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Record: 91-65, 1st, 5.5 GA Des Moines, Magic No.: 3
St. Louis jumped out to an 8-0 lead and then held on as Springfield rallied against its bullpen, coming out of it with an 8-6 win at Olympic Stadium (Montreal).
The River Walkers waited until the top of the fifth to begin building their advantage putting four runs on the board.
A pair of walks, one from Prairie Fighters starter Francis Martes and one from reliever Keegan Thompson, loaded the bases with one out.
Andrew Benintendi completely unloaded them with a grand slam.
St. Louis piled on three more runs in the sixth.
Jean Carmona chased home the first two with a triple off Kenley Jansen.
Carmona scored when Jansen unleashed a wild pitch.
Going into the seventh-inning stretch, St. Louis led 8-0 after Benintendi drew a one-out walk from Thomas Szapucki and scored when Clay Owens hit into a fielder's choice.
Spinning a shutout through six innings, starter Jason Froelich saw that disappear two batters into the seventh inning after Riley Greene led off with a triple and Dylan Crews homered.
Mathew Lugo hit a solo homer off reliever Ricky Cisneros in the eighth, making it 8-3.
Argenis Batista go the ball to begin the ninth, and allowed all three of the four batters he faced to reach.
Crews led off with a single and scored when Anthony Seigler followed with a homer.
Austin Hendrick then doubled, and after a fly out, a single from Andrew Gimenez single had runners at the corners and Edwin Diaz headed to the mound.
Things didn't start out well for the River Walkers' closer.

Franmil Reyes hit into a fielder's choice, scoring Hendrick.
Matt Lugo followed with a single, and after a wild pitch runners were at second and third for Alex Bregman.
But Diaz struck Bregman out on a 3-2 pitch to end it and secure his 30th save.
Froelich (2-2) got the win, allowing two runs on three hits in his six-inning plus.