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 (7-28) vs. ST. CLOUD ROX (26-13) Game #36 — Tuesday, August 18, 2020 — Mayo Field — 6:35 p.m. CST LHP Salvatore Ferro (1-2, 6.75 ERA) vs. RHP Landen Bourassa (3-0, 1.96 ERA)

ABOUT LAST NIGHT... It was a tough night from the get-go for the Honkers on Monday, who /IOWA POD STANDINGS went ahead early in the first but couldn’t find a groove on the hill, TEAM W L PCT GB STR L10 surrendering 10 runs for the second consecutive day to fall 10-1. ST. CLOUD 25 12 .676 -- W4 9-1 Aaron Simmons (Wisconsin-Stevens Point) was the main bright spot Waterloo 27 13 .675 0.5 W2 7-3 on offense, driving in a run in the first inning on a one-out single to plate Taison Corio (Cal Poly). Center fielder Nick Thimsen (Concor- Willmar 19 20 .487 7.0 L5 1-9 dia-St. Paul) picked up his first two-hit night of the season, collecting Mankato 17 22 .436 9.0 L2 5-5 a pair of singles to tally two of Rochester’s five hits on the evening. ROCHESTER 7 28 .200 17.0 L2 3-7 It was not Dallas Miller’s (St. Scholastica) night on the bump, working into numerous jams through 2.1 innings pitched. The senior was LAST TIME VERSUS ST. CLOUD... drubbed for seven earned runs on eight hits in what was his first start The last series the Honkers played against St. Cloud was one of the more exciting of the season. Miller faced 18 batters and got just seven out — two two-game swings of the season. Rochester broke its franchise-record 14-game on the ground, three in the air and two punchouts — en route to his losing streak in the first game against the Rox (8/6), defeating St. Cloud 10-8 with a second losing decision in as many appearances on the season. barrage of early offense. The next night, the Rox nearly no-hit the Honkers, as Luke Albright (Kent State) and Kevin Davis (USC-Upstate) combined for seven no-hit A DIFFERENT LOOK FOR THE ITALIAN STALLION frames on the way to a 2-0 Honkers loss. Sal Ferro (Long Island) will take the ball for field manager Deskaheh Bomberry tonight for his fourth start of the 2020 campaign. Each of WITHOUT WRECK-IT WROBO Ferro’s previous three starts came against the and the The Honkers’ roster looks fairly different than it did the last time Rochester faced rising junior has not seen action versus the Rox this season. The Ital- off against St. Cloud. A majority of the team’s offensive production has left to go ian turned in a robust performance the last time he started a ballgame back to school, including Dallas Baptist catcher/outfielder Ryan Wrobleski. “Wro- (8/13 vs. WAT), tossing five strong innings and allowing just four hits. bo” was arguably the most consistent bat against St. Cloud during his tenure with The Bucks managed three runs (two earned) against Ferro, who was the Honkers, hitting just .222 but driving in six runs against the Rox, the most of in line to earn the win before Rochester’s relief pitching surrendered any Rochester player in 2020. Wrobleski also drew four walks against St. Cloud. four runs in the ninth inning to take a 7-5 loss. THE SIM-SANITY CONTINUES SHARK OUT OF WATER Returning Honker Aaron Simmons (Wisconsin-Stevens Point) has started his Sal’s efficiency to start games is in stark contrast to how he per- 2020 slate on a hot note. Simmons has reached base in 10 of the first 11 games he’s formes out of the bullpen. While Ferro’s only seen Waterloo in each played for Rochester this year, tallying a double and a pair of solo home runs on top of his starts, which may contribute to the inflation in numbers, he is of six RBIs and 13 walks. The Pointer leads the Honkers in on-base percentage with considerably better out of the bullpen. In three starts, Ferro has thrown a .468 mark over 47 plate appearances and possesses a 13:8 BB/K ratio at the plate. 13.2 innings, allowing 15 runs (13 earned) on 19 hits while striking out Simmons, who walked 19 times over 47 games in 2019, could reach that mark in 13 eight and walking eight. His five relief outings have been much kinder: games this season with six walks over the final two games of the year. in 11.2 innings out of the bullpen, Ferro has allowed only six runs on seven hits, striking out over two times more batters than he’s walked STILL A CORE-IO PART OF THE OFFENSE (13:6 K/BB). Honkers infielder Taison Corio went through a strong six-game stretch against the Waterloo Bucks last week. The Cal Poly Mustang went 6-for-20 against the Bucks in ROX BY THE NUMBERS that stretch (.300) and mashed a trio of doubles to pair with five walks and three Rochester hasn’t fared well against St. Cloud this season in the RBIs. Corio reached base 44% of the time versus the Bucks over the six-game span, run-scoring department. The Honkers have been outscored by the scoring four runs and strking out only three times. Rox 51-33 in eight games, and the team’s 51 runs against Rochester is TONIGHT’S UMPIRES good for 25.5% of St. Cloud’s offensive output this season. The Team in HP: Kai Nakamura (CC) Teal has scratched out two of their seven wins versus the Rox, second in the pod (three wins vs. Mankato, one win vs. Willmar and Waterloo 1B: Ian Land each). 3B: Quin Westfield COMING UP THIS WEEK... WATCH THE HONKERS portal.stretchinternet.com/nwlhonkers @RochHonkers 8/19 vs. STC Rademacher (0-1, 9.82) vs. Schoeberl (0-2, 5.03) LISTEN TO THE HONKERS @honkersbaseball mixlr.com/honkersbroadcast END OF 2020 SEASON FOLLOW THE HONKERS Rochester Honkers rochesterhonkers.com PAGE 2 ABOUT TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER TODAY’S HONKERS HURLER LONG ISLAND U. (2020) 2020: Made three relief appearances before the season was suspended due to the COVID-19 virus... Tallied four innings of work with 8 three strikeouts... Struck out two batters during two innings of work in his debut SALVATORE “SAL” FERRO at USC Upstate... Tossed a scoreless 1.1 LHP | R-SO. | LONG ISLAND U. innings at Nicholls 5-8 | 200 | MIDDLE VILLAGE, NY 2019: Did not pitch in a game due to injury… NEC REPERTOIRE: 4SFB, CB, CUT, CH Spring Academic Honor Roll Member.

