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No moves were made on Sunday.
Saints Sentinel
St. Paul 4, Indianapolis 9
Box Score
Caleb Boushley: 4 2/3 IP, 9 H, 7 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
HR: Rylan Bannon (18), Patrick Winkel (7), Jair Camargo (3)
Multi-hit games: Payton Eeles (2-for-4, R, BB), Michael Helman (2-for-4, 2B, RBI)
The Saints launched three homers, but came up short in their farewell to the 2024 season.
It’s been a year to forget for St. Paul. Following an excellent 84-64 2023 season, the malevolent forces surrounding minor league roster fortune spat out mediocrity, leaving Toby Gardenhire and his players stuck in a mediocre quagmire. In other words: they were ok. Inoffensive as they were, the pantheon of professional baseball will likely not remember them. There are worse fates to have. Just ask Bill Buckner.
Nonetheless, they ended their nondescript season with a stinker, falling 9-4 in a game in which their bats struck out 17 times.
Starter Caleb Boushley appeared to be dealing. A run scored in the 1st off a pair of fielding errors—hardly his fault, despite what the “earned run” stat may say—but the veteran hunkered down and kept Indianapolis at bay, at least for a time. In the 5th, right before one could officially describe him as “in the zone,” Boushley opened the frame by allowing a pair of solo homers, portending a disastrous six-run nightmare he would not escape; Jaylen Nowlin had to relieve the righty.
That put a great deal of stress on the Saints’ bats—stress they were not prepared to handle. Eeles may have jump-started a skirmish in the 1st, but his efforts only plated one run. Bannon may have netted the team’s third inside-the-park-homer of the year, but, yet again, St. Paul was only rewarded with one run.
Pat Winkel then kicked off the bottom of the 5th with a homer, but any more scores would simply be vanity; following the middle-innings blowup, St. Paul never got closer than four runs away from tying their opponent.
Rehabbing big-leaguer Justin Topa pitched a scoreless inning with a pair of strikeouts, both looking. He topped out at 92.5 MPH with his sinker.
Eeles reached base thrice and stole a trio of bases to give him 41 on the year. I have no idea if the Twins hold a spot for Eeles on their major-league roster, but he has done just about everything possible to force the issue. At 5’5” and scrappier than all hell, he could be the kind of player the team hasn’t had in quite some time.
Indianapolis is the Triple-A affiliate for the Pittsburgh Pirates, a talented farm system with a trio of hurlers—Bubba Chandler, Braxton Ashcraft, and Thomas Harrington—populating the Indianapolis starting rotation. Still, it was their 16th-ranked player, Mike Burrows, who best represented the franchise on Sunday: he struck out 10 over five innings, allowing three runs along the way.
TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY
Twins Daily Minor League Pitcher of the Day – Justin Topa/Jeff Brigham/Jorge Alcalá
Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Day – Rylan Bannon
PROSPECT SUMMARY
Here’s a look at how the Twins Daily Top 20 Twins Prospects performed:
#2 – Brooks Lee (Minnesota) - 0-for-1
#5 – Zebby Matthews (Minnesota) - 4 2/3 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 6 K, 87 pitches, 55 strikes (63.2%)
MONDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS
There are no more Twins minor league games to be played this year. Thank you for an excellent 2024 season, and we’ll see you again in 2025!
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