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Walkers news: April 22 -- St. Louis 16, Twin Cities 13
The St. Louis River Walkers scored eight runs in the fifth inning to take a 9-5 lead.
They watched that lead disappear -- as Twin Cities scored four times in both the sixth and eighth innings -- to take a 13-9 lead.
Only to have the Walkers pour seven runs across in the top of the ninth to grab a mind-boggling 16-13 win at the Metrodome.
With the win, St. Louis swept the three-game series in Minneapolis.
Andrew Benintendi and Michael Conforto both had two-run doubles in the inning against Cats reliever Thyago Viera, who sustained all the damage, as I guess the Twin Cities bullpen was exhausted.
For the game, what a surprise, Benintendi was huge again going 4 for 6 with two home runs, a double and six RBIs.
Brock Holt was 1 for 6 but still managed to drive in three runs.
Colin Moran, Gleyber Torres and J.P. Crawford all hit homers and drove in three runs for the Cats.
No pitcher stood out.
Phil Maton earned the win for getting the final out of the eighth inning.
John Curtiss, however, did toss a scoreless ninth for his second save.
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