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Record: 71-49, 2nd, 3.5 GB Des Moines
St. Louis scored 13 runs in the top of the 10th inning, and then withstood a six-run outburst in the bottom half, as the River Walkers won 21-14 at the Polo Grounds (1923).
The Traders had gone up 8-6 with six runs in the bottom of the eighth.
James Gamble drove in two runs with a single off St. Louis reliever Josh Grissom, who allowed four straight batters to reach to start the inning.
Christian Sanchez also plated a pair with a double off Gamble.
The Walkers tied it in the top of the ninth.
Thairo Estrada led of the inning with a single off Oscar Martinez, and moved to second when pinch-hitter Matt Fulton reached on an error by third baseman Roberto Hernandez.
Jean Carmona tied it with a two-run double.
The top of the 10th was a circus, as the Walkers scored 13 runs on 10 hits and sent 17 batters to the plate.
Nick Shaw had two hits and two RBIs. Jean Carmona was hit by a pitch and had a RBI double.
Jean Segura had a two-run double.
The Traders did make some noise roughing up the St. Louis bullpen for six runs in the bottom of the 10th.
Jarrod Towney deserves most of the credit hitting a grand slam off Josh Forgy.
St. Louis starting pitcher Kaneo Kawamoto pitched five innings, allowing two runs on six hits.
Andres Hernandez followed with two scoreless innings.
Josh Grissom (0.,2 IP) and Nick Ruffalo (0.1) combined on a silent eighth.
Ernesto Barboso did the same in the ninth.
Cory Tiller (0.2) and Forgy (0.1) got knocked around in the 10th, but it was not nearly enough.