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St. Cloud Rox (MN) (24-26) vs. Eau Claire Express (WI) (21-28) Northwoods League July 19, 2018 -- 7:05 PM Joe Faber Field -- St. Cloud, MN Game #51 (Overall 24-26), #15 (2nd Half 8-6) - Home Game #26 Radio: 1390 AM St. Cloud (6:35 PM) Internet: 1390GraniteCitySports.com App (Free): 1390 Granite City Sports Broadcaster: Evan Hughes St. Cloud Jack Cushing (2-1 3.88 ERA) vs Eau Claire Justin Slaten (6-1 1.18 ERA) UPCOMING GAMES AND PITCHING PROBABLES Friday, July 20 EC 7:05 PM Jake Stevenson vs TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Saturday, July 21 @WIL 7:05 PM St. Cloud TBA vs TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Sunday, July 22 WIL 4:05 PM St. Cloud TBA vs TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Monday, July 23 OFF OFF OFF OFF ROX SPLIT WITH HONKERS: The 2017 Northwoods League Champions St. Cloud Rox concluded their two-game series with the Rochester Honkers on Wednes- 2018 Rox Overview First Half Regular Season Record ......24-26 day night behind a strong pitching performance. St. Cloud beat Rochester 1-0 Second Half Regular Season Record......8-6 vs. North Division .................................24-26 at the Rock Pile, shutting down the Honkers while holding them to just three vs. South Division ......................................0-0 hits in the game. Evan Johnson (Creighton) had an impressive start on the Home .......................................................15-10 mound for St. Cloud to get the win, shutting Rochester down for the first 6.2 Road ...........................................................9-16 innings. Johnson, who improves to 3-0 on the season, gave up just three hits, Place NWL North ........................................6 no runs, two walks and struck out eight. Erik Martinez (California-Berkeley) fol- Games Behind ..................................... 10GM lowed Johnson’s performance up by throwing 1.1 shutout innings, giving up Last 10 .........................................................6-4 no hits while striking out two. Finn Del Bonta-Smith (San Jose State) closed the Last 5............................................................3-2 door for the Rox, pitching the final inning to pick up his fifth save of the year. At 2018 Home Attendance......2,424 (GM 22) Home Dates .................................................36 the plate, St. Cloud tallied the games lone run in the bottom of the first inning to jump out to the lead. Jack Barrie (Northwestern Ohio) brought home Land- on Stephens (Miami-Ohio) with an RBI single to give the Rox enough to come away with the win. Barrie finished 1-for-4 with one RBI and Ricardo Sanchez Rox July Schedule 7/1 @WIL 7-3 L (Arkansas at Pine Bluff) finished 2-for-4 to lead the way for St. Cloud. Bobby 7/2 @BIS 12-2 L 7/3 @BIS 3-1 L Seymour (Wake Forest) and Ryland Kerr (Eastern Kentucky) each added a hit for 7/4 @DUL 2-1 L the Rox. 7/5 DUL 8-1 L 7/6 @WAT 7-2 W 7/7 @WAT 5-3 W 7/8 DUL 10-7 L 7/9 @DUL 6-2 L 7/10 WAT 3-2 W HEY NOW, YOU’RE AN ALL-STAR: The Northwoods League announced Friday 7/11 WAT 9-0 W 7/12 DUL 4-3 W that three St. Cloud Rox players have been selected to take part in the 2018 7/13 @DUL 7-2 L 7/14 WIL 6-4 W Northwoods League All-Star Game on July 24. Infielder Landon Stephens 7/15 WIL 1-0 W 7/16 OFF OFF (Miami-Ohio), pitcher Finn Del Bonta-Smith (San Jose State) and pitcher Jack 7/17 ROC 6-2 L 7/18 ROC 1-0 W Cushing (Georgetown) have been selected to represent the Rox in the All-Star 7/19 EC 7:05 7/20 EC 7:05 Game, which will be played at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 24 at Homer Stryker Field 7/21 @WIL 7:05 7/22 @WIL 4:05 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Stephens, who wrapped up his sophomore season 7/23 OFF OFF 7/24 OFF OFF at Miami-Ohio this spring, is hitting .307 in 41 games for the Rox so far this 7/25 OFF OFF 7/26 ROC 7:05 season. Stephens has a team-best six home runs on the year, which is tied for 7/27 @ROC 7:05 7/28 @TB 5:05 fifth-best in the Northwoods League. He has also recorded a team-high 26 RBI, 7/29 @TB 12:35 along with nine doubles, one triple