St. Paul’s Ryan Fitzgerald, in his first game off the injured list, had a homer and two runs batted in Sunday as the Saints beat the Louisville Bats 6-1 in their International League series finale in Kentucky.

For the Saints, it was only their second series victory on the road this season.

Jose Miranda had the big hit of the day, a three-run homer in the eighth inning to give St. Paul a 6-1 lead.

Cory Lewis got the victory with five innings of one-run relief of starter Jose Urena, who posted three scoreless innings.

The Saints are back home Tuesday night to begin a series against Worcester at CHS Field.

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The 2025 Minnesota Yacht Club Festival wrapped up Sunday with thousands gathering at Harriet Island Regional Park for some of the event’s most nostalgic headliners, including Sublime, 311 and Green Day.

“I’m here for Green Day. And everything else is diminishing in importance,” said festival attendee Kris Jeronimus.

Audience member John Kloster said he was particularly excited for Green Day, 311 and Garbage.

Throughout the day, the sun beat down on a crowd wearing tie-dye, bucket hats and ’90s band merch. Local musician Landon Conrath kicked off the third day of the festival 20 minutes after doors opened.

“I live in St. Paul, so my commute to this was like seven minutes,” he told the crowd. “It was wonderful.”

By the end of Conrath’s upbeat indie rock set, a few hundred people had gathered and were politely bopping their heads.

Nashville-based Winona Fighter raised the energy with a raging pop-punk set, during which frontwoman Coco Kinnon ran around onstage doing high kicks, screaming into the mic and encouraging the audience to open a mosh pit. Up next, fellow Nashville musicians Grace Bowers and the Hodge Podge jammed out with songs full of funk, soul and rock influences. The voice of 18-year-old Bowers was sometimes difficult to hear over the six-piece band, but her groovy guitar solos shined during the set.

Harriet Island was beginning to fill up by the time Blind Melon took the stage at 2:50 p.m. However, no matter how many times vocalist Travis Warren hoarsely yelled “Come on, Minnesota!” the audience stayed pretty calm until the band played its biggest hit.

“Here comes the one Blind Melon song I know,” Jeronimus said as the 1993 tune “No Rain” began to play.

Midway through the afternoon, indie rock band Beach Bunny began its set with “Cloud 9,” one of the songs that brought the Chicago-based group widespread TikTok fame in 2020. Throughout the hour-long performance, frontwoman Lili Trifilio had the audience clapping and singing along to the band’s catchy alternative tunes. She changed the lyrics in “Ms. California” for the set, yelling, “Everything is better in Minnesota!”

All-female Canadian rock band The Beaches also kept the audience entertained, with high-energy songs interspersed with banter among band members. The band closed with 2023 viral hit “Blame Brett” and the crowd sang along, chanting “Blame my ex!” repeatedly.

The festival will finish up tonight with headline performances from Garbage, Sublime, 311 and Green Day.

(This story will be updated.)

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Detectives are investigating a shooting death in a St. Paul homeless encampment on Sunday that is the fifth homicide this year in the city.

About 1:15 p.m. Sunday, police officers responded to reports of a shooting at an unsheltered encampment near the 1200 block of Jackson Street, according to a news release from authorities.

When officers arrived, the release says they found several people performing first aid on a man inside a tent with gunshot wounds. Officers took over the lifesaving efforts and called for St. Paul Fire medics. When the medics arrived they pronounced the man dead.

No arrests have been made as detectives investigate what led to the shooting and who the shooter is. Anyone with information is asked to call 651-266-5650.

The Ramsey County medical examiner’s office will identify the victim and determine the exact cause of death.

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No throttles on the Stillwater Lift Bridge — or state trails or sidewalks, for that matter.

The Stillwater Police Department is cracking down on the use of high-speed electric motorbikes or “e-motos” within city limits.

“We have recently been receiving complaints about e-motos that have been driving around town,” according to a statement the agency posted on social media. “These vehicles are not street legal unless they have all of the required equipment a motorcycle would have. They also need a license plate and need to be fully insured.”

E-motos, which look like small dirt bikes without gas engines and do not have bicycle-style pedals on them, are prohibited from state trails and are not allowed on any sidewalks, which would include the Stillwater Lift Bridge, the post states.

“They are only allowed on private property unless a person riding (one) meets the requirements to legally use one on the road,” police said. “They may only be driven by a licensed driver with a motorcycle endorsement or a valid motorcycle permit.”

Officers have not yet been issuing citations against violators, but they will be in the future, Police Chief Brian Mueller said.

“We are working on education right now, but we are watching as complaints have slowly increased,” he said. “We really are concerned about the safety of those using our streets and trails.”

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