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ST. PAUL SAINTS (6-9) vs INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS (PIT) (9-5) LHP CHARLIE BARNES (1-0, 4.00) vs RHP JAMES MARVEL (0-0, 3.48) Friday, May 21st, 2021 - 7:05 pm (CT) - St. Paul, MN - CHS FIeld Game #16 - Home Game #10 TV: FOX9+/MiLB.TV RADIO: KFAN Plus 2021 At A Glance TODAY'S HEADLINES AGAINST THE OPPOSITION Home .....................................................4-5 That Was Last Night - The Saints got a walk-off win of their resumed SAINTS VS INDIANAPOLIS Road ......................................................2-4 game from Wednesday night, with Jimmy Kerrigan and the bottom of the Saints order manufacturing the winning run. The second game did .235------------- BA -------------.301 vs. LHP .............................................1-0 not go as well for St. Paul, where they dropped 7-3. Alex Kirilloff has vs. RHP ............................................5-9 homered in both games of his rehab assignment with the Saints. .333-------- BA W/2O ----------.300 Current Streak ......................................L1 .125 ------- BA W/ RISP------- .524 Most Games > .500 ..........................0 Today’s Game - The Saints aim to preserve a chance at a series win 9 ----------------RUNS ------------- 16 tonight against Indianapolis, after dropping two of the first three games. 2 ----------------- HR ---------------- 0 Most Games < .500 ..........................3 Charlie Barnes makes his third start of the year, and the Saints have yet 2 ------------- STEALS ------------- 0 Overall Series ..................................1-0-1 to lose a game he’s started. 5.00 ------------- ERA ----------- 3.04 Home Series ...............................0-0-1 28 ----------------- K's -------------- 32 Keeping it in the Park - Despite a team ERA of 4.66, the Saints have Away Series ................................0-1-0 not been damaged by round-trippers. St. Paul’s pitching staff has given Extra Innings ........................................0-1 up just eight homers, which is tied for the best mark in all of Triple-A with TEAM LEADERS Shutouts ................................................0-0 El Paso (SD). Avg. -- Tomas Telis - .283 Last 5 .....................................................2-3 Saints Dig the Long Ball - The Saints’ offense has come in bunches Hits -------- Tomas Telis - 15 Last 10 ...................................................4-6 through 15 games this season, because nearly half of it has come from RBI ------- Ryan Jeffers - 11 Saints Score First.................................4-5 home runs. Of the 54 runs that St. Paul has scored this season, 22 Runs -------- Tomas Telis - 6 Oppo. Scores First...............................2-4 (41%) of them have been accounted for by home runs. Brent Rooker Steals ----- NIck Gordon - 4 Saints out-hit opp..................................3-0 and Ryan Jeffers are tied for the team lead in homers. HR ----------------- 2 tied - 3 Opp. out-hit Saints ...............................2-9 No Save is Safe - Danny Coulombe recorded the first save of the ERA ---- Randy Dobnak - 3.38 Hits are even .........................................1-0 season for the Saints on May 14th, in the tenth game of the year. The K’s ---- Andrew Albers - 15 Day...........................................................1-2 first nine games of the season for St. Paul did not see a save recorded BB ----------------- 2 tied - 7 Night.........................................................5-7 by either team. That is the longest such streak for the Twins’ Triple-A affiliate since at least the 2005 season, as far back as minor league stats AMONG LEAGUE LEADERS Day of the Week are available. It still stands as the only save recorded in any game the Saints have played in this season. Mon..........................................................0-0 BB ------------ Brent Rooker (1st) - 15 Tues.........................................................0-3 SB ----------- Nick Gordon (T-10th) - 4 Rooker’s Good Reads - OF Brent Rooker is currently the league leader Wed..........................................................3-0 in walks in the Triple-A East, drawing 15 this season. He’s gotten on IP --------- Andrew Albers (2nd) - 19.0 Thurs........................................................0-3 base in 12 of the last 13 games, with a on-base percentage of .426 in Fri..............................................................1-1 that stretch. Rooker has two games with three walks this season. ACTIVE STREAKS Sat............................................................2-0 Trying to get them over and in- The Saints batters this year have had Sun...........................................................0-2 Rob Refsnyder - 7G on-base streak (.424) some issues stringing hits together through the first week of the season. Keon Broxton - 13G Strikeout streak (24Ks) Lead Entering 7th ...........................4-3 