TAKE a GANDER! Rochester Honkers | Northwoods League Mayo Field - 403 E

TAKE A GANDER! Rochester Honkers | Northwoods League Mayo Field - 403 E. Center St. Rochester, MN 55904 Contact: Jordan Lank, Director of Media Relations (623)-755-7798 ROCHESTER HONKERS (3-7) @ ST. CLOUD ROX (X-X) Game #11 — Saturday, July 18, 2020 — Joe Faber Field — 6:05 p.m. CST LHP Chris Stefl (0-1, 4.50 ERA) vs. LHP Trevor Koenig (0-1, 3.00 ERA) ABOUT LAST NIGHT... MINNESOTA/IOWA POD STANDINGS After the Honkers walked off the MoonDogs in 10 innings on Wednesday, Mankato came screaming back last TEAM W L PCT GB STR L10 night in a 13-5 drubbing of the Team in Teal. While Roch- Willmar 10 2 .833 -- W8 9-1 ester put runs on the board first with a single tally on a Waterloo 9 6 .600 2.5 L1 6-4 Bryce Matthews single. Mankato responded with a 10- St. Cloud 6 6 .500 4.0 W1 5-5 run second inning in which it sent 14 men to the plate. The MoonDogs only mustered four hits, and the Honkers Rochester 3 7 .300 6.0 L1 3-6 retired the first two batters of the inning on a flyout and Mankato 3 10 .231 7.5 W1 2-8 a groundout. The remainder of the inning went: dropped MULTI-HIT HONKS third strike, BB, HBP, HBP, BB, HBP, 2B, BB, 1B, 2B, 1B, K. Three Honkers went for multi-hit nights lat night against Mankato. The aforementioned Matthews put together a strong 4-hit outing, LET’S ROX AND ROLL and outfielder Pearce Howard turned in his second two-hit game Tonight is just the third contest between the Honkers in four games, and has reached base in three of the four games and Rox. Each of the last two games have ended neg- he’s played this season in a Rochester uniform. Third baseman atively for Rochester; the last time the Honks visited Steven Moretto also turned in a pair of singles for his second two- Joe Faber Field, they were walked off by St. Cloud in 11 hit night of the season. innings, 7-6. The ensuing night, the Rox lit Rochester up at Mayo Field, crossing 13 runs in a 13-2 rout. COPIOUS K’s The Honkers’ struggle with strikeouts continued in last night’s BRYCE BRYCE BABY loss. With 12, it was the third time in four games in which Roch- Arkansas Outfielder/first baseman Bryce Matthews had ester struck out at least 10 times (17, 7/14 @ WIL; 15, 7/16 vs MAN). a quiet but sensational night on Thursday. The Parker, The Honkers continue to lead the MN/IA pod with 128 strikeouts, Colo. native turned in a 4-for-5 line, which included a 20 more than Mankato, the next closest team, who has gone down double, an RBI single and two runs scored. Matthews swinging or looking 108 times in three more games than the now leads the team in runs batted in with eight and Honks. is second on Rochester’s roster in hits with 11. It was Matthews’ third multi-hit game and his first outing with SOMEDAY WE’LL FIND IT, THE SWAMPDOG CONNECTION more than three knocks. Honkers outfielder Pearce Howard and Rox outfielder Ben Norman will meet in tonight’s matchup for the first time since they played GIMME SOME MOORE OF THAT together in the summer of 2019 with the Fayetteville SwampDogs Arkansas shortstop Robert Moore has started the 2020 of the Coastal Plain League. Howard, a stalwart in the Fayetteville season on a scorching hot note. Moore has reached order in 2019, hit .359 for the SwampDogs over 44 games, driving base nine of the ten games Northwoods League games in 24 runs on 27 hits. Norman, in a slightly more limited stint, hit he’s played, recording a hit in seven of them. Four of the .209 with 14 hits over 20 games. seven have been multi-hit affairs. The 18-year-old phen- om had a nine-game on-base streak snapped last night, going 0-for-4 with a strikeout in the loss to Mankato. COMING UP THIS WEEK... WATCH THE HONKERS portal.stretchinternet.com/nwlhonkers @RochHonkers 7/19 @ STC Kindreich (1-0, 3.00) vs. Martinez (0-0, 3.86) LISTEN TO THE HONKERS 7/20, 7/21 OFF mixlr.com/honkersbroadcast @honkersbaseball 7/22 vs