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Record: 84-63, 1st, 2 GA Des Moines
Jordan Groshan led off the bottom of the 12th inning with a home run to give St. Louis an 8-7 win over Springfield at Busch Stadium (1997).
Groshans' 23rd homer of the season came on a 2-1 pitch from Railers reliever Carlos Garcia, it traveled 413 feet over the left-field wall.
Springfield tallied twice off St. Louis starter Kaneo Kawamoto in the top of the first to grab an early edge.
But the River Walkers would reel off the game's next seven runs to seize a 7-2 advantage.
St. Louis relied on the long ball getting a solo homer from Jose Segura in the first and three long balls from Jose Ramirez.
Ramirez led off the bottom of the first with a homer. He hit a three-run homer in the fourth and another solo shot in the seventh.
Down 7-2, Springfield stormed back.
James Gamble had a two-out RBI single off Yeison Santos in the eighth making it 7-3.
In the ninth, the Railers went back-to-back with the long ball to tie it.
Dylan Crews struck first with a three-run shot off David Amador.
Jake Brentz took over, and his first pitch to Alex Otero also went over the fence to tie it.
Kawamoto handled the first seven innings, allowing two runs on six hits. he struck out 10 and walked two.
Santos pitched the eighth, giving up the one run.
Amador (0.1 IP) and Brentz (0.2) handled the ninth when the Railers tied it.
Closer Ernesto Barbosa didn't allow a base runner in his two innings.
Jose Alvarado (2-4) walked a batter, but didn't allow anything else in the top of the 12th, which ended up paving his way to the win.