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Syracuse Mets defeat St. Paul Saints in Austin Martin’s rehab debut

Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Sep 9, 2026, 2:35 AM

Last updated Sep 9, 2026

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Summary

The St. Paul Saints opened a six-game series against the Syracuse Mets with a 5-4 loss on Tuesday night at CHS Field. Twins outfielder Austin Martin began a minor league rehab assignment in the contest, serving as the designated hitter and recording one hit in four at-bats. Martin drove in the Saints' first run with a fifth-inning single that scored Tristan Gray. Although St. Paul successfully erased a four-run deficit to tie the game in the eighth inning, the Mets broke the deadlock in the top of the ninth off reliever Julian Merryweather. St. Paul remains at home for the second game of the series against Syracuse on Wednesday night. Germán Márquez is scheduled to start for the Saints against Jonathan Santucci of the Mets.

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•Austin Martin recorded one hit and one RBI in his minor league rehab debut.
•The Mets secured the victory with a ninth-inning run off Julian Merryweather.
•Cody Morissette tied the game at 4-4 with an RBI double in the eighth.
•St. Paul starter Ricky Castro allowed four runs over his outing.
•The teams meet again Wednesday at CHS Field for the second game of the series.

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Twins outfielder Austin Martin began a minor league rehab assignment with St. Paul in a 5-4 loss to Syracuse on Tuesday night at CHS Field. Martin served as the Saints’ designated hitter, going 1 for 4 with a fifth-inning RBI single that scored Tristan Gray with the team’s first run of the game. The Mets had scored four runs off St. Paul starter Ricky Castro (3-3, 5.85 ERA) by that point. ...
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