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Record: 96-65, 1st, 9 GA Springfield; NL South clinched; Chicago clinched NL nest record
Tied 2-2. St. Louis put up four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to carry the River Walkers to a 6-2 win over Kansas City at Busch Stadium (1997).
Carlos Vidal got things moving with a one-out walk off Pit Masters reliever Jace Fry, and Rhy Hoskins followed with a single.
Jake Woodford took over and his second pitch to Andrew Benintendi eluded catcher Yasmani Grandal allowing VIdal to score.
Benintendi was then issued an intentional walk.
Larry Ernesto reached on an error by Woodford to load the bases.
Jared Thomas and Tanner Kohlhepp then collected RBI single.
After Christian Arroyo hit into a fielder's choice, Alek Thomas drove in the inning's final run with a single.
Walkers starting pitcher Derek Gordon worked six innings, allowing one run on three hits.

Dan Jennings (0.1 IP) and John Curtiss (0.2) combined to pitch the seventh inning.
The eighth belonged to Nick Lodolo.
The ninth was supposed to be handled by Adam Wenger, who did record two outs but also allowed a pair of hits.
Williams Jerez got the call and got Yasmani Grandal to fly out to end it.
It wss Jerez's second save of the season.