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Walkers news: Sept. 12 -- St. Louis 4, Twin Cities 3
Record: 74-69, 3rd, 3.5 GB Cedar Rapids
Twin Cities starting pitcher Nick Lodolo took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and a 1-0 lead over St. Louis at Busch Stadium (1997).
He would not survive the inning and neither would his lead.
Pinch-hitter Albert Almora ended the no-hitter with a one-out double.
A two-out single from Bo Bichette moved Almora to third, and a walk to the red-hot Andrew Benintendi loaded the bases and ended Lodolo's game.
Tanner Houck took the mound, and four pitches later, on a 3-1 count, Rhys Hoskins hit a 410-foot bomb into the stands in right-center field for a grand slam and a 4-2 lead for St. Louis.
The River Walkers would go on to win 4-3, splitting the four-game series.
The Snow Cats would make it interesting in the ninth after pinch-hitter Roughned Odor hit a two-out solo homer off Walkers closer Tommy Kahnle.
Kahnle then walked Carlos Santana.
However, he got Michael Gigliotti to strike out to end it, and earn him a blemished 26th save.
Wade Miley turned in a strong starting performance for St. Louis, limiting Twin Cities to two runs on four hits over six innings.
Bobby Poyner and Reyes Moronta handled the seventh and eighth, respectively.
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