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Record: 64-46, 2nd, 4.5 GB Des Moines
Indianpolis jumped on St. Louis starting pitcher Kaneo Kawamoto for four runs in the first three innings, and then broke it open with four more in the top of the eighth against the St. Louis bullpen as the Racers won 9-6 at Busch Stadium (1997).
The win gave Indy a split of the four-game series with the River Walkers.
Jake Parker hit a two-run homer off Kawamoto in the top of the first to give Indy an early lead.
Two innings later, Justin Flatten spanked a two-run double off Kawamoto to make it 4-0.
Back-to-back homers from Jose Ramirez and Jose Seura in the bottom of the fourth off Racers starter Brent Autin made it 4-2.
Indy went up 5-2 in the top of the seventh,
Jonathan Vaughns singled with one off Kawamoto, the last batter he would face.
Josh Grissom took over and walked Greg Colvin before giving up a single to Danny Patino which loaded the bases.
Joel Pal followed with a single to score Vaughns.
Colvin was thrown out at the plate by Segura, the center fielder.
The Walkers pulled back to within 5-4 in the bottom of the seventh.
Nick Shaw led off the inning with a homer off Josh Fleming.
Ricky Liriano later doubled with two outs and scored on a pinch-hit single by Jae-hong Chang.
Cory Tiller took most of the damage in the Racers' top of the eighth outburst.
He allowed a double and three consecutive singles to open the inning.
Adrian Penucci and Mike Lamoureux both drove in runs with their singles.
Ricky Cisneros took over and allowed a two-run double to Greg Colvin.,
The Walkers did close the gap in the bottom of the eighth with a pair of runs.
Nate Green, however, set St. Louis down in order in the ninth to end it.
Autin (10-9) allowed two runs on three hits in the first six innings. He struck out six and walked one.
Josh Fleming and Willie Calderon both allowed two runs while working an inning apiece before Green took came of the ninth and posted his 20th save.