SAINTS 6, MUD HENS 3 IN ST. PAUL
Chris Williams hit a three-run homer to put St. Paul up 4-3 in the fourth.
Brooks Lee was 2-for-3 with a home run (his fifth), a walk, two runs, and two RBIs.
Williams hit a three-run homer, his twenty-first.
Simeon Woods Richardson pitched 5.2 innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and two walks and striking out four.
Austin Brice pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and striking out one.
Cole Sands struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.
LOONS 4, KERNELS 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS (PLAYOFF GAME 2--COMPLETION OF SUSPENDED GAME)
Great Lakes scored two in the sixth to break a 1-1 tie.
Jorel Ortega was 2-for-4 with a walk.
Luke Keaschall was 2-for-4.
Andrew Morris struck out seven in five innings, giving up one run on three hits.
John Klein struck out five in 2.2 innings, giving up one run on three hits.
A. J. Labas pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.
The best-of-three playoff series was tied 1-1. The next game would decide the league champion.
KERNELS 7, LOONS 6 IN CEDAR RAPIDS (PLAYOFF GAME 3--7 INNINGS)
Emmanuel Rodriguez hit a grand slam in the second to give Cedar Rapids a 5-0 lead. Great Lakes closed to 5-4 in the top of the fifth, but Cedar Rapids scored two in the bottom of the fifth. Dalton Rushing hit a two-run homer in the seventh but Great Lakes did not get the tying run on base.
Kala'i Rosario was 2-for-3 with a walk.
Rodriguez hit a grand slam, his third homer of the post-season.
Cedar Rapids had only five hits but drew ten walks.
Cory Lewis pitched 4.2 innings, giving up four runs (three earned) on five hits and two walks and striking out five.
Gabriel Yanez struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up two hits.
The Cedar Rapids Kernels win the Midwest League Championship!
TODAY'S TILT
6:37 Toledo at St. Paul (Randy Dobnak, 5-9, 5.31)
Can't even do a full nine innings for a championship game?
Woohoo! At least one team in the org is a postseason winner this year.
I thought the seven-inning championship game was odd, too. But they had announced the day before that it would be that way, so at least both teams were aware of it in advance.