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St. Cloud Rox (MN) (12-10 Overall) vs. Willmar Stingers (MN) (16-8 Overall) Northwoods League Friday, July 31st -- 7:05 PM CT Joe Faber Field -- St. Cloud, MN Games #23 (Overall) - Home Game #12 Radio: 1390 AM St. Cloud Internet: 1390GraniteCitySports.com App: 1390 Granite City Sports Broadcaster: Evan Hughes Media Contact: [email protected] UPCOMING GAMES AND PITCHING PROBABLES Saturday, August 1st WIL 6:35 PM St. Cloud RHP Justin Kelly vs Willmar LHP John Bezdicek 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Sunday, August 2nd WAT 4:05 PM St. Cloud RHP Landen Bourassa vs Waterloo TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Monday, August 3rd WAT 7:05 PM St. Cloud LHP RJ Martinez vs Waterloo TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Tuesday, August 4th OFF OFF OFF OFF ROX SWEEP HONKERS BEHIND STELLAR PITCHING: Zane Mills (Washington State) went six innings in the start on Tuesday and Luke Albright 2020 Rox Overview Overall ....................................................... 12-10 (Kent State) took a no-hit bid into the fifth inning on Wednesday as the pitching Home .............................................................. 9-2 staff led the Rox (12-10) to a sweep against Rochester (4-17). St. Cloud allowed Road ................................................................ 3-8 just seven hits in the series. Collin Montez (Washington State) had his best se- Place MN/IA Pod ............................................. 3 ries of the season at the plate, hitting a triple on Tuesday and an RBI-double on Games Behind ..............................................3.0 Wednesday. It’s the first series sweep since the second week of the season. Last 10 Games .............................................. 6-4 Last 5 Games ................................................ 3-2 Home Dates Remaining ........................... ....8 Next Home Game..........................................8/1 JORDAN BARTH IS RED HOT AT THE PLATE: The 2019 Rox Team MVP has recorded a hit in his last 13 games for the Rox. He currently leads the squad in batting average, hits, triples, RBI and is tied for the lead in hit-by-pitches. In 2019, the Augustana product set six single season franchise records. He hit .323 last season for the Rox. Rox Upcoming Schedule 8/1 WIL 6:05 8/2 WAT 4:05 The Rox are in the middle 8/3 WAT 7:05 ST. CLOUD ENJOYS LONG HOMESTAND: 8/4 OFF OFF of its longest homestand of the 2020 season. They started it with a sweep of the 8/5 OFF OFF 8/6 @ROC 6:35 Rochester Honkers. Now, they host the Willmar Stingers and Waterloo Bucks 8/7 @ROC 7:05 in consecutive series. The Rox trail both in the Minnesota/Iowa Pod standings by 8/8 WIL 6:05 8/9 @WIL (DH) 12:05/6:05 three games. 8/10 @MAN 6:35 8/11 @MAN 6:35 8/12 WIL 7:05 8/13 @WIL 7:05 8/14 OFF OFF 8/15 OFF OFF 8/16 MAN 4:05 ROX VS STINGERS IN 2020: The Highway 23 Series is renewed once 8/17 MAN 7:05 again on Friday and Saturday. The Rox are 1-4 in 2020 against Willmar but are 8/18 @ROC 6:35 8/19 @ROC 6:35 1-0 at the Rock Pile. Last Wednesday, St. Cloud walked-off the Stingers 9-8 in 8/20 WIL 7:05 12 innings following a Collin Montez (Washington State) 2-run double. The two squads will play each other 13 times this season. WILLMAR STARTER RHP BRODY BARNUM (1-0, 0.75 ERA): The junior from Washington State has been one of the top pitchers in the Min- nesota/Iowa Pod this season. He has given up just one earned run during three Rox Social Media starts in 12 innings pitched. His last start was one week ago against St. Cloud at Twitter: @StCloudRox Bill Taunton Stadium. Barnum threw four innings, allowed just one run and struck Instagram: @StCloudRox out five batters. Facebook: @StCloudRox FOR UP-TO-DATE PLAYER AND TEAM NEWS, STATS, ETC VISIT: STCLOUDROX.COM TODAY’S ROX PITCHER 2 #30 Trevor Koenig HT: 7-0 WT: 185 BATS/THROWS: L/L COLLEGE: St. Cloud State COUNTRY: United States RESIDENCE: St. Cloud, Minnesota YEAR: Junior 2020 Northwoods League Season Statistics CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO St. Cloud Rox 0-1 8.10 4 3 0 0 0 10.0 12 11 9 8 11 2020 Northwoods League Game-by-Game Statistics IN A NUTSHELL: DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO RESULT -Koenig makes his fourth start of the season and his 7-2 ROC -- 2.0 0 3 1 3 2 W, 7-6 second against Willmar 7-11 @WIL L 4.0 4 1 1 2 3 L, 5-2 7-18 ROC -- 4.0 4 3 3 3 6 