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Record: 78-72, 3rd, 3 GB Cedar Rapids
Des Moines' Raphael Devers hit an inside-the-park home run off St. Louis starting pitcher Yu Darvish in the top of the first inning, but the River Walkers answered with four runs in the bottom half and never trailed while posting a 9-4 win at Busch Stadium (1997).
With the win, St. Louis split the four-game series with the Harvesters. The River Walkers sit in third place in the National League South Division, three games behind first-place Cedar Rapids.
Des Moines trails the Golden Grapplers by 2.5 games.
Home runs drove in all the runs in that big first inning for the Walkers.
Rhys Hoskins did the bulk of the damage with a three-run shot off Harvesters starter Ronny Chirinos.
Two batters later, Tucker Barnhart delivered a solo shot.
A Nicky Delmonico two-run homer off Chirinos in the fourth made it 6-1.
The Walkers biggest lead of the game came in the eighth, after Hoskins second homer of the game made it 9-2.
St. Louis starter Yu Darvish allowed two runs on five hits in 5.2 innings. He left the game with the bases loaded and two outs in the sixth.
Reliever John Curtiss struck out Carson Kelly and John Lehto to wiggle out of the jam.
Five more relievers saw work for the Walkers. Grant Dayton (1.1 IP) and Josh Stautmont (1.0) carried the heaviest loads, but also allowed a run apiece.