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Marcano, Swaggerty Carry Indians to Series Win over Saints

Published on July 24, 2022 under International League (IL)
Indianapolis Indians News Release


INDIANAPOLIS - Tucupita Marcano belted a two-run home run to cap a three-run fourth inning, Travis Swaggerty laced a run-scoring triple and threw out a runner at the plate, and the Indianapolis Indians earned a series victory with a 5-3 win over the St. Paul Saints on Sunday afternoon.

After the Saints tied the game with two runs in the top of the fourth on a home run by Mark Contreras - his first of two in the contest - Indianapolis (43-47) regained the lead in the bottom half on a sacrifice fly by Mason Martin that scored Swaggerty, who had reached third base with no outs on a walk, stolen base and balk. Following Taylor Davis' second two-out, two-strike single of the game, Marcano cleared the right field wall for his first career home run at Victory Field.

Indy's bullpen limited the Saints (43-48) to seven hits over 5.2 innings, the lone blemish coming on a two-out solo home run by Contreras off Hunter Stratton in the eighth. Cam Alldred (S, 1) pitched around a double and single in the ninth for his second career save in Triple-A.

The Indians opened the scoring against Cole Sands (L, 1-5) with two runs in the second inning. Bligh Madris doubled to right and raced home on Swaggerty's team-high sixth triple. After a pair of strikeouts, Davis lined an 0-2 pitch into center field to make it 2-0.

Joe Jacques (W, 2-1) earned the win in relief of Mike Burrows, who struck out five over 3.1 innings of two-run ball.

The Indians begin a six-game series at Toledo on Tuesday at 7:05 PM ET. Starting pitchers have not been announced by either team.

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