NLCS Game 2: St. Louis 7, Chicago 4
St. Louis River Walkers' Alex Bregman hit a three-run walk-off home run off Andrew Istler to cap a four-run ninth inning to give the River Walkers a 7-4 win over the Chicago G-Men at Busch Stadium in St. Louis
With their second straight come-from-behind win, the River Walkers took a 2-0 lead in the NLCS.
Chicago scored three runs in the top of the fourth inning to chase St. Louis starter Aaron Nola and take a 4-1 lead.
An RBI pinch-hit triple from Herschel Powell off Wandy Peralta pulled the Walkers to within 4-2.
Jedd Gyorko, who had a key two-run pinch-hit double to help win Game 1, then got things going in the ninth when he led off with a home run off Luke Gregerson.
Once again, St. Louis got some strong work from its bullpen. This time it handled 6.2 innings, and once again did not allow a run.
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