AA Sioux Falls Canaries

Canaries open second half with loss

Published on July 1, 2008 under American Association (AA)
Sioux Falls Canaries News Release


St. Paul, MN - The Sioux Falls Canaries (0-1) opened the second half with a 8-2 loss to the St. Paul Saints (1-0) on Tuesday night at Midway Stadium.

The Canaries fell behind as the Saints scored one run in each of the first four innings. In the first inning, Josh Womack singled and got to second on a fielding error by Ryan Grant before scoring on a single by Pichi Balet. Then in the second, the Saints added a run when Grant's second fielding error of the game allowed Ryan Priddy to score for a 2-0 lead. Kevin Sullivan homered to lead off the third for a three-run Saints advantage. In the fourth inning, Tony Mansolino doubled to score Womack, and the Saints jumped out to a 4-0 lead through four innings.

One run in the sixth and three more in the seventh pushed the Saints lead to 8-0 before the Canaries finally got on the scoreboard in the eighth inning. With the bases loaded, Paul Smyth singled through the right-side to bring home two runs. Smyth's two-run hit would plate the Birds only runs of the night in the 8-2 loss.

Charlie Ruud (9-1) pitched five shutout innings and picked up the win for St. Paul. Pat Mahomes (7-3) gave up five runs, four earned, on ten hits in six innings to suffer the loss.

The Canaries and Saints will play the middle-game of the three game series on Wednesday night at 7:05 p.m.

The First Half North Division Champions return to the Birdcage on Saturday, July 5, when they host the Sioux City Explorers at 7:05 p.m. Arch, Inc., Gil Haugen Construction, and Associated Consulting Engineering will team-up to give away T-Shirts to the first 500 adults (All Shirts XL) on Saturday.

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