When there are runners on base, St. Paul is batting .194 so far, while Tied Entering 7th ............................2-0 their opponents are hitting .267 with men on. Trail Entering 7th .............................0-6 Roster Notes - The Minnesota Twins optioned LHP Lewis Thorpe on Lead Entering 8th ...........................4-1 Friday, and RHP Derek Law was outrighted back to the Saints. RHP Rob Tied Entering 8th.............................2-1 Whalen was also promoted from Double-A Wichita. Trail Entering 8th .............................0-6 Twins Update - Minnesota split their twin bill against the Angels Lead Entering 9th ...........................4-1 yesterday. Game one went to the Halos 7-1, with Lewis Thorpe taking Tied Entering 9th ............................2-1 the loss, but the Twins bounced back in game two for a 6-3 win. Former Trail Entering 9th .............................0-6 Saint Trevor Larnach hit his first MLB home run in the game one loss. UPCOMING PITCHING MATCHUPS 5/22 v IND 7:05PM RHP Jhoan Duran (NR) v RHP Chase De Jong (1-0, 4.50) 5/23 v IND 2:05PM RHP Griffin Jax (1-1, 5.40) v RHP Beau Sulser (2-0, 3.55) OFF 5/24 TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER GAME HIGHS #25 CHARLIE BARNES 2021 CAREER W-L ERA G GS IP ER HR BB SO AVG WHIP 5.0 - 5/5 @ Omaha IP 8.0 - 5/23/19 @ Daytona 2021 1-0 4.00 2 2 9.0 4 0 3 6 .263 1.44 7 - 5/5 @ Omaha H 9 - 9/1/19 @ Montgomery • Earned his first Spring Training invite prior to the 2020 season, was 3 - 5/5 @ Omaha R 7 - 9/1/19 @ Montgomery sent to the Twins’ Alternate Training Site on September 5th, and spent 3 - 5/5 @ Omaha ER 7 - 9/1/19 @ Montgomery the final month of the regular season there. Following his time there, he 3 - 5/15 v Iowa BB 6 - 7/19/19 @ Mississippi played in the Twins’ Fall Instructional League in October. • Pitched at three different levels in 2019, starting in Adv.-A Fort Myers, 4 - 5/15 v Iowa SO 8 - 7/2/19 v Mississippi finishing at Triple-A Rochester. While with the Red Wings, he started 4 -- - -/- v --- HR 3 - 8/13/17 v Quad Cities games that resulted in a 1-2 record and a 6.75 ERA. In total, he started 25 games, which was more than any other Twins’ minor league pitcher. 82 - 5/15 v Iowa Pitches 101 - 6/27/19 v Biloxi • Has started all but two games in his minor league career, averaging a SPLITS 7.7K/9 over the course of his three year career. 2021 CAREER • Graduated from Clemson in three years, becoming the 13th member 0-0, 2.25 HOME 9-9, 3.68 of his family to earn a degree from Clemson. His brother James, was 0-1, 5.40 ROAD 9-7, 3.72 a redshirt-freshman quarterback on the 2016 football team that won a vLHH national championship. .444 AVG/1.111 OPS/0HR .267AVG/.721 OPS/5HR .207 AVG/.510 OPS/0HR vRHH .263AVG/.704 OPS/14HR ACQUIRED: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 4th round of the 2017 First Year Player Draft CHARLIE BARNES GAME BY GAME LOG DATE OPP RESULT DEC IP H R/ER SO BB HR P/S NOTES 5/5 @OMA W,10-4 W (1-0) 5.0 7 3/3 2 0 0 80-50 Season-hi 12 hits for STP 5/15 IOWA W, 2-1 ND (1-0) 4.0 3 1/1 4 3 0 82-52 Jeffers walk-off HR/ 5 hits for STP SAINTS HITTER NOTES 9 BROXTON, KEON OF 1 GORDON, NICK INF Last Series: 2-19, 2R, 2RBI, SF | Current Series: 2-11, 2B, R, SB Last Series: 6-18, 3B, HR, 3R, 4RBI, 3SB, 2BB | Current Series: 2-2, R • Spent most of the 2020 season at the Brewers alternate training site, • Became the first player in Twins’ history to steal two bases in his big reuiniting with them after spending 2016-18 with Milwaukee. league debut, and just the 13th MLB player to do so since 1901. • Saw Big League action with 3 different teams in 2019, suiting up • Was recalled from the Twins’ Alternate Training Site on April 23, but for the New York Mets before being traded to the Baltimore Orioles did not appear in a game. and then being claimed off waivers by the Seattle Mariners hitting a • Missed 2020 season due to an undisclosed injury, but was ranked combined .167 for the season. the Twins’ 16th best prospect by MLB.com. • Spent the 2019 season with the Twins’ Triple-A affiliate in Rochester. • Was a 20-20 player in the Majors in 2017 hitting .220/20/49 and Hit .298 with 40 RBIs and hit .307 with 27 XBH against RHP. He also stealing 21 bases. Broxton was 5th in speed at 29.4 ft/sec. 30 ft/sec led the club in stolen bases with 14 and was second in 2B with 29. is elite & average is 27.0 ft/sec • Half-brother is Dee Gordon (4th round pick by Dodgers in 2008 out • Played 2B and SS at Lakeland HS. On that team was Evan of Seminole (FL) CC) and Dad is Tom “Flash” Gordon (6th round Chambers (3rd round pick by Pirates in 2009 & passed away in pick by the Royals in 1986 out of Avon Park (FL) HS). Tom played 23 2013), Drew Hutchison (15th round pick out of HS in 2009, 98 Major seasons of pro ball, 21 in the Majors (only 69 players have played League pitching appearances) & Chris Sale (13th overall pick in more seasons) as a pitcher for eight different teams.