PAGE 1 TAKE A GANDER! Rochester Honkers | Mayo Field - 403 E. Center St. Rochester, MN 55904 Jordan Lank, Director of Media Relations - (507)-289-1170 ROCHESTER HONKERS (6-25) vs. (24-12) Game #32 — Friday, August 14, 2020 — Mayo Field — 7:05 p.m. CST RHP Charles Harrison (1-1, 8.83 ERA) vs. LHP Jack Radford (0-0, 0.87 ERA)

ABOUT LAST NIGHT... Last night’s contest against the Waterloo Bucks featured every key /IOWA POD STANDINGS that’s been important to the Honkers this season: early offense, solid TEAM W L PCT GB STR L10 starting pitching and strong support from the bullpen. Rochester ran into trouble in the ninth when Waterloo mounted a four-run WATERLOO 24 12 .667 -- W3 6-4 rally — capped off by a run-scoring wild pitch to give the Bucks a 7-5 St. Cloud 23 12 .657 0.5 W2 8-2 lead — and took one of the harder losses of the season. Left-handed starter Sal Ferro (Long Island) fell into an early hole, allowing three Willmar 19 18 .514 5.5 L3 2-8 runs through his first three innings pitched, but found a plateau and Mankato 15 20 .429 8.5 W1 5-5 finished the night with a five-inning performance, featuring four strikeouts. The Honkers strung together a run in each of the third, ROCHESTER 6 25 .194 15.5 L3 2-8 fourth, fifth and sixth innings to give themselves a two-run cushion heading into the latter third of the ballgame before matters unraveled NEW TO THE FLOCK in the ninth. Taison Corio (Cal Poly) continued his impressive season Two recent additions to the Honkers relief corps saw their debuts last night. Ben by blasting a solo homer off the apartment building in right, one of his Strassman (Wisconsin-La Crosse) appeared in relief of Sal Ferro, turning in 1.1 two knocks on the night. Newcoming outfielder Nick Thimsen (Con- innings of one-hit ball. Strassman faced five hitters, inducing three straight flyouts cordia-St. Paul) notched a two-hit evening as well, picking up a pair of in the sixth before recording a groundout in the seventh. A Waterloo single against singles and a walk in five plate appearances. Steven Moretto (Sacra- Strassman gave way to Damon Rademacher (Gustavus Adolphus), who struck out mento State) laced a double into the left-field corner, his second in as a batter and forced a 4-3 groundout to end the inning. Rademacher went on to many games against the Bucks. strike out the side in order in the eighth before four runs were tagged against him in the ninth. CHUCKIN’ IT Rochester sends right-hander Charles Harrison (UCLA) to the mound BRINGING HEAT FROM THE DESERT tonight in search of his second victory of the season. Harrison has Utility man Logan Sanders (Pima CC) has picked up some big hits lately, extend- improved in each of his last two starts, chucking 8.2 innings and ing what is now a five-game hitting streak last night with a ninth-inning single. The allowing just two earned runs over that span. Charlie was the winner rising junior is hitting .285 during that span (6-for-21), and has collected an RBI in in his last appearance (8/6 vs. STC), hurling five strong innings on 66 three of his last five appearances. Sanders had previously notched just six hits in pitches, allowing two earned runs on three hits while walking three. 12 games prior to August 2. The seas proved to be rough the last — and only — time Harrison pitched against Waterloo (7/23). In just the second game of the 2020 THE SIM-SANITY CONTINUES season versus the Bucks, the Bruins righty was banged around for Returning Honker Aaron Simmons (Wisconsin-Stevens Point) has started his 2020 seven runs (five earned) over 4.1 innings. Harrison struck out one slate on a hot note. Simmons has reached base in six of the first seven games he’s batter and walked two on his way to earning the loss. played for Rochester this year, tallying a double and a solo home run on top of three RBIs