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St. Paul Bests Indy with 4-2 Win

Published on April 14, 2023 under International League (IL)
Indianapolis Indians News Release


INDIANAPOLIS - In a game that was scoreless through seven innings, the St. Paul Saints brought across three runs in the eighth to best the Indianapolis Indians on Friday night at Victory Field, 4-2.

With the game scoreless after seven frames, the Saints (8-4) broke open the scoring with a three-run eighth. The bases were loaded after a leadoff double by Alex De Goti and walks issued to Hernán Perez and Mark Contreras. Angel Perdomo (L, 0-1) then beaned Chris Williams to bring in the first run of the contest. Andrew Stevenson followed with a slow-rolling grounder up the middle to bring in a pair and make it a 3-0 Saints advantage.

Indians starter Kent Emanuel and reliever Colin Selby combined for 6.0 scoreless innings, two hits allowed and five strikeouts. Saints starter Aaron Sanchez pitched 5.0 scoreless and Cody Laweryson (W, 1-1) picked up his first win of the season with 2.0 scoreless innings.

Both teams scored in the ninth frame. For St. Paul, Contreras doubled and a fielding error by Cal Mitchell led to Perez scoring from first base. In the bottom of the frame, Tucupita Marcano singled and scored on an RBI triple by Endy Rodríguez. Rodríguez later scored on a wild pitch by Brock Stewart.

Marcano had his third three-hit game of the season and Miguel Andújar, Nick Gonzales and Malcom Nuñez each had two-hit performances.

The Indians have now dropped their first seven home games of the season for the first time since 1972, tied for the worst start on record dating back to the 1938 campaign.

Indianapolis will look to snap its winless home stretch on Saturday in a 6:35 PM ET first pitch at Victory Field. RHP Quinn Priester (0-0, 6.14) will take the mound for the Indians vs. St. Paul's RHP Simeon Woods Richardson (0-1, 4.91)

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