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Record: 4-4, 2nd/(Tied/w. Springfield and Cedar Rapids), 1 GB Des Moines
Tied 8-8, Mike Vaughan drove in two runs with a pinch-hit double in the top of the 11th inning and St. Louis held on to defeat Quad City 10-9 at Fenway Park (1976).
Rookie Carlos Martines had led off the inning with a double off Thunder relief pitcher Dennis Jones.
Mark Herman then drew a walk before Jones struck out Casebolt.
Salvador Rubalcaba then relieved Jones.
Rubalcaba got Savion McMullan to fly out for the second out.
But Vaughan lined a 1-2 pitch into left center to put the River Walkers in front.
QC almost won the game in the bottom of the ninth.
Reliever Darren Xu allowed three of the first four batters he faced to reach base.
The third batter Pang Shi doubled to make it 10-9.
After an intentional walk to J.P DiPietro to load the bases.
Rubalcaba grounded into a fielder's choice with Jim Waldron being retired at the plate.
Xu then struck out Paul Totten to end it.
The Walkers actually jumped out to a 7-0 lead over the first four innings.
But the Thunder climbed back into it.
A three-run fifth against St. Louis starter Kevin Hrdlicka followed by two more in the sixth made it 7-5.
A pinch-hit single from Mark Waterson off Armando Guadarrama in the seventh put the Walkers in front 8-5.
Shi drove in three in the bottom half with a two-out double off Curt Donaldson to tie it 8-8.
Hrdlicka went 5.2 innings, allowing five runs on nine hits. He struck out five and walked one.
Josh Joyce got the final out of the sixth for St. Louis.
Aaron Attaway Jr. started the seventh, recording two outs and being charged with the three runs that came on the double off Donaldson.
Tom Floria worked a scoreless eighth.
Antonio Cruiz handled the ninth and got the first two outs of the eighth.
The win went to Chris Willett (1-0), who retired the only batter he faced to finish the 10th.
Xu earned his first save in the 11th.