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St. Cloud Rox (MN) (16-11 Overall) vs. Rochester Honkers (MN) (5-21 Overall) Northwoods League Friday, August 7th -- 7:05 PM CT Mayo Field -- Rochester, MN Games #28 (Overall) - Road Game #13 Radio: 1390 AM St. Cloud Internet: 1390GraniteCitySports.com App: 1390 Granite City Sports Broadcaster: Evan Hughes Media Contact: [email protected] UPCOMING GAMES AND PITCHING PROBABLES Saturday, August 8th WIL 6:05 PM St. Cloud RHP Zane Mills vs Willmar TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Sunday, August 9th @WIL 12:05 PM St. Cloud LHP RJ Martinez vs Willmar TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Sunday, August 9th @WIL 6:05 PM St. Cloud RHP Brandon Mills vs Willmar TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Monday, August 10th @MAN 6:35 PM St. Cloud RHP Landen Bourassa vs Mankato TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com ROX COMPLETE PERFECT HOMESTAND: St. Cloud completed its longest homestand of the season earlier this week with six consecutive wins. On 2020 Rox Overview Overall ....................................................... 16-11 Monday, the Rox beat Waterloo Bucks 12-5. St. Cloud swept Rochester, Willmar Home ............................................................13-2 and Waterloo over the six-game stretch. Road ................................................................ 3-9 Place MN/IA Pod ............................................. 3 Games Behind ..............................................3.0 ROSKAM CLUTCH OFF THE BENCH: Despite the loss in the series Last 10 Games .............................................. 7-3 opener to the Honkers, Luke Roskam (Nebraska) was clutch as a pinch-hitter Last 5 Games ................................................ 4-1 in the 8th inning. His two-run single to left field cut the lead to two runs for the Home Dates Remaining ........................... ....5 Honkers. He now has 4 RBIs on the season. Next Home Game.........................................8/8 GOOD DAY FOR SCHOEBERL: After Nick DeSalvo (LIU-Brooklyn) and Josh Gainer (LIU-Brooklyn) were able to combine for the first three innings on the mound, Trent Schoeberl (Minnesota) was key out of the bullpen on Thursday. The freshman hurled 4.1 innings and gave up just one run against the Honkers. Rox Upcoming Schedule 8/8 WIL 6:05 8/9 @WIL (DH) 12:05/6:05 8/10 @MAN 6:35 ROX SOLID AT THE ROCK PILE: With Monday’s win over Waterloo, St. 8/11 @MAN 6:35 8/12 WIL 7:05 Cloud improved its home record to 13-2 when playing at Joe Faber Field. They’re 8/13 @WIL 7:05 8-0 since July 18th at the Rock Pile. The six-game winning streak it went on was 8/14 OFF OFF 8/15 OFF OFF the longest of the season. 8/16 MAN 4:05 8/17 MAN 7:05 8/18 @ROC 6:35 8/19 @ROC 6:35 8/20 WIL 7:05 ROX VS HONKERS IN 2020: The Rox are 5-2 on the season against Rochester. The two teams played last week at Joe Faber Field as St. Cloud swept the Honkers by scores of 2-1 and 4-2. St. Cloud is 1-1 at Mayo Field in 2020, with the lone win coming July 3rd by a score of 13-2. HONKERS STARTER RHP MACGREGOR HINES (0-3, 7.85 ERA): Hines makes his fifth start of the season and second consecutive against St. Cloud. In 18.1 innings pitched, he has allowed 16 earned runs, struck out 12 batters and walked just seven. His last appearance was on August 3rd against Willmar, tossing one inning. Against St. Cloud last Thursday, he gave up eight hits Rox Social Media and allowed four runs over 4.2 innings, his longest start of the season. Twitter: @StCloudRox Instagram: @StCloudRox Facebook: @StCloudRox FOR UP-TO-DATE PLAYER AND TEAM NEWS, STATS, ETC VISIT: STCLOUDROX.COM TODAY’S ROX PITCHER 2 #42 Luke Albright HT: 6-4 WT: 235 BATS/THROWS: R/R COLLEGE: Kent State COUNTRY: United States RESIDENCE: Fishers, Indiana YEAR: Junior 2020 Northwoods League Season Statistics CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO St. Cloud Rox 1-1 1.69 4 4 0 0 0 16.0 9 5 3 7 16 2020 Northwoods League Game-by-Game Statistics IN A NUTSHELL: DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO RESULT -Albright makes his second consecutive start against 7-8 MAN -- 3.0 1 0 0 2 1 W, 7-0 7-16 WAT -- 4.0 3 2 0 2 2 L, 5-4 Rochester. Last Wednesday, he took a no-hit bid into 7-23 @WIL L 4.0 3 2 2 1 7 L, 6-0 the fifth inning 7-30 ROC W 5.0 2 1 1 2 6 W, 4-2 -In 23.2 innings pitched in 2020, Albright went 2-2 on the mound and finished with a 1.90 ERA -He struck out 22 batters and walked just 8. In his last start of