and nine walks. The Pointer leads the Honkers in on-base percentage MUSCLE FROM THE MUSTANG with a .467 mark (minimum 30 PAs). Honkers infielder Taison Corio has been great against Waterloo this season. The rising junior is hitting a red-hot .364 (8-for-22) in six CONFERENCE FOES MEET IN THE MED CITY games played versus the Bucks, driving in four runs and doubling A trio of new Honkers all compete in the same conference at the Division II level. twice. Corio has also drawn four walks against Waterloo pitching, and Simmons, at Wisconsin-Stevens Point, routinely faces off against teammates Ben boasts a .464 on-base percentage against the division leaders. Byom and Ty Hamilton at Wisconsin-La Crosse. In 2019, Simmons went 6-for-17 (.353) with 6 RBIs in four games against UWL. MOORE OF THIS, PLEASE! Honkers infielder Robert Moore has torn up the Minnesota-Iowa pod all season, placing him in the top 10 in most offensive categories TONIGHT’S UMPIRES across the pod. The Razorback sits 10th in batting average (.301) and HP: Kai Nakamura OPS (.841), seventh in hits (34) and on-base percentage (.407), fourth in walks (20) and plate appearances (136) and first in stolen bases 1B: Quin Westfield (19-23). 3B: Ian Land COMING UP THIS WEEK... WATCH THE HONKERS portal.stretchinternet.com/nwlhonkers @RochHonkers 8/14 vs. WAT Klick (0-0, 4.50) vs. TBA LISTEN TO THE HONKERS @honkersbaseball 8/15 @ WAT Kindreich (1-1, 2.67) vs. TBA mixlr.com/honkersbroadcast 8/16 vs. WAT Cunha (0-2, 7.16) vs. TBA FOLLOW THE HONKERS Rochester Honkers 8/17 @ WAT TBA vs. TBA rochesterhonkers.com PAGE 2 ABOUT TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER TODAY’S HONKERS HURLER UCLA (2020) Made three relief appearances in his debut season with UCLA ... Didn’t have a record and posted a 0.00 ERA ... Had no strikeouts and one walk ... Faced the minimum for the 14 season - the one runner he allowed (via a walk) was thrown out by catcher Noah CHARLES HARRISON Cardenas trying to steal second base ... In RHP | SO. | UCLA his collegiate debut, induced a groundout to first to get the Bruins out of a two- on, 6-1 | 175 | CANYON COUNTRY, CA two-out jam in the sixth inning against UC Riverside on Feb. 16 ... Pitched the entire REPERTOIRE: 4SFB, CB, SL, CH eighth inning against TCU on Mar. 7, getting a pair of fly- outs and a caught stealing, in his longest outing of the year ... Named to 2020 WITH ROCHESTER the Director’s Honor Roll for fall (quarter ERA W-L G-GS CG SH SV IP H R ER GPA of 3.0 or higher and pass at least 12 8.83 1-1 6-5 0 0 0 17.1 22 21 17 units). BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB BF WHIP BAA WEST COAST LEAGUE (2019) 17 9 4 0 1 6 2 89 2.25 .319 Played for the Walla Walla Sweets of the West Coast League in the summer of 2019 2020 GAME-BY-GAME ... Pitched in two games, allowing just one DATE OPP RES DEC IP H R-ER BB-HB SO BF-P-S earned over four innings. 8-6-20 vs. STC W, 10-8 W 5.0 3 2-2 3-1 1 21-66-38 7-29-20 @ STC L, 2-1 ND 3.2 4 1-0 3-0 1 18-71-39 CANYON HIGH SCHOOL 7-23-20 @ WAT L, 7-3 L 4.1 7 7-5 2-0 1 21-65-37 Earned four varsity letters at Canyon High 7-16-20 vs. MAN W, 7-6 ND 3.0 6 5-5 4-1 5 17-64-34 School in Santa Clarita, Calif. ... Ranked as 7-5-20 @ WIL L, 10-4 ND 0.1 1 4-4 3-0 0 5-21-7 the No. 78 RHP in California ... Recorded a 7-3-20 vs. STC L, 13-2 ND 1.0 1 2-1 2-0 1 7-40-18 3.64 ERA with 61 strikeouts over 50 innings BOLD INDICATES GAME STARTED as a senior ... Posted a 3.56 ERA and struck out 72 batters in 63 innings pitched as a 2020 WITH UCLA junior ... Two-time All-Foothill League First ERA W-L G-GS CG SH SV IP H R ER Team choice ... Named Canyon’s Most Valu- 0.00 0-0 3-0 0 0-0 0 1.2 0 0 0 able Pitcher as a junior in 2018. BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB BF WHIP BAA 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.60 .

