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Record: 25-19, 2nd, 6 GB Springfield
Tied 4-4, Manuel Coke hit a two-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning and St. Louis held on for a 6-5 win over Cleveland at Busch Stadium (2006).
Ryan Wibbenmeyer got on base in front of Coke with a two-out single off Juke Box Heroes relief pitcher Josh Paul.
Wibbenmeyer went 3 for 4 in the game with a double, his second home run of the season, three runs scored and two RBIs.
Coke then turned on a 3-1 pitch and drove it 379 feet over the right-field wall for his 11th homer of the season.
Cleveland came close to tying it in the top of the ninth.
Keith Kirby opened the inning on the mound for the River Wallkers and allowed singles to Dylan Crews and Javy Gutierrez before getting Jon Howard to fly out.
Bobby Westerman then got the ball and proceeded hit Edgar Bustillos with a pitch to load the bases.
Ben Moorhead hit into a fielder's choice, with Bustillos being forced at second while Crews scored to make it 6-5.
Westerman then struck out long-time Walkers catcher Jared Thomas to end it.
St. Louis jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning against Cleveland starting pitcher Anton Alguezes.
The Walkers later led 4-2 after Wibbenmeyer homered off Alguezes to lead off the bottom of the third.
Cleveland tied it with single runs in the top of the fifth.
Justin Kuenzel led off with a single off St. Louis starting pitcher and scored on a Dylan Crews ground out.
The Heroes tied it in the bottom of the seventh.
Crews scored the run after he singled with one out off Brett McVey.
He scored on a Bustillos single off Ron Cox.
Monroe went six innings, allowing three runs on eight hits. He struck out eight and walked one.
McVey got the first out of the seventh and was followed by Cox.
Cox finished the seventh and got the first two outs of the eighth.
Jesse Gaither finished the eighth.
Kirby (0.1 IP) and Westerman (0.2) finished off the inning.
Westerman earned his second save despite allowing a run.