TAKE A GANDER! Rochester Honkers | Mayo Field - 403 E. Center St. Rochester, MN 55904 Contact: Jordan Lank, Director of Media Relations (623)-755-7798 ROCHESTER HONKERS (4-7) @ ST. CLOUD ROX (6-7) Game #12 — Sunday, July 19, 2020 — — 4:05 p.m. CST LHP Larson Kindreich (1-0, 3.00 ERA) vs. RHP Nick DeSalvo (0-1, 9.00 ERA) ABOUT LAST NIGHT... /IOWA POD STANDINGS What a night it was for the Honkers on Saturday, who pulled out one of their gutsiests victories of the young 2020 season. TEAM W L PCT GB STR L10 After leading through the first two innings, Rochester sur- Willmar 11 2 .846 -- W9 9-1 rendered the cushion to St. Cloud thanks to a four-run third inning for the Rox. The Team in Teal struck for another in the Waterloo 9 6 .600 3.0 L1 5-5 top of the fourth, but St. Cloud responded with a pair of runs of St. Cloud 6 7 .462 5.0 L1 4-6 its own, stretching the defecit to three runs. It looked like Rox Rochester 4 7 .364 6.0 W1 4-6 relief pitcher Noah Myhre, who entered in the fifth inning, was going to roll through the Rochester lineup for the remainder of Mankato 3 11 .214 8.5 L1 3-7 the evening — until trouble started brewing in the eighth, an LOVIN’ LARSON inning in which the Honkers exploded for five runs to take an Today, the Honkers send talented left-hander Larson Kindreich to the hill 8-6 lead they wouldn’t relinquish. for his third start of the season. Kindreich didn’t have nearly the same amount of success in his last start against the as he SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER did in his first outing, allowing three runs on five hits in four innings of The scoring frenzy in the eighth inning was started by the top work. The sophomore sparkled in his initial NWL outing, pitching five of the Honkers order, when Taison Corio drew a walk against one-hit innings against the Stingers. Kindreich has struck out five in each Myhre to begin the inning. A single by Connor Denning forced appearance, but faced two more batters in one less inning of work his Rox manager Augie Martinez’s hand, and Rochester’s pa- second time around the rotation. tience against new hurler Nate Pearson allowed the middle and bottom of the order to capitalize. In the cleanup hole, STONE COLD Tanner Tweedt walked, and the remainder of the inning went Honkers relief pitcher Stone Churby recorded his first save of the season as follows before two strikeouts ended the frame: WP for a run, last night in a two-inning performance that shut the door on St. Cloud. BB, 2RBI 1B, SB E2 for a run, RBI single. It was his first save since the rising senior recorded the only one in his collegiate career at Sacramento State on February 29 vs. Santa Clara. BRYCE BRYCE BABY Churby has now compiled 10.1 innings of four-hit ball, striking out nine of Arkansas outfielder/first baseman Bryce Matthews added the 42 hitters he’s faced. The righty also boasts a 0.87 WHIP, best on the to his Friday-night successes last night by drilling a two-run team. homer in the first pitch of his at-bat in the first inning. In his last two games, the Parker, Colo. native is now 5-for-9 with two COPIOUS K’s extra-base hits, three RBIs and three runs scored. Matthews The Honkers’ struggle with strikeouts continued in last night’s victory. now leads the team in runs batted in with 10. With 15, it was the fourth time in five games in which Rochester struck out at least 10 times (17, 7/14 @ WIL; 15, 7/16 vs. MAN, 12, 7/17 vs. MAN). The EVEN MOORE SUCCESS AT THE DISH Honkers continue to lead the MN/IA pod with 143 strikeouts. In three less Arkansas shortstop Robert Moore continued his superb start games than the Mankato MoonDogs, the next-closest team in the pod in to the season last night. With a double in his first AB, Moore