2025 St. Louis River Walkers -- Here we go again

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Record: 57-32, 1st, 9 GA Kansas City
Down 4-1, St. Louis scored four times in the bottom of the seventh inning to steal a 5-4 win over Kansas City in the final game before the All-Star break at Busch Stadium (1997).
With the victory, the River Walkers took the final two games of their series with the Prairie Fighters to split the four-game set.
In the top of the seventh inning, Springfield's Andrew Noviello had led off with a single off St. Louis reliever Dan Jennings and scored on a Kyle Williams double to put his team up 4-1.
But the Walkers rallied.
Johan Camargo got it going with a one-out single off Fighters relief pitcher Brian Clark.
A pinch-hit double from Christian Arroyo put runners at second and third, and chased Clark from the game in favor of Mark McConnell.
A walk to Edmond Americaan loaded the bases for Carlos Vidal.
Vidal's single scored a run and left the bases loaded.
McConnell struck out Rhys Hoskins for the second out.
Andrew Benintendi and Tanner Kohlhepp, however, both followed with singles plating two more runs and putting the Walkers in front 5-4.
St. Louis came out of the game with a major concern as starting pitcher Argenis Batista, who came into the game 10-4, lasted just 1.2 innings before exiting with an undisclosed injury.
Nick Lodolo finished the second inning and also took care of the third and fourth. He gave up a pair of runs.
He was followed to the mound by Tim Hill (1.0 IP), Dan Jennings (2.0), Jake Brentz (1.0) and Edwin Diaz (1.0).
Jennings (2-1) came out of it with the win. Diaz collected his 15th save.

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MBL news: Week 12 Players of the Week and standings

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MBL news: National League downs American League 4-3 in All-Star game

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MBL news: American League leaders at All-Star break

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MBL news: National League leaders at All-Star break

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Walkers news: River Walkers statistics at All-Star break

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The St. Louis River Walkers received bad news on 24-year-old right-hander Argenis Batista who had to leave his last start after just 1.2 innings with an undisclosed injury.
It turned out Batista has an oblique strain and will miss at least seven weeks.
Named to the All-Star team, although the injury prevented him from playing, Batista has gone 10-4 this season with a 2.45 ERA.
As for now, rookie Hunter Barco is expected to take Batista's place in the Walkers rotation.

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Record: 58-32, 1st, 10 GA Kansas City
A two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning from Andrew Benintendi snapped a 1-1 tie and Steven Brault pitched into the eighth inning as St. Louis opened the post All-Star break portion of its schedule with a 3-1 win over Green Bay at Busch Stadium (1997).
Long Haulers reliever Rodolfo Martinez hit Rhys Hoskins with a pitch to open the bottom of the sixth.
Benintendi then smacked a 2-1 pitch 421 feet over the wall in right-center to give the River Walkers the lead for good.
Brault (9-4) pitched until allowing a two-out double to Ozzie Albies in the eighth.
In all, Brault allowed just one run on six hits. He struck out eight and walked two.
Danny Grigg came on but walked Mike Trout.
Jake Brentz got the ball and walked Bobby Bradley to load the bases.
But Brentz got Addison Russell to strike out to end the inning.
Edwin Diaz worked around a one-out walk in the ninth by getting Jesse Winker to hit into a game-ending double play as he notched his 16th save.

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The St. Louis River Walkers have placed outfielder Edmond Americaan on the 10-day disabled list after he suffered an injury while making a defensive play in a 3-1 win over Green Bay on July 17 at Busch Stadium.
The 28-year-old Americaan has had a solid season for the River Walkers, batting .285 with five homers and 22 RBIs in 76 games.
Getting the callup from AAA Memphis is 24-year-old Larry Ernesto.
Ernesto has batted .268 with eight homers and 42 RBIs this season in 66 games for the Redbirds.
He spent a brief time with the Walkers earlier in the season, but struggled batting just .120 with a homer and an RBI in 12 games.

