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Record: 22-17, 2nd, 6.5 GB Springfield
Tied 2-2, Springfield rocked St. Louis starting pitcher Xavier Wigfall for five runs in the top of the fourth inning and the Railers went on for a 7-5 win at Busch Stadium (2006).
Two-run homers accounted for the 2-2 tie.
Springfield's Joseph Hughes hit a two-run shot off Wigfall in the top of the first.
Mark Herman banged a two-run homer off Railers starter Carlos Sanchez in the bottom of the third to square matters.
It didn't stay tied long as Wigfall allowed three consecutive singles -- from Hughes, Jorge Goto and Hideaki Taguchi -- to open the top of the fourth.
Hughes scored on Taguchi's single.
After getting Matt Beagle to fly out, Tobias Rocha collected the fourth single of the inning to make it 5-2.
Sanchez got down a bunt with Rocha being forced at second for the second out.
Carlos Randall then belted a 2-0 pitch 425 feet over the center-field wall to push the Springfield advantage to 7-2.
St. Louis did make it close thanks to a three-run fifth against Sanchez.
But the Railers bullpen would throw four shut-out innings to end it.
Sanchez lasted 4.2 innings allowing five runs on six hits. He struck out four and didn't walk a batter
Roger Cresswell got the final out of the fifth.
Mike LaFramboise (2-0) pitched two scoreless innings, including the sixth to earn the win.
Jon Santiago and Bobby Mitchell handled the eighth and ninth.
The save was Mitchell's 11th of the season.

























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