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Walkers news: June 14 -- Cedar Rapids 2, St. Louis 1
Record: 41-20, 1st, 6 GA Springfield
Noah Naylor hit a one-out solo homer off St. Louis reliever Luis Palomo in the top of the eighth inning to give Cedar Rapids the lead and eventually a 2-1 win at Busch Stadium (1997).
Rhys Hoskins fourth homer in three games in the bottom of the second off Cedar Rapids starting pitcher Rick Atkinson had given the River Walkers an early 1-0 lead.
The Golden Grapplers evened it against St. Louis starter Alex Faedo in the sixth when he hit Terrin Vavra with a pitch with the bases loaded.
Domingo Santana scored the run, as Faedo hit two batters and walked one in the inning.
Cedar Rapids starter Rick Atkinson allowed just one run on four hits over five innings.
Seven relievers -- Thomas Burrows (0.0 IP), Felipe Vazquez (1.0), Zach Schellenger (0.1), Mychal Givens (0.2), Kyle Barraclough (0.1), Jose Alvarado (0.2) and Jose Leclerc (1.0) -- combined to finish the game.
Givens (5-1) came away with the win. Leclerc notched his 18th save.
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