SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — The Sioux Falls Canaries(10-5) launched six home runs out of the park and defeated the St. Paul Saints(7-9) 10-9.
Every Canaries hitter in the lineup recorded a hit in the power showcase Tuesday night.
St. Paul jumped out to the early first-inning lead on an RBI single by Chesny Young that scored Mikey Reynolds after his leadoff double to give the visitors a 1-0 lead.
Sioux Falls tied things up with a solo home run by Logan Landon to knot things up 1-1 after two innings.
The Canaries broke the game open with a seven-run third inning. Ryan Brett lead off with a line-drive home run down the left-field line. Andrew Ely followed him with a single. He was followed by a two-run home run off the bat of Jabari Henry, his league-leading fourth of the season. Alay Lago and Damek Tomscha hit back-to-back singles. Tomscha then stole second before a two-run single by Logan Landon gave the Birds a 6-1 advantage. Newcomer Grant Kay followed Landen with a two-run home run in his Canaries debut to stretch the lead to 8-1.
Mike Hart and Logan Landon hit back-to-back solo home runs in the fifth to push the lead to 10-1. Landon’s second home run of the night made him the first Bird this season with multiple home runs in a single game.
Things started to turn in the top of the 6th for the Saints as they add three runs to cut the deficit to 10-4.
St. Paul added two more in the seventh to make the score 10-6. One more came across in the eighth for the Saints to make it 10-7.
The Saints scraped across two more runs in the top of the ninth to cut the deficit to 10-9 before Keaton Steele finished things off resulting in the Canaries victory.
Ty Culbreth earned his second win of the season for the Birds going five and a third. Keaton Steele earned his league-leading sixth save of the season. Eddie Medina took the loss for St. Paul.
The Canaries host the Saints for the second of the three-game set Wednesday, July 22. Tyler Herron takes the ball for Sioux Falls with Matt Solter getting the start for St. Paul.
First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. Birds fans can find information on how to watch and listen at SFCanaries.com.
(SOURCE: SF Canaries)
