[rink23]

Record: 73-52, 1st, 4.5 GA Springfield
St. Louis answered a three-run bottom of the sixth inning by Des Moines with four runs in the top of the seventh, as the River Walkers downed the Harvesters 8-7 at Green Canyon Park.
St. Louis won two of three games in the series.
A two-run double by Justin Oates highlighted a three-run bottom of the fourth for Des Moines against St. Louis starting pitcher Kevin Hrdlicka.
St. Louis quickly answered that with a three-run top of the fifth against Harvesters starter Keith Talley.
Des Moines regained the lead in the bottom of the fifth when Joe Allen led off with a double of Hrdlicka.
Allen stole third and scored on a Kyle Roberts fly ball.
The Walkers responded with a run in the top of the sixth against Talley.
Nick Shaw led off with a double, and scored on a two-out single by Zach Wenman.
That set the stage for the Harvesters three-run bottom of the sixth.
Roberts provided the big hit with a three-run double off Greg Sones.
But the stage had been set by errors from Walkers shortstop Abdul-Nasser. Amn Bir and second baseman Marcos Francis, which put two of the runners on base.
St. Louis struck right back in the bottom of the inning, putting its first three batters on base against reliever Clyde Rayner.
Pinch-hitter Nathaniel Dixon set the tone with a lead-off single, followed by another single from Bob Saavedra.
Manuel Coke doubled, scoring Dixon to make it 7-5.
Marcos Francis sliced it to 7-6 with a fly ball to score Saavedra.
Shaw notched the fourth hit of the inning, putting runners at the corners.
Rookie Mark Herman added the sixth, his double plating Coke to tie the score.
Jose Segura was given an intentional walk.
Rayner got Zach Wenman to fly out for the second out, keeping it tied.
Bin Amr untied it with an infield single to the shortstop as Shaw scored.
Hrdlicka allowed six runs on six hits in the first 5.2 innings. He struck out eight but walked five.
Sones got the final out of the sixth and allowed Oates' three-run double.
After that, it was a scoreless inning each from Bobby Westerman, Nick Ruffalo and Nick Strother to close out the game.
Sones (3-3) did earn the win.
Strother upped his save total to 25.