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World Series Game 3 -- Cleveland 4, St. Louis 3 10 innings, St. Louis leads 2-1
Tyler McKenzie drew a walk to lead off the top of the 10th inning and scored on a Joe Silverstein sacrifice fly, as Cleveland downed St. Louis 4-3 at Busch Stadium (1997).
The victory drew the Juke Box Heroes to within 2-1 in the best-of-7 series.
It was Zack Evers who walked McKenzie to open the 10th.
Mac Horvath followed with a single, chasing McKenzie to third.
Silverstein then drove the first pitch he saw deep enough to center field to score McKenzie.
The big hit of the game, however, came in the top of the ninth when Will Holland hit a one-out homer off River Walkers closer Ernesto Barbosa to tie it at 3.
It was Holland's second homer of the game.
His first came in the fourth off St. Louis starter Zack Hunsicker, tying the game at 2-2.
A Thairo Estrada homer in the bottom of the fifth off Cleveland starter Adonis Medina put the Walkers back in front.
Medina, who spent four successful seasons in St. Louis, allowed three runs on six hits over five innings. He struck out seven and walked one.
Five relievers -- Yuki Matsui (1.0 IP), Bob Granillo (0.2), Ronny Carvajal (1.1), Juan Munoz (1.2) and Gunnar Hoglund (0.1) -- combined to finish the game.
Munoz (1-1) earned his first win of the postseason, while Hoglund notched his first save.
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