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St. Cloud Rox (MN) (27-12, 24-11, 3-1) vs. La Crosse Loggers (WI) (19-22, 17-19, 2-3) Northwoods League Monay, July 11th -- 7:05 PM CT Joe Faber Field -- St. Cloud, MN Game #40 (Overall), #5 (2nd Half) - Home Game #15 Radio: 1390 AM St. Cloud (6:35 PM CT) Internet: 1390thefan.com St. Cloud LHP Aaron Rozek (2-1, 3.91) vs La Crosse RHP Mark Nowaczewski (3-1, 3.08) UPCOMING GAMES AND PITCHING PROBABLES Tuesday, July 12th WIL 7:05 PM St. Cloud RHP Carlo Graffeo (1-0, 3.00) 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390thefan.com Wednesday, July 13th @WIL 7:05 PM St. Cloud TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390thefan.com ROX REVIEW: Today marks the final regular season meeting between the Rox and Loggers in 2016. St. Cloud edged La Crosse 5-3 despite getting outhit in the game 10-8. 2016 Rox Overview OVERALL RECORD..............................27-12 It is just the 2 time the Rox won a game when getting outhit (2-9 in this circumstance). First Half Regular Season Record ......24-11 St. Cloud is 5-2 against the La Crosse this year and have taken the last 5 meetings Second Half Regular Season Record......3-1 in this head-to-head matchup (6/30-7/1 series & 6/23-6/24 series). This includes two vs. North Division ...................................25-9 vs. South Division ......................................2-2 shutout victories for the Rox. In the last 3 games against La Crosse, the Rox bullpen has Home .........................................................12-2 put up strong numbers--13 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 13 K. The Loggers have not solved the Rox since Road .........................................................15-10 they swept the Rox on June 2 & 3. La Crosse enters play with the third lowest batting Place NWL North ................................... 2nd average in the league (.246). The Rox hold the second best average (.279) and team ERA Games Behind ........................................... 0.5 (3.10) in the NWL. Last 15 .......................................................10-5 Last 10 .........................................................7-3 GET THE SOFAS COMFORTABLE: This is a very nice part of the schedule for Last 5............................................................4-1 the Rox. The team will play 10 of their next 11 games at Joe Faber Field (longest home 2016 Home Attendance.....................23,499 stretch of the season). At this point, St. Cloud has been involved in 25 road games and Home Dates .................................................24 only 14 home games. The Rox have only lost twice at home and both have come in extra innings (vs DUL on 6/12 & EC on 7/6). The club is batting .286 at the Rockpile Rox July Schedule compared to .276 on the road. 7/1 LAC W 6-0 7/2 @MAD W 4-0 7/3 @MAD L, 5-8 SOLVE THE LOGGER: Drew Freedman and Luke Ringhofer have both enjoyed 7/4 @RFD L, 3-12 7/5 @RFD W 10-4 their success against La Crosse. The two are 12 for 31 (.387) at the plate, which is 7/6 EC L, 8-11 (10) good for a .384 batting average. Freedman has recorded 16 plate appearances against 7/6 EC PPD 7/8 @ROC W, 15-5 La Crosse and has reached base 12 of those times. He also had 4 stolen bases in the 7/9 @ROC W, 6-2 7/1 game. Ringhofer has 7 RBI in 5 games against this opponent. Ringhofer also has 34 7/10 LAC W, 5-2 7/11 LAC 7:05 walks this year and is one shy of tying the Rox single season for the most by a player in 7/12 WIL 7:05 franchise history (35 BB - Boo Vasquez in 2012). 7/13 @WIL 7:05 7/14 MAN 7:05 7/15 MAN 7:05 Congrats! The Rox lead the Northwoods 7/16 ROC 6:05 HEY NOW, YOU’RE AN ALL-STAR: 7/17 ROC 5:05 League in players represented in the All-Star Game, which is scheduled for July 19 in 7/18 OFF 7/19 ASG Kenosha. St. Cloud will send 7 players to the game and that is not only a franchise re- 7/20 OFF cord, but also a Northwoods League record for the most from a team. The pitchers for 7/21 EC 7:05 7/22 EC 7:05 the Rox include Collin Strall (5 saves, 0.95), Logan Salow (3-1, 2.64), and Austin Dubsky 7/23 DUL 6:05 (4-0, 1.12). TJ Friedl, Ricky Ramirez, Luke Ringhofer, and Drew Freedman will represent 7/24 @DUL 3:05 7/25 OFF the Rox amongst the position players. Last year, Reese Gregory and Trevor Charpie 7/26 @MAN 7:05 were the only two players from St. Cloud in the ASG. 7/27 @MAN 7:05 7/28 RFD 7:05 7/29 RFD 7:05 7/30 TB 6:05 LA CROSSE STARTER: RHP Mark Nowaczewski, 6-4, 205 (3-1, 3.08) 7/31 TB 5:05 Mark will make his 5th start and 8th appearance of the season. The right-hander previously faced the Rox on June 23 (6.0 IP, 8 H, 5 R--season high, 0 BB, 1 K). Mark attends the Univer- sity of Nevada and just finished his sophomore season--22app, 3 starts, 42.1 IP (most among bullpen), 4.04 ERA, 24 K, 21 BB. Final 24 games of season posted team low 1.24 ERA. Mark DNP in 2015 due to injury, but was still a member of the team that won its first ever MW Title Team. Nowaczewski was drafted by the Red Sox out of HS in the 27th round of 2013 MLB Draft. From Sparks, NV right outside Reno. FOR UP-TO-DATE PLAYER AND TEAM NEWS, STATS, ETC VISIT northwoodsleague.com/st-cloud-rox/ TODAY’S ROX PITCHER 2 #48 LHP Aaron Rozek HT: 6-2 WT: 210 BATS/THROWS: L/L College: MN State - Mankato AGE: 20 BORN: 8/20/1995 RESIDENCE: Burnsville, MN Year: Sophomore 2016 SEASON STATISTICS CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO St. Cloud Rox 2-1 3.91 8 3 0 0 1 23.0 24 16 10 0 15 22 -- IN A NUTSHELL: DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO RESULT *5/31 @WAT ND 3.0 4 4 2 1 1 L, 4-7 --> 2016 STATS with Minnesota State- Manka- *6/7 @DUL Save 3.0 0 0 0 0 3 W, 14-0 to (9 appearances, 5 starts, 5.29 ERA, 22 K, 14 *6/10 ROC ND 1.0 4 4 4 2 0 W, 8-4 6/13 @DUL W (1-0) 5.1 8 3 1 2 3 W 12-3 BB) *6/21 WAT ND 2.1 2 2 0 2 2 W, 5-4 6/27 WIL W (2-0) 6.0 5 0 0 1 9 W, 7-0 --> 2015 STATS (11 starts, 6-0, 4.07 ERA, 41 7/4 @RFD L (2-1) 1.0 1 3 3 4 1 L, 3-12 *7/6 EC ND 2 0 0 0 3 3 L, 8-11 K---pitched a career high 8 innings against MN- Duluth and only allowed 3 hits and no earned runs *Italics indicate relief appearance **All-Star game (relief app) (not included in stats) --> 2014 he redshirted -->Played in the Northwoods League in 2014 for Alexandria under Manager Al Newman at the time...24 appearances, 42.2 IP, 7.17 ERA, 34 K, 21 BB SEASON HIGHS (MN State Mankato) Innings Pitched (S) ................................................................................................. 7.0 IP (3/4/16) Most Hits Allowed............................................................................................. .............................................. 10 (2x) Most Walks....................................................................... ........................................ .........4 (4/4/16 Most Strikeouts.................................................................................... ........................................................8 (3/9/16) ROX POSITION PLAYER NOTES 3 15* Brandon Benson INF 6-0, 190, Jr. Loganville, GA Georgia College 21Yrs Old ROAD TRIP/HOMESTAND: 0-1, R 2 BB -->2016 stats with Georgia College (.323 BA, started all 47 games, 10 2B, 10 HR, 43 RBI, CURRENT STREAK: None LONG STREAK: 6 (9-26) 5-5 SB). Soph yr in ‘15--52 starts, .313 BA, 6 HR, 31 RBI,////Fr. season--started 42 of 47 games .338 BA, 5 HR, 36 RBI ON-BASE STREAK: (12) (Current - 8) LAST HR: 7/3 -->Played in Cal Ripken League in for Rockville Express in summer ‘14, earned All-Star DL DATES: GAMES MISSED: honors DATE ARRIVED: May 29 -->Played for the Rox summer ‘15 (.292 BA, 56 games, primarily second baseman, 7 PROSPECT RANKING: doubles, 2 HR, 27 RBI---2 for 3, 3 RBI, 2 BB in Game 2 of championship series last year 24* Webb Bobo OF 6-3, 210, Jr. Prattville, AL Southeastern LA 21 Yrs Old ROAD TRIP/HOMESTAND: 1-2, R -->Fresh. yr in ‘14, appeared in 15 games with 4 starts and hit .174////soph. yr in ‘15, CURRENT STREAK: 1 (1-2) LONG STREAK: 4 (5-12) started 21 of 33 games (.289 BA, 2 HR, 11 RBI) LONG ON-BASE: 14 (6/16-current) LAST HR: 7/5 -->Played with St. Cloud in 2015 (54 games, split between first base and OF--.274 DL DATES: GAMES MISSED: BA, 4 HR, 28 RBI, 7 HBP~led team) DATE ARRIVED: June 12 PROSPECT RANKING: 20 Bhret Bewley INF 5-11, 182, Fr. Winchester, CA U of San Diego 19 Yrs Old ROAD TRIP/HOMESTAND: DNP -->Named to the All-Freshman Team in the West Coast Conference. Started 55 of CURRENT STREAK: None LONG STREAK: 56 games in first year (.273 BA, 60 hits, team high 220 at-bats, 10 doubles, 1 HR, 22 LONG ON-BASE: (5-current) LAST HR: RBI, 40 K--2nd on the team, ended the season on 7 game hitting streak going 9 for DL DATES: GAMES MISSED: 28) DATE ARRIVED: --> PROSPECT RANKING: 5* Marcus Carson OF 5-8, 170, Jr.