June 2 2017 The St. Paul Saints overcame an early deficit to defeat the Salina Stockade 10-6. St. Paul scored four runs in the second inning and two in the third to take a 6-5 lead after three innings before adding four more runs in the seventh. Salina scored once in the seventh but could not close the gap.
Daniel Aldrich powered Salina’s offense with a home run and four RBI while going 2-for-4.
Jimmy Heck collected three hits and
Kewby Meyer added two hits and two RBI. Salina finished with 10 hits and six runs.
St. Paul was led by T. Thomas’ three hits and B. Shoemaker’s home run and two RBI. D. Oh drove in three runs and T. Caldwell added two RBI. The Saints totaled eight hits and took advantage of four Salina errors.
St. Paul starter M. Hamburger allowed six runs on nine hits with three walks and six strikeouts over 6.2 innings. Caleb Thielbar earned the win with a scoreless 0.1 inning. Salina’s
Chris Cummins surrendered six runs in two innings and
Sam Agnew-Wieland was charged with the loss after allowing four runs in one inning.
