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Record: 23-19, 2nd, 6.5 GB Springfield
Trailing 2-1, St. Louis scored three times in the bottom of the fourth inning to take the lead and the River Walkers went on to defeat Springfield 9-2 at Busch Stadium (2006).
The win allowed St. Louis to avoid getting swept in the three-game series.
The Walkers actually trailed 2-0 before getting their first run in the bottom of the third on an RBI single from Mark Herman off Railers starting pitcher Alejandro Moto.
St. Louis continued to work on Moto fifth.
Alex Nunez led off with a single and moved to second when Moto hit rookie Guillermo Sanchez with a pitch.
Zach Wenman followed with a double, scoring Nunez to tie the game.
After a ground out by Jordan Quinto, St. Louis pitcher Ming Xiang connected on his second single of the game, this time scoring Sanchez to put his team up 3-2.
Ryan Wibbenmeyer then reached on an error by second baseman Jared Poland with Wenman scoring to make it 4-2.
The Walkers would later break the game open against the Railers bullpen by scoring four times in the sixth.
Wibbenmeyer collected a pair of RBIs with a single off Manuel Santiago.
Bob Saavedra scored Wibbenmeyer with a double.
Saavedra, who had advanced to third on a throw home, scored on a Mark Herman fly ball to center.
Xiang (5-2) earned his fifth win by going six innings, during which he allowed two runs on three hits. He struck out seven and walked one.
Brett McVey (1.1 IP) and Ron Cox (1.2) combined to shutout Springfield the rest of the way.