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St. Cloud Rox (MN) (21-12 Overall) vs. Willmar Stingers (MN) (19-16 Overall) Northwoods League Wednesday, August 12th -- 7:05 PM CT Joe Faber Field -- St. Cloud, MN Game #34 (Overall) - Home Game #17 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, August 13th @WIL 7:05 PM St. Cloud RHP Luke Albright vs Willmar LHP Gavin Gorrell 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Friday, August 14th OFF OFF OFF OFF Saturday, August 15th OFF OFF OFF OFF Sunday, August 16th MAN 4:05 PM St. Cloud TBA vs Mankato TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com ROX SPLIT SERIES WITH MOONDOGS: The Rox beat the Moon- Dogs by a score of 9-3 on Monday, as St. Cloud took advantage of six errors. 2020 Rox Overview Overall ....................................................... 21-12 Kodie Kolden (Washington State) led the team with 3 RBIs and Ben Norman Home ............................................................14-2 (Iowa) also had an RBI-double. Landen Bourassa (San Francisco) earned his third Road ..............................................................7-10 win of the season after not allowing a hit in five innings pitched. On Tuesday, St. Place MN/IA Pod ............................................. 2 Cloud dropped a close 1-0 game. Games Behind ..............................................0.5 Last 10 Games .............................................. 8-2 BENNY “THE JET” NORMAN: During game two of Sunday’s double- Last 5 Games ................................................ 4-1 header, Ben Norman was on third base with two outs in the third inning. The Home Dates Remaining ........................... ....3 speedy outfielder from Iowa got a great jump and successfully executed a Next Home Game.......................................8/16 straight steal from third base to home plate. He currently leads the team in sto- len bases and walks drawn. WELCOME, JACK WINKLER: Jack Winkler (San Francisco) made his Rox debut on Tuesday in Mankato, going 1-3 at the plate. He also made two impres- sive plays at second base and helped turn a double play. He joins his college teammate Landen Bourassa on the roster. Rox Upcoming Schedule HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE IS REAL: The Rox have been terrific at 8/13 @WIL 7:05 8/14 OFF OFF home in 2020. They haven’t lost since July 18th at the Rock Pile and have won 10 8/15 OFF OFF consecutive games. The Rox went on a six-game winning streak during its longest 8/16 MAN 4:05 8/17 MAN 7:05 homestand of the season last week. St. Cloud is 14-2 at Joe Faber Field, but are 8/18 @ROC 6:35 8/19 @ROC 6:35 just 7-9 when away from home. They return to Joe Faber Field tonight, opening a 8/20 WIL 7:05 two-game, home-and-home series against Willmar. ROX VS STINGERS IN 2020: The Rox have a chance to win the Highway 23 series trophy for the second consecutive year. They lead the season series 6-4 in 2020, and one win will secure it. St. Cloud is 4-0 at home against the Stingers this season. WILLMAR STARTER RHP LANDON GREEN (1-0, 8.50 ERA): Green makes his first start of the season for the Stingers after appearing 11 times out of the bullpen. The redshirt-freshman from the University of Alabama Rox Social Media has thrown 18 innings this year and given up 17 earned runs. He has struck out Twitter: @StCloudRox 25 batters and walked just 8. In 7.1 combined innings pitched against the Rox, he Instagram: @StCloudRox has allowed just one earned run. Facebook: @StCloudRox FOR UP-TO-DATE PLAYER AND TEAM NEWS, STATS, ETC VISIT: STCLOUDROX.COM TODAY’S ROX PITCHER 2 #31 Trent Schoeberl HT: 6-6 WT: 195 BATS/THROWS: R/R COLLEGE: Minnesota COUNTRY: United States RESIDENCE: White Bear Lake, Minnesota YEAR: Freshman 2020 Northwoods League Season Statistics CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO St. Cloud Rox 0-2 6.14 6 2 0 0 0 14.2 18 11 10 7 9 2020 Northwoods League Game-by-Game Statistics IN A NUTSHELL: DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO RESULT -Schoeberl (pronounced “show-berl”) makes his *7-2 ROC -- 1.0 1 0 0 1 3 W, 7-6 7-7 @WAT L 1.1 3 2 2 1 0 L, 15-1 third start of the season for the Rox *7-11 @WIL -- 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 L, 5-2 -He appeared in five games, making three starts on *7-19 ROC -- 3.0 4 3 2 3 1 W, 9-4 7-28 @MAN L 4.0 6 4 4 1 3 L, 6-4 the mound for the Gophers during the 2020 season *8-6 @ROC -- 4.1 2 1 1 1 2 L, 10-8 -He finished with a 2-0 record and a 2.75 earned run *Indicates relief appearance average. He finished with 17 strikeouts over 19 2/3 innings pitched -Before Minnesota: The White Bear Lake graduate was ranked by Perfect Game as the 3rd best right- handed pitcher and 5th best high school player in Minnesota ROX POSITION PLAYER NOTES 3 1 Jordan Barth 3B/1B 6-1, 200, Jr. Cold Spring, MN Augustana #31 Trent Schoeberl -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 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. Kelly also participated in the Major League Dreams Showcase -He started all 18 games for the University of Minnesota during the 2020 season, scoring nine runs -His brother Cody also plays for the Rox. They will be teammates next season at the University of Minnesota -Before Minnesota: He spent two seasons at Northwestern University before transferring to Minnesota. The St. Michael-Albertville graduate was named all-conference, all- area, all-metro and all-state following his senior year. Kelly was ranked the number 1 catcher in Minnesota and number 29 catcher nationally by Prep Baseball Report 3 Kodie Kolden 2B/SS/3B 6-1, 190, So. Post Falls, ID Washington State -Kolden appeared in 13 games for Washington State this season -He had 11 hits, including a triple. Kolden drew seven walks and had six runs batted in. During his freshman season, he appeared in 42 games making 39 starts -Before Washington State: The Lake City High graduate was a two-time All-Inland Empire First Team selection and was named All-USA Idaho First Team during his senior season. He was rated as the third overall prospect in the state of Idaho by Baseball Northwest 8 Nick Marinconz 2B/SS/3B 5-11, 180, Fr. San Jose, CA Cal Poly -In his first season at Cal Poly, Marinconz appeared in 16 games and hit .215 in 65 at-bats.