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St. Cloud Rox (MN) (2-4 Overall, 2-4 1st Half) vs. Duluth Huskies (MN) (4-2 Overall, 4-2 1st Half) Northwoods League Monday, June 3rd/Tuesday, June 4th -- 11:35 AM/7:05 PM Wade Stadium -- Duluth, Minesota/Joe Faber Field -- St. Cloud, Minnesota Game #7/8 (Overall), #7/8 (1st Half) - Road Game #5/Home Game #3 Radio: 1390 AM St. Cloud App: 1390 Granite City Sports Broadcaster: Evan Hughes Contact: [email protected] St. Cloud Justin Simanek/TBA (0-0, 0.00) vs Duluth TBA/TBA UPCOMING GAMES AND PITCHING PROBABLES Wednesday, June 5th @MAN 6:35 PM St. Cloud TBA vs Mankato TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Thursday, June 6th MAN 7:05 PM St. Cloud TBA vs Mankato TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Friday, June 7th ROC 7:05 PM St. Cloud TBA vs Rochester TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Saturday, June 8th @ROC 6:05 PM St. Cloud TBA vs Rochester TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com 2019 Rox Overview First Half Regular Season Record .......... 2-4 Second Half Regular Season Record.....0-0 ST. CLOUD OPENS NEW SERIES WITH DULUTH: Monday opens a Home .............................................................. 0-2 new series for St. Cloud, taking on the Duluth Huskies for the first time in 2019. Road ................................................................ 2-2 Place NWL Great Plains West ....................T4 Last season, Duluth took 5 of 6 games against the Rox and won the North Divi- Games Behind .......................................... 4 GB sion of the Northwoods League. They lost in the Summer Collegiate World Se- Last 15 ............................................................ 2-4 ries to the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders. Duluth has a new Field Manager in Marcus Last 10 ............................................................ 2-4 Ponter, who was an assistant coach a season ago with the team. He was promot- Last 5 ............................................................... 2-3 ed following the departure of Tyger Pederson. The first game of the series will be 2018 Home Attendance .................... 54,665 played at Wade Stadium with an 11:35 first pitch on Monday and the series finale Home Dates Left ...........................................34 will be played at the Rock Pile on Tuesday with a 7:05 first pitch. Rox May/June Schedule : St. Cloud took a 6-4 5/28 @ROC 7-5 L BISMARCK TAKES TWO FROM ST. CLOUD 5/29 @ROC 5-3 W lead into the top of the ninth inning on Friday evening but dropped a close game 5/30 @WAT 12-4 L 5/31 @WAT 4-0 W to Bismarck 9-6 in front of a near crowd of 2,000 people. Thomas Delgadillo 6/1 BIS 9-6 L 6/2 BIS 16-5 L (Academy of Art) was 4-4 at the plate while Zack Elliott (Minnesota) added 3 6/3 @DUL 11:35 RBI’s. On Sunday, Gus Steiger (South Dakota State) hit two home runs to left 6/4 DUL 7:05 6/5 @MAN 6:35 field but the Rox dropped the series finale 16-5. Ben Carew (Kent State) and 6/6 MAN 7:05 6/7 ROC 7:05 Jordan Barth (Augustana) both had 3-hits in the loss. 6/8 @ROC 6:05 6/9 WIL 4:05 6/10 @WIL 7:05 6/11 MAN (DH) 1:05/7:05 6/12 @WIL 7:05 ROX SPLIT WITH WATERLOO TO END ROAD TRIP: St. Cloud 6/13 @WIL 7:05 dropped a 12-4 game on Thursday at Riverfront stadium, despite the team turn- 6/14 @ROC 7:05 6/15 @ROC 6:05 ing three double plays. The Rox responded in a big way on Friday, shuting out 6/16 DUL 4:05 6/17 @DUL 6:35 Waterloo 4-0 and handing the Bucks their first loss of the season. Jordan Barth 6/18 WIL 7:05 (Augustana) hit two doubles in the win. Trevor Koenig (St. Cloud State) pitched 6/19 WIL 7:05 6/20 @BIS 7:05 six shutout innings in his season debut and Joey Stock (St. John’s) pitched the final 6/21 @BIS 7:35 6/22 @WIL 7:05 three innings to earn the save. He hit as high as 96 MPH on the radar gun. 6/23 WIL 4:05 6/24 OFF OFF 6/25 TB 7:05 6/26 TB 7:05 6/27 WAT 7:05 PITCHERS FOR SERIES: Justin Simanek (Southeastern Louisiana) is scheduled to make the start for St. Cloud on Monday, making his season debut. He pitched 22 innings this season i college St. Cloud Social Media and struck out 29 batters. The Rox probable for Tuesday is TBA, as is Duluth’s starters for the series.. 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 .240 (4/30) in the 2019 college season, tallying over 30 hits. Has not made an appearance on the mound (4/30). 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 -Hit .436 (5/16) in his sophomore season and led the team in HR’s with 8. -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 -Hit .247 (5/16) with 18 walks drawn in his first season with Nebraska-Omaha in 2019. -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. 6 Trent Brown 2B/SS 6’0, 185, RS-Fr Victoria, Texas Oklahoma -All-State honors as a SS at Victoria East High School -Helped his high school to a State Championship appearance in 2014 7 Ben Carew OF 6’0, 190, RS-Soph Appleton, Wisconsin Kent State -Carried a batting average of .400 in the 2019 season (5/16) in nearly 200 plate appearances -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 Jackson Cluff 2B/SS/3B 6’0, 190, Soph Meridian, Idaho BYU -Hit .346 in 2019 (5/16) and had 56 RBI in nearly 200 plate appearances -Took two seasons off from college baseball, beginning his career in 2016 and returning in 2019 -Father, Paul, was a two-time All-American for BYU (1988-1989) and was selected in the 4th round of the 1989 June draft -Sister, Sydney, plays softball for UVU -Recruited out of high school by Hawaii, Utah, Iowa, Oregon State, Oregon and Washington State 27 Garett Delano RHP/OF 6’2, 205, Jr Callahan, FL Brown -Tossed 69 innings on the mound in 2019 (5/16), striking out 41 batters -Delano also batted .289 in 142 appearances at the plate -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 20 Thomas Delgadillo OF/SS 6’2, 220, Jr Diamond Bar, California Academy of Art -Hit .422 in 173 at-bats at Academy of Art this season -Transferred in from Fullerton College, where he led the team in batting average at .370. -Has six siblings -Sister Patti plays volleyball at Sterling College -Favorite sports moment is the Angels winning the World Series in 2002 4 Zack Elliott UTI 6’3, 180, Fr Eden Prairie, Minnesota Minnesota -Hit .154 in 13 plate appearances in 2019 (5/16) -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 2 Tyler Finke 2B/SS/CF 5’11, 185, Fr Columbus, Indiana SE Louisiana -Hit .396 with 10 home runs and 40 RBI in 2019 (5/16) -Finke also collected 38 stolen bases this season -Named the Alabama Community College Conference Player of the Week for February 18-24. ROX POSITION PLAYER NOTES 3 28 Andrew Garcia C 6’1, 200, Jr San Dimas, California Cal-State, San Marcos -Hit .333 with 18 RBI, 13 runs and 5 stolen bases in 26 games played in 2017 -His uncle, Jerry Wolak, played in the Chicago White Sox organization from 1988 to 1995 -Wants to become a sports broadcaster or sports journalist after graduation -His favorite athletes are Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Buster Posey Jack Kelly C 6’0, 185, Soph St.