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Record: 46-43, 3rd, 3.5 GB Cedar Rapids
St. Louis scored six runs in the bottom of the third inning and added what proved to be an important insurance run in the eighth as it held on for a 7-6 win over Springfield at Busch Stadium (1997).
With the win, the River Walkers split the four-game series with the Prairie Fighters.
St. Louis will go into the All-Star break at 46-43, 3.5 games behind first-place Cedar Rapids. The Prairie Fighters sit two games in back of the Golden Grapplers.
The Walkers seemed to grab a comfortable advantage with their six-run third inning.

Andrew Benintendi and Tucker Barnhart both had two-run singles off Springfield starting pitcher Nathan Karns.
Nicky Delmonico also had an RBI single. The other runs scored on a walk and a hit-by-pitch with the bases loaded.
Springfield worked its way back into it.
The Fighters tagged St. Louis starting pitcher Danny Duffy for three runs in the top of the fourth.
An RBI double from Todd Frazier off Jake Diekman in the seventh made it 6-5.
The Walkers got that run back in the eighth when Ender Inciarte drew a bases-loaded walk from Triston McKenzie.
St. Louis closer Tommy Kahnle pitched himself into trouble in the top of the ninth.
A Russell Martin RBI single with two outs made it 7-6. A walk to Chris Davis then loaded the bases.
Kahnle struck out Yario Munoz for his 13th save of the season.