AAA Memphis is outfielder Joe Allen.
The Walkers signed the free-agent outfielder to a one-year contract on April 19.
The 33-year-old played in three games in Memphis, where he hit .444 with no homers or RBIs.
Allen made his major-league debut with Dayton in 2028 and played with the Pilots until 2035, when he signed with Des Moines as a free agent.
For his career (1,375 games, 1,290 starts), Allen is a .266 hitter with 295 homers and 890 RBIs.

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The game between the St. Louis River Walkers and Kansas City Monarchs scheduled to be played at Kauffman Stadium has been postponed by rain.
It will be rescheduled as part of a doubleheader on April 23.

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Record: 6-11, 6th, 3.5 GB Des Moines
Agustin Perdomo allowed one run over eight innings and Joe Allen hit a three-run home run in the top of the first inning of his St. Louis-debut to help the River Walkers down Kansas City 4-2 in Game 1 of a doubleheader at Kauffman Stadium.
Pedromo (1-1) allowed one run on five hits during his time on the mound. He struck out two and walked one.
Allen, who St. Louis signed as a free agent earlier in the week, put his team in front with a three-run homer off Monarchs starting pitcher Josh Fields in the bottom of the first inning.
A bases-loaded walk to Ryan Wibbenmeyer from Jose Castaneda in the top of the fourth made it 4-1.
The Monarchs had a chance in the ninth when Leo Hermosillo replaced Perdomo and promptly loaded the bases with no outs.
Brett McVey took over and retired the first two batters he faced before walking Juan Ortiz to force in a run.
McVey recovered to get pinch-hitter Christian Moore to fly out to end the game.
The save was the first of the season for McVey.

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The second game of the doubleheader between the St. Louis River Walkers and Kansas City Monarchs scheduled for Kauffman Stadium has been postponed by rain.
It will be made up as part of a doubleheader on April 24.

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Record: 6-12, 6th, 4.5 GB Des Moines and Quad City
Rick Koenig drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning from St. Louis reliever Leo Hermosillo to force in the tie-breaking run and help give Kansas City a 2-1 win at Kauffman Stadium in the first game of a doubleheader.
The Monarchs had gotten their first three baserunners while Maximilliano Minelli was on the mound.
He walked two batters and gave up a double to T.J. Leitch before being replaced by Hermosillo.
Hermosillo got himself into a 3-1 count before throwing ball four to Koenig, scoring Juan Gonzalez with what would be the game-winning run.
Monarchs starting pitcher Luis Gonzalez went five innings, allowing one run on two hits. He struck out three and walked the same.
Bobby Stover got the first two outs of the sixth for KC, before being replaced by Omar Moreno.
Moreno (1-0), who would get the win, finished the sixth and worked a scoreless seventh.
Josh Paul (0.2 IP) and Jose Patricio (1.1) combined to finish off the game for the Monarchs.
Patricio posted his fourth save.

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Record: 6-13, 6th, 5 GB Des Moines and Quad City
Down 3-0, Kansas City tallied five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning off the St. Louis bullpen to pave the way for a 5-3 win at Kauffman Stadium.
The victory gave the Monarchs a sweep of a doubleheader and victories in two of three games in the series.
The River Walkers had gone up 3-0 in the top of the second by tallying three times against KC starting pitcher Tyler Martin.
St. Louis rookie starter Juan Farias shut out the Monarchs for the first six innings, but he opened the seventh by allowing three straight batters to reach -- Gerardo Bernal led off with a single, a Jim Peebles double moved him to third and a walk to Mike Pillsbury loaded the bases -- which led to his exit.
Frank Jimenez took over.
He was not good.
Pinch-hitter Rick Koenig drew a walk to make it 3-1.
Jimenez then committed a balk scoring another run.
A strike out of Juan Ortiz followed.
Chris Willett got the ball with right-handed hitter Sean Sumner coming to the plate.
He hit him with an 0-2 pitch, scoring Pillsbury to tie the game.
Bobby Schied followed that with a single, scoring two to make it 5-3.
Martin worked the first 5.1 innings, allowing three runs on six hits. He struck out five and walked one.
Joseph King finished off the sixth for KC.
Castenada (2-0) earned the win after a scoreless seventh.
Elijah Cue earned his first save after keeping the Walkers scoreless in the eighth and ninth.

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MBL news: April 25 -- Week 3 - Awards and standings

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The St. Louis River Walkers have sent struggling relief pitchers Maximilliano Minelli and Frank Jimenez to AAA Memphis and called up Hydajet Hyseni and Victor Rosiles from the Redbirds.
The right-handed Minelli, 26, had pitched in nine games this season going 1-1 with a 13.50 ERA. He had pitched a total of 7.1 innings, during which he had a 3.68 WHIP and 15 walks against just nine strikeouts.
The 25-year-old Jimenez, a left-hander, also had been a huge disappointment.
He pitched in eight games going 0-2 with a 15.63 ERA. He pitched a total of 6.1 inning, during which he had a 2.53 WHIP with six walks and eight strikeouts.
Signed as a free-agent in the offseason, the 33-year-old Hyseni is in the majors for the first time.
The left-hander has pitched in eight games for Memphis, going 1-0 with a 2.38 ERA. He has pitched 11.1 innings, posting a 1.15 WHIP with 13 strikeouts.
Roisles, a 31-year-old right-hander, is back in the majors for the second time this season.
In his earlier stint, he pitched in one game going posting a 4.50 ERA for two innings. He struck out one and had a 1.00 WHIP.
At Memphis, Rosiles has worked in 2 games going 0-1 with one save and a 13.50 ERA. He pitched a total of 2.2 innings, striking out five and posting a 2.25 WHIP.