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Record: 18-13, 3rd, 5.5 GB Springfield
Cesar Gamez limited St. Louis to one run over 6.1 innings and Columbus defeated the River Walkers 3-1 at Forbes Field (1959).
Gamez (2-4) allowed one run on five hits in his time on the mound.
He struck out six and walked one.
The only run he allowed came on a Mark Waterson homer in the second inning which put St. Louis ahead 1-0.
With the score now 2-1 in favor of the Golden Bears, Gamez exited the game after striking out Waterson to lead off the top of the seventh.
Gamez had thrown 100 pitches.
Pat Borgen took over and recorded the next two to wrap up the seventh for the Golden Bears.
Borgen remained on the mound to start the eighth and got the first two outs.
Jorge Ariza, with a runner on first, got Manuel Coke to ground out to end the eighth.
Former Walkers reliever NIck Ruffalo held his former team scoreless in the ninth for his fifth save.
Columbus did not tie the game until the bottom of the fifth against Walkers starter Ming Xiang.
Matt Crawl singled with two outs and scored on a Neil Assenjberg triple.
The Bears took the lead during the next inning when Juan Vela led off with a homer off Xiang.
Columbus added an insurance run ni the eighth.
Vela singled off Jose Tapia with one out.
A two-out single by Brett McVey moved Vela to third.
A passed ball by catcher Jackson Miller on a called third strike allowed him to score.