The St. Paul Saints ended a 15 year championship drought, sweeping their series with the Sioux City Explorers thanks to a Chesny Young grand slam that gave the Saints a 6-3 victory. The Saints battled back from two runs down in the sixth, the fifth time in these playoffs that they have trailed or been […]
Michael Lang continued his impressive playoff run on Thursday night, driving in two, including the game winner as the St. Paul Saints moved just one game away from winning their first championship since 2004 with a 3-2 victory over the Sioux City Explorers. St. Paul battled back from a 2-0 deficit to earn the victory. […]
The St. Paul Saints opened the 2019 American Association Championship series by scoring runs in each of the first six innings on their way to a 12-3 victory over the Sioux City Explorers. Josh Allen and Chesny Young combined to go 8-8 with four runs driven in and three runs scored as every player in […]
In American Association Daily, Robert Pannier previews the American Association Championship series between the Sioux City Explorers and the St. Paul Saints. These two teams begin their best of five series on Wednesday night at Mercy Field at Lewis & Clark in Sioux City. Games 1 and 2 will be in Sioux City before moving to St. Paul on Saturday.
In this edition of American Association Daily, Robert Pannier talks to the two guys who will be calling the American Association Championship series, the St. Paul Saints Sean Aronson and the Sioux City Explorers Connor Ryan, to get their thoughts on the series. They are each asked the same eight questions as part of the interview.
In this edition of American Association Daily, Robert Pannier examines the highlights, transactions and news from the American Association for September 10, 2019. There was just one playoff game on Tuesday, as the St. Paul Saints defeated the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks to advance to the American Association Championship series.
The St. Paul Saints have been the comeback kids all season long, and they got another chance to prove that in the biggest game of the season, twice battling back to win Game 5 of the North Division Championship series, defeating the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks, 9-7. The Saints overcame a 5-0 deficit in the sixth and […]
In this edition of American Association Daily, Robert Pannier examines the highlights, transactions and news from the American Association for September 8, 2019. There were two playoff games on Sunday, including the St. Paul Saints winning on a walk-off hit by Blake Schmit to force a Game 5 and the Sioux City Explorers advancing to the American Association Championship series.
With their backs against the wall for the second straight night, the St. Paul Saints would pull out another dramatic late inning victory to down the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks, this time 1-0. Blake Schmit’s walk-off hit in the bottom of the ninth gave the Saints the victory, staving off a second straight elimination game to tie […]
In this edition of American Association Daily, Robert Pannier examines the highlights, transactions and news from the American Association for September 7, 2019. There were two playoff games on Saturday, including the St. Paul Saints rallying from four down to stay alive in their series and the Sioux City Explorers getting three RBI from both Jose Sermo an Nate Samson in their 8-2 victory.
It looked like the St. Paul Saints season was about to come to an end on Saturday night as they seemed to have no answers for Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks starter Tyler Pike. However, the team would come from four runs down with nine outs left in the game to pull out a dramatic victory, 6-4. A […]
In this edition of American Association Daily, Robert Pannier examines the highlights, transactions and news from the American Association for September 5, 2019. Thursday there were two games in the American Association playoffs. The Sioux City Explorers won to even their series and the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks took a 2-0 lead in the North Division series.
As they had the night before, the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks would find themselves trailing early, only to take the lead on their way to their second victory over the St. Paul Saints in this best-of-five series. Back-to-back homeruns in the bottom of the first-inning by Chris Jacobs and Correlle Prime led the way as the RedHawks […]
In this edition of American Association Daily, Robert Pannier examines the highlights, transactions and news from the American Association for September 4, 2019. Wednesday was the opening of the American Association playoffs with the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks winning a nail-biter over the St. Paul Saints and the Kansas City T-Bones outslugged the Sioux City Explorers, 12-8.
