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Record: 85-73, 2nd, 3.5 GB Cedar Rapids; Magic No.: 1
Springfield's Joseph Hughes went 3 for 5 with a homer, two runs scored and three RBIs to help lead the Railers to a 4-3 win over St. Louis at Busch Stadium (2006).
The loss means that Cedar Rapids' magic number to clinch the division is down to one with five games remaining for the River Walkers.
Springfield jumped out to a 3-0 lead with a run in the fourth and two in the fifth off St. Louis starting pitcher Miguel Cisneros.
Hughes scored the fourth-inning run after he singled with one out and scored on a two-out triple by Brendan York.
In the fifth, it was Hughes who delivered a two-run single off Cisneros to make it 3-0.
The Walkers crept back into the game with a run in the fifth -- Alex Boychuk singled off reliever Kerry McIntyre to score Manuel Coke -- to draw within 3-1.
But Hughes hit his 28th homer of the season in the seventh off Brett McVey to put the Railers ahead 4-1.
The Walkers would tally twice in the seventh -- Boychuk with another run-scoring single and Nolan Gorman driving in the other -- but that was all they would get.
Railers starting pitcher Billy Mitchell went 4.1 innings, allowing one run but eight hits. He struck out one and walked one.
McIntyre finished off the fifth for Springfield.
After that, it was an inning apiece for Roger Cresswell, Alan Albanese, Tony Aceves and Jon Santiago.
Albanese (5-1) got his fifth win of the season.
Santiago now has 39 saves.