Braden Shewmake became the first player in Gwinnett history to hit for the cycle on Wednesday afternoon but the Stripers lost to the host St. Paul Saints 12-9.

Shewmake’s five plate appearances in order included a double, homer, single, hit-by-pitch, and triple. He finished 4-for-4 with three runs and one RBI.

Shewmake, who is hitting .232, became the first Braves Triple-A player to hit for a cycle since Richmond’s Tony Tarasco on August 21, 1993 at Charlotte.

Shewmake started his day with a double in the second inning and scored on a bases-loaded walk by Eli White to tie the game 1-1. Forrest Wall’s three-run double in the second and a solo homer by Shewmake, his eighth, in the third gave Gwinnett a 5-3 advantage.

St. Paul turned the tables with a five-run bottom of the third, going up 8-5.

The Stripers chipped away on a solo homer by Luke Williams in the fifth and tied the game in the eighth on a two-run single by Wall. Vaughn Grissom followed with a go-ahead RBI single for a 9-8 lead.

In the bottom of the ninth, the Stripers’ Joe Harvey allowed a single and two walks before yielding Jair Camargo’s game-winning slam to center.

Gwinnett is 33-34 and St. Paul is 44-31.

Wall went 2-for-4 with a double and five RBIs, the most by a Stripers player in a game this year.

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