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 (6-23) @ (22-12) Game #30 — Wed., August 13, 2020 — Waterloo Riverfront Stadium — 6:35 p.m. CST LHP Tanner Cunha (0-2, 7.24 ERA) vs. RHP Jordan Nelson (0-0, 0.00 ERA)

ABOUT SUNDAY NIGHT... /IOWA POD STANDINGS In all-too-familar fashion, the Honkers stayed competitive for a majority of Sunday’s game against the Mankato MoonDogs before the TEAM W L PCT GB STR L10 bullpen malfunctioned to give up nine runs en route to an 11-1 Roch- ester loss. As has become commonplace for the Honkers, left-hander Waterloo 22 12 .647 -- W1 6-4 Larson Kindreich (Biola) was sensational through 5.1 innings, allowing St. Cloud 21 12 .636 0.5 L1 8-2 just two runs on five hits. Kindreich struck out five, but left the bases loaded for Ben Byom (Wisconsin-La Crosse), who walked all three Willmar 19 16 .543 3.5 L1 3-7 runners home before being pulled. By the time it was all said and Mankato 15 20 .429 7.5 W1 5-5 done, Mankato plated seven runs in the bottom of the sixth, pinning Kindreich with his first loss of the season. The Honkers mustered just Rochester 6 23 .207 13.5 L1 2-8 six hits in the ballgame, the eighth time that Rochester collected six or less hits in its last 10 games. Ryan Wrobleski (Dallas Baptist) was A MYRIAD OF MINNESOTANS the lone Honker to post a multi-hit night, picking up a run-scoring sin- With nine recent departures, Rochester has brought in local talent to fill empty gle and a ninth-inning double to cap off his last game in a Rochester positions. Seven of the team’s newest faces are native Minnesotans. Relief pitcher Damon Rademacher (Princeton, MN; Gustavus Adolphus) impressed in his soph- uniform. omore season (2019) with the Golden Gusties, appearing 17 times and accumu- lating a 3.20 ERA over 25.1 innings and striking out 23. Rademacher’s teammate, WOLFPACK BOUNCEBACK! two-way man Michael Anderson, joins the team after throwing eight innings in The Honkers will send left-hander Tanner Cunha (Nevada-Reno) to the Outfielder Mitch Olson (Eden Prairie, MN; St. Scholastica) tore up the competition mound today in hopes that he can replicate his last outing against in 2020, hitting .464 in nine games while driving in 10 runs. the Bucks, which was also his most recent appearance. Cunha was the best he’s been all season in that Wednesday afternoon matinee, taking 7.1 innings of three-run ball look easy on 76 pitches. Tonight will RAZOR SHARP: A TOP-10 TALENT be the fourth appearance of the season against the Bucks for Cunha. Honkers infielder Robert Moore (Arkansas) has been a top-10 performer on offense Each of Cunha’s last three starts have come against Waterloo, in for the entirety of the 2020 season. In the Minnesota-Iowa Pod, the rising sopho- which he has combined for 13.1 innings of work, allowing 11 runs (nine more currently sits eighth in batting average (.314), seventh in hits (33), tied for sixth in walks (17, Kyle Manzardo, Willmar), seventh in on-base percentage (.411) earned) on 19 hits, three walks and two strikeouts. and first in stolen bases (17-20). Moore also places seventh in OPS at .868,. PREYING ON THE FIRST PITCH Nearly one third of the hitters Cunha faced in his 7.1-inning appear- A CORE-IO PART OF THE OFFENSE IS SCUFFLING Taison Corio (Cal Poly) had a 17-game on-base streak snapped last Friday night, ance against the Bucks swung at the first pitch. Cunha threw nine and has since reached just once in three games. Sunday night against Mankato first-pitch strikes. Eight of those were swung at, with the lone called marked just the third time all season that Corio didn’t reach in a game. Corio’s pre- strike coming against John Wuthrich in the seventh inning. Only one vious streak was the longest of any Honkers player this season, surpassing Robert of them resulted in a hit, a second-inning single by Dalton Shuffield. Moore’s streak of 12 consecutive games. MAJOR LOSS OF STAR POWER The Honkers have lost significant pieces of their team over the lsat REVENGE OF THE JACK few days with nine regular contributors heading back to school. Pitch- Relief pitcher Jack Zalasky gave up his first run in 10.1 innings (July 15 vs. Willmar) ers Kragen Kechely (Dallas Baptist), MacGregor Hines (Houston) and in his last appearance againt the Bucks (8/5). The run came as a first-pitch walk- Chris Stefl (St. John’s), infielders Bryce Matthews (Arkansas) and AJ off homer to Peyton Williams in Zalasky’s 10th outing of the year, and the first in Campbell (Frostburg State), outfielders Connor Denning (Campbell), which the Sacramento State righty did not tally a strikeout. Kyle Huckstorf (Iowa Western CC), Pearce Howard (New Orleans) and catcher Ryan Wrobleski (Dallas Baptist) have all departed Roches- TONIGHT’S UMPIRES ter. The six hitters combined for 58 of the Honkers’ 104 RBIs in 2020 HP: Alex Perry (55.76%), and picked up 106 of the team’s 201 hits (52.73%). The pitch- 1B: Travis Brewer ing trio combined for 57 innings of work, compiling a 5.84 ERA (26G). 