ST. PAUL- The RedHawks squandered another winnable game Wednesday in St. Paul, as they fall to the Saints 6-4.
The RedHawks were kick-started by leadoff man Brennan Metzger, who pulled his fourth homer in the top of third, giving the ‘Hawks an early 1-0 lead.
In the fourth, the RedHawks would add a couple more. With the bases loaded catcher Dylan Kelly put a hard single up the middle scoring Pina, and giving the ‘Hawks a 2-0 lead. They would add one more, making it 3-0 after four innings.
It would stay 3-0 until the sixth when the Saints finally broke through. After a Mikey Reynolds leadoff single, Nate Samson would find the gap, scoring Reynolds, and cutting the lead to 3-1. With two runners on in the same inning Saints’ clean-up man, Chris Chinea, would send a slow roller towards the mound that was fielded by Pike but thrown over third baseman Pina’s head, Samson would jog in to score, now making it 3-2 RedHawks.
The eighth inning did the team from Fargo in again Wednesday. In the bottom of the eighth Young would walk, Chiena would single, and Josh Allen would single setting up right fielder Alonzo Harris with the bases loaded. Harris would send a sac fly out to left, tying the game now 3-3. Now with two on and one out, the RedHawks were hoping to get their chance in a tie game, but John Silviano had something to say about that. Silviano would single and score Chiena, giving the Saints their first lead 4-3. They weren’t done though, as number nine hitter Mitch Ghelfi found the outfield on a single, scoring Allen and Silviano, and putting the nail in the RedHawks coffin.
The RedHawks would add one more on Forrestt Allday first homer of the year, but it just wasn’t enough.
The RedHawks got a great start from Tyler Pike, who went six innings, allowing six hits, striking out 10, and only allowing two runs. The RedHawks left 10 runners on base.
The RedHawks will look to take one in St. Paul Thursday. The first pitch slated for 7:05, the pregame show on 740 The Fan starts at 6:45.
Box Score
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
FM 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 9 2
SP 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 X 6 11 1
W: Voelker L: Wilson S: McGrane