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Walkers news: Sept. 25 -- St. Louis 4, Grand Rapids 3, 10 innings
Record: 88-67, 3rd, 4 GB Springfield
Tied 3-3, Manuel Coke hit a solo home run off Grand Rapids closer Mike Webb in the top of the 10th inning to help lift St. Louis to a 4-3 win at the Polo Grounds (1923).
The homer was the second of the game for Coke, who hit a two-run shot off Traders starting pitcher Victor De Leon to power a three-run top of the first for the River Walkers.
Coke's 42 home runs tops the National League.
St. Louis third run of the top of the first came from Danny Diaz, who doubled and later scored on a two-out single by Zach Wenman.
Grand Rapids would scramble back to tie it against Walkers starting Xaiver Wigfall.
Bruce Herrera drew a lead-off walk in the bottom of the first.
He later scored when John Del Gaudio hit into a fielder's choice.
The Traders tied it in the bottom of the third.
Herrera again got it going, this time with a one-out double.
He scored on a Del Gaudio single.
Zach Simon, who had walked with two outs, scored on a Nick Velez single.
Wigfall worked five innings allowing three runs on six hits. He struck out three and walked four.
Brett McVey (1.1 IP) and Leo Hermosillo (0.2) combined to pitch the sixth and seventh innings.
Juan Munoz (3-0) earned the win after pitching the two scoreless innings before Coke's homer.
Craig Fritzler walked Herrera to open the 10th but retired the next three for his 33rd save.
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