Aaron Sanchez, a 6-4 righthander for the St. Paul Saints, had a no-hitter for 4⅓ innings against the Toledo Mud Hens on Friday night at CHS Field, but things quickly went from bad to worst for him.
Toledo pulls away from St. Paul Saints at CHS Field
Aaron Sanchez of the Saints took a no-hitter into the fifth inning, but then the Mud Hens started scoring and kept on scoring to win 7-3.
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He gave up a homer to Kerry Carpenter in the fifth inning and the Mud Hens scored more three runs off him in the sixth and eventually beat the Saints 7-3.
Daz Cameron and Jamie Westbrook had RBI doubles and Josh Lester an RBI single in the tiebreaking sixth. Zack Short hit a solo homer for Toledo in the ninth.
Jermaine Palacios had RBI doubles in the fourth and ninth for the Saints. Curtis Terry drove in their other run with a single in the ninth.
Twins first baseman Miguel Sano, on a rehab assignment, went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
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