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Record: 59-32, 1st, 10 GA Kansas City
Tied 1-1, St. Louis broke the game open with a six-run bottom of the third inning as the River Walkers rolled onto a 11-3 win over Green Bay at Busch Stadium (1997).
Long Haulers starting pitcher Erikson Lanning helped dig his own grave to get the big outburst going for the River Walkers in the third.
He hit lead-off batter Carlos Vidal and then walked Tanner Kohlhepp.
After a strike out of Andrew Benintendi, Rhy Hoskins doubled to score the inning's first run.
Then the bats really got rolling.
Jean Carmona and Jared Thomas both drove in two runs with a double.
After a pitching change from Lanning to Mike Goodkin, Larry Ernesto drove a 1-2 pitch 381 feet over the right-field fence to make it 7-1.
Limiting Green Bay to two runs over the first five inings, Walkers starting pitcher Alex Faedo flexed his muscle with the bat by leading of the bottom of the sixth with a homer off Ryan Zeferjahn.
A two-run homer from Andrew Benintendi off Zeferjahn in the same inning made it 10-2.
Faedo (8-4) handled the first seven innings, allowing two runs on two hits. He struck out 11 and walked two.
Both Haulers runs came on solo homers from Mike Trout.

The final two innings belonged to Luis Palomo who despite allowing a home run to Anthony Rendon had no trouble closing out the win.

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The game between the Green Bay Long Haulers and St. Louis River Walkers scheduled for Busch Stadium was postponed by rain.
It will be made up as part of a July. 20 doubleheader.

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Record: 59-33, 1st, 9.5 GA Kansas City
Ozzie Albies hit a two-run homer off St. Louis starting pitcher Derek Gordon in the top of the first inning and Green Bay never trailed while posting a 5-3 win in the first game of a doubleheader at Busch Stadium (1997).
Andrew Lee opened the game with a lead-off doublke and scored when Albies spanked a Gordon pitch 388 feet over the wall in right field for a 2-0 lead.
It was Anthony Rendon who produced a long balk in the third off Gordon to make the Long Haulers advantage 3-0.
After the River Walkers scored in the bottom of the third, Green Bay quickly got that run back in the top of the fourth.
Aaron Judge reached on an error by shortstop Jean Carmona to open the stantz.
A ground ball moved Judge to second, and Austin Hedges chased him home with a double.
Jared Thomas led off the bottom of the seven for St. Louis with a single off reliever Mike Goodkin and scored on a Carlos Vidal single off Wade Davis to make it 4-2.
Green Bay got its lead back to three in the ninth.
Chance Sisco doubled off Nick Lodolo and scored on an Andrew Lee single off Danny Grigg, as the Haulers lead grew to 5-3.
Wacha (5-7) had a strong outing allowing one run on four hits.

Jamie Callahan, Mike Goodkin and Wade Davis all pitched two-thirds of an inning to get the game to the eighth.
Richard Lovelady handled the eighth.
Luis Medina gave up a ruun in the ninth, but it was not nearly enough as the Haulers came out of it with a win.

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Record: 59-34, 1st, 9 GA Kansas City
Down 2-0,Green Bay tied it with a pair of runs in the top of the fifth inning and took the lead for good an inning later as the Long Haulers down the River Walkers 4-3 in the second game of a doubleheader at Busch Stadium (1997).
The victory allowed Green Bay to take two of three games in the weekend series.
Trailing 2-0, the Haulers tied it in the top of the fifth.
Andrew Lee and Anthony Rendon opened the inning with back-to-back doubles off River Walkers starting pitcher Hunter Barco.
Ozzie Albies drove in Lee with a run which made it 2-1.
Mike Trout followed with a single, scoring Rendon.
The Haulers took the lead in the sixth,
Austin Hedges led off with a single and Ryan Zeferjahn's bunt planted him at second.
John Curtiss came on to face Rendon, but it didn't work out.
Rendon singled into left field to put Green Bay in the lead 3-2.
Bobby Bradley used the long ball, banging a 0-2 pitch from John Curitts, to score Bradley and make it 4-2.

