Maikol Gonzalez drew a two-out bases-loaded walk off St. Paul Saints closer Ryan Rodebaugh in the top of the ninth, boosting the Winnipeg Goldeyes to a 5-4 victory Sunday at CHS Field and tying the teams' American Association playoff series at two victories each.
The decisive Game 5 will be at 7:05 p.m. Monday at CHS Field. Both teams will use their Game 1 starters — the Saints' Mark Hamburger and the Goldeyes' Mikey O'Brien — on three days' rest.
The Saints trailed 4-1 in the fourth before tying the score with a three-run rally in the bottom of the inning that included Breland Almadova's theft of home on a double steal.
Victor Capellan got the victory with two scoreless innings of relief.
Point guard picks U
Four-star senior point guard Isaiah Washington from St. Raymond High School in New York announced on Twitter that he has committed to the Gophers.
Washington, 6-0 and 160 pounds, made an official visit to Minnesota over the weekend. He becomes the first recruit in Gophers coach Richard Pitino's 2017 class.
"I enjoyed the school very much," Washington said Sunday. "I feel like it's one big family here. I just wanted to be a part of that. My expectations are to get to the [NCAA] tournament when I get here."
Washington's 36-point performance in the Under Armour Elite 24 game last month against five-star point guard Trevon Duval was on national television. It turned Washington into a consensus top-100 recruit at the end of the summer.