It had been 15 years since the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks and St. Paul Saints had faced one another in the playoffs, but the two teams showed what playoff baseball is all about, as the RedHawks pulled out a tension filled 3-2 victory. Three early runs were all the offense that Fargo-Moorhead starter Ryan Williams needed to […]
In this edition of American Association Daily, Robert Pannier talks with the voices of the four teams who are in the American Association playoffs, asking them their take on the series ahead. Each person is asked the same six questions. Here their thoughts on the playoff series that begin tonight, as the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks Jack […]
In American Association Daily, Robert Pannier previews the North Division playoff series between the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks and the St. Paul Saints. This series features the teams with the two best records in the American Association this season. St. Paul dominated the RedHawks during the regular season, winning nine of 12 games.
In this edition of American Association Daily, Robert Pannier examines the highlights, transactions and news from the American Association for September 2, 2019. There were six games played on the last day of the regular season, including the Sioux City Explorers clinching a playoff spot and the St. Paul Saints clinching home field advantage throughout the playoffs.
The St. Paul Saints had one eye on their game against the Chicago Dogs and one eye on the game at Newman Outdoor Field as the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks were taking on the Cleburne Railroaders. A win by the Saints and they claimed the North Division, but with the Saints in the eighth inning, the RedHawks […]
The St. Paul Saints have been one of the best teams in the American Association all season long. A number of players have stepped up in helping the Saints to their fourth playoff berth in five seasons and the second most victories in franchise history. Two of those players were honored by the American Association […]
In American Association Daily, the Minor League Sports Report and This Week in the Association name their Pitcher and Pitcher of the Week for Week 16 in the American Association. The St. Paul Saints Jeremy Martinez is selected as the Player of the Week after hitting .579 in six games. The Texas AirHogs Zhang Tao earned Pitcher of the Week honors after tossing a no-hitter for 7.2 innings.
In this edition of American Association Daily, Robert Pannier examines the highlights, transactions and news from the American Association for September 1, 2019. There were six games played on Sunday, including the Kansas City T-Bones battling back to win in 13 to claim the South Division title and the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks defeated the Cleburne Railroaders. Plus, Keon Barnum set an American Association record.
Finally. The St. Paul Saints had been outscored 42-14 in their four losses at Impact Field this season. For the first time this season they won in the home of the Chicago Dogs, 4-2 on Sunday night, and need a win on Monday afternoon or a Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks loss in their final game to claim […]
In this edition of American Association Daily, Robert Pannier examines the highlights, transactions and news from the American Association for August 31, 2019. There were six games played on Sunday, including the Kansas City T-Bones moving into sole possession of first place with a dramatic walk-off victory, and the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks hurting the Cleburne Railroaders playoff chances with a 4-3 victory.
The St. Paul Saints knew they didn’t want to go into Impact Field needing to win any games to get in the playoffs. It’s a good thing they clinched at home on Friday night. For the fourth time in four games in Rosemont, the Saints were beat up on by the Chicago Dogs, losing 9-3 […]
In this edition of American Association Daily, Robert Pannier examines the highlights, transactions and news from the American Association for August 30, 2019. There five games played in the league on Friday, including the Kansas City T-Bones winning to move into a three way tie in the South Division and the St. Paul Saints clinching a playoff spot in the North.
The St. Paul Saints wouldn’t have it any other way. They trailed early. The first 13 men didn’t reach base. They were no-hit through five innings. Then a comeback. And finally, the team that set the American Association record for one run games and one-run wins, carried a one-run lead in the ninth. The tying […]
In American Association Daily, Robert Pannier looks at the final weekend of the American Association season with four teams tied for first in their divisions and one team a game out, plus one team hanging on by a thread. It should make for a great weekend as four of those teams have head-to-head matchups.
In this edition of American Association Daily, Robert Pannier examines the highlights, transactions and news from the American Association for August 29, 2019. There were six games played on Thursday, including the St. Paul defeating the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks to move into a first place tie in the North Division and all three teams in the playoff battle in the South all winning.
ST. PAUL, MN (August 29, 2019) – The St. Paul Saints have had some incredible wins this season, but Thursday night’s, in front of 7,681 at CHS Field, may have been their most impressive. Down 8-2 entering the bottom of the sixth, the Saints scored five runs in back-to-back innings and in the process set […]
