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Walkers news: Sept. 16 -- St. Louis 7, Chicago 2
Record: 85-60, 2nd, 7.5 GB Des Moines
Trailing 2-0, St. Louis busted loose for five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, and rode that to a 7-2 win over Chicago at Busch Stadium (1997).
The victory gave the River Walkers a sweep of the three-game series.
A Jean Carmona three-run homer off G-Men starting pitcher Ben Harris highlighted the sixth-inning outburst.
Ben Thompson later plated two runs with a pinch-hit double off Zane Almy.
The Walkers added two more runs in the eighth.
Daniel Becerra scored the first with a single off James Carney.
A bases-loaded walk to Jae-hong Chang plated the other.
St. Louis starting pitcher Kaneo Kawamoto allowed two runs on 10 hits over six innings.
Josh Grissom didn't give up a run in the seventh or eighth.
Rookie Kevin Baker did the same in the ninth.
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