The St. Paul Saints' final series ever at Midway Stadium began with a 12-inning, 10-6 loss to the North Division champion Winnipeg Goldeyes on Tuesday night.
Luis Alen's RBI double broke a 5-5 tie in the top of the 12th, and Winnipeg went on to score four more times. Alen went 4-for-4.
Winnipeg (60-34) won for the ninth time in 10 games. The Saints dropped to one game over .500 (47-46).
The teams used 12 pitchers and combined for 33 hits. The game lasted 4 hours, 22 minutes and drew an announced crowd of 6,009.
St. Paul and Winnipeg play at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday before the doors close at Midway, the Saints' home for 22 seasons. They will move to a new park in downtown St. Paul next season.
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• Minnesota Duluth is fourth and Minnesota State is fifth in the D2Football.com preseason poll. Southwest Minnesota State running back Tyler Tonderum was selected as a first-team preseason All-America.
• The St. Thomas volleyball team was picked to finish first in the MIAC by the conference's coaches.
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