ST. PAUL SAINTS (25-28) vs IOWA CUBS (CHC) (21-30) LHP ANDREW ALBERS (3-3, 5.53) vs RHP MIKE HAUSCHILD (0-1, 2.92) Tuesday, July 6th, 2021 - 7:08 pm - Des Moines, IA - Principal Park Game #54 - Home Game #25 TV: MiLB.TV RADIO: KFAN+ 2021 At A Glance TODAY'S HEADLINES AGAINST THE OPPOSITION Home ................................................13-16 That Was Last Time - St. Paul held a 3-0 lead over Omaha when Chandler SAINTS VS IOWA Shepherd left the ballgame after the fifth inning. The Saints bullpen allowed Road ................................................. 12-11 seven runs in the sixth inning to drop the series finale by a 10-6 score. Drew Maggi homered in his fourth straight game with a two-run blast in the first inning, vs. LHP .............................................3-5 becoming just the eighth player to do so. .228 ------------- BA ------------ .226 .250 -------- BA W/2O --------- .159 vs. RHP .......................................22-23 Today’s Game - After taking four out of six games against the Omaha Storm Chasers, St. Paul looks to continue the hot streak against the Iowa Cubs. The last .246 ------ BA W/RISP -------- .248 Current Streak ......................................L1 time the Saints were in Iowa, they swept the six game series against the I-Cubs. Most Games > .500 ..........................2 LHP Andrew Albers takes the mound for the Saints, having turned in three straight 79 --------------RUNS ------------- 72 quality starts. 26 ---------------- HR ---------------- 7 Most Games < .500 ..........................5 Bringing Home the Hardware - Two Saints players were named award winners for thier successful weeks against Omaha. INF Drew Maggi was named the 12 ------------ STEALS ----------- 10 Overall Series ..................................2-5-1 Triple-A East Player of the week after he went 9-21 (.429) with two doubles, four home runs, five RBI, and scored seven runs in five games. The other award went 3.97 ------------- ERA ----------- 4.17 Home Series ...............................1-2-1 to INF Jose Miranada, who was named Twins Minor League Player of the Week. 165 -------------- K's ------------- 188 Miranda went 10-26 in his first week in Triple-A, hitting three homers in his debut, Away Series ................................1-3-0 driving in eight total runs in the series. Extra Innings ........................................1-3 Rounding the Bases - The Saints have seen much more success at the plate TEAM LEADERS this week with varying players contributing. The top three total-base getters in the Shutouts ................................................2-1 Triple-A East since June 28th are all on the Saints’ roster. Drew Maggi leads the league since Monday with 23 total bases, followed by Jose Miranda’s 21 and Brent Avg. ---- Tomás Telis - .279 Last 5 .....................................................3-2 Rooker with 18 total bases. The Saints lead the league in total bases since Monday 132. Hits -------- Tomás Telis - 46 Last 10 ...................................................5-5 RBI ------ Brent Rooker - 31 Miranda’s Broadway Debut - Jose Miranda surpassed any expectations in his Saints Score First..............................19-12 Triple-A debut on Tueday with his 5-6 performance. His five-hit game was just the Runs ---- Brent Rooker - 27 10th in Triple-A and the eighth three-homer game in Triple-A. His 15 total bases Oppo. Scores First..............................6-16 were the most in any game in all of affiliated baseball this season, and tied for the Steals ---- Keon Broxton - 6 Saints out-hit opp................................18-3 fifth-most at any level in the last three years. HR ------ Brent Rooker - 14 Contreras Cranking up the Heat - OF Mark Contreras carried a strong week in Opp. out-hit Saints .............................5-23 Columbus back into St. Paul, going 11-31 (.355) in his last eight games. He’s hitting .297 since June 13th. He’s hit safely in 11 of his last 16 games. 10 of his 19 hits ERA ---- Charlie Barnes - 3.76 Hits are even .........................................2-2 since June 13th are for extra bases (five doubles and five home runs). K’s ---- Charlie Barnes - 46 Day...........................................................4-5 Telis Tearing it up - Tomás Telis has gotten hot again for the Saints in the last two BB ------- Ian Hamilton - 18 weeks. Since June 11th, he’s riding a 10 game hit streak, which is the longest of Night.....................................................21-23 the season for the Saints. In this stretch, he’s hitting .395, which is fourth-best in the Triple-A East. He is also tied for fourth in the league with 17 hits in the last two AMONG LEAGUE LEADERS Day of the Week weeks. Mon..........................................................0-0 Four is a Friendly Number - The four run mark has been a critical point for the SO ------------- Keon Broxton (1st) - 78 Saints in determining wins and losses this season. When the Saints score four-or- BB ------------ Brent Rooker (2nd) - 32 