3B: Jordan Shepherd COMING UP THIS WEEK... WATCH THE HONKERS portal.stretchinternet.com/nwlhonkers @RochHonkers 8/12 @ WAT Ferro (1-2, 7.52) vs. Davitt (2-1, 3.00) LISTEN TO THE HONKERS @honkersbaseball 8/13 vs. WAT Harrison (1-1, 8.83) vs. TBA mixlr.com/honkersbroadcast 8/14 vs. WAT TBA vs. TBA FOLLOW THE HONKERS Rochester Honkers 8/15 @ WAT TBA vs. TBA rochesterhonkers.com PAGE 2 ABOUT TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER TODAY’S HONKERS HURLER NEVADA (2020) Made three appearances, posting a 3.52 era on the year in 7.2 innings of work … Made his Nevada debut against California Baptist (3/5) and tossed 21 two innings, only allowing one hit and TANNER CUNHA punching out three batters … Did not allow a run to score in his first 3.1 in- LHP | JR. | UNIV. OF NEVADA nings of work, striking out five batters 6-1 | 176 | SACRAMENTO, CA and only allowing two hits … Made his first start in the Silver & Blue at Saint REPERTOIRE: 4SFB, CH, CB, SL Mary’s (3/11), tossing 4.1 innings with three earned runs and one strikeout … 2020 WITH ROCHESTER Struckout six batters on the year and ERA W-L G-GS CG SH SV IP H R ER never surrendered a double. 7.24 0-2 8-5 0 0 0 27.1 40 25 22 BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB BF WHIP BAA SACRAMENTO CITY COLLEGE 12 9 7 0 5 3 4 135 1.90 .351 Competed in the Big 8 Conference … Helped his team reach back-to-back 2020 GAME-BY-GAME Final Four State Championships … DATE OPP RES DEC IP H R-ER BB-HB SO BF-P-S Made 13 appearances in 2018, tossing 8-5-20 @ WAT L, 4-3 ND 7.1 5 3-2 2-2 0 28-76-38 27.2 innings with a 3.90 ERA … In 2019, 8-2-20 vs. WIL L, 14-4 ND 2.0 5 1-1 0-0 0 11-30-21 made 11 starts and 19 appearances 7-28-20 vs. WAT L, 8-7 ND 2.0 5 3-3 0-0 1 11-49-34 throwing 75.2 innings with a 6-3 record 7-22-20 vs. WAT L, 10-6 L 4.0 9 5-4 1-0 1 22-67-46 and 56 strikeouts. 7-18-20 @ STC W, 8-6 ND 3.2 3 2-2 2-0 2 17-50-30 7-15-20 @ WIL L, 5-1 L 3.1 6 5-4 3-2 1 21-57-29 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS HS 7-4-20 @ WIL L, 13-2 ND 2.0 2 3-3 3-0 2 10-38-21 Lettered in baseball from 2016-17 … 7-2-20 @ STC L, 7-6 ND 3.0 5 3-3 1-0 2 15-46-33 Competed in the San Joaquin sec- BOLD INDICATES GAME STARTED tion of the Capital Athletic League … Helped his team win the sectional and 2020 WITH UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA conference championships in 2017 as ERA W-L G-GS CG SH SV IP H R ER they were voted the best Division III 3.52 3-1 3-1 0 0-0 0 7.2 6 3 3 team in the state by Cal-Hi Sports … BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB BF WHIP BAA Earned first-team All-Conference and 4 6 0 1 1 0 0 28 1.30 .261 named Pitcher of the Year from 2016-17 and first-team All-State in 2017 … From TANNER TIDBITS 2016-17, posted a 1.36 ERA with a 17-4 Cunha is one of the more superstitious Tanner twirled a six-inning perfect game for record, 113 innings pitched, 125 strike- players on Rochester’s roster. The outgoing Christian Brothers High School in his senior outs and even pitched a perfect game. righty always gets dressed the same way season. The perfecto featured 11 punchouts before each game: sliding shorts, left sock, and was a 10-0 drubbing of Rio Americano. right sock, undershirt, baseball pants, and finally, his jersey. Cunha always wears his The lefty models his game after Chicago pants high when he pitches, and listens to White Sox left-hander Dallas Keuchel, citing “Run This Town” by Jay-Z each night before Keuchel’s ability to attack the strike zone he goes out to get ready. Inside his hat, he’s and his competitiveness as the reasons for written “Have Fun” and “Remember the doing so. Goal,” two phrases he says before he takes the hill. Cunha hopes to be a police officer after his playing career is over. PREVIOUS COLLEGIATE & HIGH SCHOOL 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 SACRAMENTO CITY COLLEGE 4.88 6-3 19-11 0 0-0 0 75.2 74 51 41 36 56 15 5 5 8 9 283 AB 1.45 .261

2018 SACRAMENTO CITY COLLEGE 3.90 2-1 13-3 0 0-0 0 27.2 14 15 12 24 24 3 0 0 5 7 88 AB 1.37 .159

2017 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS HS 1.62 10-2 13-13 NR NR 0 69.0 39 24 16 18 83 NR NR 0 2 9 274 .083 .159 HONKERS ROSTER UPDATED: AUGUST 12, 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 24 Evan Gray RHP SO R/R 6-4 195 University of Arkansas Swansea, IL 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.