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MBL World Series Game 3: St. Louis 8, Akron 5, 10 innings
St. Louis scored four times in the top of the 10th inning and then held off a scare in the bottom of the inning to squeeze out an 8-5 win in Game 3 of the Midwest Baseball League World Series at Candlestick Park (1993).
The victory puts the River Walkers ahead 2-1 in the best-of-seven series.
The Flying Feet led 4-2 after Corey Seager connected for an RBI single and Logan Davidson followed with a run-scoring double, both off St. Louis reliever Danny Grigg, in bottom of the sixth.
Bo Bichette drew a lead-off walk from Feet reliever Donato Auguste to open the seventh and later scored on a throwing error by left fielder Michael Conforto on an Andrew Benintendi single.
The Walkers tied it in the eighth with Bichette, this time collecting the RBI with a single off Victor Vodnik to scored Jared Thomas.
St. Louis then busted loose in the 10th against Jack Flaherty, a starter who once again was asked to fill a relief role.
Jared Thomas led off with a single, and following a sacrifice bunt from Edmond Americaan, was perched at third following a single from Bichette.
Carlos Vidal drove in the first run of the inning with the third single of the inning.
Rhys Hoskins, who has struggled through most of the postseason, followed with a three-run homer to make it 8-4.
But Walkers reliever Jake Brentz failed to bring his good stuff to the mound in the bottom of the inning
He got the first batter to fly out, but the next three (Robby Martin, Michael Conforto and Gary Sanchez) went walk, single and single to load the bases.
Brentz then plunked Seager with a pitch to score a run and end his night.
Edwin Diaz got the call and got Kelvin Smith hit into a fielder's choice.
Matt Chapman grounded into another fielder's choice to end it.
Walkers starting pitcher Steven Brault worked five innings, allowing two runs on three hits.
Tim Hill (0.1 IP) and Grigg (0.2) combined in that sixth inning where the Feet scored wice.
Willams Jerez contributed a key scoreless seventh inning and John Curtiss did the same in the eighth and ninth.
Curtiss (1-0) came out it with the win. Diaz got his first save of the postseason.
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