2039 and beyond -- St. Louis River Walkers thread

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Walkers news: June 1 -- Team statistics for May

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Walkers news: June 1 -- Team statistics for 2039 season

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Player of the Month: Manuel Coke -- The 26-year-old outfielder batted .290 with five homers 20 RBIs and 14 runs scored in 26 games. He got on base at a .336 clip and slugged .523.
Starting Pitcher of the Month: Miguel Cisneros -- the 36-year-old right-hander went 3-1 in six starts with a 3.88 ERA. He pitched a total of 39.2 innings, during which he struck out 23 and had a 1.04 WHIP.
Relief Pitcher of the Month: Brett McVey -- The 34-year-old righty got into 12 games during which he went 1-0 with a 1.12 ERA. He pitched a total of 8.0 innings, during which he struck out eight and had a 1.62 WHIP.

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Walkers news: June 1 -- Team statistics for 2039 season

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Record: 24-30, 7th, 7.5 GB Quad City
Quad City roughed up St. Louis starting pitcher Kevin Hrdlicka for six runs over the first four innings and went on to defeat the River Walkers 11-7 at Fenway Park (1976).
The win allowed the Thunder to split the four-game series.
QC jumped in front 2-0 in the bottom of the second on a two-run single by David Henderson.
Leading 2-1, the Thunder tallied four times in the bottom of the fourth.
Paul Totten had the big hit when he drove in three with a double.
Jacob Gonzalez had driven in the inning's first run with a single.
The River Walkers had climbed back to within 6-4, when the Thunder busted it open again in the bottom of the sixth.
Maximilliano Minelli was on the mound for much of the damage getting dinged for a grand slam by Fontana
Felitti.
The Walkers scored three times in the seventh to pull within 10-7.
Totten made it 11-7 with a homer off Kyle Smarr in the bottom of the eighth.
QC starter Antonio Ceja lasted just 4.2 innings, allowing three runs on six hits. He struck out five and walked three.
Corey York (1-0) was given the win for finishing the fifth inning and getting the first two outs of the sixth.
Armando Guadarrama finished off the sixth and worked a scoreless seventh.
Ray Pocock was on the mound when St. Louis pulled to within 10-7 in the eighth.
Angelo Touliatos earned his 16th save after getting the final out of the eighth and pitching a scoreless ninth.

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St. Louis River Walkers relief pitcher Maximillano Minelli and Quad City outfielder J.P DiPietro have both suspended for four games after they started a brawl during the seventh inning of the Thunder's 11-7 win at Fenway Park (1976) on June 1.
DiPietro charged the mound after being hit by a Minelli pitch.
Minelli had given up grand slam to the previous batter, Fontana Felitti.

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Record: 25-30, 7th, 7 GB Quad City
Rookie Billy Hermann shutout Peoria into the sixth inning on his way to earning his first career major-league victory in St. Louis' 4-3 win over the Rivermen at Busch Stadium (2006).
Hermann (1-1), who had allowed six runs in just four innings in his previous start of 2039, a 7-3 loss to Cedar Rapids, lasted 5.1 innings allowing two runs on four hits. He struck out six and walked three.
Both Peoria runs came in the sixth when Hermann allowed four of the inning's first five batters to reach base.
In that span, Tony Gamez drove in the Rivermen's first run with a double.
Hermann exited after issuing a walk to Eric Nichols which loaded the bases with one out.
Brett McVey took over and struck out Bobby Dotson before walking Roberto Guerra to force in a second run.
McVey then struck out Jeff Neiderer to end the inning with the River Walkers still leading 4-2.
St. Louis went up 1-0 with a run off former Walkers farmhand Danny Burch in the bottom of the first.
Kerry Fackelman led off with a double. He scored on a Nick Shaw two-out single.
Three straight hits off Burch led to St. Louis scoring two more runs in the fourth.
Shaw led off the inning with a single.
A Joe Allen double moved Shaw to third.
Mark Waterson singled scoring Shaw and making it 2-0.
Zach Wenman then hit a fly ball deep enough to score Allen.
Manuel Coke hit his 14th home run of the season off Joey Thacker, another former Walker, in the fifth making it 5-0.
McVey came out to start the seventh inning and recorded two outs before leaving with a runner on first and two outs.
Leo Hermosillo struck out Wes Cohen to end the seventh.
Hermosillo set Peoria down in order in the eighth.
Closer Craig Fritzler had another rough outing allowing a run on one hit, a walk and a wild pitch.
But with a runner on second, Fritzler struck out Cohen for his eighth save.

