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Record: 22-17, 1st, 1.5 GA Cedar Rapids
Kaneo Kawamoto allowed one run over 6.1 innings, and St. Louis held on for a 4-2 win over Cedar Rapids at Connie Mack Stadium (1960).
With the win, the River Walkers took two of the three games in the series.
Kawamoto (2-3) allowed one run on three hits in his time on the mound. He struck out four and walked one.
The left-hander exited the game with nobody on base and St. Louis leading 4-1.
Zach Evers allowed a single to Phillip Dull, but got Ryan Rickard to hit into the a double play to end the inning.
The Walkers got single runs in the second -- Steve Rossi led off with a double and later scored on a wild pitch by Grapplers starter Devin Eyre -- third innings -- Nathaniel Dixon singled, moved to second on a Eyre balk and scored on a Jose Segura double -- to go up 2-0.
An RBI double from David Henderson off Kawamoto in the bottom of the third made it 2-0.
But Jordan Groshans hit his eighth homer of the season in the sixth off reliever Evan Steele to make it 4-1.
Zach Evers got the final two outs of the seventh for the Walkers, but gave up a lead-off homer to Brandon Martorano in the eighth to make it 4-2.
Yeison Santos (0.1 IP), Andres Hernandez (0.2) and Argenis Batista (0.1) combined to get the final four outs.
Batista struck out Steven Williams with one runner aboard to end it, and earn his first save of 2031.