The opening game of the series on Thursday night would see St. Paul have just rode the bus 700+ miles from Amarillo, TX to Sioux Falls. A nice crowd of 2,404 would make there way out in the 94 dog heat to watch the game which saw Robert Coe take the mound against Stephen Bougher. St. Paul would score first in the 2nd inning when Aaron Gretz drove in Tony Thomas to make it 1-0. It would go 2-0 in the 4th when Aaron Gretz would again drive in a run with this time it being Mike Gilmartin, the Saints would make it 3-0 in the 5th when Tony Thomas would drive in Brady Burzynski. Sioux Falls wouldn't give up that easily with a 2 run Frank Martinez HR in the bottom of the 5th inning. St. Paul would pull it up to 4-2 when Gilmartin drove in Hanson in the 7th, again Sioux Falls would score one in the bottom of the inning to make it 4-3. Burzynski put in an RBI driving in Alonzo Harris to make it 5-3. St. Paul would give up one in the 9th to make it 5-4 which is where it ended. Robert Coe would take the win (3-0) Bougher the loss and Ryan Rodebaugh would take his 6th save of the season.
Game 2 would be a 4:06 marathon game and would be the longest 9 inning game in franchise history for the Saints on a scorching hot night. St. Paul would open up with 4 runs in the 1st which included a first pitch 2 run blast by Tony Thomas over the left field wall. St. Paul wouldn't hold the lead long as Sioux Falls would score one in the 1st and 4 in the 2nd to make it 5-4 Canaries after 2. Pitching wasn't a strong point for either club as it took a combined 9 pitchers (5 for SF 4 for STP) to complete the game with only Siverio lasting more than 2.2 IP. The Saints wouldn't stop scoring as they would get 1 in the 4th, 2 in the 5th, 1 in the 6th, a whopping 6 in the 7th and yet another 4 in the 8th which was capped off by a first pitch Nate Hanson 3 Run HR and 2 batters latter another 1st pitch Tony Thomas HR. Sioux Falls would try and rally by scoring 5 runs in the bottom of the 9th but would ultimately fall 18-10 in front of a crowd of 2,157.
Saturday night would be a lot shorter than Friday was but St. Paul would have no less fun with that contest. The first 2 innings went scoreless but the Saints broke it open in the 3rd when Tony Thomas drove in Burzynski to make it 1-0. The Saints would make it 3-0 in the 4th before Sioux Falls scored one to close the gap at 3-1 in the bottom half of the inning. The 6th inning would be another one not to forget for St. Paul as they pounded out 5 runs which was followed up in the 8th by yet another 4 runs. Sioux Falls would try and rally in the 9th but only managed 3 and fell to St. Paul 12-4 in Game 3 of the series. John Straka (3-1) would go 7 innings and take the win and Shawn Blackwell the loss for the Canaries.
Sunday night the Saints would look to sweep the Canaries with the series finale at the Birdcage as a crowd of 1,554 would come see the series ender in the sweltering 97 degree heat. St. Paul would start hot in the hot weather scoring 3 of there 4 runs in the 1st including a Tony Thomas 2 run shot. No runs would happen again until the 7th inning when Nate Hanson drove in Sam Maus to make it 4-0 which is where the game would stay. Former Concordia-St. Paul Golden Bear Kody Knaus would go 5.1 IP and take his first ever professional win while Sioux Falls starter Joe Bircher took the loss.
The Saints swept Sioux Falls at the Birdcage and are now 17-8 on the season, they have the best record in the league and lead the North Division by 3 Games over the rival Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks. For all of you who have missed the Saints they'll be back at CHS Field in St. Paul Monday-Wednesday to take on the Sioux City Explorers. Monday night is the Metropolitain State University variety show featuring Mayor Chris Coleman and musical guest Har Mar Superstar. Tuesday night the fun continues with an Ugly Sweater Beanie Giveaway and finally on Wednesday is an Aviators Sunglasses giveaway. All Games in the series start at 7:05 PM but if you can't make it to the ballpark don't worry catch the action on americanassociationbaseball.tv or here on "Club 1220" KLBB radio! You can view the entire amount of pictures we took at http://s394.photobucket.com/user/dstroyer13/library/Saints%20Baseball%202016/Saints%20at%20Canaries%20June%2010th?sort=3&page=1. Until next time remember Fun Is Good and GO SAINTS!
Saturday night would be a lot shorter than Friday was but St. Paul would have no less fun with that contest. The first 2 innings went scoreless but the Saints broke it open in the 3rd when Tony Thomas drove in Burzynski to make it 1-0. The Saints would make it 3-0 in the 4th before Sioux Falls scored one to close the gap at 3-1 in the bottom half of the inning. The 6th inning would be another one not to forget for St. Paul as they pounded out 5 runs which was followed up in the 8th by yet another 4 runs. Sioux Falls would try and rally in the 9th but only managed 3 and fell to St. Paul 12-4 in Game 3 of the series. John Straka (3-1) would go 7 innings and take the win and Shawn Blackwell the loss for the Canaries.
Sunday night the Saints would look to sweep the Canaries with the series finale at the Birdcage as a crowd of 1,554 would come see the series ender in the sweltering 97 degree heat. St. Paul would start hot in the hot weather scoring 3 of there 4 runs in the 1st including a Tony Thomas 2 run shot. No runs would happen again until the 7th inning when Nate Hanson drove in Sam Maus to make it 4-0 which is where the game would stay. Former Concordia-St. Paul Golden Bear Kody Knaus would go 5.1 IP and take his first ever professional win while Sioux Falls starter Joe Bircher took the loss.
The Saints swept Sioux Falls at the Birdcage and are now 17-8 on the season, they have the best record in the league and lead the North Division by 3 Games over the rival Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks. For all of you who have missed the Saints they'll be back at CHS Field in St. Paul Monday-Wednesday to take on the Sioux City Explorers. Monday night is the Metropolitain State University variety show featuring Mayor Chris Coleman and musical guest Har Mar Superstar. Tuesday night the fun continues with an Ugly Sweater Beanie Giveaway and finally on Wednesday is an Aviators Sunglasses giveaway. All Games in the series start at 7:05 PM but if you can't make it to the ballpark don't worry catch the action on americanassociationbaseball.tv or here on "Club 1220" KLBB radio! You can view the entire amount of pictures we took at http://s394.photobucket.com/user/dstroyer13/library/Saints%20Baseball%202016/Saints%20at%20Canaries%20June%2010th?sort=3&page=1. Until next time remember Fun Is Good and GO SAINTS!
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