L, 8-6 -He returns to the Rox for his second season after *7-23 @WIL -- 0.0 4 4 4 0 0 L, 6-0 being named the Rox Pitcher of the Year in 2019. He *Indicates relief appearance started game one of the Northwoods League Play- offs for the Rox -He was also selected as a Midseason and Postsea- son Northwoods League All-Star. He made 10 regu- lar season starts on the mound while posting a 1.35 earned run average -Koenig tied the Rox single season record for wins with a 7-2 record in 60 innings pitched -He made four appearances for St. Cloud State in 2020, striking out 18 batters in 10.1 innings -Before St. Cloud State: Koenig was a 40th round draft pick of the Milwaukee Brewers following his senior season at St. Cloud Tech. He was a two-time All-Conference player, All-Area Player of the Year and All-State selection ROX POSITION PLAYER NOTES 3 1 Jordan Barth 3B/1B 6-1, 200, Jr. Cold Spring, MN Augustana #30 Trevor Koenig -Barth returns to the Rox for his second season. In 2019 he was selected to the postseason Northwoods League All-Star team and participated in the Major League Dreams Showcase -The 2019 Rox Most Valuable Player appeared in 71 regular season games while leading the team with a .323 batting average. Barth set single season Rox records in hits (99), doubles (25), extra base hits (32), total bases (144), runs scored (54) and games played (71). -In 13 games for Augustana this year, he led the team with a .471 batting average, 24 hits and six doubles during the 2020 season -Before Augustana: The Rocori High School graduate earned All-Conference, All-Area and All-State honors. He was selected for the Minnesota Baseball All-Star Series -Barth is a World Champion in racquetball and is currently ranked No. 43 in the country for men’s singles 27 Garett Delano OF/RHP 6-2, 205, Sr.. Callahan, FL Mercer Delano returns for his second season with the Rox after appearing in 62 regular season games in 2019 -He finished the 2019 Northwoods League season with a .320 batting average including 72 hits and a team-high eight home runs and 51 runs batted in (Rox single-season record) -Delano was named a midseason and postseason Northwoods League All-Star in 2019 -During the 2020 season at Brown University, Delano started all 12 games and scored nine runs -Delano announced in the spring that he will be transferring to Mercer University 2 Tyler Finke 2B/SS/OF 5-10, 170, So. Columbus, IN SE Louisiana -Finke returns for this second season with the Rox after playing in 20 games during the 2019 season -Last season he collected 11 hits, had seven runs batted in and stole eight bases for the Rox -This season at Southeastern Louisiana, he started all 16 games and posted a .296 batting average. He led the team in hits with 16 and stolen bases with nine -Before Southeastern Louisiana: Finke played his freshman season at Snead State Community College, where he earned All-North Division and All-District honors, before transferring to Southeastern Louisiana. In high school he was an All-State and two-time All-Conference selection 44 Sam Ireland DH/1B/RF/RHP 6-3, 195, Fr. Highlands Ranch, CO Minnesota -Ireland appeared in 16 games for the the University of Minnesota in 2020 -He finished with a .303 batting average including four doubles. He scored three runs and had four runs batted in -On the mound, Ireland finished tied for the team-high in saves and struck out ten batters over eight innings pitched -Before Minnesota: Ireland was twice named the Class 5A High School Player of the Year in Colorado. Prep Baseball Report rated him the number three overall player in the state of Colorado during his senior season 12 Cody Kelly C/3B/OF 6-2, 190, HS-Sr. St. Michael, MN Minnesota -Kelly, a 2020 graduate of St. Michael-Albertville, has committed to the University of Minnesota for the upcoming school year -In 96 career high school games, he had a .466 batting average, 77 runs scored and 111 runs batted in -He was a two-time First Team All-State selection and the top ranked catcher in Minnesota by Prep Baseball Report -His brother Jack also plays for the Rox and Golden Gophers 16 Jack Kelly C/1B/OF 6-1, 180, Jr. St. Michael, MN Minnesota -Kelly returns to the Rox for his second season after appearing in 37 games in 2019. He collected 40 hits including seven doubles, a triple and three home runs. Kelly finished the 2019 Northwoods League season with a .303 batting average, 28 runs scored and 23 runs batted in.