St. Cloud Rox (MN) (25-12 Overall) vs. Rochester Honkers (MN) (7-28 Overall) Northwoods League Tuesday, August 18th -- 6:35 PM CT Mayo Field -- Rochester, MN Game #38 (Overall) - Road Game #19 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 Wednesday, August 19th @ROC 6:35 PM St. Cloud RHP Trent Schoeberl vs Rochester RHP Damon Rademacher 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Thursday, August 20th WIL 7:05 PM St. Cloud RHP Luke Albright vs Willmar TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Friday, August 21st OFFSEASON OFFSEASON OFFSEASON OFFSEASON Saturday, August 22nd OFFSEASON OFFSEASON OFFSEASON OFFSEASON ROX SWEEP MOONDOGS: St. Cloud (25-12) swept the Mankato Moon- Dogs on Monday following a 10-0 win in which RJ Martinez (Minot State) earned 2020 Rox Overview Overall ....................................................... 25-12 Northwoods League Pitcher of the Night. The Minot State product tossed Home ............................................................17-2 seven scoreless innings and punched out a season high 10 batters. Kodie Kolden Road ..............................................................8-10 (Washington State) had four hits in the win. Place MN/IA Pod ............................................. 1 Games Ahead ................................................0.5 FIRST PLACE OPERATION: The magic number to clinch the Minnesota/ Last 10 Games .............................................. 9-1 Iowa pod is three games for the Rox. They’ve won 16 of their last 19 games and Last 5 Games ................................................ 4-1 moved into first place of the standings following Monday’s win. If St. Cloud wins Home Dates Remaining ........................... ....1 out, they win the championship. The Waterloo Bucks are a half game back, but Next Home Game.......................................8/20 only have one game remaining this season. PITCHING STAFF CONTINUES TO SHINE: Over the last five games, the pitching staff has given up a combined six runs. On Tuesday in Mankato, Justin Kelly (Utah) gave up one run over six innings pitched. Trevor Koenig (St. Cloud State) hurled two scoreless innings. In the series opener against Willmar on Wednesday, Trent Schoeberl (Minnesota) pitched five innings and gave up one run. Then on Thursday, Luke Albright (Kent State) struck out 12 batters over five innings pitched. He was one strikeout away from tying the single-game Rox record. Zane Mills (Washington State) hurled eight innings and struck out 10 Rox Upcoming Schedule batters on Tuesday while earning Northwoods League Pitcher of the Night. RJ 8/19 @ROC 6:35 Martinez (Minot State) struck out 10 batters over seven scoreless innings on 8/20 WIL 7:05 Monday. HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE IS REAL: The Rox have been terrific at home in 2020. They haven’t lost since July 18th at the Rock Pile and have won 13 consecutive games. The Rox went on a six-game winning streak during its longest homestand of the season last week. St. Cloud is 17-2 at Joe Faber Field, but are just 8-10 when away from home. They return home on Thursday to finish the season. ROX VS HONKERS IN 2020: The Rox and Honkers have split the last two series. St. Cloud leads the overall season series 6-2, and are 2-1 at Mayo Field. HONKERS STARTER LHP SALVATORE FERRO (1-2, 6.75 ERA): Ferro makes his fourth start of the season and first against the Rox. In just over Rox Social Media 25 innings pitched, he has struck out 19 batters and walked 15 while allowing 19 Twitter: @StCloudRox earned runs. In his last start against Waterloo, he pitched five innings and gave up Instagram: @StCloudRox two runs with four strikeouts. Facebook: @StCloudRox 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: L/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 3-0 1.96 7 3 0 0 0 23.0 14 5 5 15 19 2020 Northwoods League Game-by-Game Statistics IN A NUTSHELL: DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO RESULT -Bourassa makes his final start of the season for the *7-2 ROC -- 1.0 0 0 0 3 2 W, 7-6 *7-7 @WAT -- 2.0 5 3 3 1 2 L, 15-1 Rox on Tuesday. He’s coming off of his best start on *7-13 MAN W 3.0 3 0 0 1 4 W, 3-2 August 10th at Mankato, in which he pitched five 7-20 @WAT -- 4.0 3 0 0 2 0 W, 5-4 *7-27 MAN W 4.0 0 0 0 2 2 W, 15-5 no-hit innings. 8-3 WAT -- 4.0 3 2 2 3 5 W, 12-5 -He made four starts on the mound for the Univer- 8-10 @MAN W 5.0 0 0 0 3 4 W, 9-3 sity of San Francisco this season *Indicates relief appearance -He finished the 2020 season with a 1-1 records 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 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 44 Sam Ireland DH/1B/RF 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. He also recorded 6 RBIs -As a rising freshman in college, Marinconz played in the Northwoods League last summer for the Eau Claire Express -He hit .284 for the season and helped the Express reach the championship game -Before Cal Poly: A 2019 graduate of Valley Christian High School, Marinconz played baseball in all four years and hit .334 for his career ROX POSITION PLAYER NOTES 4 28 Collin Montez OF 6-2, 210, Jr.