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Record: 1-8, 6th (Tied/w. Louisville), 7 GB Cedar Rapids
Des Moines jumped out to an 8-0 lead before the bottom of the eighth inning, and the Harvesters held on for an 8-6 win over St. Louis in the second game of a doubleheader at Busch Stadium (2006).
The win gave Des Moines a sweep of the doubleheader and the three game series. The River Walkers have lost seven consecutive games.
The Harvesters scored single runs off St. Louis starting pitcher Xavier Wigfall in the second, third and fourth innings before bludgeoning him for five in the fifth.
Kellum Clark led off the Harvesters' second with a single and later scored on an Aaron Nixon single.
Pitcher Justin Burris led off the third with a single, and moved to second on a single by Justin Oates.
Burris reached third when David Tapley hit into a fielder's choice.
After a strike out of Fernando Tatis Jr., Burris scored on the back end of a double steal with Tapley as catcher Will Banfield's throw to second landed in center field.
Des Moines' fourth-inning run was simple, Jared Poland launching his first homer of the season to lead off the inning.
In the fifth, Wigfall fell apart allowing five consecutive batters to reach after striking out Burris to open the inning.
Oates tripled and scored when Tapley hit a two-run homer.
Tatis Jr. then drew a walk followed by a walk to Kellum Clark.
Poland drove in Tatis Jr. with a single, which also ended Wigfall's time on the mound.
Oscar Martinez took over, only to be greeted by consecutive singles.
A Nixon single loaded the bases.
A Martinez single plated a pair.
The Walkers did try to rally, much of it coming in a five-run bottom of the sixth.
Dan Hillard struck the big blow with a three-run homer off Alex Rodriguez.
But the Walkers would not score again as their ugly skid to start the season continued.
Burris (1-0) lasted 5.1 innings, allowing four runs on five hits.
Rodriguez finished the sixth and worked the seventh.
Dave Vacarri pitched a silent eighth.
Reyes upped his save total to three by handling the ninth.