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Record: 78-57, 2nd, 2.5 GB Springfield
Down 3-1, St. Louis took command with seven runs in the top of the fourth inning and held on for a wild 12-9 win over Indianapolis at Busch Stadium (2006).
The victory gave St. Louis a split of the four-game series.
The Racers had scored three times in the top of the fourth off Walkers starter Kevin Hrdlicka to take the lead.
Indy benefited from three walks and a throwing error by catcher Jackson Miller in the inning.
Hrdlicka would last just 4.1 innings during which he issued six walks.
The six pitchers St. Louis combined to issue nine free passes.
Steven Williams, Damiao Orozco and pitcher Rob Mincey all had RBI singles for Indy.
Mincey faced seven of the first 12 batters St. Louis would send to the plate in the bottom of the fourth.
He retired just one of them -- lead-off hitter Nick Shaw.
The next batter, Mark Waterson homered to make it 3-2.
After that it was three walks, a single and a bunt by Hrdlicka which scored Jackson Miller, who had walked, with the tying run.
Ryan Wibbenmeyer, the final batter faced by Mincey, drew a walk to force in a run and make it 4-3 in favor of the Walkers.
Jose Infante replaced Mincey, only to be greeted by a twin-run single by Mark Herman.
Waterson would later connected a two-out single, driving in a pair to make it 8-3.
The Racers chased Hrdlicka with a pair of runs in the top of fifth to draw within 8-5.
St. Louis got two of those runs back in the bottom of the inning.
Daylen Reyes led off with a single off Infante.
He then stole second and third and scored on a Zach Wenman ground out.
Back-to-back two-out doubles by Wibbenmeyer and Herman later made it 10-6.
Both teams scored once in the sixth.
Brian Gonyon led off the top of the inning with a single off Ron Cox.
He later scored when Aaron Watson hit into a double play with the bases loaded.
Juan Munoz, who induced that double play, hit his first homer of his career -- in just his second at bat of the season -- in the bottom of the inning.
The Racers pulled within 11-8 in the top of he eighth.
Gonyon led off with a single off Greg Sones. He scored on a one-out double by Aaron Watson off Craig Fritzler.
Nick Shaw hit his second solo homer of the game -- he had gone deep in the second off Mincey for the game's first run -- in the bottom of the eighth off Ian Goshe.
Fritzler couldn't notch the save in the top of the ninth giving up a two-out single to Brian Newell to make it 12-9.
With runners on first and second, Kyle Smarr came on and struck out Tony Galvan to end it.
Hrdlicka pitched 4.1 innings, allowing six runs on seven hits. He struck out seven and walked six.
Brett McVey finished the fifth inning for St. Louis.
Ron Cox failed to retire any of the three batters he faced in the top of the sixth.
Juan Munoz (1-0) got out of the sixth without any further damage.
Munoz, who earned the win, also pitched a scoreless seventh.
Sones (0.1 IP), Fritzler (1.1) and Smarr (0.1) combined to pitch the eighth and ninth.
Smarr earned his first save since coming to St. Louis via trade on May 19.