Saint Paul, Minnesota - The Indianapolis Guardians (Pittsburgh Pirates) pitching staff silenced the Saints offense most of Tuesday night; however, in the ninth the Saints would bring the tying run to the plate. The Saints were unable to complete a comeback and dropped game one of the series to the Guardians by a score of 8-5 in front of 7,262. The Saints fell to 66-48 on the season. 

Ji Hwan Bae (MLB Rehab Assignment) led off the game with a double to left. Nick Gonzales followed up with a double of his own, which give the Guardians a 1-0 lead. 

The Saints would answer in the bottom of the first. Andrew Stevenson led off with a walk. Stevenson stole second base. This was his 39th stolen base of the season. Kyle Garlick doubled on a sharp line drive to left. This allowed Stevenson to score. The Saints tied the game at one. 

Little did the Saints know that would be the only hit the Saints offense would collect until the sixth. Between the first and sixth it was all Indianapolis. The Guardians scored four in the second and two in the fourth to knock Saints starter Randy Dobnak out of the game. 

Dobnak worked four innings allowing eleven hits and seven runs (six earned). He struck out four and walked three.  

In the sixth, Brooks Lee tripled. Trevor Larnach hit a sacrifice fly to right. The Saints trailed 7-2. 

Indianapolis got a run in the seventh when Vinny Capra walked. Next, Mason Martin doubled, which allowed Capra to advance to third. Dom Nunez was hit-by-the-pitch to load the bases. Gonzales walked to force in a run, and Indianapolis took an 8-2 lead. 

In the eighth, Gilberto Celestino walked to start the inning. Next, Andrew Stevenson singled, which allowed Celestino to advance to third. Brooks Lee hit a sacrifice fly. St. Paul trailed 8-3. 

In the ninth the Saints brought the tying run to the plate. Jair Camargo walked, and Austin Martin hit his third home run of the season. The Saints trailed 8-5. Celestino and Stevenson walked to bring Lee to the plate as the tying run with one out. Lee grounded out to shortstop. Finally, Trevor Larnach represented the tying run with two outs. Larnach struck out to end the game. Indianapolis held on for an 8-5 win. 

Prior to Tuesday's game Carlos Luna was assigned to Wichita from St. Paul. Also, the Minnesota Twins reinstated Royce Lewis from the 10-day IL and placed OF/INF Willi Castro on the 10-day IL with a mild left oblique strain. 

Royce Lewis spoke with the media at Target field on Tuesday when being reactivated by the Twins. He spoke about his experience rehabbing in St. Paul. Lewis said: "it's basically a Twins game over there. The excitement from the fans over there is just as fun as here. You feed off that. When Louie Varland was pitching... he is the hometown kid and everyone was saying, 'Louuuu!' so cool". 

The Indianapolis Guardians and St. Paul Saints meet in game two of a six-game series on Wednesday night at CHS Field. First pitch is scheduled for 7:07 p.m. Indianapolis will send RHP Jared Jones (2-2, 5.44) while the Saints will send RHP Louie Varland (7-0, 4.03) to the mound. The game can be seen on the Saints Broadcast Network, MiLB.TV, and heard on KFAN Plus, 96.7 FM.