PAGE 1 TAKE A GANDER! | Mayo Field - 403 E. Center St. Rochester, MN 55904 Contact: Jordan Lank, Director of Media Relations (623)-755-7798 ROCHESTER HONKERS (4-12) vs. MANKATO MOONDOGS (8-12) Game #17 — Sunday, July 26, 2020 — Franklin Rogers Park — 1:05 p.m. CST LHP Larson Kindreich (0-1, 2.57 ERA) vs. RHP Jake McMahill (0-1, 10.29 ERA)

ABOUT LAST NIGHT... /IOWA POD STANDINGS The Honkers struggles continued on Sunday afternoon, as they dropped their sixth game in a row and their third straight TEAM W L PCT GB STR L10 at the hands of the Mankato MoonDogs. Rochester’s Larson Waterloo 14 8 .636 -- W2 6-4 Kindreich turned in his best start of the 2020 season, throw- ing a strong 5.0 innings, allowing four hits. His lone blemish Willmar 14 8 .636 -- L2 4-6 was a solo home run by former Honkers infielder Evan Berkey. St. Cloud 9 9 .500 3.5 L1 5-5 Kindreich struck out a team-high seven batters on his way to Mankato 8 12 .400 5.0 W5 7-3 a no-decision. Rochester could only muster two hits: a pair of singles by Tanner Tweedt (2nd inning) and Robert Moore (3rd Rochester 4 12 .250 7.0 L5 2-8 inning). GETTING OVER THE HUMP After a stretch in which he went 0-for-11 last week, Campbell Fighting SAL’S STARTING? Camel Connor Denning has returned to his sweet-swinging ways. Since Tonight, left-handed pitcher Salvatore “Sal” Ferro gets the nod July 18 vs. St. Cloud, Denning is 10-for-29 at the plate (.344) and has col- on the bump for the Honkers, making his first startin a Roch- lected seven hits in his last four games, two for extra baes. ester uniform after four appearances out of the bullpen. The Queens, NY native pitched well against Waterloo in his last performance, eating three innings in a 10-6 Rochester loss on STREAKS SNAPPED July 22. His last appearance came on Friday night against the Two notable Honkers had their on-base streaks snapped this weekend Mankato MoonDogs, in which he escaped a bases-loaded jam against the MoonDogs. Robert Moore, who previously had a nine-game in the eighth, but allowed two runners to reach in the ninth in on-base streak snapped by Mankato, had a five-game hit streak foiled on the 6-5 walk-off loss. Saturday night. Connor Denning’s eight-game on-base streak came to an end against Mankato’s stifling pitching yesterday, when the outfielder went 0-for-4 and did not walk for the first time since July 15 vs. Willmar. ON THE BRIGHT SIDE... Moore and Denning have each only failed to reach base in two games this For only the fourth time in 10 games since July 14, the Honk- season. ers recorded single-digit strikeout numbers at the plate on Sunday with eight. Rochester continues to lead the pod in K’s THE JACK ZALASKY EXPERIENCE with 200, and has struck out 18 times in two games against Honkers relief pitcher Jack Zalasky turned in a solid performance on Waterloo. The Honkers lead the MN/IA pod in strikeouts, and Saturday night in relief of Chris Stefl. The lanky Sacramento State righty have 22 more K’s than Willmar, the next closest team, in five contributed for 2.2 innings of work, his lengthiest appearance of the more games than the Stingers. 2020 season. In 10.1 innings, Zalasky has now struck out 14 batters and compiled a sub-one WHIP of 0.87. Zalasky went at least two innings twice LIMIT THE HITS at Sac State this season: he earned the win against Wisconsin-Milwaukee Seven Bucks hitters have recorded at least one multi-hit game after a 3.2-inning, one-hit performance in which he struck out four, and against Honkers pitching (Patrick Ferguson, Tristan Peterson, went 2.2 innings against Santa Clara and K’d six. Oraj Anu, Jayden Kiernan, Charley Hesse, Xane Washington, and Jalen Smith). Two (Anu, Kiernan) have turned in multi-hit efforts in each of the two games between Waterloo and Roch- ester. 21 of Waterloo’s 25 hits have come off the bats of those seven hitters.

COMING UP THIS WEEK... WATCH THE HONKERS portal.stretchinternet.com/nwlhonkers @RochHonkers 7/28 vs WAT Cunha (0-2, 9.00) vs. Huertas (1-0, 1.64) LISTEN TO THE HONKERS 7/29 @ STC Harrison (0-1, 15.58) vs. Mills (0-0, 1.80) mixlr.com/honkersbroadcast @honkersbaseball 7/30 @ STC Hines (0-2, 8.53) vs. Albright (0-1, 1.64) FOLLOW THE HONKERS northwoodsleague.com/rochester-honkers Rochester Honkers 8/2 vs. WIL TBA vs. TBA 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 7.04 0-0 4-0 0 0 0 7.2 6 6 6 innings... Recorded first start of the season BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB BF WHIP BAA against Fordham in March, throwing four 5 7 2 0 1 1 2 34 1.43 .214 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 SO during two-inning appearance against 7-24-20 @ MAN L, 6-5 ND 1.0 0 2 2 2 2 Bryant in April. 7-22-20 vs. WAT L, 10-6 ND 3.0 3 1 1 2 1 7-17-20 vs. MAN L, 13-5 ND 2.2 3 3 3 0 4 Background: Earned four varsity letters playing at St. 7-14-20 @ WIL L, 7-4 ND 1.0 0 0 1 0 2 Francis Prep... Two-way player, having won 2020 WITH LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY team MVP awards at both outfield and ERA W-L G-GS CG SH SV IP H R ER pitching positions... Named First Team 6.75 0-0 3-0 0 0-0 0 4.0 4 3 3 All-Queens by the Times Ledger... Named honorable mention All-City by News 12... BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB BF WHIP BAA Batted .425 his senior season and was 5-0 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 22 2.25 .267 on the mound... Went 7-1 in summer ball in 2017, yielding only two earned runs in 21 FACTS ABOUT FERRO innings for the Midville Dodgers in Middle Ferro is incredibly proud of being from Ferro has a five-step process that gets him Village, Queens. Queens, NY and his Italian heritage. His ready to pitc. He starts with foam rolling, grandparents emigrated to the United stretching and movement and agility work. States from Sicily, Italy when they were Then, it’s band work, weighted ball exercis- young to pursue a better life. “Ferro” means es, and finally, regular throwing. “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