Saint Paul, Minnesota - The temperature was not the only thing hot at CHS Field on Sunday afternoon. The Saints bats were once again on fire gliding past the Gwinnett Stripers 11-5 in front of 7,475. The Saints improved to 48-31 on the season. 

In the bottom of the first, Trevor Larnach hit his fifth homerun of the season. This one was to rightfield and gave the Saints a 1-0 lead. 

Joe Dunand started the second with a single. He stole second base, which was his first stolen base of the season. Next, Yolmer Sanchez doubled, which tied the game at one. 

A game changing inning would come in the bottom of the second for the Saints. Jair Camargo singled followed by walks from Anthony Prato and Elliot Soto. Next, Andrew Stevenson hit a grand slam to right field. The Saints took a 5-1 lead. 

In the third Gwinnett would plate two. Eli White walked and Forrest Wall singled. Vaughn Grissom doubled, which brought home White. Wall was unable to score because he was picked off first base by Saints pitcher Simeon Woods Richardson. Next, Dunand doubled, which allowed Grissom to score. The Saints still lead 5-3. 

In the bottom of the third, Chris Williams walked, and Jair Camargo doubled. This gave the Saints a 6-3 lead. 

Elliot Soto singled and Stevenson reached on a fielder's choice in the fourth. Trevor Larnach singled on a soft ground ball to second base, which allowed Elliot to score. The Saints took a 7-3 lead. 

Soto would continue his good day at the plate in the sixth. Soto doubled to lead off the inning. Gilberto Celestino walked. Larnach hit an RBI single which brought home Soto. 

In the seventh, Andrew Bechtold hit his seventh homerun of the season. This one was to rightfield. The Saints took a 9-3 lead. 

In the eighth, Sanchez walked followed by a double from Daniel Roberston. Roberston doubled allowed Sanchez to score. 

The Saints once again would answer. Giberto Celestino tripled, and Chris Williams hit a sacrifice fly. Mark Contreras hit a homerun to right-centerfield. This gave the Saints an 11-4 lead. 

Forrest Wall started the ninth with a walk. Grissom singled to put runners at first and second with nobody out. Dunand would ground out but both runners would advance. Luke Williams hit a sacrifice fly to center, which brought home Wall. St. Paul still led 11-5. Sanchez would fly out to end the game and the Saints would secure the 11-5 victory. 

Sunday was another very good day offensively for the Saints. Seven out of the nine players in the starting lineup collected at least one hit. Larnach, Camargo, Bechtold, and Soto all had multi-hit games. Also, each person in the starting lineup came around to score a run. Soto led the way, scoring three times. 

Simeon Woods Richardson picked up his first win of the season on Sunday. Woods Richardson worked 5.0 innings allowing three runs on six hits. Ronny Henriquez pitched 1.0 innings allowing one run on one hit. Brice and Murphy also pitched for the Saints. 

Luetge was the only pitcher for the Stripers who had much success. Luetge pitched 1.2 innings allowing zero runs on two hits. AJ Smith-Shawver started for Gwinnett. He is the top prospect in the Atlanta organization. He worked 3.1 innings allowing seven runs (six earned) on five hits. He took his second loss of the season. 

The Gwinnett Stripers and St. Paul Saints meet in game six of a six-game series on Monday night at CHS Field with first pitch scheduled for 6:07 p.m. Gwinnett will send RHP Allan Winans (6-3, 2.94) to the mound while St. Paul will counter with RHP Louie Varland (2-0, 6.66). The game can be seen on the Saints Broadcast Network, MiLB.TV, and heard on KFAN Plus, 96.7 FM.