St. Joseph Saints

The St. Joseph Saints traveled to St. Augusta on Wednesday night with only 10 players and came away with a 12-8 exhibition game win at Gussie Field.  The game was shortened to eight innings due to darkness, but not before the Saints hit their first three home runs of the season and both teams combined for 19 walks.  The Saints managed 10 hits in the game, led by Brent Schloe, who finished 3-for-4 with a double, grand slam, two runs scored, and six RBIs.  Bubba Hollenhorst went 3-for-5 with a home run, three runs scored, and three RBIs; Jason Wald hit a three-run home run; and Ryan Paasch scored three runs.  Hollenhorst also picked up the win on the mound with two scoreless innings of relief along with four strikeouts.

The Gussies scored an unearned run in the bottom of the first for a 1-0 lead, but the Saints tied the game in the top of the second inning with a run of their own.  Greg Anderson walked, Alex Kendall reached and went to second on an error that moved Anderson to third, and Joe Prom singled home Anderson.  The Saints took the lead with a five-run third inning to make the score 6-1.  Paasch walked, Hollenhorst singled, Aaron Rocheleau walked to load the bases, Schloe doubled home Paasch and Hollenhorst and advanced Rocheleau to third, and Wald homered to left to drive in Rocheleau and Schloe.  St. Augusta scored a run in the bottom of the inning to make the score 6-2, but the Saints came right back with two more runs in the top of the fourth when Paasch walked and Hollenhorst homered to left.  In the fifth, the Saints tacked on four more runs to take a 12-2 lead after Prom walked, Paasch singled, Hollenhorst singled to fill the bases, and Schloe homered to right.  The Gussies came back with five runs in the fifth and one in the sixth with the help of some walks and wild pitches to make the score 12-8, but neither team scored after that and the game was called after eight innings.