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Record: 24-33, 6th, 13.5 GB Des Moines
Kevin Kendall opened the bottom of the ninth inning by blasting a 1-1 pitch from St. Louis reliever Josh Forgy some 456 feet over the wall in left-center field to give Columbus a 7-6 win at Forbes Field (1959).
The River Walkers led 1-0 through most of the early innings, before the Golden Bears tied it in the bottom of the sixth on a two-out RBI single from Raymond Torres off starting pitcher Jesse McNaboe.
That set the stage for a wild eighth inning, where both teams scored five times.
In the top half of the inning, St. Louis was aided by four walks, two with the bases-loaded from Mario Serna.
Jose Segura also drove in two runs with a double off Serna.
In the bottom half, the Bears beat up on reliever Yeison Santos, who gave up four hits in a span of five batters.
Nolan Gorman drove in the inning's first run with a double.
He scored on a Raymond Torres triple.
Pat McNeil then ended Santos' outing with a single to make it 6-4.
Scott Rissler replaced Santos, only to have Jerrion Ealy reach on an error by first baseman Nick Shaw.
Two batters later, after a walk to Javy Gutierrez, Mike Stone singled off Rissler plating a pair to tie it.
Columbus starting pitcher Chris Lutz worked 6.1 strong innings, allowing one run on two hits. He struck out four and walked one.
Fernando Fernando completed the seventh inning and got the first out in the eighth,
Serna took the bulk of the damage in the eighth, before giving way to Bob Romero who retired the only batter he faced to end the inning.
John Goulet (2-1) set himself up for the win by holding the Walkers scoreless in the top of the ninth.