Saint Paul, Minnesota - Dallas Keuchel made his second appearance with the Saints on Saturday night and first appearance at CHS Field. The 35-year-old worked 4.1 innings allowing zero runs on three hits in a 10-6 Saints victory over the Gwinnett Stripers at CHS Field in front of 8,715. The Saints maintained a perfect 4-0 record in the second half of the season and improved to 47-31 on the season. 

Keuchel was not the only pitcher who performed well for the Saints Saturday evening. Keuchel lowered his ERA to 1.08 with the Saints over two appearances. Michael Boyle came into relief Keuchel in the fifth. Boyle worked 0.2 innings allowing no runs on no hits. He is credited with the win. Also, Cole Sands appeared in an MLB Rehab Assignment. His rehab assignment is from a right shoulder injury. Sands worked 2.0 innings allowing one hit while striking out five. He threw thirty-seven pitches of which twenty-two were strikes (60%). 

There would be no score until the fourth. Trevor Larnach singled on a soft ground ball to the pitcher Jared Shuster. Larnach flies down the baseline to beat it out. Jair Camargo doubled to rightfield. Finally, Chris Williams hit a sacrifice fly to centerfielder, Eli White. Larnach came into score and Camargo tried to go from second to third, but Camargo was caught. First baseman Joshua Fuentes cut off the throw White had intended to go to the plate and Fuentes threw the ball to Daniel Robertson at third to get Camargo. 

The Saints would have a big inning in the fifth. Anthony Prato hit his third homerun for the Saints. This ball went to right-centerfield. Elliot Soto would hit a homerun to centerfield. This was Sotos' first homerun of the season. Prato and Soto went back-to-back. This would give the Saints a 3-0 lead. Later in the inning with two outs, Kyle Garlick and Larnach singled. Next, Camargo hit a ground-rule-double down the leftfield line. Garlick scored and if it would not have been a ground-rule double Larnach would have scored, but due to the ruling Larnach was forced back to third. In the end it would not matter. Chris Williams doubled, which allowed Larnach and Camargo to score and the Saints took a 6-0 lead. 

The Saints would add on in the sixth. Prato walked and Soto singled. Both runners advanced on a passed ball. Gilberto Celestino singled, which brought home Prato. Garlick singled allowing Soto to score. Larnach hit a 2 RBI double, Celestino and Garlick scored, and the Saints have a 10-0 lead. 

In the seventh, Vaughn Grissom flies out to deep centerfield and Celestino made a running catch colliding with the centerfield wall. The catch saved multiple runs and ended the inning. 

Robertson walked in the eighth. Chadwick Tromp singled. This time it was the Stripers that would hit back-to-back homeruns. Joe Dunand hit his twelfth homerun of the season and right after that Yolmer Sanchez would hit a homerun to right-centerfield. St. Paul still leads 10-4. 

The Saints would run into a little more trouble in the ninth. Grissom is hit-by-the-pitch and Jesus Aguilar walked. Next, Robertson singled, which brought home Grissom. Later in the inning Sanchez grounded into a force out. Sanchez would pick up an RBI as Aguilar scored. St. Paul would close the game and secure a 10-6 victory. 

Eight of nine batters for the Saints collected a hit on Saturday evening. Prato went 2-for-3 and Garlick and Larnach both went 3-for-5. Overall, the Saints went 5-for-12 with runners in scoring position and left seven on base. The Saints collected sixteen hits. 

Jared Shuster started for the Stripers on Saturday. He is the number four prospect in the Atlanta Braves organization. He worked 4.2 innings allowing six runs on ten hits. 

The Gwinnett Stripers and St. Paul Saints will meet in game five of a six-game series at CHS Field on Sunday afternoon at 2:07 p.m. Gwinnett will send RHP AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1, 3.00) to the mound while St. Paul will counter with RHP Simeon Woods Richardson (0-5, 7.47). The game can be seen on the Saints Broadcast Network, MiLB.TV, and heard on KFAN Plus, 96.7 FM.