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Record: 87-67, 3rd, 4 GB Springfield
Rafael Pina allowed one run over the first 6.1 innings to help lead Grand Rapids to a 7-3 win over St. Louis at the Polo Ground (1923).
Pina (11-9) allowed the one run -- on a Mark Herman fourth inning home run, which made the score 2-1 -- on three hits. He struck out seven and walked one.
Pina left the game after 101 pitches.
A two-run homer from Zach Simon off River Walkers starting pitcher Miguel Cisneros in the bottom of the first inning staked the Traders to a 2-0 lead.
It's lead at 2-1, Grand Rapids added two more runs off Cisneros in the fifth.
Bruce Herrera plated them both with a two-out single.
The Traders added another run in the seventh.
Jose Montano led off with a single off reliever Jesse Gaither, and went to second on a pinch-hit single by John Del Gaudio.
After Herrera hit into a double play, Chris Jensen made it 5-1 with a two-out single.
A RBI single by Ryan Wibbenmeyer in the top of the eighth off reliever Jorge Aristizabel made it 5-2.
But the Traders pretty much put it out of reach with two runs in the bottom of the inning off reliever Frank Jimenez.
After a double play got him to two outs with nobody on, Jimenes gave up a single to Jose Montana followed by an RBI double by Leonardo Rodriguez.
Herrera then drove in his third run of the game with a single.
Mark Waterson homered off Hector Gujardo in the ninth to complete the scoring.
Mike Law got the final out of the seventh for the Traders.
After that, it was Aristizabal (1.0 IP), Guajardo (0.2) and Mike Webb (0.1) who closed out the mound duties for Grand Rapids.
Webb earned his 38th save.