Saints Upend X's in Marathon
Published on July 14, 2004 under Northern League (NL)
Sioux City Explorers News Release
Sioux City, Iowa- The St. Paul Saints (31-18, 1-1) ended Sioux City's (19-31, 1-1) 25 1/3 inning scoreless streak by blasting 12 runs on 17 hits en route to a 12-10 victory over the Explorers on Wednesday evening in front of 2,097 fans at Lewis and Clark Park. The Saints as a team batted .500 in the contest (17-for-44) while making easy work of six different Explorer pitchers.
Sioux City led 1-0, 2-1 and 5-3 relinquishing the lead in the top of the fourth inning. The Saints sent 10 batters to the plate, recorded just two hits and as many intentional walks before scoring five runs â all of which were unearned. Explorer third baseman Justin Carroll committed three errors in the half inning,
Sioux City pulled with in a run in the bottom of the sixth as they plated three runs. Right fielder Bobby Brown and left-fielder Casey Baker each hit one-out singles to right to open the inning. Carroll then singled loading the bases for second baseman Jason Sullivan.
Sullivan hit a two-run double down the right field line to plate the X's seventh and eighth runs of the contest. Baker later scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of center fielder Ryan Ruiz cut the score to 10-8 after five innings.
St. Paul answered with a run in the top of the sixth before Sioux City added two more in the bottom half. First baseman Desi Wilson reached on an infield single and moved to second on a balk and then stole third, before crossing the plate on a RBI single off the bat of shortstop Todd Brock. Brock later scored as Brown doubled to left-center. St. Paul would add an insurance run in the top half of the eighth to seal the game.
Mark Wells pitched two innings of relief, allowing three runs on five hits to pick up his first win of the year for the Saints. Sioux City reliever J.D. Scholten worked two innings to pick up the loss, all five runs allowed by Scholten during his appearance were unearned. Chris Chavez connected on his 14th save attempt in as many tries to end the game.
The rubber match between the two squads is scheduled for 7:05 p.m., tomorrow evening. Sioux City will send Josh Merrigan (2-2, 5.51 ERA), he will face Bryan Gaal (1-0, 4.00 ERA).
NOTES: Sioux City's Casey Baker hit his first career home run in the second inning... There were only three columns left unfilled in the scorebook, missing were a passed ball, a hit batsman and a caught stealing...Sioux City recorded seven extra-base hits in the contest, as season-high... There were 12 total extra-base hits in the game...The six errors recorded by the Explorers were a season-high.
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