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St. Cloud Rox (MN) (20-15 Overall) vs. Thunder Bay Border Cats (ON) (14-21 Overall) Northwoods League Wednesday, July 3rd/Thursday, July 4th -- 6:05 P.M. Port Arthur Stadium-- Thunder Bay, Ontario Game #36/37 (Overall), #1/2 (2nd Half) - Road Games #17/18 Radio: 1390 AM St. Cloud App: 1390 Granite City Sports Broadcaster: Evan Hughes Media Contact: [email protected] UPCOMING GAMES AND PITCHING PROBABLES Friday, July 5th WIL 7:05 PM St. Cloud TBA vs Willmar TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Saturday, July 6th @WIL 7:05 PM St. Cloud TBA vs Willmar TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Sunday, July 7th @BIS 3:05 PM St. Cloud TBA vs Bismarck TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Monday, July 8th @BIS 7:05 PM St. Cloud TBA vs Bismarck TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com ROX SPLIT WITH DULUTH ON THE ROAD: The Rox opened up the series with a win over Duluth that snapped a three game losing streak. J Barth (Augustana) drove in four runs 2019 Rox Overview First Half Regular Season Record ..... 20-15 and earned Northwoods League Player of the Night honors as St. Cloud defeated Duluth by a final score Second Half Regular Season Record.....0-0 of 8-3. RJ Martinez (Minot State) won his fifth consecutive start and is now the only pitcher in the league Home ............................................................10-8 with five wins. After falling behind 1-0, the Rox responded with three consecutive scoring innings. In the Road ..............................................................10-7 bottom of the fourth inning, Freddy Achecar (Georgetown) crushed an RBI-triple to right field and scored Place NWL Great Plains West ....................T1 Garrett Delano (Brown) from first base to tie the game. In the bottom of the fifth inning, St. Cloud pushed Games Behind .......................................0.0 GB three runs across. Barth doubled down the left field line and scored Zack Elliott (Minnesota) and Gus Last 15 ..........................................................10-5 Last 10 ............................................................ 6-4 Steiger (South Dakota State). Achecar would later draw a bases loaded walk and score Barth. In the next Last 5 ............................................................... 1-4 inning, the Rox would score four runs. Gus Steiger got the scoring started on an RBI-single that brought 2018 Home Attendance .................... 54,665 home Elliott. Barth would later drill his first home run of the season with a two-run home run over the Home Dates Left ...........................................20 left field wall. The final run of the inning came from Achecar, who singled and scored Delano. Martinez earned the win after throwing five innings. Rhyse Dee (Wake Forest) pitched four innings in relief and earned the save. The Rox fell in game two 8-7, despite leading 7-1 in the fifth inning. Rox July Schedule 7/1 @DUL 8-3 W With 7/2 @DUL 8-7 L LOOKING BACK AT A FUN FIRST HALF OF THE SEASON: 7/3 @TB 6:05 a 20-15 record in the first half of the season, St. Cloud came in second place of the Great Plains West 7/4 @TB 6:05 7/5 WIL 7:05 Division. A few highlights included the Rox winning 11 of 12 games late in June and 7 in a row. RJ 7/6 @WIL 7:05 Martinez was tied for the most wins by a pitcher in the league with five. Jordan Barth finished in the 7/7 @BIS 3:05 7/8 @BIS 7:05 top five of total hits in the league. The Rox look to win the second half of the season and clinch the 7/9 ROC 7:05 final playoff berth. 7/10 @ROC 7:05 7/11 MAN 7:05 7/12 @MAN 7:05 7/13 @BIS 6:05 7/14 @BIS 1:05 Freddy Achecar drove 7/15 OFF OFF ACHECAR ON A TEAR AFTER DULUTH SERIES: 7/16 ASG TBA in three runs in the win on Monday and five on Tuesday to finish the two-game series with 8 RBIs. Of 7/17 OFF OFF 7/18 BIS 7:05 the 15 runs combined in the two-game series, 8 came from Achecar. 7/19 BIS 7:05 7/20 DUL 6:05 7/21 DUL 4:05 7/22 @WAT 6:35 7/23 @WAT 6:35 BARTH EARNS NORTHWOODS LEAGUE HONOR: Following his 4 RBI 7/24 OFF OFF performance on Monday, Jordan Barth earned the award. He hit a 2-run double down the left field line 7/25 BIS 7:05 7/26 BIS 7:05 in the fifth inning and hit his first home run of the season in the sixth inning. 