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St. Cloud Rox (MN) (0-0 Overall) vs. Willmar Stingers (MN) (0-0 Overall) Northwoods League Wednesday, July 1st -- 7:05 PM CT Bill Taunton Stadium -- Willmar, MN Game #1 (Overall) - Road Game #1 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 Thursday, July 2nd ROC 7:05 PM St. Cloud LHP Trevor Koenig vs Rochester TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Friday, July 3rd @ROC 7:05 PM St. Cloud RHP Justin Kelly vs Rochester TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Saturday, July 4th OFF OFF OFF OFF Sunday, July 5th OFF OFF OFF OFF LET’S **FINALLY** PLAY BALL: After a near five-week delay to the Northwoods League season, the St. Cloud Rox open their 2020 campaign to- 2020 Rox Overview Home .............................................................. 0-0 night against the Willmar Stingers. This season will be different compared to oth- Road ................................................................ 0-0 ers, as the Rox will only play four oteams in the Minnesota/Iowa pod. St. Cloud Place MN/IA Pod ..........................................T1. will play Waterloo, Mankato, Willmar and Rochester for a total of 42 games with Games Behind .................................................... the season ending on August 20th. Last 15 Games .............................................. 0-0 Last 10 Games .............................................. 0-0 Last 5 Games ................................................ 0-0 ROX RETURN 12 PLAYERS FROM 2019 TEAM: The 2020 Rox team Home Dates Remaining .............................20 returns many familiar faces to Joe Faber Field from last year’s squad. North- Next Home Game. .......................................7/2 woods League All-Star and Rox Team Pitcher of the Year Trevor Koenig (St. Cloud State) returns alongside Team MVP Jordan Barth (Augustana), who set six single- season records a year ago. The Rox also bring back Garett Delano (Mercer), who Rox July Schedule broke the team’s single-season RBI record a year ago. Northwoods League All- 7/1 @WIL 7:05 7/2 ROC 7:05 Star RJ Martinez (Minot State) returns after a stellar 6-2 record on the mound 7/3 @ROC 7:05 in 2019. Other names include: Kevin Davis, (USC Upstate), Nick DeSalvo (LIU- 7/4 OFF 7/5 OFF Brooklyn), Tyler Finke (SE Louisiana), Jack Kelly (Minnesota), Justin Simanek (SE 7/6 @WAT 6:35 7/7 @WAT 6:35 Louisiana), Blake Stelzer (Concordia-St. Paul), Joey Stock (Wisconsin-Milwaukee) 7/8 MAN 7:05 and Justin Wick (Creighton). 7/9 @MAN 6:35 7/10 @WIL 7:05 7/11 @WIL (DH) 1:05/7:05 7/12 @ROC 1:05 7/13 ROC 7:05 7/14 OFF 2019 ROX SEASON IN REVIEW: The Rox turned in another stellar sea- 7/15 OFF son on the diamond in 2019, winning over 40 games and securing a berth in the 7/16 WAT 7:05 7/17 WAT 7:05 playoffs. St. Cloud won 15 of 17 games midway through the season, helping the 7/18 ROC 6:05 7/19 ROC 4:05 team win the second half crown of the Great Plains West Division. Three players 7/20 @WAT 6:35 from the 2019 team are currently playing professional baseball in Pedro Garcia 7/21 @WAT 6:35 7/22 WIL 7:05 (Reds) and Blake Stelzer (Independent). 7/23 @WIL 7:05 7/24 OFF 7/25 OFF 7/26 OFF 7/27 MAN 7:05 ROX/STINGERS RENEW RIVALRY: Tonight marks the first of seven 7/28 @MAN 6:35 7/29 ROC 7:05 games that Willmar and St. Cloud will play in the 2020 season. The Highway 23 7/30 ROC 7:05 series trophy is currently in St. Cloud’s possession, but it was the Stingers who 7/31 WIL 7:05 beat the Rox in the Great Plains West Playoffs last year. The two teams are sepa- rated by an hour drive. Rox Social Media ROX STARTER: RHP Zane Mills (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Twitter: @StCloudRox Mills will make his Northwoods League debut tonight for the St. Cloud Rox. The Instagram: @StCloudRox Washington State sophomore turned in an impressive 2020 campaign, going 3-0 Facebook: @StCloudRox on the mound with just a 1.44 ERA. More information can be found on page 2. FOR UP-TO-DATE PLAYER AND TEAM NEWS, STATS, ETC VISIT: STCLOUDROX.COM TODAY’S ROX PITCHER 2 #23 Zane Mills HT: 6-4 WT: 215 BATS/THROWS: R/R COLLEGE: Washington State COUNTRY: United States RESIDENCE: Portland, OR YEAR: Junior 2020 College Baseball Season Statistics CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO St. Cloud Rox 3-0 1.44 4 3 0 0 0 25.0 15 6 4 10 32 2020 Game-by-Game Starts/Appearances IN A NUTSHELL: DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO RESULT -Mills comes to the Rox in 2020 following his sopho- *2/14 @CSU W 4.1 0 0 0 1 8 W, 5-2 more season at Washington State. He appeared in @2/20 @HAWAII W 7.0 5 2 2 2 7 W, 6-2 2/28 RUTGERS W 7.2 5 2 0 2 10 W, 9-2 four games, three as the Friday-night starter 3/6 NIAGARA ND 6.0 5 2 2 5 7 W, 6-3 -He finished the season with a 3-0 record and a 1.44 ERA while striking out 32 batters in 25 innings. Mills was tied for third in the Pac-12 Conference in wins *Italics indicate relief appearance) and fourth in strikeouts and innings -As a freshman in 2019, he made 28 appearances on the mound which is tied for the most by a freshman in Washington State history -Before Washington State: As a senior at Lincoln High School, he was named All-State First Team, All-USA Oregon Second Team and PIL Pitcher of the Year. He was rated as the No. 4 overall prospect in Oregon by Baseball Northwest ROX POSITION PLAYER NOTES 3 1 Jordan Barth 3B/1B 6-1, 200, Jr. Cold Spring, MN Augustana #23 Zane Mills -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), uns 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/2B/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.