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Record: 66-74, 6th, 7.5 GB Cedar Rapids
For the second consecutive game, Des Moines hit three home runs -- but this time they drove in six, rather than three solo shots -- to power the Harvesters to a 9-3 win over St. Louis at Minute Maid Park.
The victory allowed Des Moines to avoid being swept in the three-game series.
Willie Martinez delivered the first bomb for Des Moines, leading off the bottom of the second with his 22nd long ball of the season, it coming off River Walkers starting pitcher Billy Ables.
Two innings later, Corey Jordan launched one off Ables, his a two-run shot to make it 3-0.
In the fifth, Luis Tejada smacked a three-run tater off Ables as the Harvesters advantage reached 6-0.
Des Moines would add two more runs later in the inning, Zigza Mukuru connecting on a two-run double off Cory Birks, who had just entered the game.
The Harvesters lead eventually reached 9-0 on a Ryan Rivet run-scoring double off Birks in the sixth.
The three St. Louis runs would come in the seventh -- on an RBI single by Adam Stewart -- and ninth -- on a two-run homer by Mark Waterson.
Des Moines starting pitcher Joe Black went five shutout innings. He allowed three hits while striking out six. He didn't walk a batter.
Ryan Watson (1.2 IP) and Josh Ashton (1.1) combined to get the game to the ninth.
Mike Goodman finished things off.