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Saints Leave 12 on Base in 9-5 Loss

August 4, 2008 - American Association (AA)
St. Paul Saints News Release


ST. PAUL, MN (August 4, 2008) - For the second consecutive game the St. Paul Saints made some noise late and brought the tying run to the plate, but couldn't come through in a 9-5 loss to the Sioux Falls Canaries on Monday night at Skinny Water Park in front of 6,331.

In the ninth inning with the Saints trailing 9-3 Ron Fenwick led off with a walk. With two outs the Saints staged a rally. Back-to-back walks to Adam Hale and Brent Krause loaded the bases. Kevin Sullivan knocked in two with a single to right. He finished the night 3-5 with a double and two RBI. The Canaries brought in their closer Kris Regas who walked Tim Brown to load the bases and bring the tying run to the plate. Heath Keel, however, struck out to end the game. Regas tied the American Association record for saves in a season with his 23rd.

The night didn't start off well for the Saints as Kennard Bibbs led off the game with a solo homer to right, his second of the season.

The Canaries added four more in the fifth to take a 5-0 lead. Tim Hutting led off with a walk and moved to second on a wild pitch. Alex Bardeguez reached on a fielding error by first baseman Tim Brown as Hutting moved to third. Bibbs followed with an RBI single to left and Grant Richardson knocked in two with a double to left-center. Two batters later and Beau Torbert drove in a run with a double to center.

The Saints finally got on the board in the seventh on a solo homer from Keel, his ninth of the season.

The Canaries put the game out of reach with a four run eighth inning as they put together five consecutive base hits. Torbert led off with a single and scored on a triple from Ben Van Iderstine. Patrick Reilly added an RBI single making it 7-1 Canaries. Paul Smyth singled Reilly to third and Hutting added an RBI single. Two batters later and Bibbs knocked in his third run of the ballgame with a sacrifice fly.

The Saints added two in the bottom of the inning when Pichi Balet led off with a single and two batters later Krause clubbed a two-run homer to left, his 13th of the season.

The same two teams meet in the finale of the three game series at 1:05 p.m. on Tuesday at Skinny Water Park. The Saints send RHP Jeff Blitstein (0-1, 5.25) to the mound against Canaries RHP Ben Moore (7-6, 5.75). It is Are You "KID"ING Me. The game can be seen on the Saints Cable Network (check saintsbaseball.com for the channel in your area) and heard on the internet at saintsbaseball.com courtesy of the Minnesota Sports Broadcast Network. The game can be heard on Relevant Radio 1330 at 6:00 p.m.

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