the season, Albright picked up a win at Liberty after pitching 6.2 innings -In 2019, he led the MAC (during conference play) in ERA (.147), opposing batting average (.167), fewest hits allowed (20), fewest runs allowed (6) and fewest earned runs allowed (6) -Before Kent State: Led Fishers High School to a state championship in his senior season. Carried a 2.96 career ERA with 16 wins and 143 innings pitched ROX POSITION PLAYER NOTES 3 1 Jordan Barth 3B/1B 6-1, 200, Jr. Cold Spring, MN Augustana #42 Luke Albright -Barth returns to the Rox for his second season. In 2019 he was selected to the postseason Northwoods League All-Star team and participated in the Major League Dreams Showcase -The 2019 Rox Most Valuable Player appeared in 71 regular season games while leading the team with a .323 batting average. Barth set single season Rox records in hits (99), doubles (25), extra base hits (32), total bases (144), runs scored (54) and games played (71). -In 13 games for Augustana this year, he led the team with a .471 batting average, 24 hits and six doubles during the 2020 season -Before Augustana: The Rocori High School graduate earned All-Conference, All-Area and All-State honors. He was selected for the Minnesota Baseball All-Star Series -Barth is a World Champion in racquetball and is currently ranked No. 43 in the country for men’s singles 27 Garett Delano OF/RHP 6-2, 205, Sr.. Callahan, FL Mercer Delano returns for his second season with the Rox after appearing in 62 regular season games in 2019 -He finished the 2019 Northwoods League season with a .320 batting average including 72 hits and a team-high eight home runs and 51 runs batted in (Rox single-season record) -Delano was named a midseason and postseason Northwoods League All-Star in 2019 -During the 2020 season at Brown University, Delano started all 12 games and scored nine runs -Delano announced in the spring that he will be transferring to Mercer University 2 Tyler Finke 2B/SS/OF 5-10, 170, So. Columbus, IN SE Louisiana -Finke returns for this second season with the Rox after playing in 20 games during the 2019 season -Last season he collected 11 hits, had seven runs batted in and stole eight bases for the Rox -This season at Southeastern Louisiana, he started all 16 games and posted a .296 batting average. He led the team in hits with 16 and stolen bases with nine -Before Southeastern Louisiana: Finke played his freshman season at Snead State Community College, where he earned All-North Division and All-District honors, before transferring to Southeastern Louisiana. In high school he was an All-State and two-time All-Conference selection 44 Sam Ireland DH/1B/RF/RHP 6-3, 195, Fr. Highlands Ranch, CO Minnesota -Ireland appeared in 16 games for the the University of Minnesota in 2020 -He finished with a .303 batting average including four doubles. He scored three runs and had four runs batted in -On the mound, Ireland finished tied for the team-high in saves and struck out ten batters over eight innings pitched -Before Minnesota: Ireland was twice named the Class 5A High School Player of the Year in Colorado. Prep Baseball Report rated him the number three overall player in the state of Colorado during his senior season 12 Cody Kelly C/3B/OF 6-2, 190, HS-Sr. St. Michael, MN Minnesota -Kelly, a 2020 graduate of St. Michael-Albertville, has committed to the University of Minnesota for the upcoming school year -In 96 career high school games, he had a .466 batting average, 77 runs scored and 111 runs batted in -He was a two-time First Team All-State selection and the top ranked catcher in Minnesota by Prep Baseball Report -His brother Jack also plays for the Rox and Golden Gophers 16 Jack Kelly C/1B/OF 6-1, 180, Jr. St. Michael, MN Minnesota -Kelly returns to the Rox for his second season after appearing in 37 games in 2019. He collected 40 hits including seven doubles, a triple and three home runs. Kelly finished the 2019 Northwoods League season with a .303 batting average, 28 runs scored and 23 runs batted in. Kelly also participated in the Major League Dreams Showcase -He started all 18 games for the University of Minnesota during the 2020 season, scoring nine runs -His brother Cody also plays for the Rox. They will be teammates next season at the University of Minnesota -Before Minnesota: He spent two seasons at Northwestern University before transferring to Minnesota. The St. Michael-Albertville graduate was named all-conference, all- area, all-metro and all-state following his senior year.