Jenkins Homers Again, But Saints Doubled Up By Mud Hens 4-2
ST. PAUL, MN (August 26, 2026) - Walker Jenkins continues to check all the boxes proving he is ready for the final step in his goal of reaching the Major Leagues at 21-years-old. He homered yet again, but the St. Paul Saints hit into four double plays and were beaten
ST. PAUL, MN (August 26, 2026) - Walker Jenkins continues to check all the boxes proving he is ready for the final step in his goal of reaching the Major Leagues at 21-years-old. He homered yet again, but the St. Paul Saints hit into four double plays and were beaten by the Toledo Mud Hens 4-2 on Wednesday night at CHS Field in front of 5,733.
With the game scoreless in the third, the top of the Mud Hens order put up three runs in the third. With one out John Peck walked, stole second, and scored on a double off the wall in right by Trei Cruz making it 1-0. Max Anderson followed with a two-run homer to center, his 14th of the season, increasing the lead to 3-0.
Emmanuel Rodrigiez started the fourth inning for the Saints with a single to center, stole second, and scored on a single to right by Gabby Gonzalez cutting the deficit to 3-1.
Jenkins continued his white-hot August. He led off the sixth inning with an opposite field blast to left, his 12th of the season and eighth in the last 15 games, getting the Saints to withing 3-2. Jenkins went 2-4 with a home run, RBI, and a run scored. He is now hitting .411 in the month of August with a 1.283 OPS. He now has eight home runs in the month, five more than in any other month in his career.
Unfortunately, the Saints would pull no closer and the Mude Hens grabbed an insurance run in the eighth when the first three hitters reached on a hit by pitch to Bennett Lee, a single from Peck, and an RBI double by Cruz bumping the lead to 4-2.
The Saints didn’t help themselves as they hit into four double plays: a ground ball double play by Tanner Schobel in the second, two ground ball double plays by Matt Wallner in the fourth and eighth, and a pop out double play with the runner going off the bat of Noah Cardenas.
The same two teams meet in game three of a six-game series on Thursday night at CHS Field at 7:07 p.m. The Saints send RHP Ricky Castro (3-2, 4.71) to the mound against Mud Hens RHP Carl Edwards Jr. (4-10, 6.52). The game can be seen on the Saints Broadcast Network, cable access channels in and around the Twin Cities area, MLB.TV, MiLB.com, and the Bally Sports Live app, and heard on KFAN Plus, 96.7 FM, all presented by Northland Ford Dealers.