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August 3Rd Waterloo Bucks St. Cloud Rox (MN) (15-10 Overall) vs. Waterloo Bucks (IA) (18-9 Overall) Northwoods League Monday, August 3rd -- 7:05 PM CT Joe Faber Field -- St. Cloud, MN Games #26 (Overall) - Home Game #15 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 Tuesday, August 4th OFF OFF OFF OFF Wednesday, August 5th OFF OFF OFF OFF Thursday, August 6th @ROC 6:35 PM St. Cloud RHP Luke Albright vs Rochester TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Friday, August 7th @ROC 7:05 PM St. Cloud LHP Trevor Koenig vs Rochester TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com ROX WIN FIFTH GAME IN A ROW: St. Cloud (15-10) won their fifth game in a row on Sunday, snapping Waterloo’s six-game winning streak in a 3-2 2020 Rox Overview Overall ....................................................... 15-10 victory. After falling behind 2-0 in the second inning, the Rox started chipping Home ............................................................12-2 away at the deficit in the sixth inning. Jack Kelly (Minnesota) ripped a single to Road ................................................................ 3-8 right field with two outs and scored Kodie Kolden (Washington State) to cut Place MN/IA Pod ............................................. 3 the deficit to one run. They tacked on a run in the seventh and eighth innings. Games Behind ..............................................2.0 RJ Martinez (Minot State) tossed five innings in the start and didn’t give up an Last 10 Games .............................................. 7-3 earned run. Nate Peterson (Oklahoma State) struck out two batters in the sixth Last 5 Games ................................................ 5-0 inning. Noah Myhre (Minot State) hurled the final three innings and earned his Home Dates Remaining ........................... ....5 second win of the season. Next Home Game.........................................8/8 PITCHING STAFF HAS BEEN CLUTCH: Over the last five games, St. Cloud has allowed just 10 runs and four runs over the last 18 innings. Zane Mills (Washington State) threw six innings in the win on Tuesday against Rochester, the longest start any Rox pitcher has had in 2020. Luke Albright (Kent State) then took a no-hitter into the fifth inning on Wednesday. The bullpen has also shined this week. Blake Stelzer (Concordia-St. Paul) and Jesse Barron (San Francisco) Rox Upcoming Schedule 8/4 OFF OFF have recorded saves. Kevin Davis (USC-Upstate) and Nate Peterson (Oklahoma 8/5 OFF OFF State) have also thrown scoreless innings. 8/6 @ROC 6:35 8/7 @ROC 7:05 8/8 WIL 6:05 8/9 @WIL (DH) 12:05/6:05 8/10 @MAN 6:35 With Sunday’s win over Waterloo, St. 8/11 @MAN 6:35 ROX SOLID AT THE ROCK PILE: 8/12 WIL 7:05 Cloud improved its home record to 12-2 when playing at Joe Faber Field. They’re 8/13 @WIL 7:05 8/14 OFF OFF 8-0 since July 18th at the Rock Pile. The Rox conclude their final game of its lon- 8/15 OFF OFF gest homestand of the season. They’ve won five games in a row for the first time 8/16 MAN 4:05 8/17 MAN 7:05 in 2020. 8/18 @ROC 6:35 8/19 @ROC 6:35 8/20 WIL 7:05 ROX VS BUCKS IN 2020: The Bucks and the Rox play their final game of the season against each other on Monday. Waterloo leads the series 4-3, but the two teams have split the last two series. This season has featured two one-run games and an extra-inning win for the Rox. In 2019, the Rox and Bucks split the season series 4-4. WATERLOO STARTER RHP ALEC HUERTAS (1-0, 5.14 ERA): Huertas makes his fifth start of the season and his third against St. Cloud. In 14 Rox Social Media innings pitched, he has struck out 12 batters and walked six. His last start was on Twitter: @StCloudRox July 28th at Rochester and gave up six earned runs over three innings pitched. Instagram: @StCloudRox Huertas started on July 21st against the Rox and hurled six innings, giving up two Facebook: @StCloudRox earned runs and striking out two batters. FOR UP-TO-DATE PLAYER AND TEAM NEWS, STATS, ETC VISIT: STCLOUDROX.COM TODAY’S ROX PITCHER 2 #21 Landen Bourassa HT: 6-4 WT: 200 BATS/THROWS: R/R COLLEGE: San Francisco COUNTRY: Canada RESIDENCE: Lethbridge, Alberta YEAR: RS-Senior 2020 Northwoods League Season Statistics CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO St. Cloud Rox 2-0 1.93 5 1 0 0 0 14.0 11 3 3 9 10 2020 Northwoods League Game-by-Game Statistics IN A NUTSHELL: DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO RESULT -Bourassa makes his second start of the season and *7-2 ROC -- 1.0 0 0 0 3 2 W, 7-6 his second against Waterloo *7-7 @WAT -- 2.0 5 3 3 1 2 L, 15-1 *7-13 MAN W 3.0 3 0 0 1 4 W, 3-2 -Over his last 11 innings, he has not given up a run 7-20 @WAT -- 4.0 3 0 0 2 0 W, 5-4 -He made four starts on the mound for the Univer- *7-27 MAN W 4.0 0 0 0 2 2 W, 15-5 sity of San Francisco this season *Indicates relief appearance -Bourassa finished the 2020 season with a 1-1 re- cords and a 1.38 earned run average in 13 innings pitched -Before San Francisco: He transferred after playing two seasons at Lane Community College. At Lane he First Team NWAC All-Region honors. In his two seasons he finished with a 9-4 records and 2.63 earned run average. He was named to the First Team All-State Montana/Alberta during his senior year at Chinook High School ROX POSITION PLAYER NOTES 3 1 Jordan Barth 3B/1B 6-1, 200, Jr. Cold Spring, MN Augustana #21 Landen Bourassa -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.
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