and three stolen bases. Del Bonta-Smith 7/30 @LAC 7:05 7/31 @LAC 7:05 concluded his junior season at San Jose State before arriving in St. Cloud this summer. So far this season, he has appeared in 12 games while tallying 17.2 innings of work. While allowing just two runs and two walks while recording 30 strikeouts, Del Bonta-Smith has a 1.01 ERA and is 3-1 with three saves on the year. Cushing, who finished his junior year at Georgetown in 2018, is in his sec- ond season in St. Cloud and has been selected to his second straight All-Star Game after being named an All-Star in 2017. So far this season, Cushing has ap- peared in a team-high 41.2 innings, giving up 18 earned runs and striking out 37 to hold a record of 2-1 with an ERA of 3.88. FOR UP-TO-DATE PLAYER AND TEAM NEWS, STATS, ETC VISIT StCloudRox.com TODAY’S ROX PITCHER 2 ROX POSITION PLAYER NOTES 3 9 Connor Aube OF 5-10, 190, So. Falmouth, NE Parkland Junior College #31 Jack Cushing LAST GAME: 4 AB, 1 H, 1 RBI, 1 BB (7-17 ROC) Batting Average: .274 Aube appeared in 51 games for Parkland Junior College, recording a CURRENT STREAK: LONG STREAK: .391 batting average. Aube, who will play at the University of Texas at ON-BASE STREAK: LAST HR: Arlington next year, had 72 hits, seven home runs, 39 RBI, and 34 steals HT: 6-3 WT: 205 BATS/THROWS: R/R College: Georgetown DL DATES: GAMES MISSED: on the year for the Cobras. DATE ARRIVED: *Stats through 5/13/18 RESIDENCE: Flower Mound, TX PROSPECT RANKING: Year: Junior 12 Louis Baker INF 6-1, 210, So. Gold Coast, Australia Scottsdale Community LAST GAME: 2 AB, 1 H, 1 RBI (6-16 @WAT) Batting Average: 176 Returning player from the 2017 Northwoods League Championship team. CURRENT STREAK:: LONG STREAK: LONG ON-BASE: LAST HR: DL DATES: GAMES MISSED: 2018 SEASON STATISTICS DATE ARRIVED: CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO PROSPECT RANKING: St. Cloud Rox 2-1 3.88 8 7 0 0 0 41.2 38 21 18 0 10 37 44 Jack Barrie INF 6-3, 230, Jr. Maleny, Australia Northwestern Ohio LAST GAME: 3 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB (7-17 ROC) BATTING AVERAGE: .241 Northwoods League Player of the Night on June 10. He had two IN A NUTSHELL: CURRENT STREAK: LONG STREAK: Cushing appeared in 15 games in his junior season at Georgetown University, start- homeruns, including a solo blast in the ninth inning to win the game for - LONG ON-BASE: LAST HR: DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO RESULT the Rox ing in 11 of those games. In 62.2 innings of work, Cushing gave up 45 earned runs, 30 DL DATES: GAMES MISSED: 6-3 BIS W 6.0 3 1 1 1 7 4-2 W walks and struck out 42 to finish with a 6.46 earned run average. 6-9 ROC ND 8.0 2 1 1 2 5 2-1 W DATE ARRIVED: 6-15 @EC ND 3.0 3 0 0 0 3 4-3 L *Stats through 5/13/18 PROSPECT RANKING: 6-19 @MAN ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 3-1 W 6-22 @LAC ND 6.0 7 4 3 0 2 5-4 W 30 Chad Bible OF 6-1, 225, Jr. Valencia, CA San Diego State 6-28 BIS ND 3.2 8 8 7 4 2 12-10 L Last Game: 5 AB, 1 H, 1 RBI (6-29 BIS) Batting Average: .161 Bible appeared in 50 games for San Diego State during his redshirt 7-5 DUL L 6.0 6 4 3 1 8 8-1 L CURRENT STREAK: LONG STREAK: 7-12 DUL W 7.0 8 3 3 2 7 4-3 W junior year. He tallied a .337 batting average and had 61 hits, 34 runs, 11 LONG ON-BASE: LAST HR: doubles, two triples, nine home runs, 39 RBI and two stolen bases for the DL DATES: GAMES MISSED: Aztecs. DATE ARRIVED: May 29 *Stats through 5/13/18 PROSPECT RANKING: 12 Ben Carew OF 6-1, 180, Fr. Appleton, WI Kent State LAST GAME: 2 AB1, R, 1 BB (7-6 @WAT) BATTING AVERAGE: .222 Carew played in 16 games during his freshman season with the CURRENT STREAK: LONG STREAK: Goldenlashes, starting in three games. He recorded four hits, two runs LONG ON-BASE: LAST HR: scored and two RBI to finish with a .190 batting average on the year. DL DATES: GAMES MISSED: *Stats through 5/13/18 DATE ARRIVED: PROSPECT RANKING: 3 Ryan Davis INF 5-10, 180, So. Danville, CA Georgetown Last Game: 4 AB, 1 H, 1 RBI, 1 BB (7-17 ROC) Batting Average: .266 Davis played and started in 49 games during his sophomore season for CURRENT STREAK: LONG STREAK: Georgetown University this year.