​The Saints improved to 58-43 this season with a 6-3 defeat of Columbus on Sunday afternoon at CHS Field.St. Paul never trailed in the finale of the six-game series after taking a 2-0 lead on Matt Wallner’s 18th home run of the season also plated Kaelen Culpepper in the second inning.Wallner also smacked a solo homer in his next at-bat and went 3 for 4 with five RBI and two runs scored.Tristan Gray also had a multi-hit day by going 2 for 4. Ben Ross went 1 for 4 with one RBI, while Culpepper went 1 for 3 with two runs scored. Aaron Sabato and Walker Jenkins also scored one run apiece.Reliever Garrett Acton (3-0, 1.42 ERA) claimed the win with two innings of one-hit ball with four strikeouts. Eric Orze earned his first save for the Saints by tossing a spotless ninth.St. Paul has Monday off before beginning a six-game series at Omaha at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday night.Related Articles Twins’ July acquisition Woo-Suk Go suspended 10 games Saints fall to Columbus; reliever ejected in team debut Gabriel Gonzalez walks it off for victorious Saints Saints put it all together in decisive victory against Columbus Saints drop opener of home series against Columbus