BY JEFFREY LUTZ, The Wichita Eagle-
The Wingnuts and St. Paul narrowly avoided more on-field drama and the Saints easily avoided a three-game sweep at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium, beating Wichita 12-4 on Sunday afternoon.
A play at home plate riled up the Saints, but it didn't come close to escalating to the level of Saturday, when Wichita closer Byron Embry threw behind Kevin Sullivan, starting a brawl that saw eight players ejected and resulted in seven suspensions.
Wichita had mostly done its job in winning the first two games of the series, pulling to within a half game of the Saints, who are tied with Sioux Falls for first place in the American Association North Division. The season's first half concludes June 28.
With a chance to rise in the standings, the Wingnuts were done in by a poor starting pitching performance by Ronnie Ball and a relief corps that wasn't much better.
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