Affectionately referredCHUNKS to as “Chuck Nazty” ON by his CHARLIEHonkers teammates, the right-handed hurler was once an impressive high school hitter for Canyon High in California. Harrison swung the stick reminiscent of his nickname’s namesake during his senior year as a Cow- boy, hitting for a .324 average and driving in eight runs in his last season. In his junior year at Canyon, Charlie collected 28 hits to lead the Cowboys, and placed second on the team in RBIs (16).

Harrison has walked the most batters of any Honkers starter this season (17). Garrett Kellogg-Clarke leads the team with 18.

PREVIOUS COLLEGIATE STATS YR SCHOOL/TEAM ERA W-L G-GS CG SH SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB BF WHIP BAA

2019 WALLA WALLA SWEETS (WCL) 5.17 1-1 9-0 0 0-0 0 15.2 12 10 9 9 15 1 0 0 4 3 NR 1.34 .203

2019 CANYON HS (CA) 3.64 NR 10-NR NR NR NR 50.0 43 31 26 19 61 5 0 1 1 3 204 1.37 .159 HONKERS ROSTER UPDATED: AUGUST 14, 2020 PITCHERS # NAME POS YEAR B/T HT WT SCHOOL HOMETOWN 8 Sal Ferro LHP R-SO L/L 5-8 200 Long Island University Middle Village, NY 9 Dallas Miller RHP SR R/R 6-6 207 College of St. Scholastica Big Lake, MN 14 Charles Harrison RHP SO R/R 6-1 175 UCLA Canyon Country, CA 17 Damon Rademacher RHP JR. R/R 6-2 205 Gustavus Adolphus College Princeton, MN 19 Garrett Kellogg-Clarke RHP JR R/R 6-3 190 University of Nevada Cypress Woods, TX 21 Tanner Cunha LHP JR L/L 5-10 175 University of Nevada Sacramento, CA 23 Jack Zalasky RHP JR R/R 6-1 186 Sacramento State University Elk Grove, CA 25 Larson Kindreich LHP JR L/L 6-4 210 Biola University Central Point, OR 26 Stone Churby RHP SR R/R 6-3 190 Sacramento State University Brentwood, CA 27 T. Palmer Mickelson RHP SO R/R 5-11 180 Rochester Comm. & Technical Coll. Rochester, MN. 29 Ben Byom RHP SO R/R 5-10 195 U. Wisconsin-La Crosse Holmen, WI 33 Jeremy Klick RHP SO R/R 6-2 165 University of St. Thomas Maple Grove, MN 38 Ben Strassman RHP SO R/R 6-0 175 Rochester Comm. & Technical Coll Golden Valley, MN CATCHERS # NAME POS YEAR B/T HT WT SCHOOL HOMETOWN 6 Michael Anderson C/RHP JR R/R 6-2 192 Gustavus Adolphus College Lake Crystal, MN 11 Tanner Tweedt C JR R/R 6-0 195 Sacramento City College Red Bluff, CA 35 Ty Hamilton C JR. L/R 5-10 195 U. Wisconsin-La Crosse Sun Prairie, WI INFIELDERS # NAME POS YEAR B/T HT WT SCHOOL HOMETOWN 1 Robert Moore SS SO S/R 5-9 168 University of Arkansas Leawood, KS 2 Bryce Begell IF R-FR R/R 6-1 190 Sacramento City College Vacaville, CA 4 Jacob Shaver IF/C SO R/R 5-9 185 University of Arizona Riverton, UT 7 Taison Corio IF SO S/R 5-11 180 Cal Poly State University Concord, CA 28 Steven Moretto IF SR R/R 6-1 225 Sacramento State University Coquitlam, BC, CAN OUTFIELDERS # NAME POS YEAR B/T HT WT SCHOOL HOMETOWN 3 Mitch Olson OF SO R/R 5-10 170 College of St. Scholastica Eden Prairie, MN 5 Nick Thimsen OF FR R/R 6-1 190 Concordia University-St.Paul Minnetonka, MN 12 Logan Sanders OF/IF SO R/R 6-0 175 Pima Community College Tucson, AZ 20 Aaron Simmons OF JR L/R 5-8 190 U. Wisconsin-Stevens Point Franklin, WI # COACHES SCHOOL PRO-NUN-SEE-AY-SHINS FIELD MANAGER PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 13 Deskaheh Bomberry Sacramento City College 2 Bryce bug-ELL 21 Tanner COON-yuh “duh-SKAAH-hey BOM-berry” 5 Nick THIM-sen 23 Jack Zuh-LASS-key ASST. COACHES 7 “Tyson” CORE-ee-oh 25 Larson KIN-drick 15 Marc Mumper Abeline Christian University 8 Sal “Pharaoh” 27 Yes, his name is T. That’s it. 16 Austin Spainhour Sacramento City College 17 Damon ROD-uh-mocker 29 Ben BUY-uhm 38 Ben Str-ASS-man PAGE 4 HONKERS COACHES 13 DESKAHEH BOMBERRY MGR Deskaheh “Bomber” Bomberry is in his first season as the Field Manager for the Rochester Honkers. Bomber will embark on his 19th season as a Sacramento City College assistant coach in the spring of 2021, serving as the Panthers’ pitching coach and recruiting coor- dinator. Since moving to SCC, 49 pitchers have transferred to NCAA Division 1 universities, 17 have signed professional contracts, and four have reached the Major Leagues.

