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Record: 9-6, 2nd (Tied/w. Kansas City), 3 GB Des Moines
Jose Segura's two-run, two-out homer in the bottom of the eighth inning capped a six-run inning for St. Louis, as the River Walkers rallied to defeat Louisville 8-7 at Busch Stadium (1997).
The Sluggers' Jacob Campbell hit a two-run homer in the top of the eighth off St. Louis reliever Andres Hernandez to put his team ahead 7-2.
That didn't prove to be enough.
Thairo Estrada led off the bottom of the inning with a single off Louisville reliever Owen White.
Five pitches later, Jovan Gill hit his first home run of the season to make it 7-4.
Matt Fulton kept it going with a walk, and when Jose Ramirez doubled, there were runners at second and third.
Matt Ray took over for the Sluggers, and got Nathaniel Dixon to ground out, although Fulton scored to make it 7-5.
Jared Thomas followed with a double, scoring Ramirez as the deficit shrunk to 7-6.
Ray retired Jae-hong Chang for the second out.
Segura, however, pounded a 1-1 pitch 362 feet over the wall in right to put St. Louis in front.
Walkers starting pitcher Zack Hunsinker cruised through five scoreless innings, before getting torched for five runs in the sixth, during which he recorded just one out.
Nick Ruffalo finished off the sixth and worked a scoreless seventh.
Hernandez (1-0) allowed the Campbell homer while pitching the eighth.
The comeback in the bottom of the inning, allowed him to earn the win.
Once again, Walkers closer Ernesto Barbosa allowed the opposition's first two batters to reach in the bottom of the ninth but again did not allow any of them to score.
He struck out the next three hitters for his fifth save.
Walkers outfielder Alex Greene had to leave the game after becoming injured while running the bases.
A diagnosis of the injury is unknown.