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Walkers news: May 10 -- St. Louis 6, Louisville 5
Record: 16-19, 5th/(Tied/w. Louisville, 4 GB Cedar Rapids
Alek Boychuk hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to wipe out a 4-3 deficit, and St. Louis went on to defeat Louisville 6-5 at Busch Stadium (2006).
Sluggers reliever Brian Little hit Mark Herman with a pitch with one out to get thing going for the River Walkers in the bottom of the seventh.
A passed ball by catcher Joe Connel moved Herman to second.
Nick Shaw then reached on an error by third baseman Brice Mills.
Boychuk then powered a 2-2 pitch 393 feet over the fence in left-center to put St. Louis in front 6-4.
Louisville tallied twice off Walkers starter Juan Farias in the first inning -- Lance Brown and Mills with RBI singles -- in the first inning.
And again in the third -- Mills connected on a two-run double -- to go up 4-1.
Louisville starter Travis Pooler hit Boychuk with a pitch with the bases loaded in the third to make it 4-2.
Farias went six innings, allowing four runs on seven hits. He struck out six and walked two.
Brett McVey, Ron Cox and Chris Willett all recorded two outs to get the game to the ninth.
Mills homered off Cox in the eighth to make it 6-5.
Walkers closer Craig Fritzler walked two batters in the ninth, but didn't allow a run to post his sixth save.
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