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Scott McDonald marked his first appearance since last May with a goal

Scott McDonald scored on his Partick Thistle debut as the Jags beat Alloa Athletic to move out of the Scottish Championship's bottom two.

The former Celtic and Motherwell forward came off the bench to double the visitors' lead with shot from inside the box.

The goal ended Alloa's hopes of climbing off bottom spot, with Blair Spittal having struck Thistle's opener early on.

The Wasps remain a point off Falkirk.

And the Bairns now trail Partick by the same margin, with Thistle and Falkirk both having played one game fewer than Alloa.