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Walkers news: Sept. 10 -- Twin Cities 7, St. Louis 4
Record: 82-63, 1st. 0.5 GA Des Moines
Down 3-0, Twin Cities scored the game's next seven runs and rolled to a 7-4 win over St. Louis at Busch Stadium (1997).
The loss ended a 10-game win streak for the River Walkers.
The first of Jose Segura's two home runs came in the bottom of the first inning, a two-run shot off Snow Cats starter Gilberto Carballo, to stake St. Louis to a 2-0 lead.
An inning later, Hayden Jones took Carballo deep to make it 3-0
Twin Cities tied it up with three runs off St. Louis starter Zack Hunsicker in the top of the fourth.
RJ Teijero was the first of five out of six Cats hitters to reach base with a one-out double.
A hit by pitch of Jeff Waddell and a walk to Will Banfield loaded the bases.
After Hunsicker struck out Yan Contreras, Carballo singled to put Twin Cities on the board.
Roc Riggio followed with a two-run double, although Carballo was thrown out at the plate.
The Cats took the lead an inning later courtesy of a two-run homer by Robbie Mackie, his 41st of the season, off Hunsicker.
Twin Cities scored for the third straight inning in the sixth.
Pinch-hitter Aaron Watson doubled with one out off Hunsicker.
Roc Riggio moved him to third with a single off Yeison Santos.
Watson then scored on a wild pitch with Jim Peebles at the plate.
Twin Cites struck yet again in the seventh with Waddell greeting reliever Zach Evers with a lead-off homer.
Segura hit his second homer of the game, off Jeses Liranzo, to cap the scoring.
Carballo lasted just 3.2 innings, allowing three runs on six hits.
Five relievers followed him to the mound -- Drake Fellows (1.1 IP), Jimmy Herget (0.1), Liranzo (1.2), Jesse Gaither (1.0) and Eric Watkins (1.0) -- with Fellows (7-4) earning the win.
Watkins notched his 17th save.
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