strikeouts, the Honkers have struck out 28 more times. has now reached base in 10 of the 11 Northwoods League games he’s played, recording a hit in eight of them. Four of the eight have been multi-hit affairs, and Moore is now second on the Rochester roster with 13 hits on the year. The 18-year-old phenom had a nine-game on-base streak snapped on Friday, going 0-for-4 with a strikeout in the loss to Mankato. COMING UP THIS WEEK... WATCH THE HONKERS portal.stretchinternet.com/nwlhonkers @RochHonkers 7/20, 7/21 OFF LISTEN TO THE HONKERS 7/22 vs WAT TBA vs. TBA mixlr.com/honkersbroadcast @honkersbaseball 7/23 @ WAT TBA vs. TBA FOLLOW THE HONKERS northwoodsleague.com/rochester-honkers Rochester Honkers 7/24 @ MAN TBA vs. TBA ABOUT TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER TODAY’S HONKERS HURLER BIOLA (2019-PRES) 2020 • Named PacWest Pitcher of the Week three times over the first three weeks of the season 34 • Earned NCBWA West Region Pitcher of the Week honors on February 20 LARSON KINDREICH • Set NCAA-Era program record for ERA with LHP | SO. | BIOLA UNIVERSITY zero earned runs over 30 innings pitched • Struck out a career-high 15 in a sev- 6-4 | 210 | CENTRAL POINT, OR en-inning shutout of Colorado Springs on February 14 REPERTOIRE: 4SFB, CH, CB • Posted four quality starts with at least eight strikeouts in all four outings • Recorded 48 strikeouts compared to just 2020 WITH ROCHESTER five walks and a 3-1 record ERA W-L G-GS CG SH SV IP H R ER • Started the season with 25.2 consective 3.00 1-0 2-2 0 0 0 9.0 6 3 3 scoreless innings, setting a new NCAA-Era BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB BF WHIP BAA program record 1 10 0 2 0 0 0 34 0.78 .182 • **2020 season canceled after 14 games due to COVID-19 pandemic** 2020 GAME-BY-GAME DATE OPP RES DEC IP H R ER BB SO 2019 7-14-20 @ WIL L, 5-1 ND 4.0 5 3 3 1 5 • Named PacWest Freshman of the Week 7-4-20 @ WIL W, 11-4 L 5.0 1 0 0 0 5 on April 29 after striking out nine in seven shutout innings at Concordia • Finished top-five in the PacWest with 72 2020 WITH BIOLA UNIVERSITY ERA W-L G-GS CG SH SV IP H R ER strikeouts • Started 11 times and threw 52.2 innings 0.00 3-1 5-5 1 1-0 0 30.0 15 2 0 • Finished with six strikeouts or more in six BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB BF WHIP BAA starts 5 48 5 0 0 3 2 112 0.66 .143 • Had a 3-2 record LEXICON ON LARSON CRATER HIGH SCHOOL (OR) In 2018, Larson Kindreich joined an exclu- • Prepped four varsity seasons at Crater HS, During Kindreich’s 37-inning hitless streak sive club by being named the Sport Oregon graduating in 2018 for the Comets, the lefty struck out 20 op- Prep Baseball Player of the Year. Nestled • Won the 5A state title with the Comets in posing hitters in back-to-back seven-inning between top Baltimore Orioles prospect 2018, throwing seven shutout innings in the appearances. Adley Rutschman (2016-2017’s winner) and championship game 2020 Philadelphia Phillies draftee Mick • Had a streak of 37 no-hit innings during Kindreich has three siblings, Honus, Damon Abel (2018-2019’s winner), Kindreich is the his senior season and Hayden, and enjoys designing cars in only 5A player to win the award in the eight • Appeared twice as a pitcher on all-league his spare time. His family has a particularly seasons the honor has been given out. and all-state teams athletic background, with his father having • Struck out 116 while surrendering only 11 played baseball at Concordia Irvine and hits during 53 innings in 2018 his mother playing volleyball at Southern • Hit .505 with 20 extra-base hits as a senior Oregon.

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 BIOLA UNIVERSITY 7.01 3-2 13-11 1 1-0 0 52.2 43 46 41 34 72 5 1 6 7 10 248 1.46 .223