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Record: 1-1, 2nd (Tied/w. Des Moines and Quad City); 1 GB Springfield
Leo Cerna hit a three-run home run off St. Louis rookie reliever Maximiliano Minelli in the bottom of the 13th inning to lift Des Moines to a 6-3 win at Green Canyon Park.
Minelli, who had made his major league debut with a scoreless bottom of the 12th inning, failed to retire any of the three batters he faced in the 13th.
Justin Oates and Steve Carroll drew back-to-back walks to open the inning.
Cerna then turned on a 1-1 pitch and smacked it 382 feet over the wall in right field to win it.
The Harvesters scored a pair of runs in the first inning and added another in the second off River Walkers starting pitcher Xavier Wigfall to go up 3-0.
St. Louis tied it with a three-run top of the fourth against Des Moines
starting pitcher Jacob Dexheimer.
Marcos Francis drove in the first run with his first hit of the season, an RBI double.
The other runs scored on a wild pitch and a successful squeeze bunt by Wigfall.
Dexheimer lasted five innings, allowing three runs on five hits. He struck out five and walked two.
Six relievers combined to finish the game for the Harvesters.
Jose Tafoya, Wade Hreha and Davey Mattson all pitched an inning apiece.
Mark Polzin handled the ninth and got the first two outs of the 10th.
Matt Gernhardt finished 10th, worked a scoreless 11th and got the first two outs of the 12th.
Bill Gomez (1-0) wrapped up the 12th and set St. Louis down in order in the 13th to eventually earn the win.