Walkers news: Sept. 2 -- St. Louis 10, Toledo 5
Record: 79-57, 2nd, 1.5 GB Cedar Rapids
For the second straight game, St. Louis spotted Toledo a multi-run lead and rallied for a win, this time scoring the final eight runs of the game to defeat the Mud Hens 10-5 at Busch Stadium (2006).
The win gave the River Walkers victories in three of the four games in the series.
Already leading 3-2, the Mud Hens added two more runs to their advantage in the top of the fourth inning.
Toledo connected for three doubles in the inning -- from Andy Jordan, Kevin Valentin and Dave Hernandez, the latter two driving in runs -- off St. Louis starting pitcher Jesse McNaboe.
Jackson Miller answered those two runs with a two-run homer off Toledo starter Jorge Aristizabal in the bottom of the fourth, making it 5-4.
It was all Walkers after that.
They took the lead with a pair of runs in the sixth.
Manuel Coke led off the inning with a double off Aristizabal and scored on a Miller single.
Jason Gildea replaced Aristizabal, only to issue a walked to Hector Tavarez and a single to Jose Ramirez to load the bases.
Pinch-hitter Wayne McHaney snapped the tie with a fly ball to center, deep enough to score Tavarez.
Coke hit a solo homer in the seventh off Jose Lopez, extending the St. Louis' lead to 7-5
The Walkers made it ugly with three runs in the bottom of the eighth.
Pinch-hitter Nathaniel Dixon scored two of the runs with a double off Jim Campbell.
Bob Saavedra made it 10-5 with a single, scoring Chris Duncan.
McNaboe (15-3) was not particularly good, allowing five runs on eight hits in six innings, but he did secure his MLB-high 15th win of the season.
Nick Ruffalo retired all six batters he faced to get the game to the ninth.
Greg Sones allowed a hit but nothing else in the ninth.
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