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Record: 73-46, 1st, 9.5 GA Cedar Rapids
Trailing 4-3, St. Louis scored once in the seventh and eighth innings and three in the ninth to defeat Cleveland in the opener of a three-game series which rematches the teams which met in the 2030 World Series at Cleveland Stadium (1980).
The Juke Box Heroes defeated St. Louis in seven games to claim the 2030 MBL championship.
Jordan Groshans hit a two-run homer off Heroes starting pitcher Eric Pardinho in the top of the first to help the River Walkers go up 3-0.
Cleveland tied it with a trio of runs off St. Louis starter Kaneo Kawamoto in the bottom of the second.
Tony Jackson and Pardinho both had RBI doubles.
Tyler McKenzie drove in the third run with a single, as Cleveland strung together four hits in a five-batter span.
Cleveland snapped the tie in the bottom of the sixth when Kevin Maitan singled off Kawamoto with one out, and scored when Marco Zurita followed with a double.
The Walkers tied it in the top of the seventh.
Pinch-hitter Nathaniel Dixon led off with a single off former Walkers starter Adonis Medina, and moved to second on a wild pitch.
Jean Carmona drove Dixon home with a single.
An inning later, St. Louis took the lead.
Steve Sullivan doubled with two outs off Hideki Ono and scored when pinch-hitter Heston Kjerstad doubled.
The Walkers then broke it open with three in the top of the ninth.
Jean Carmona led off with a homer off Luis Vasquez.
Jared Thomas plated the other two with another homer.
Kawamoto worked six innings, allowing four runs on eight hits. He struck out five and didn't issue a walk.
Josh Grissom (3-0) earned his third win since joining St. Louis with a 1-2-3 seventh.
Cory Tiller got through the eighth without incident, but put a pair of runners aboard in the ninth.
Closer Ernesto Barbosa got the call and on his second pitch, got Mike Perkins to hit into a double play, earning him his 19th save.