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St. Cloud Rox (MN) (14-10 Overall) vs. Waterloo Bucks (IA) (18-8 Overall) Northwoods League Sunday, August 2nd -- 4:05 PM CT Joe Faber Field -- St. Cloud, MN Games #25 (Overall) - Home Game #14 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 Monday, August 3rd WAT 7:05 PM St. Cloud LHP RJ Martinez vs Waterloo RHP Alec Huertas 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Tuesday, August 4th OFF OFF OFF OFF Wednesday, August 5th OFF OFF OFF OFF Thursday, August 6th @ROC 6:35 PM St. Cloud TBA vs Rochester TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com ROX STING STINGERS WITH SWEEP: St. Cloud (14-10) won its fourth consecutive game on Saturday behind yet another stellar pitching perfor- 2020 Rox Overview Overall ....................................................... 14-10 mance. Nick Marinconz (Cal Poly) led off the first inning and was able to eventu- Home ............................................................11-2 ally score on a wild pitch. The 1-0 score remained until the seventh inning, when Road ................................................................ 3-8 Nate Rombach (Texas Tech) singled and took advantage of an error to score. Place MN/IA Pod ............................................. 3 It was the second shut out of the season for St. Cloud (7/8 vs MAN 7-0) at Joe Games Behind ..............................................3.0 Faber Field. Justin Kelly (Utah) threw four innings in the start. Will Anderson Last 10 Games .............................................. 7-3 (Minnesota) earned his second win of the season after pitching two innings. Jesse Last 5 Games ................................................ 4-1 Barron (San Francisco) finished the game and earned the save. Home Dates Remaining ........................... ....6 Next Home Game..........................................8/3 STRONG WEEK FOR JESSE BARRON: The Freshman All-American made his Rox debut on Tuesday in Mankato and pitched an inning. Since, he has appeared two more times out of the bullpen and has yet to allow a run. Barron earned his first save of the season on Saturday after pitching the final three -in nings. Rox Upcoming Schedule 8/3 WAT 7:05 8/4 OFF OFF 8/5 OFF OFF 8/6 @ROC 6:35 ROX SOLID AT THE ROCK PILE: With Saturday’s win over Willmar, St. 8/7 @ROC 7:05 8/8 WIL 6:05 Cloud improved its home record to 11-2 when playing at Joe Faber Field. They’re 8/9 @WIL (DH) 12:05/6:05 7-0 since July 18th at the Rock Pile. The Rox are in the middle of its longest 8/10 @MAN 6:35 8/11 @MAN 6:35 homestand of the season with six consecutive home games. They’ve won four 8/12 WIL 7:05 8/13 @WIL 7:05 games in a row for the first time in 2020. 8/14 OFF OFF 8/15 OFF OFF 8/16 MAN 4:05 8/17 MAN 7:05 8/18 @ROC 6:35 ROX VS BUCKS IN 2020: The Bucks and the Rox play their final two-game 8/19 @ROC 6:35 series of the year on Sunday and Monday. Waterloo leads the series 4-2, but the 8/20 WIL 7:05 two teams have split the last two series. It’s been nearly two weeks since the two sides last played. At Riverfront Stadium on July 20th, the Rox won in 11 innings. Then, the Bucks bounced back the next day with a 6-2 win in 7 innings due to rain. WATERLOO STARTER LHP BEN OLSON (1-0, 2.77 ERA): Olson makes his fifth start of the season and second against St. Cloud. The University of Dayton product earned his first win of the season in his last start on July 23rd Rox Social Media against Rochester. He tossed five innings and struck out five batters while not Twitter: @StCloudRox allowing a run. On July 16th, he made a start at Joe Faber Field against the Rox. Instagram: @StCloudRox Olson allowed two earned runs and lasted 3.1 innings. In the 2020 season, he has Facebook: @StCloudRox walked 16 batters and struck out eight. FOR UP-TO-DATE PLAYER AND TEAM NEWS, STATS, ETC VISIT: STCLOUDROX.COM TODAY’S ROX PITCHER 2 #9 RJ Martinez HT: 5-11 WT: 165 BATS/THROWS: L/L COLLEGE: Minot State COUNTRY: United States RESIDENCE: Morreno Valley, CA YEAR: RS-Junior 2020 Northwoods League Season Statistics CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO St. Cloud Rox 1-0 4.26 6 2 0 0 0 12.2 16 7 6 3 17 2020 Northwoods League Game-by-Game Statistics IN A NUTSHELL: DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO RESULT -Martinez makes his third start of the 2020 season *7-2 ROC -- 2.0 4 2 2 0 4 W, 7-6 and first against Waterloo on Sunday. His lone win of *7-7 @WAT -- 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 L, 15-1 7-13 MAN -- 4.0 4 0 0 0 6 W, 3-2 the season came against the Bucks on July 20th at *7-20 @WAT W 2.2 2 1 0 1 2 W, 5-4 Riverfront Stadium *7-22 WIL -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 W, 9-8 7-27 MAN -- 2.0 4 3 3 2 3 W, 15-5 -He returns for his second season with the Rox after making 13 appearances, including 10 starts in 2019. *Indicates relief appearance He started game two of the Northwoods League Playoffs for the Rox. He finished the season with a 6-2 record while posting a 3.64 earned run average. In 64.1 innings pitched, Martinez had a team-high 56 strikeouts -Martinez was selected as a midseason and postsea- son Northwoods League All-Star. -This season he made three starts on the mound for Minot State. In 15.2 innings pitched he struck out 12 batters -Before Minot State: Martinez transferred to Minot State after attending Yavapai College in Arizona. He holds the single season strikeout record at Valley View High with 81 during his senior season ROX POSITION PLAYER NOTES 3 1 Jordan Barth 3B/1B 6-1, 200, Jr. Cold Spring, MN Augustana #9 RJ Martinez -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.