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Walkers news: April 15 -- St. Louis 2, Twin Cities 1
Record: 5-5, 3rd, 3.5 GB Des Moines
Daniel Becerra snapped a 1-1 tie with a two-out solo home runs off Twin Cities relief pitcher Rhett Daniel, and St. Louis went on for a 2-1 win at Busch Stadium (2006).
The win was the fifth in a row for the River Walkers, matching their five-game losing streak to open the season.
St. Louis had gone out in front in the bottom of the second.
A double by Jose Segura followed by two walks from Snow Cats starting pitcher Keegan Jensen had loaded the bases.
A balk scored Segura with the game's first run.
Twin Cities tied it in the top of the third.
Kurt Baty bunted for a hit to lead off the inning.
He stole second and scored on Mike Satain's single off St. Louis starter Xavier Wigfall.
Wigfall (1-1) pitched well, allowing the one run on seven hits over six innings. He struck out seven and walked two.
Yeison Santos pitched a scoreless seventh for the Walkers.
Josh Forgy (0.2 IP) and Cory Tiller (0.1) combined to do the same in the eighth.
Ernesto Barbosa's perfect ninth earned him his third save in as many chances.
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