The St. Paul Saints were well on their way to extending their franchise-record losing streak to 11 games. Instead, they ended that skid in unimaginable fashion.
The Saints trailed the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders by five runs after six innings but came all the way back for a 7-6 win in 10 innings at CHS Field, with Anthony Prato capping the comeback with a game-winning single.
In the bottom of the 10th, Chris Williams led off against RailRiders reliever Joey Gerber with a sacrifice bunt that moved automatic runner Jair Camargo to third base. Rylan Bannon was intentionally walked, and Prato followed with a line drive to right field that gave the Saints their first win since Aug. 7.
Louie Varland started for the Saints and gave up runs in four of the five innings he pitched. He allowed four runs on six hits with three strikeouts and two walks. Josh Winder followed and gave up two runs on three hits in his inning of work.
Hobie Harris and Caleb Baragar each pitched two scoreless innings, allowing the Saints to mount a rally.
The comeback started with Diego A. Castillo’s grand slam in the seventh inning that cut the RailRiders’ lead to 6-5.
In the eighth, Bannon led off with a single on a soft ground ball to pitcher Anthony Misiewicz, moved to second on Prato’s sacrifice bunt and reached third on Payton Eeles’ groundout. Castillo then struck out, but a passed ball by catcher Carlos Narvaez allowed Bannon to score the tying and Castillo to reach first base.
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