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St. Cloud Rox (MN) (11-10 Overall) vs. Rochester Honkers (MN) (4-16 Overall) Northwoods League Thursday, July 30th -- 7:05 PM CT Joe Faber Field -- St. Cloud, MN Games #22 (Overall) - Home Game #11 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 Friday, July 31st WIL 7:05 PM St. Cloud LHP Trevor Koenig vs Willmar RHP Brody Barnum 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Saturday, August 1st WIL 6:35 PM St. Cloud RHP Justin Kelly vs Willmar TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Sunday, August 2nd WAT 4:05 PM St. Cloud RHP Landen Bourassa vs Waterloo TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Monday, August 3rd WAT 7:05 PM St. Cloud LHP RJ Martinez vs Waterloo TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com PITCHING SHINES BRIGHT ON WEDNESDAY: Zane Mills (Wash- ington State) threw six innings and earned his first win of the season as St. Cloud 2020 Rox Overview Overall ....................................................... 11-10 (11-10) beat Rochester (4-16) in a 2-1, low scoring game at Joe Faber Field. Six Home .............................................................. 8-2 innings was the longest any Rox starter has gone for the Rox in 2020 and Mills Road ................................................................ 3-8 gave up just two hits. Nate Peterson (Oklahoma State) tossed the seventh and Place MN/IA Pod ............................................. 3 eighth innings without giving up a hit. Noah Myhre (Minot State) earned his first Games Behind ..............................................3.5 save of the season. Collin Montez (Washington State) had a key triple in the sixth Last 10 Games .............................................. 6-4 inning that led off the inning. He scored on a wild pitch and St. Cloud didn’t give Last 5 Games ................................................ 3-2 up the lead for the rest of the game. Home Dates Remaining ........................... ....9 Next Home Game.......................................7/31 JORDAN BARTH IS RED HOT AT THE PLATE: The 2019 Rox Team MVP has recorded a hit in his last 12 games for the Rox. He currently leads the squad in batting average, hits, triples, RBI and is tied for the lead in hit-by-pitches. In 2019, the Augustana product set six single season franchise records. He hit .323 last season. Rox Upcoming Schedule 7/31 WIL 7:05 ST. CLOUD ENJOYS LONG HOMESTAND: The Rox began their lon- 8/1 WIL 6:05 gest homestand of the season on Wednesday against Rochester. They’ll play host 8/2 WAT 4:05 8/3 WAT 7:05 to the Honkers today in the series finale before hosting the Willmar Stingers and 8/4 OFF OFF 8/5 OFF OFF then the Waterloo Bucks. They won’t play a road game until August 6th when 8/6 @ROC 6:35 they play Rochester at Mayo Field. The Rox are 8-2 this season at home. 8/7 @ROC 7:05 8/8 WIL 6:05 8/9 @WIL (DH) 12:05/6:05 8/10 @MAN 6:35 ROX VS HONKERS IN 2020: St. Cloud is 4-1 on the season against the 8/11 @MAN 6:35 Honkers and 3-1 at Joe Faber Field. On July 2nd, the Rox erased a four run defi- 8/12 WIL 7:05 8/13 @WIL 7:05 cit and Andrew Pintar (BYU) hit a walk-off in the 11th inning to win 7-6. The next 8/14 OFF OFF 8/15 OFF OFF day at Mayo Field, St. Cloud scored eight runs in the eighth inning and won 13-2. 8/16 MAN 4:05 The two teams most recently played on July 18th and 19th at Joe Faber Field. The 8/17 MAN 7:05 8/18 @ROC 6:35 Honkers won game one after a five-run eighth inning. St. Cloud responded with a 8/19 @ROC 6:35 9-4 win in the series finale behind a 3-RBI day from Sam Ireland (Minnesota). On 8/20 WIL 7:05 Wednesday, the Rox pitching staff combined for a two-hitter in a 2-1 win. HONKERS STARTER RHP MACGREGOR HINES (0-2, 8.53 ERA): The senior from Dallas Baptist University is slated to make his fourth start of the season in the series finale against St. Cloud. He has struck out nine batters, walked seven and allowed 12 earned runs in 12.2 innings thrown this season. In his previous start on July 24th at Waterloo, he went a season-high four Rox Social Media innings and gave up two runs. He made his Honkers debut against the Rox in Twitter: @StCloudRox relief on July 2nd, striking out five batters in three innings pitched. Instagram: @StCloudRox Facebook: @StCloudRox FOR UP-TO-DATE PLAYER AND TEAM NEWS, STATS, ETC VISIT: STCLOUDROX.COM TODAY’S ROX PITCHER 2 #42 Luke Albright HT: 6-4 WT: 235 BATS/THROWS: R/R COLLEGE: Kent State COUNTRY: United States RESIDENCE: Fishers, Indiana YEAR: Junior 2020 Northwoods League Season Statistics CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO St. Cloud Rox 0-1 1.64 3 3 0 0 0 11.0 7 4 2 5 10 2020 Northwoods League Game-by-Game Statistics IN A NUTSHELL: DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO RESULT -Albright makes his fourth start of the season and 7-8 MAN -- 3.0 1 0 0 2 1 W, 7-0 third at Joe Faber Field 7-16 WAT -- 4.0 3 2 0 2 2 L, 5-4 7-23 @WIL L 4.0 3 2 2 1 7 L, 6-0 -In 23.2 innings pitched in 2020, Albright went 2-2 on the mound and finished with a 1.90 ERA -He struck out 22 batters and walked just 8. In his last start of the season, Albright picked up a win at Liberty after pitching 6.2 innings -In 2019, he led the MAC (during conference play) in ERA (.147), opposing batting average (.167), fewest hits allowed (20), fewest runs allowed (6) and fewest earned runs allowed (6) -Before Kent State: Led Fishers High School to a state championship in his senior season. Carried a 2.96 career ERA with 16 wins and 143 innings pitched ROX POSITION PLAYER NOTES 3 1 Jordan Barth 3B/1B 6-1, 200, Jr. Cold Spring, MN Augustana #42 Luke Albright -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.