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Walkers news: July 22 -- Des Moines 1, St. Louis 0
Record: 44-54, 5th, 8 GB Cedar Rapids
Pat Walters held St. Louis scoreless into the seventh inning and Marcos Francis provided the game's lone run with a homer as Des Moines defeated St. Louis 1-0 at Busch Stadium (2006).
The victory was the second of the three-game series for the Harvesters.
A pair of singles was all Walters (5-8) allowed in his 6.1 innings on the mound.
He struck out four and walked three.
Walkers left the game after retiring the lead-off batter in the seventh. He had thrown 93 pitched.
Ryan Watson finished the seventh for Des Moines.
Davey Matteson allowed three consecutive two-out hits in the eighth to load the bases.
But Mattson got Nick Shaw to ground out to keep the Harvesters in front.
Cameron Baker worked a scoreless ninth for his 15th save.
Francis led off the top of the fifth with his 12th home run of the season.
It came on an 0-2 pitch from River Walkers starter Ming Xiang.
It soared 434 feet over the left-field wall.
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