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Record: 64-51, 1st, 5.5 GA Des Moines
Mark Herman connected on a two-out single in the bottom of the ninth inning off Cedar Rapids relief pitcher Matt Ray to score Jackson Miller and give St. Louis a 4-3 win at Busch Stadium (2006).
The win allowed the River Walkers to salvage the finale of the three-game series.
Miller had reached base on an error by Grapplers catcher Tim Jurgensen while leading off the inning.
A bunt by Abdul-Nasser bin Amr moved Miller to second.
Pinch-hitter Jordan Quinto then singled to put runners at the corners.
Bob Saavedra flew out for the second out.
But Herman singled past the second baseman to bring home the winning run.
Cedar Rapids had tied it at 3-3 in the top of the ninth against St. Louis closer Bobby Westerman.
Jerry Perez had doubled off Westerman with one out.
Pinch-hitter Arnold Hammond followed with a single with Perez advancing to third.
With Austin Hendrick at the plate, Hammond, somehow, was picked off at first by the catcher, Miller, for the second out.
But Hendrick doubled over center fielder Mark Waterson's head to bring Perez home with the tying run.
St. Louis jumped to out to a 3-0 lead with a big bottom of the first against Grapplers starting pitcher Edwin Rivera.
Saavedra led off the inning with a single.
Herman doubled to moved Saavedra to third.
Manuel Coke picked up an RBI with a ground out.
Nick Shaw followed with his 20th homer of the season to make it 3-0.
Walkers starter Josh McDonald didn't allow a run through six innings but got in trouble when he came back out for the seventh.
He allowed four straight base runners --- two singles, a walk and a double -- leading to a pair of runs.
Santos Villanueva drove in the first run with a double.
Perez collected the RBI on the second with a single off Scott Rissler.
Altogether, McDonald allowed two runs on seven hits over 6.1 innings. He struck out six and walked two.
Rissler finished off the seventh and was on the mound for the second Cedar Rapids run.
Greg Sones got the first out of the eighth before allowing a pair of base runners.
Westerman stepped in and kept the Grapplers from scoring in the eighth.
But he could not follow suit in the ninth, allowing the tying run.
Westerman (7-1) got his seventh blown save and his seventh win of the season.