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Record: 82-62, 1st, 1.5 GA Des Moines
Jean Carmona launched the third pitch of the bottom of the 11th inning 379 feet over the right-field wall to give St. Louis a 5-4 win over Twin Cities at Busch Stadium (1997).
Snow Cats co-closer Eric Watkins was beginning his third inning of work and had a 1-1 count on Carmona, when the veteran shortstop launched his 11th home run of the season.
The win was the 10th in a row for St. Louis.
The contest featured seven homers -- three by Twin Cities and four by the River Walkers.
The Cats' Roc Riggio led off the game with his 13th homer of the season, it coming off St. Louis starter Izzy San Juan.
Rick Scott cracked a two-run homer in the bottom of the second, off Twin Cities starter Keith Brennan, to give the Walkers the lead for the first time.
Robbie Mackie hit his 40th homer of the season in the top of the fourth to tie it at 2-2.
St. Louis regained the lead in the bottom of the fourth, Steve Rossi doing the honors with a homer off Brennan.
The Cats didn't need a homer to tie it in the fifth.
Riggio drew a two-out walk from San Juan and scored after consecutive singles from Alvaro Lovato and Jim Peebles.
Bottom of the sixth, St. Louis went ahead again when Jose Segura hit his 40th homer of the season, it came off reliever Jim Messina, to make it 4-3.
That lead was gone after one batter in the top of the seventh, as Yan Contreras greeted Walkers reliever Travis Krogman with a 401-foot blast.
San Juan pitched well but was denied his 17th win for the third straight game.
The veteran lefty allowed three runs on six hits over six innings. He struck out six and walked two.
He was followed to the mound by Krogman (1.0 IP), Yeison Santos (1.0) Danny Amador (2.0) and Jake Brentz (1.0).
Brentz (4-3) came out of it with his fourth win.