Ryan Rehab, Saints Defeated Indianapolis 8-5

Saint Paul, Minnesota – Joe Ryan began his MLB Rehab Assignment on Friday night. The Saints offense collected eleven hits, along with the performance of Ryan the Saints defeated the Indianapolis Guardians 8-5 in front of 8,035. The Saints improved to 68-49 on the season. 

Andrew Stevenson led off the bottom of the first with a solo home run. This was his 15th home run of the season. This gave St. Paul a 1-0 lead.

In the second, Austin Martin walked and with two outs Stevenson walked. Anthony Prato tripled, which cleared the bases, and the Saints took a 3-0 lead. Later in the inning, Brooks Lee hit a solo home run to left, which gave the Saints a 4-0 lead. 

Dom Nunez hit his fifth home run of the season for Indianapolis in the third. 

With two outs in the fifth, Jair Camargo singled. Next, DaShawn Keirsey Jr. singled, which put runners on first and second. Austin Martin hit an RBI single to give the Saints a 5-1 lead. 

The seventh inning had a significant impact on the game for both teams. Chris Owings hit a game-tying two-run home run to tie the game at five in the top of the inning. The Saints had an answer right away. Kyle Garlick was hit-by-the-pitch and Yunior Severino struck out. Next, Camargo flew out to center. With two outs, Keirsey Jr. walked to bring Austin Martin to the plate. Martin hit his fourth home run of the season. This went to left field and gave the Saints an 8-5 lead. In the end, Oliver Ortega secured his fifth save of the season shutting down the Guardians. 

Joe Ryan made his first rehab start of this assignment. He worked four innings allowing one run on one hit. He struck out seven and walked two. Ryan was scheduled to throw between 60-65 pitches; however, he ended up throwing 71 pitches, 38 were strikes. At this time, it is uncertain if Ryan will join the Saints on the road for another rehab start or if he will be able to rejoin the Twins. Brent Headrick came in to relieve Ryan. Headrick picked up his fourth win of the season working four innings and allowing three hits.

Joe Ryan is rehabbing from a left groin strain. 

Saints’ pitchers struck out 13 Indianapolis batters on Friday night while only walking four. 

The Indianapolis Guardians and St. Paul Saints meet in game five of a six-game series on Saturday night at CHS Field. First pitch is scheduled for 7:07 p.m. Indianapolis will send RHP Beau Sulser (1-1, 9.82) to the mound while the Saints will counter with RHP Simeon Woods Richardson (4-5, 5.56). The game can be seen on the CW Network, MiLB.TV, and heard on KFAN Plus, 96.7 FM.