AA St. Paul Saints

Saints Saved by Rain, Will Trail 9-4 When Game Resumes Wednesday as Part of Double Header

Published on August 10, 2010 under American Association (AA)
St. Paul Saints News Release


ST. PAUL, MN - Mother Nature helped save the St. Paul Saints a defeat by raining earlier as opposed to later. Just as the bottom of the fifth was ready to start and the Saints trailing 9-4 to the Sioux City Explorers, the tarp came on the field and after nearly an hour wait the game was postponed until Wednesday at 12:05 p.m. The resumption of Tuesday night's game will continue from the point of postponement and be a nine inning ballgame and the regularly scheduled game will begin 25 minutes at the conclusion of the first game and will be scheduled for seven innings.

The Saints jumped all over Explorers starter David Welch in the first inning sending eight men to the plate and scoring four runs. Josh Alley led off with a single, stole second and went to third on a throwing error from catcher Ray Serrano. Chad Gabriel gave the Saints a 1-0 lead with an RBI single to left. Ole Sheldon followed with a double putting runners at second and third. Jason Cooper belted his 29th double of the season, one shy of the Saints single season mark, scoring both runs and giving the Saints a 3-0 lead. Two batters later Cooper scored on a single from Josh Burrus giving the Saints a 4-0 lead.

In the third the Explorers cut the deficit to one. Derek Schermerhorn led off with an infield single and Darrick Hale sacrificed him to second. With two outs Tim Alberts was hit by a pitch. A wild pitch scored Schermerhorn and TJ Bohn nailed a two-run homer to left, his 13th of the season, making it 4-3.

The Explorers sent 11 men to the plate in the fourth and scored six runs. With two on and one out Hale drove home two with a double to give the Explorers their first lead of the night at 5-4. Eric Williams walked and a single by Alberts loaded the bases. Bohn hit a grounder to second, but Brandon Carter's throw to second pulled Steve Mays off the bag allowing Alberts to be safe at first and scoring Hale to make it 6-4. Jacob Cruz followed with a two-run single making it 8-4 and the final run scored on a fielding error by third baseman Brent Krause to make it 9-4.

AS TUESDAY'S GAME IS NOT YET OFFICIAL, TICKETS FROM TUESDAY'S GAME MAY BE EXCHANGED AT THE SAINTS BOX OFFICE FOR A TICKET OF EQUAL OR LESSER VALUE TO ANY REMAINING 2010 SAINTS GAME SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY TICKETS DATED AUGUST 11 WILL BE HONORED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. FANS HOLDING TICKETS FOR AUGUST 11 RECEIVE ENTRY INTO BOTH THE COMPLETION OF THE SUSPENDED GAME AND THE 7-INNING GAME TO FOLLOW.

Tuesday night's postponed game will begin at 12:05 p.m. on Wednesday and begin in the bottom of the fifth. That game is scheduled for nine innings. The regularly scheduled game will begin approximately 25 minutes at the conclusion of the first game and is scheduled for seven innings. It is the "Ultimate" promotion as we celebrate the Life and Time of the Frisbee. The Saints send RHP Jake Schmidt (8-6, 4.74) to the mound against Explorers RHP Mikael Ryder (8-6, 4.46). Both games can be seen live on the Saints Cable Network (check saintsbaseball.com for the channel in your area) and heard on a tape delay on Relevant Radio 1330.

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