Walkers news: April 10 -- Kansas City 4, St. Louis 3, 10 innings
Kansas City's Brett Phillips drove in three of his team's four runs, including the game-winner in the bottom of the 10th inning, to lead the Pit Masters to a 4-3 win over the St. Louis River Walkers at Kansas City Municipal Stadium.
Phillips got his game-winning single off reliever Jario Lobout. The hit scored Joey Gallo, who had received a lead-off walk and reached third on a two-out double by Jordy Mercer.
Earlier, Phillips had staked the Masters to a 2-0 lead with a two-run single off St. Louis starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks in the opening inning.
St. Louis would tie it at 3 in the top of the eighth, Andrew Benintendi with his first home run of the season, a two-run shot off reliver Tyler Thornburg.
Erasmo Ramirez handled the first 4.2 innings on the mound for Kansas City, allowing just a single run on six hits. He struck out three and walked none.
Five relievers followed him to the mound -- Chance Adams (1.1 IP), Thornburg (1.0), David Berg (1.0), Josh Fields (1.0) and Brian Clark (1-0) -- with Clark earning his first victory of the season after throwing a scoreless top of the 10th.
Hendricks handled six innings for St. Louis. He allowed two runs on three hits. He struck out six and walked four.
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