2018: 2020 WITH ROCHESTER Appeared in 11 games, making two starts ERA W-L G-GS CG SH SV IP H R ER for the LIU... Finished with a 1-1 record in 14.1 6.75 1-2 8-3 0 0 0 25.1 26 21 19 innings... Recorded first start of the season BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB BF WHIP BAA against Fordham in March, throwing four 15 19 3 0 3 1 3 118 1.62 .268 innings, giving up just three hits and one earned run while striking out four... Struck 2020 GAME-BY-GAME out two batters giving up no earned runs DATE OPP RES DEC IP H R-ER BB-HB SO BF-P-S during two-inning appearance against 8-13-20 vs. WAT L, 7-5 ND 5.0 4 3-2 4-0 4 23-82-49 Bryant in April. 8-8-20 vs. MAN W, 7-3 W 4.0 1 0-0 2-0 4 16-59-38 Background: 8-4-20 vs. WAT L, 8-1 L 4.2 9 8-7 2-1 1 26-71-44 Earned four varsity letters playing at St. 7-27-20 @ WAT L, 6-0 L 4.0 6 4-4 2-0 3 20-63-40 Francis Prep... Two-way player, having won 7-24-20 @ MAN L, 6-5 ND 1.0 0 2-2 2-1 2 6-37-20 team MVP awards at both outfield and 7-22-20 vs. WAT L, 10-6 ND 3.0 3 1-1 2-0 1 13-45-28 pitching positions... Named First Team 7-17-20 vs. MAN L, 13-5 ND 2.2 3 3-3 0-1 4 12-49-33 All-Queens by the Times Ledger... Named 7-14-20 @ WIL L, 7-4 ND 1.0 0 0-0 0-0 2 3-16-7 honorable mention All-City by News 12... BOLD INDICATES GAME STARTED Batted .425 his senior season and was 5-0 on the mound... Went 7-1 in summer ball in 2020 WITH LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY 2017, yielding only two earned runs in 21 ERA W-L G-GS CG SH SV IP H R ER innings for the Midville Dodgers in Middle 6.75 0-0 3-0 0 0-0 0 4.0 4 3 3 Village, Queens. BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB BF WHIP BAA 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 22 2.25 .267 FACTS ABOUT FERRO Ferro is incredibly proud of being from Ferro has a five-step process that gets him Queens, NY and of his Italian heritage. ready to pitch. He starts with foam rolling, His grandparents emigrated to the United stretching and movement and agility work. States from Sicily, Italy when they were Then he moves to band work, weighted ball young to pursue a better life. “Ferro” means exercises, and a regular game of catch. “iron” in Italian. The lefty’s sister, Stephanie, is a nurse in New York City, and has worked tirelessly through the COVID-19 pandemic to treat pa- When Sal isn’t pitching, he enjoys shooting tients in the area. Sal says he wants to make sporting clays with his father, Stephen, and sure she knows she’s loved and appreciated pheasant hunting with the family’s hunting for the work she’s done in these uncharted dog, Lucky. times. 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 LIU, DNP, INJURED ------

2018 LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY 7.54 1-1 11-2 0 0-0 0 14.1 20 15 12 13 8 NR NR NR 2 1 NR 2.30 .333 HONKERS ROSTER UPDATED: AUGUST 18, 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 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 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 JR 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 23 Jack Zuh-LASS-key “duh-SKAAH-hey BOM-berry” 5 Nick TIM-sen 25 Larson KIN-drick ASST. COACHES 7 “Tyson” CORE-ee-oh 27 Yes, his name is T. That’s it. 15 Marc Mumper Abeline Christian University 8 Sal “Pharaoh” 29 Ben BUY-uhm 16 Austin Spainhour Sacramento City College 17 Damon ROD-uh-mocker 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.