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Record: 38-31, 2nd/(Tied/w. Cedar Rapids), 5.5 GB Springfield
St. Louis turned a 2-0 lead into a 10-0 lead with an eight-run bottom of the seventh inning and the River Walkers went on to defeat Cincinnati 10-5 at Busch Stadium (2006).
A Manuel Coke home run in the bottom of the fourth off River Sharks starting pitcher Walt Myers staked St. Louis to that 2-0 lead.
Their big bottom of the seventh saw the Walkers send 13 batters to the plate against three different Cincinnati reliever.
The inning featured seven hits, three walks (one intentional) and a wild pitch.
The big hits were a two-run doubles from Coke and Mark Herman.
Nick Shaw, Wen He and Mario Villa all had run-scoring singles.
The River Sharks cut the deficit in half with five runs in the top of the eighth against Walkers relievers Keith Kirby.
Most of the damage came on a Felix Rivas grand slam off Jesse Gaither.
Gaither returned to the mound for the ninth and set Cincinnati down in order capping the game with a double play.
St. Louis starter Xavier Wigfall worked 5.2 scoreless innings before having to exit with 102 pitches.
Wigfall (4-5) allowed just two hits (both singles) while striking out four and walking three.