Walkers news: Sept. 22 -- St. Louis 8, Louisville 6
Record: 82-67, 1st, 7 GA Quad City
Down 4-1, Louisville scored five runs in the top of the eighth inning to take the lead over St. Louis at Busch Stadium (2006).
In the bottom half, the River Walkers scored five times to grab an 8-6 victory.
The Sluggers top of the eighth got started with a one-out single from Lance Brown and a Caleb Kinney double off reliever Greg Sones.
Elvis Pool then took over and proceeded to walk Will Banfield followed by a two-run single by pinch-hitter Mike Courtney.
He retired Jose Gonzelez for the second out.
But Jario Diaz followed with a two-run homer to make it 6-4 in favor of Louisville
The Walkers quickly went to work against Louisville reliever Kyle Kulig in the bottom of the inning.
Pinch-hitter Jordan Quinto drew a lead-off walk and Bob Saavedra followed with a double to put runners at second and third.
Mark Herman flew out to left to score Quinto with the inning's first run.
Manuel Coke then reached on an error by Diaz at shortstop to put runners at the corners.
Shaw scored Saavedra to score the inning's second run and tie the game.
John Fiefield then replaced Kulig.
Two pitches later, St. Louis had the lead as Marcos Francis put a 0-1 pitch over the left-field wall for a home runs and an 8-6 lead.
St. Louis starting pitcher Kevin Hrdlicka fared pretty well, allowing one run on four hits over the first 5.2 innings, but had to exit after having thrown 107 pitches.
Ken Henry took over and not only finished the fifth but also set the Sluggers down in order in the seventh.
Henry struck out all four batters he faced.
Greg Sones (0.2 IP) late season struggles continued as he allowed two two hits and was charged with two runs in a two-thirds of an inning.
Elvis Pool also struggled in his two-thirds of an inning, allowing three runs on two hits.
Armando Cintron closed out the game without allowing a run for his eighth save.
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