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Record: 59-35, 1st, 9 GA Kansas City
Rookie Brett Baty homered twice in the first five innings to help power Milwaukee to an 8-0 lead in a game it went on to win 9-4 over St. Louis at Milwaukee County Stadium (1975).
Both of Lambert's bombs came off River Walkers starting pitcher Jimmy Lambert.
The first came with two on in the bottom of the first inning and staked the Keg Lifters to a 3-0 lead.
The second came in the fifth, it was a two-run shot and put Milwaukee up 6-0.
The Lifters scored five times in that fifth inning.
Raynel Delgado had led off the inning with a homer.
Baty's homer drove home the Lifters' fifth and sixth runs.
Luis Alexander Basbe and pitcher Stiward Aquino later collected RBI single off reliever Luis Palomo.
A two-run homer from Alek Thomas off Milwaukee reliever Kyle Hendricks had St. Louis within 8-4 at the seventh-inning stretch.
But the Walkers would not score again.
An Erik Rivera double off Danny Grigg in the bottom of the seventh made it 9-4.
Aquino (3-7) had a solid outing, allowing one run on four hits over six innings. He struck out eight and walked two.
Hendrick (0.1 IP) and Jason Johnson combined to pitch the seventh for the Lifters.
The final two innings belonged to Juan Hillman, as he held the Walkers scoreless.

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Record: 59-36, 1st, 9 GA Kansas City
Raynel Delgado's RBI single off St. Louis closer Edwin Diaz in the bottom of the eighth inning scored Justin Wrobelski with the game-winning run as Milwaukee downed the River Walkers 5-4 at Milwaukee County Stadium (1976).
Wrobelski had reached on a two-out single off St. Louis reliever John Curtiss.
The Walkers then turned to Diaz, but didn't get the result they hoped for.
He hit Andrew Knizner with a pitch moved Wrobelski to second.
Delgado than swung at the first pitch he saw and drove it past shortstop Jean Carmona to score Wrobelski with the game-winning run.
Both teams scored three times over the first two innings.
Larry Ernesto hit a two-run homer from the Walkers off Lifters starting pitcher Edwin Cora to put his team up 3-2.
Knizner hit a solo homer off St. Louis starter Steven Brault in the sixth, giving the Keg Lifters a 4-3 lead.
The Walkers tied it in the top of the seventh on a Jared Thomas' solo homer off reliever Hansel Robles.
Cora went five innings for Milwaukee, allowing three runs on five hits.
Robles allowed a single run during his time on the mound in the sixth and seventh,
Antonio Santillan (3-2) got the win for working a perfect eighth.
Sam Stoutenborough handled the ninth and earned his fourth save.

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Record: 59-37, 1st, 9 GA Kansas City
Landon Gray snapped a 5-5 tie with a solo homer off St. Louis reliever John Curtiss with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning as Milwaukee downed the River Walkers 6-5 at Milwaukee County Stadium (1976).
The victory gave the Keg Lifters a sweep of the three-game series.
Gray's homer came on a 2-2 pitch and carried 400 feet over the wall in right-center field.
St. Louis had tied the game at 5 on a Bo Bichette solo homer off Milwaukee reliever Jason Johnson in the top of the seventh.
Alec Bohm's three-run homer off Curtis with two out in the sixth had given Milwaukee a 5-4 lead.
Lifters starter Brendan McKay allowed two runs on four hits over five innings. He struck out six and walked one.
Johnson handled the sixth inning and got the first two outs of the seventh.
That final out of the seventh was handled by Daniel Espino.
Juan Hillman (3-2), who earned the win, was spotless in the eighth,
Sam Stoutenbourgh pitched the ninth for the second consecutive game and notched his fifth save.

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The St. Louis River Walkers have announced the signing of All-Star left-handed reliever Jake Brentz to a four-year extension.
Over the course that extension, Brentz will be making $42 million. The fourth season includes a team option.
In his third season in St. Louis, the 30-year old Brentz is a four-time All-Star selection, including this season with the River Walkers.
Brentz, who attended Parkway South in the St. Louis suburb of St. Louis. is 4-0 this season with 11 saves in 33 games.
For his career with the Walkers, Brentz is 16-12 with 25 saves in 167 games.