Walkers news: Oct. 2 -- St. Louis 3, Des Moines 2
Record: 69-93, 7th, 18 GB Springfield and Cedar Rapids
Wes Cohen homered twice and St. Louis wrapped up his regular season with a 3-2 win over Des Moines at Busch Stadium (2006).
The win gave the River Walkers victories in the first and third games of the series.
St. Louis' record was easily the worst in its history, as the Walkers finished under .500 for the first time since the establishment of the Midwest Baseball League in 2018.
Cohen, who the Walkers acquired in a trade with Evansville at the trade deadline, hit a solo homer off Harvesters starting pitcher Manny Pescosolido in the third inning and a two-run shot off reliever Craig Burch in the seventh.
His first homer tied the game at 1-1. Cohen's second long ball wiped out a 2-1 deficit.
Cohen was not called up from AAA Memphis until after the Redbirds had been eliminated from the Pacific Coast League playoffs.
In 11 games with the Walkers, Cohen hit .319 with six homers and 13 RBIs.
Cory Tiller (2-3) earned the win after getting the final out of the seventh inning.
Justin Doughtie worked the first three innings for St. Louis, allowing one run on four hits.
After that, with it being the final game of the season, the Walkers made good use of their bullpen.
John Good, Kevin Baker and Scott Rissler all worked scoreless innings.
Nick Ruffalo got the first two outs of the seventh before Tiller took over.
Josh Forgy set the Harvesters down in order in the eighth.
Gil Meier, another mid-Septemeber, call up from Memphis earned his third save.
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