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Walkers news: August 20 -- Dayton 6, St. Louis 4
Record: 65-54, 1st, 4.5 GA Des Moines
Trailing 4-3, Dayton hit two home runs in the bottom of the ninth inning -- including a two-run walk off by pinch-hitter Carlos Longoria -- to rally to defeat St. Louis 5-4 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards (1992).
The River Walkers, who fell behind 3-0 after two innings, took the lead in the top of the eighth on a two-run homer by Manuel Coke off Flyers relief pitcher Valentin Pino.
But the St. Louis bullpen once again could not hold a lead.
In its previous game, the Walkers had given up four runs in the bottom of the ninth in a 5-4 loss at Chicago.
Ruben Cruz wasted no time tying the game leading off the inning with a solo shot off Maximiliano Minelli.
Ron Cox then took over
He got pinch-hitter Kenny Musselwhite to fly out.
But a walk to Bobby Carrasco followed.
It was then Longoria's turn and he turned on a 2-1 pitch and blasted it 404 feet over the left-field wall.
The home run was the third allowed by Cox in his last two outings and the fourth in his last four appearances.
Pilots starting pitcher Jeff Hall allowed one run on five hits over the first six innnings.
After that, it was one inning each for Jose Infante, Pino and Billy Lavala.
Lavala (8-5) was awarded his eighth win of the season.
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