23 August 2023
OMAHA, Neb. — St. Paul Saints pitchers walked nine batters and hit another, and eight of those 10 baserunners scored to give the Omaha Storm Chasers all the help they needed Tuesday night to pull off a 14-4 International League victory at Werner Park.
The Saints, who entered the game leading the West division, fell to 26-20. The Storm Chasers, last in the division and second-to-last in the International League, are 2-15 in August.
Andrew Stevenson got the Saints off to a quick start in the first inning, hitting the second pitch of the game out of the park for a leadoff home run, his 16th of the season. No. 2 hitter Austin Martin followed that with a home run of his own to put St. Paul up 2-0.
But that’s when everything went bad for the Saints.
Omaha scored five runs off St. Paul starting pitcher Louie Varland in the second inning, making the most of a couple of walks and a costly Saints error.
The Storm Chasers added two more runs in the third inning, then scored seven in the fifth to put the game away.
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