Walkers news: August 20 -- St. Louis 5, Evansville 4, 10 innings
Record: 69-51, 2nd, 3.5 GB Springfield
St. Louis Zach Wenman scored on a wild pitch by Evansville's Dan Bouwman with one out in the top of the 10th inning and help lift St. Louis to a 5-4 win over Evansville at Yankee Stadium (1988).
Bosses relief pitcher Andy Durivage struck out Alex Nunez to open the inning.
He was then replaced by Dan Bouwman who gave up a single to Zach Wenman.
Daylen Reyes then drew a walk.
Quinto followed that with a single to load the bases.
Bouwman struck out Bob Saavedra for the second out.
But Bouwman's first pitch to Ryan Wibbenmeyer eluded catcher Alex Boychuk which allowed Wenman to score what would be the winning run.
St. Louis jumped out to a 2-0 lead and owned a 2-1 advantage when Jeff Waldron hit a three-run homer off River Walkers starting pitcher Kevin Hrdlicka in the bottom of the sixth to give the Bosses a 4-2 advantage
A pair of runs in the top of the eighth allowed the St. Louis to even the score.
After retiring the inning's first batter., Bosses reliever Jeremy Kriech allowed a pair of singles before hitting Mark Waterson with a pitch to load the bases.
Wenman then drew the second walk of the inning forcing in a run.
Shaw then scored the tying run when Daylen Reyes reached on an error by third baseman Jaime Mora.
Hrdlicka went seven innings for a St. Louis team which is dealing with an overworked bullpen.
He allowed four runs on three hits. He struck out three and walked three.
Frank Jimenez, Kyle Smarr and Jaime Gaither all worked scoreless innings of relief.
Smarr (2-0) earned his second win of the season.
Gaither got his second save.
The Walkers did suffer two injuries during the game.
Waterson left after being hit by the pitch in the seventh.
A diagnosis is pending.
Jimenez is dealing with a hamstring strain after a throwing scoreless seventh inning.
It is expected to sideline him for four days.
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