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Record: 66-43, 1st, 5.5 GA Cedar Rapids
Kaneo Kawamoto allowed one run over seven innings while St. Louis was building a 7-0 lead, and the River Walkers held on to defeat Columbus 7-4 to complete a four-game sweep at Busch Stadium (1997).
Kawamoto (11-6) allowed one run -- in the top of the fourth to make the score 4-1 -- on six hits. He struck out eight and didn't walk a batter.
Jose Ramirez put St. Louis ahead 1-0 in the bottom of the first with a two-out homer off Golden Bears starting pitcher Casey Mize.
The River Walkers made it 4-0 two innings later, when Steve Rossi cracked a three-run two-out jack off Mize.
St. Louis later added a single run in the fifth -- Ramirez with an RBI double off Mize -- and two more in the seventh -- Ramirez with another RBI, this one with a single off reliever Fernando Fernando while Fernando hit Rossi with a pitch with the bases loaded -- to go up 7-0.
But that almost was not enough as the Bears busted loose for four runs in the top of the eighth against the St. Louis bullpen.
It started with back-to-back homers from Kevin Kendall and pinch-hitter Carlos Callado off Argenis Batista.
After Noah Smith followed the homers with a single, Batista was done for the day.
Andres Hernandez took over and was not much better.
Maibook Calzado got down a bunt where both he and Smith were save.
Pat McNeil followed with a single to load the bases.
Chad Woolf singled, scoring Smith to make it 7-4.
Yeison Santos and bailed out the Walkers by striking out the next three.
Santos stuck around to get the first out of the ninth before giving up a single to Javy Gutierrez.
Cory Tiller took over and allowed a single to Noah Smith.
But with two runners aboard, Tiller got pinch-hitter Jonathon Boyle to hit into a double play.
That earned Tiller his second save.