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Walkers news: May 23 -- St. Louis 4, Quad City 2
Record: 22-21, 3rd, 3.5 GB Springfield
Down 2-1, St. Louis scored twice in the bottom of the sixth inning and added an insurance run in the eighth to defeat Quad City 4-2 at Busch Stadium (1997).
With the win, the River Walkers moved a game above .500 (22-21) and completed a sweep of the three-game series.
It was a two-out single from Michael Conforto off reliever Hyun-Jin Ryu which got things going for St. Louis in the bottom of the sixth.
He scored when Bo Bichette followed with a double.
A Tucker Barnhart single plated Bichette with the tie-breaking run.
Conforto reached on an error by Thunder second baseman Orlando Arcia to lead off the eighth.
He scored on a two-out double by Adeiny Hechavarria.
Walkers starting pitcher Yu Darvish went six innings, allowing two runs on five hits. He struck out five and walked none.
It took six relievers to handle the final three innings.
Closer Tommy Kahnle was the only one to record more than two outs, with a perfect ninth for his seventh save.
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