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Record: 26-30, 5th/(Tied/w. Kansas City and Louisville), 6.5 GB Cedar Rapids
Tied 2-2 going into the bottom of the fourth inning, St. Louis scored at least once over the next four innings -- tallying six runs altogether -- to power its way to an 8-3 win over Peoria at Busch Stadium (2006).
Early on, Chris Gibbs connected on a two-run double off Rivermen starting pitcher Brad Monroe in the bottom of the first inning to give the River Walkers a 2-0 lead.
Peoria matched that in the top of the second on a Jeff Neiderer two-run homer off St. Louis starter Miguel Cisneros.
The Walkers took the lead for good in the bottom of the fourth.
Gibbs connected for his second double, this time leading off the inning.
St. Louis then connected on back-to-back triples from Zach Wenman and Rich Dodson to make it 4-2.
After the Rivermen scored in the top of the fifth, the Walkers answered with one in the bottom of the inning.
Ryan Wibbenmeyer led off with a single off Joey Thacker.
A wild pitch moved Wibbenmeyer to second.
Wibbenmeyer scored on a two-out single by Joe Allen.
St. Louis tallied twice in the sixth.
Two singles and a walk against Jim Mitchell loaded the bases with one out.
Pablo Ochoa took over only to give up an RBI single to Nick Shaw.
Manuel Coke then drove in a run with a deep fly to center.
The Walkers capped their string of run-scoring innings in the seventh.
It happened with three straight singles off Lorenzo Mascorro to open the inning.
Allen and Wenman struck first. Dotson then capped a three-hit game with an RBI single.
Cisneros (4-3) wasn't as good as his previous outing where he shutout Cedar Rapids, but he was still pretty good allowing three runs on seven hits over six innings. He struck out seven and walked one.
Kyle Smarr, Ron Cox and Josh Joyce all pitched scoreless innings of relief to close out the game.

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MBL news: June 5 -- All-Star game fan-voting update No. 2

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The game between the Peoria Rivermen and St. Louis River Walkers scheduled for June 5 at Busch Stadium (2006) has been postponed because of the weather.
It will be rescheduled for later in the season.

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MBL news: June 6 -- Week 11 -- Awards and standings

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Record: 26-31, 7th, 7 GB Cedar Rapids
Tied 4-4, Milwaukee put its first three batters on base against St. Louis reliever Alex Rios in the top of the 12th inning before Chris Vogel connected on a sacrifice fly off Leo Hermosillo as the Crushers downed the River Walkers 5-4 at Busch Stadium (2006).
Rios was bad.
He gave up a single to Lamourex to open the inning.
Lamoureux stole second before Andy Burhoe drew a walk.
Danny Gutierrez then drew the second walk of the inning to load the bases.
Hermosillo took over and gave up Vogel's fly ball to left which brought home the winning run.
Down 4-1, the Walkers forced extra innings with one out in the bottom of the ninth when Mark Waterson connected on a three-run homer off Dave Araya.
The Crushers scored three times in the fifth off St. Louis starter Ming Xiang -- Angel Ontiveros and Lamoureux both had RBI doubles while Andy Burhoe drove in one with a single -- to go up 3-0.
Lamoureux earned another RBI in the top of the ninth with a single off Brett McVey, making it 4-1.
Milwaukee starting pitcher Pablo Maldonado was dominating, allowing no runs on five hits He struck out seven and walked one.
Melvin Araujo gave up the first Walkers run while allowing a pinch-hit homer from Nolan Gorman in the seventh.
Luis Colon pitched a scoreless eighth for the Crushers.
Araya handled the ninth, when St. Louis tied it.
Antony Barrowcliff (1.1 IP) and Curt Donaldson (1.2) divided up the extra innings.
Donaldson (1-1) earned his first victory of the season.

