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Walkers news: June 24 -- St. Louis 5, Green Bay 2
Record: 34-42, 5th, 11.5 GB Des Moines
Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer in the second inning off St. Louis starter Argenis Batista, but that was all Green Bay would get as St. Louis rallied for a 5-2 win at War Memorial Stadium.
The River Walkers waited until the seventh inning to begin their comeback.
Rhys Hoskins got them on the scoreboard with a solo homer off reliever Kelvin Herrera.
Jared Thomas later reached on an error by first baseman Bobby Bradley and scored on Jean Carmona's triple off Mike Goodkin to tie it at 2.
St. Louis snatched the lead in the eighth, thanks to a lead-off double from Andrew Benintendi and an RBI single from Tanner Kohlhepp.
The Walkers added two more runs in the ninth.
Kohlhepp drove in the first run with a sacrifice fly.
A Michael Toglia RBI single made it 5-2.
Batista lasted 5.2 innings, giving up two runs on six hits.
Phil Maton recorded the final out of the sixth,
John Curtiss (4-1) pitched around a pair of hits in the seventh.
Jake Brentz (0.2 IP) and Edwin Diaz (0.1) combined to keep the Long Haulers off the scoreboard in the eighth.
Kenley Jansen struck out two of the three batters who took the plate in the ninth for his third save.
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