In 2000, Deskaheh was an assistant coach for the Chatham Athletics of the Cape Cod League. Eight players from that team went on to play in the Major Leagues. Deskaheh has spent the last three summers assisting USA Baseball with the selection of the 18U national team. Deskaheh began his collegiate coaching career in 1996 at Eastern Kentucky University. At EKU, Bomber was responsible for the development of the pitching staff and coordinated their recruiting efforts. In his playing career, Bomber played two seasons at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento. Following his CRC career, he transferred to Sonoma State and played two seasons for SSU. Bomber received his Bachelor of Arts from Sonoma State in Business Administration and a Master’s Degree in Physical Education from Eastern Kentucky University. Bomber is also a full-time instructor at SCC. Deskaheh and his wife Rosanne live in East Sacramento with their daughter, Ryan. 15 MARC MUMPER ASST. COACH Marc Mumper is in his first season as a Rochester Honkers assistant coach, serving as the team’s first base and infield coach. Mumper joined the Metropolitan State-Denver baseball program as an assis- tant coach in August 2019 and will join Abeline Christian in the fall.

He joined the Roadrunners after completing his playing career at NCAA Division I Grand Canyon, where he was a three-year starter and hit .269 with a .395 on-base percentage as a senior. The Antelopes won back-to-back Western Athletic Conference championships in 2017 and 2018. Mumper, a Colorado native and former 37th-round pick in the 2015 MLB draft by the Colorado Rockies, works with team’s infielders, as well as assisting with hitting and baserunning. Primarily a shortstop, Mumper posted a strong career .955 fielding percentage at Grand Canyon, committing just three errors while fielding at a .972 clip as a senior. Mumper’s father, Dave, coached high school baseball in Colorado for 32 years, and is in the Colorado Dugout Club Hall of Fame.

Prior to joining Abeline Christian and MSU Denver, Mumper worked as an assistant coach with the Canyon Thunder baseball organization in Arizona. Mumper graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and is pursuing a Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology from Missouri. 16 AUSTIN SPAINHOUR ASST. COACH Austin Spainhour is in his first season as a Rochester Honkers as- sistant coach, serving as the team’s third base and catching coach. “Spain” will enter his third season as an assistant coach at Sacramen- to City College in the spring of 2021, where his role includes coaching the catchers and assisting with the hitters. After playing for the Pan- thers in 2014 and 2015, he received a scholarship to play at California State University, Monterey Bay. Austin spent two seasons playing for the Otters before returning to coach at Sac City.

Austin received his Bachelor’s Degree in Business from California State University, Monterey Bay and is currently working towards his Master’s Degree from the United States Sports Academy. Outside of Rochester and Sac City, Austin is the Director of Baseball Operations at Downtown Baseball, a development-based baseball academy in Sacramento.