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Record: 26-32, 7th, 7.5 GB Quad City
Alexis Yanez shut out St. Louis on two hits over the first six innings Milwaukee built itself a 4-0 lead before holding on to defeat the River Walkers 4-2 at Busch Stadium (2006).
Yanez (4-2) allowed just two singles during his time on the mound, He struck out seven and walked one.
While Yanez was pitching, the Crushers built him a 4-0 lead.
It started right away as Milwaukee opened the game with three straight hits -- a Mike Lamoreux double, an Andy Burhoe single and an RBI single from Danny Gutierrez -- off St. Louis starter Agustin Perdomo to make it 1-0.
After a strike out, Steve Ricca singled to load the bases.
Dylan Crews then made it 2-0 with a fly ball to center.
The Crushers tallied again in the third.
This time, Gutierrez led off the inning with a single off Perdomo.
He stole second and moved to third on a Nicholas Thibault single.
Gutierrez scored Milwaukee's third run when Ricca grounded into a double play.
Ricca scored the Crushers fourth run in the sixth.
He led off with a single off Perdomo.
A one-out double by Jim Carr moved him to third.
Jose Flores made it 4-0 with a deep fly ball to right.
Joe Allen did get St. Louis on the board when led off the seventh with a homer off Milwaukee reliever Miles Kipp.
Kipp finished off the seventh without allowing another base runner.
Caleb Walker did the same in the eighth.
Dave Araya allowed St. Louis to load the bases in the ninth before a single by Mark Waterson made it 4-2.
Luis Colon took over with the bases again loaded.
He got pinch hitter Zach Wenman to strike out to end the game.
It marked Colon's fifth save of the season.

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Records: 27-32, 7th, 6.5 GB Quad City
Trailing 3-2, St. Louis scored four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and went on to defeat Milwaukee 7-4 at Busch Stadium (2006).
The victory allowed the River Walkers from being swept in the three-game series.
Both teams did a lot of damage in the first inning.
The Crushers scored three times against St. Louis starting pitcher Kevin Hrdlicka.
Hrdlicka walked three batters in the inning. Corey Flowe drove in a pair of runs with a single.
Jose Flores made it 3-0 with another single, although was thrown out at the plate on a throw by center fielder Joe Allen.
St. Louis answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning.
Mark Herman singled off Milwaukee starting pitcher Josh Galarza with one out and moved to third on a Manuel Coke double.
Allen scored Herman with a fly ball to left.
Nick Shaw then connected on a double to make it 3-2.
Mark Waterson started St. Louis' four-run bottom of the fourth by drawing a lead-off walk from Galarza.
After a strike out of Zach Wenman, Rich Dodson doubled to move Waterson to third.
Hrdlicka tried to get a bunt down but Waterson was thrown out at home.
But Kerry Fackelam doubled down the third-base line to score two and put the Walkers up 4-3.
Herman followed with a two-run homer and it was 6-3
Steve Ricca homered off Hrdlicka in the fifth, pulling the Crushers within 6-4.
But that would be the end of the scoring for Milwaukee.
Waterson capped the scoring for St. Louis in the bottom of the fifth with a homer off Elliott Harper.
Hrdlicka didn't pitch long enough to earn the win, going 4.1 innings during which he allowed four runs on six hits. He struck out six and walked five.
The win went to Kyle Smarr (2-0), who finished the fifth and worked a scoreless sixth.
Brett McVey handed two innings of relief without allowing a run.
Craig Fritzler again was not good, he walked the first two batters he faced, but came out of it with his ninth save.

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Record: 27-33, 7th, 6.5 GB Quad City
St. Louis jumped off to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning but after that it was all Springfield as the Railers routed the River Walkers 10-2 at Oracle Park.
Springfield starting pitcher Pascal Marcovicci had trouble finding the strike zone to start the game issuing four consecutive walks -- two of which drove in runs to help St. Louis take the early lead.
Making his first start since going on the injured list with an elbow injury on April 13, Walkers starter Xavier Wigfall struggled coming out of the box.
The Railers tied it in the bottom of the first.
Luke Leto hit the first of his two homers of the game to lead off the inning.
Joseph Hughes later drew a one-out walk.
A hit-by-pitch and another walk later the bases were loaded.
Hideaki Taguchi drove in Hughes when he hit into a fielder's choice.
Leto's second homer came with two outs in the bottom of the second and put Springfield ahead 3-2.
Hughes led off the third with another solo shot, making it 4-2.
The Railers chased Wigfall in a bottom of the sixth where they scored twice.
Taguchi drove in the first run with a single.
Vincent Villaviencio scored the second when he scored on an Alex Rios wild pitch.
All the rest of the scoring came in the bottom of the eighth.
Villaviencio led off the inning with a homer off Ron Cox.
Making just his second major-league appearance, Corey Mertes had it rough allowing three runs on five hits and a walk.
Jose Chavez greeted Mertes with a double.
He later scored when Chris Blanco hit into a double play.
Luto collected his third RBI of the game with a two-out double.
Railers starting pitcher Pedro Marcovicci went four innings, allowing two runs on three hits. He struck out four and walked four.
Alan Albanese and Jesse Edwards both pitched two scoreless innings.
Former Walker ace Jesse McNaboe handled the ninth without allowing a run.

