Indianapolis, IN
Saints blank Indianapolis in series finale
Saint Paul finished off its best series of the season by beating visiting Indianapolis 3-0 at CHS Field Sunday afternoon. The shutout improved the Saints to 34-28 in the regular season as the team sits 3 1/2 games off the International League lead, while the Indians fell to 25-38.
Five Saint Paul pitchers combined on the six-hitter, with Ty Langenberg earning the win with 2 1/3 innings of one-hit, three-strikeout relief of starter John Klein, who pitched the game’s first 2 2/3 frames. C.J. Culpepper closed out the contest by hurling a one-hit ninth to earn his first save of the season.
Second baseman Tanner Schobel’s RBI single in the fourth plated right fielder Gabriel Gonzalez to put the Saints up for good at 1-0. First baseman Aaron Sabato followed that up with a two-run single that drove home outfielders Luis Hernandez and Kyler Fedko that brought the count to its eventual 3-0 final.
St. Paul has a standard off-day on Monday before beginning a six-game series at Toledo (30-32) at 6:05 p.m. Tuesday.