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Record: 49-37, 3rd, 5.5 GB Des Moines

Albert Almora hit a walk-off grand slam to cap a six-run bottom of the ninth inning off Pablo Lopez, as St. Louis downed Springfield 14-10 in one of the wildest games I have ever seen at Busch Stadium (1997).

The bullpens were running on fumes late in the game.
Both teams scored twice in the eighth and after Springfield tallied five times in the top of the ninth, the Walkers answered with eight.
Down 6-5 in the top of the ninth, Walkers reliever John Curtiss surrendered a solo homer to Jason Castro and a two-run shot to Max Schrock.
But the Prairie Fighters were not through, as Michael Brantley clubbed Grant Dayton for a two-run homer to make it 10-6.
But the fun was not over.
Lopez must have been the only pitcher Springfield had left and he took a beating.
Michael Conforto hit a two-run homer, making it 10-8.
Then with two outs, Manny Pina and Eduardo Nunez both singled.

A Jin-hwan Chung single made it 10-9.

With St. Louis out of pinch-hitters, Daniel Hudson drew a bases-loaded walk.
Another walk to Ender Inciarte scored Pina, tying the game.
This brought Almora to the plate.
The third pitch he saw was deposited 385-feet into the left-field bleachers.
Nicky Delmonico also homered for the Walkers and finished the game with three RBIs.
Schrock and Brantley both drove in three runs for Springfield.