Walkers news: Sept. 10 -- Cleveland 6, St. Louis 4
Record: 81-62, 2nd, 4 GB Cedar Rapids
Cleveland may have gotten outhit, but it didn't get outscored as the Juke Box Heroes downed St. Louis 6-4 at Cleveland Stadium (1980).
The win gave Cleveland wins in three of the four games in the series.
A two-out RBI single from Manuel Coke off Heroes starting pitcher Keegan Jensen staked the River Walkers to a 1-0 lead in the top of the third inning.
That advantage was gone by the end of the bottom of the second, as aided by a pair of walks from St. Louis starter Xavier Wigfall, Cleveland seized a 2-1 lead.
Javy Gutierrez drove in both runs with a two-out single.
The Heroes pushed their lead to 5-0 in the bottom of the sixth.
It all started with a two-out single from Jon Howard.
Howard stole second, which led to an intentional walk to Edgar Bustillos.
Wigfall then issued another walk, this one to Will Holland, loading the bases.
Nick Strother got the call, but former Walkers reserve catcher Will Banfield greeted him with a bases-clearing double.
Gutierrez led off the eighth with a homer off Zachary Stella, putting the Heroes in front 6-1.
St. Louis scored three times in the top of the ninth -- Nathaniel Dixon led off the inning with a homer (off reliever Mike Fagan) and Zach Wenman later hit a two-run homer (off Dominic Pipkin) - but it was not enough.
Jensen went 3.2 innings, allowing one run on five hits.
Jesse Gaither (5-1) earned the win after finishing the fourth and getting the game to the seveth.
Dylan Cloonan and Fagan both recorded three outs.
Dominic Pipkin got the first two outs of the ninth.
Adam Wenger got his second straight one-out save, his 35th overall of the season, to end the game.
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