Tues.........................................................4-4 more, they are 20-8 and 4-20 when scoring three-or-less. From the opposition’s side, the Saints are 16-2 when allowing less than four runs and 9-25 when allowing HR ---------- Brent Rooker (T-3rd) - 14 Wed..........................................................6-3 four-or-more. W -------- Kyle Barraclough (T-4th) - 5 ERA ------- Charlie Barnes (5th) - 3.76 Thurs........................................................1-8 Swing and a Miss - At 550 total strikeouts, the Saints lead in Triple-A in that category, and strike out 27.9% of their plate appearances, which also leads WHIP ------ Charlie Barnes (6th) -1.23 Fri..............................................................5-5 Triple-A. The next closest is Charlotte, who has struck out in 27.6% of their plate IP ---------- Charlie Barnes (7th) - 52.2 Sat............................................................7-3 appearances. SV --------------- Derek Law (T-7th) - 4 G ------- Andrew Vasquez (T-8th) - 20 Trying to Remedy the OBP - Through 53 games this season, the Saints have Sun...........................................................2-6 seen their struggles with getting on base. They currently have an OBP of .314 OPP/BA - Charlie Barnes (10th) - .244 which is the lowest in all of Triple-A. The Saints also own the fifth-lowest batting Lead Entering 7th ........................ 20-6 average in the class at .232. On the plus side, the Saints do have the third-fewest runners left on base in Triple-A. Tied Entering 7th ............................3-0 ACTIVE STREAKS Saints Dig the Long Ball - The Saints’ offense has come in bunches through 53 Trail Entering 7th .......................... 2-22 games this season, because nearly half of it has come from home runs. Of the 239 runs that St. Paul has scored this season, 116 (48.5%) of them have been Rob Refsnyder ---- 7G on-base streak (.424OBP) Lead Entering 8th ........................ 20-4 accounted for by home runs. Brent Rooker has the team lead in homers with 14, Tied Entering 8th.............................4-1 which is tied for third in the leauge. Nick Gordon ------- 8G on-base streak (.469OBP) Roster Notes - The Minnesota Twins signed RHP Joe Harvey to a minor league Danny Coulombe - 0ER streak (7 app/10.2IP) Trail Entering 8th .......................... 1-22 contract on Thursday and assigned him to St. Paul. Keon Broxton --- 16G strikeout streak (31 Ks) Lead Entering 9th ........................ 21-2 Twins Update - The Twins took a 2-0 lead in the second inning against the Tomas Telís ------10G hit streak (17-41 / .395) Chicago White Sox, and added three more to the lead in the sixth to hang on for an Tied Entering 9th ............................3-3 8-5 win. Former Saint Bailey Ober pitched five innings of shutout ball, striking out Drew Maggi -------- 5G hit streak (9-21 / .429) Trail Entering 9th .......................... 1-22 seven. Luis Arraez, Max Kepler and Nick Gordon all had two hits each in the win. Jose Miranda - 5G on-base streak (.414 OBP) UPCOMING PITCHING MATCHUPS 7/6 @IOWA 7:08PM RHP Josh Winder (1-0, 1.59) v RHP Cory Abbott (1-3, 5.88) 7/7 @IOWA 6:38PM LHP Charlie Barnes (4-2, 3.76) v TBA 7/8 @IOWA 7:08PM RHP Chandler Shepherd (3-3, 5.85) v TBA 7/9 @IOWA 7:08PM RHP Beau Burrows (1-1, 5.75) v TBA TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER GAME HIGHS #37 ANDREW ALBERS 2021 CAREER W-L ERA G GS IP ER HR BB SO AVG WHIP 6.0 (4x) - 6/30 @ Columbus IP 9.0 - 5/11/16 v Gwinnett 2021 3-3 5.53 8 7 42.1 26 8 4 35 .309 1.39 8 - 5/20 v Indianapolis H 11 - 8/27/17 @ NYY • Pitched with Team Canada in the 2021 Olympic Qualifiers, pitching 7.0 innings 7 - 5/4 @ Omaha R 8 - 8/27/17 @ NYY in a no-hitter against Columbia. • Spent the last three seasons in the Japan Pacific League pitching for the Orix 7 - 5/4 @ Omaha ER 8 - 8/27/17 @ NYY Buffaloes. Over 48 career appearances he went 15-16 with a 4.02 ERA since 2018. His Japanese career was highlighted by a 9-2 record and a 3.08 ERA in 2 - 6/24 @ Columbus BB 7 - 7/5/16 v Buffalo his first year with the Buffaloes in 2018. • Over his 13-year professional career, Albers has suited up for five different 6 (2x) - 6/30 @ Columbus SO 10 - 8/5/17 @ Charlotte organizations: San Diego (AZL), Minnesota (MLB), Toronto (MLB), Atlanta (Triple-A) and Seattle (MLB). 3 - 5/4 @ Omaha HR 3 - 5/4/21 @ Omaha • This is his second stint with the Twins, having previously been a member of the organization from 2011-2013 and in 2016 as well. 100 - 5/14 v Iowa Pitches 109 - 8/6/13 @ KANSAS CITY • The Saskatchewan native pitched for Team Canada in the 2013 WBC • According to the Elias Sports Bureau, he became the first pitcher in club history SPLITS (since 1961) to throw more than 7.0 scoreless innings in his major league debut; also became the third pitcher in Twins/Senators franchise history (since 2021 CAREER 1901) to pitch 8.0-plus scoreless innings in his debut, the previous two being 3-1, 4.45 HOME 27-21, 3.49 Washington’s George Dumont (9.0 IP) September 14, 1915 vs.