WAT TBA vs. TBA FOLLOW THE HONKERS northwoodsleague.com/rochester-honkers Rochester Honkers 7/23 @ WAT TBA vs. TBA Baseball ABOUT TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER TODAY’S HONKERS HURLER ST. JOHN’S (NY) As a Junior (2020): As a pitcher: Made five appearances, all in relief, during the Red Storm’s short- ened season… went 0-0 with a 9.82 ERA… 34 struck out two and walked two in 3.2 innings of work… made his 2020 debut CHRIS STEFL during the Red Storm’s win over No. 19 LHP | R-JR. | ST. JOHN’S (NY) Georgia Tech (Feb. 16)… retired all five batters he faced at Charlotte (March 1). 6-4 | 220 | FLORAL PARK, NY As a batter: did not log a plate appearance in 2020. As a Sophomore (2019): As a pitcher: Made six appearances, all in 2020 WITH ROCHESTER relief… went 0-0 with a 13.50 ERA… struck ERA W-L G-GS CG SH SV IP H R ER out two and walked five in 3.1 innings of 4.50 0-1 2-1 0 0 0 4.0 4 3 2 work. BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB BF WHIP BAA As a batter: Made six appearances… hit 4 5 0 0 1 1 2 21 2.00 .250 .143… reached base at a .333 clip and slugged .286… doubled and drove in two 2020 GAME-BY-GAME runs against Fairleigh Dickinson (April DATE OPP RES DEC IP H R ER BB SO 16)… logged a walk and an RBI against Vil- 7-15-20 @ WIL L, 5-1 ND 2.2 1 0 0 1 3 lanova (April 19)… walked in the BIG EAST 7-4-20 @ WIL L, 13-2 L 1.1 3 3 2 3 2 Tournament against Xavier (May 25). 2020 WITH ST. JOHN’S As a Freshman (2018): ERA W-L G-GS CG SH SV IP H R ER As a pitcher: Made three appearances, all in relief… struck out four and walked 9.82 0-0 5-0 0 0-0 0 3.2 6 4 4 a pair in 2.1 innings of work… struck out BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB BF WHIP BAA two and allowed a run in his collegiate 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 15 AB 2.50 .400 pitching debut against Penn State (Feb. 25)… threw 0.2 scoreless at Kansas (March 10)… tossed a scoreless inning against STUFF ABOUT STEFL Seton Hall in the BIG EAST Championship Stefl was originally recruited out of Flo- Stefl’s’ high school broke the Guinness Book (May 27). ral Park Memorial High School as a first of World Records previous record for the As a batter: Played in 31 games, 15 of baseman. The tall lefty was ranked as the most amount of hugs one hour by a single which were starts… hit .259 with a .385 sixth-best first baseman in the state of New person. While Chris was only eight years old on-base percentage and a .352 slugging York, and was regarded as the 82nd overall when the feat was achieved, the FPMHS stu- percentage… logged three doubles and prospect according to Perfect Game. dent hugged 884 people in just 22 minutes to a triple… tallied three multi-hit games… shatter the pervious mark of 640. made his collegiate debut against Mon- mouth in Cary, N.C. (Feb. 23)… scored a run against UMBC (Feb. 24)… logged his first collegiate hit at UC Davis (March 4)… drove in his first career run and scored 1B another against UConn (March 16) PREVIOUS COLLEGIATE PITCHING YR SCHOOL/TEAM ERA W-L G-GS CG SH SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB BF WHIP BAA 2019 ST. JOHN’S (NY) 13.50 0-0 6-0 0 0-0 0 3.1 6 5 5 5 2 0 0 0 1 2 23 3.00 .400 2019 MARTHA’S VINEYARD (NECBL) 9.28 3-1 12-0 0 0-0 0 14.2 27 24 16 6 14 0 0 3 1 1 80 2.25 .370 2018 ST. JOHN’S (NY) 3.86 0-0 3-0 0 0-0 0 3.2 6 4 4 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 19 2.18 .364 PREVIOUS COLLEGIATE HITTING STATS YR SCHOOL/TEAM AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG BB HBP SO GDP OBP SF SH SB FPCT 2019 ST. JOHN’S (NY) .143 12 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 3 .286 2 0 3 0 .333 0 0 0 .000 2019 MARTHA’S VINEYARD (NECBL) .000 14 NR 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 NR .000 0 0 0 NR 2018 ST. JOHN’S (NY) .259 33 15 54 8 14 3 1 0 5 .352 11 0 11 1 .385 0 1 2 .951.

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