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Record: 1-0, 1st (Tied/w. Springfield), 0.5 GA Louisville, Kansas City and Quad City
Manuel Coke hit a two-run home run off Des Moines reliever Wade Hreha in the top of the seventh inning to wipe out a 5-4 deficit and lift St. Louis to a 6-5 win on Opening Day at Green Canyon Park.
The Harvesters had taken the lead with a three-run bottom of the sixth.
Ryan Rivet drove in the first two runs with a home run off River Walkers starting pitcher Josh McDonald.
Josh Moss plated the third with a sacrifice fly off Ron Cox, scoring Raul Estrada who had singled off McDonald and moved to third on a Zigza Mukuru single.
Once it went ahead 6-5, St. Louis got an insurance run on a Mark Herman solo homer off Hreha in the eighth.
It was the third home run of the game for St. Louis, Nick Shaw having hit a two-run homer off Harvesters starter Dave Vacarri in the third inning.
At that time, the Walkers led 4-0.
St. Louis starting pitcher Josh McDonald worked 5.1 innings, allowing five runs on nine hits.
Cox finished the sixth.
Greg Sones, Scott Rissler and Bobby Westerman all worked scoreless innings in relief for St. Louis.
Westerman earned his first save.