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Record: 27-33, 7th, 7 GB Quad City
Nelson Arreola shut out St. Louis into the seventh inning Vincent Villaviencio had three hits and drove in three runs as Springfield downed the River Walkers 4-3 at Oracle Park (2020).
Arreola (6-3) went a total of 6.1 innings, during which he allowed five singles while striking out four and walking two.
Arreola left with runners at first and second and two outs in the top of the seventh.
He had thrown 94 pitches.
Ron Tanner took over and got Ryan Wibbenmeyer to hit into a double play to end the jam.
The Railers got two of their runs off St. Louis starting pitcher Miguel Cisneros.
Luke Leto opened the bottom of the first by reaching on an error by Wibbenmeyer at second base.
He scored on a two-out double by Villaviencio.
Leto scored again in the third.
This time he singled off Cisneros with one out.
Villaviencio again drove him in, this time with a two-out single.
Springfield's final two runs came on back-to-back doubles from Joseph Hughes and Villaviencio off reliever Kyle Smarr in the seventh.
Villaviencio had to leave the game after his hit with a hamstring injury.
He is expected to miss up to three weeks.
St. Louis finally got on the board in the eighth on a two-run single by Manuel Coke off Carlos Sanchez.
Rich Dodson sliced the deficit to 4-3 with a pinch-hit lead-off homer off Jon Santiago in the ninth.
But Santiago retired the next three for his 20th save.

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MBL news: June 12 -- All-Star game fan voting update No. 3

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Record: 28-34, 7th, 7 GB Cedar Rapids
Trailing 3-1, St. Louis put together back-to-back three-run innings in the top of the seventh and eighth to pave the way for an 8-7 win over Springfield at Oracle Park (2020).
The victory allowed the River Walkers from being swept in the three-game series.
Down 1-0 after Manuel Coke hit the first of his two homers in the top of the first, the Railers took their 3-1 lead in the bottom of the inning helped along by errors by third baseman Mark Herman and shortstop Kerry Fackelman.
But St. Louis ace Ming Xiang shut out the Railers over the next five -- actually six -- innings to allow the Walkers to make their comeback.
Home runs were the big blows in both innings.
Mark Waterson hit a two-out, three-run shot off Ron Tanner in the seventh to put St. Louis ahead 4-3.
In the next inning, Coke unloaded a three-run bomb, his coming off Jesse Edwards, to make it 7-3.
St. Louis added another run in the top of the ninth -- Waterson led off the inning with a single off Jesse McNaboe and scored on a Zach Wenman double -- and it would need it.
Luke Leto capped off a 7-for-15 series with a grand slam off Ron Cox to make the score 8-7.
Cox, however, rebounded to strike out Brendan York to end the game.
Xiang (5-4) allowed three runs on five hits in seven innings. He struck out two and didn't walk a batter.
Frank Jimenez pitched a scoreless eighth.
Maximilliano Minelli got the first two outs of the, but also allowed the Railers to load the bases for Leto.
Cox notched his second save.

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MBL news: June 13 -- Week 12 -- Awards and standings

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Record: 29-34, 7th, 6 GB Cedar Rapids
Agustin Perdomo took a shutout into the bottom of the ninth inning -- when David Tapley hit a lead-off homer -- but he still threw a complete game and powered by four home runs St. Louis downed Des Moines 7-1 at Minute Maid Park.
Perdomo (5-4) scattered six hits -- five singles and a double -- over the first eight innings before Tapley hit his 13th home run of the season.
Perdomo retired the next three to end a game in which he threw 90 pitches.
He struck out five and didn't walk a batter.
The River Walkers took the lead on the fourth pitch of the game as lead-off hitter Ryan Wibbenmeyer powered 1-2 pitch from Harvesters starting pitcher Chris Novotny 404 feet deep into the Crawford Boxes in left field.
Chris Gibbs made it 2-0 when he led off the fifth with a homer off Novotny.
St. Louis broke the game open with a three-run sixth against the Des Moines bullpen.
Wibbenmeyer led off the inning with a double and scored on a Nick Shaw single.
Manuel Coke later hit his 16th homer of the season, a three-run blast to right-center making it 6-0.
Rich Dodson made it 7-0 with a homer off Teddy Loetzch with two outs in the ninth.