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Old 02-28-2022, 05:32 AM   #1777
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Walkers news: August 24 -- St. Louis 7, Dayton 6

Record: 67-55, 1st, 6.5 GA Des Moines
Down 3-1, St. Louis scored three runs in the top of the third and added two more in the fifth before holding on for a 7-6 win over Dayton at Oriole Park at Camden Yards (1992).
The victory gave the River Walkers a split of the four-game series.
Bobby Carrasco hit a two-run homer off St. Louis starting pitcher Jesse McNaboe in the bottom of the first inning to give the Flyers a 2-1 lead.
When Mark Dow ripped McNaboe for a solo shot in the bottom of the second, that advantage reached 3-1.
St. Louis snatched back the lead in the top of the third when Manuel Coke cranked a three-run homer off Dayton starter Sean Reznik.
Coke had five RBIs in the victory.
Up 4-3, the Walkers would not trail again.
They added their advantage with two runs in the top of the fifth.
Mark Herman led off the inning with a triple and scored on a Coke single off Reznik.
Coke later scored on a two-out single by Jackson Miller off reliever Jose Infante.
Dayton drew back to within 6-4 with a run off McNaboe in the bottom of the fifth.
Mike Casebolt led off the inning with a single and scored on a two-out single by Hsin-ping Mei.
The Pilots drew within a run in the sixth when Doug Brinton led off with a homer off St. Louis reliever Greg Sones.
Mark Waterson answered that bomb with his 16th homer of the season, it came off Valentin Pino, with two outs in the top of the seventh.
St. Louis led 7-5.
Casebolt knocked one over the wall, the pitch courtesy of Maximiliano Minelli, to lead off the seventh as Dayton drew back to within 7-6.
McNaboe (7-8) earned the win despite allowing four runs on four hits over five innings. He struck out four and walked one.
It took six relievers for St. Louis to close out the game.
Sones (0.2 IP) and Minelli (0.2) both pitched two-thirds of an innings.
Nick Ruffalo (1.0) recorded three outs.
Brett McVey (0.1) and Jose Tapia (0.1) both recorded just one out.
Bobby Westerman walked a batter but didn't allow a run in the ninth for his 19th save.
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