7/27 TB 6:05 7/28 TB 4:05 7/29 @MAN (DH) 12:05/7:05 7/30 WAT 7:05 ROX PITCHERS FOR SERIES: Carter Bosch is schduled to make the start on Wednes- 7/31 WAT 7:05 day in Thunder Bay. The freshman from Georgetown has won his last two starts. Trevor Koenig (St. Cloud State) is the probable for Thursday’s series finale. He is coming off of his first loss of the season St. Cloud Social Media against Waterloo from last week. Twitter: @StCloudRox Facebook: St. Cloud Rox Instagram: @StCloudRox Snapchat: St Cloud Rox FOR UP-TO-DATE PLAYER AND TEAM NEWS, STATS, ETC VISIT northwoodsleague.com/st-cloud-rox/ ROX POSITION PLAYER NOTES 2 23 Freddy Achecar UTI/LHP 6’2, 230, Jr Atlanta, Georgia Georgetown Hit .250 in 168 at-bats, 42 hits, 2 home runs, 18 RBI’s in jis junior season at Georgetown in 2019. Appeared in 40 games in 2018 at Georgetown, making 29 starts as a sophomore. He finished with a .288 on base percentage and was named to the BIG EAST All-Academic team. -A true utility player, Achecar can play 1B, LF, RF as well as pitch. -Two-year starter at the Lovett School, winning the State Championship as a senior and was named Defensive Player of the Year. During that season, he hit .352, carried a 0.40 ERA on the mound and posted a .989 fielding percentage at 1B. 1 Jordan Barth INF 6’1, 185, Soph Cold Spring, Minnesota Augustana -Had 65 hits, 45 RBI’s, 9 home runs, a .422 batting average in 154 at-bats in his sophomore season at Augustana in 2019. -As a freshman at Augustana in 2018, Barth was named NSIC All-Tournament MVP and the NSIC Freshman of the Year. He hit .362 and started in all 59 games of the season. -Helped guide Augustana to its first ever National Championship in 2018. -Attended Rocori High School, leading them to a Minnesota State Baseball Tournament appearance. 21 Brett Bonar C/1B 6’0, 220, Jr Rose Hill, Kansas Nebraska-Omaha Had a .238 batting average, 49 hits, 36 RBI’s, and 5 home runs in his first season at Nebraska-Omaha in 2019, helping them to an NCAA Tournament appearance. -In 2018, Bonar played for Barton County CC where he was named 2nd-team All-KJCC as a sophomore. -In 2018, he led his team in batting average at .410 and RBI at 69. -Helped lead Barton to a JUCO World Series appearance. -Hobbies include video games, fishing, listening to music and working out. 7 Ben Carew OF 6’0, 190, RS-Soph Appleton, Wisconsin Kent State -Had 219 at-bats, 89 hits, 31 RBI’s, 3 home runs, hit .406 in his redshirt sophomore season at Kent State in 2019. -Carew is a returner from the 2018 St. Cloud Rox team that finished with a winning record -Following a redshirt season at Kent State in 2017, Carew made 16 appearances and did not commit an error in the outfield -Enjoys camping, fishing and boating -The person he admires most is Aaron Rodgers 27 Garett Delano RHP/OF 6’2, 205, Jr Callahan, FL Brown -69 innings pitched, 3-5 record, 4.83 ERA, 41 strikeouts on the mound in 2019 at Brown. Had a .289 batting average in 142 plate appearances, 41 hits, 25 RBIs, 6 home runs. -In 2018, Delano was a force both on the mound as he earned wins against Dallas Baptist and Princeton. He also led the team in strikeouts as a member of the weekend staff -He also paced Brown at the plate in 2018, leading the team in batting average at .266 -Hit .500 in a three-game series vs Texas A&M as a freshman in 2017 -Salutatorian at West Nassau High School 4 Zack Elliott UTI 6’3, 180, Fr Eden Prairie, Minnesota Minnesota -Hit .154 in 13 plate appearances in 2019 in his freshman season at Minnesota in 2019. -Helped lead Eden Prairie to the Class 4A State Championship in his junior season -2018 Mr. Minnesota Baseball finalist -A three-sport athlete in high school who also participated in football as an outside linebacker and a small forward in basketball 3 Brady Harlan OF 6’0, 190, Jr Corsicana, Texas Oklahoma -Hit .256 in 133 at-bats, 34 hits, 20 RBI’s, 1 home run, 6 stolen bases in his junior season at Oklahoma in 2019 -Began his career at Texas in 2016, transferred to Oklahoma for academics and returned to baseball in 2019 -Played baseball with Kyler Murray growing up ROX POSITION PLAYER NOTES 3 16 Jack Kelly C 6’0, 185, Soph St. Michael, Minnesota Northwestern -He hit .296 in his sophomore season at Northwestern in 2019 -Appeared in 24 games, making 15 starts at catcher in his freshman season in 2018 -Four-year letterwinner at St. Michael-Albertville, leading them to a state tournament appearance in 2015 -Intends to major in economics 55 Garret Nielsen OF 6’4, 240, Fr Alpine, California California Hit .200 in 40 at-bats in his freshman season at California.