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PAGE 1 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 (4-9) @ WATERLOO BUCKS (11-7) Game #14 — Thursday, July 23, 2020 — Waterloo Riverfront Stadium — 6:35 p.m. CST RHP Charles Harrison (0-0, 20.77 ERA) vs. LHP Ben Olson (0-0, 4.50 ERA) ABOUT LAST NIGHT... MINNESOTA/IOWA POD STANDINGS While it ended as a 10-6 loss at the hands of the Waterloo Bucks, Wednesday night’s contest in Rochester was one of TEAM W L PCT GB STR L10 the most competitive games of the season for the Honkers. Willmar 12 5 .706 -- L3 7-3 Despite two big innnings for Waterloo in which Rochester surrendered four and five runs respectively, the offense struck Waterloo 11 7 .611 1.5 W2 5-5 for five runs in a four-inning span. The Honks scored in each St. Cloud 8 8 .500 3.5 L1 5-5 of the third-through-sixth innings, generating offense in the Mankato 6 12 .333 6.5 W3 5-5 middle innings more than in previous games this season. Rochester 4 9 .333 6.0 L2 3-7 SPREAD THE SUGAR EVEN MOORE SUCCESS AT THE DISH Known to explode for big innings on offense when the sticks Arkansas shortstop Robert Moore continued his superb start to the sea- come around, Rochester went against the grain last nigh son last night. With a single in the fourth inning, Moore has now reached against the Bucks. The Honkers scored runs in four consecu- base in 12 of the 13 Northwoods League games he’s played, recording a hit tive innings for the first time all season on Wednesday. With in 10 of them. Four of the 10 have been multi-hit affairs, and Moore is now one in the fourth, fifth, two in the sixth and one in the seventh, The 18-year-old phenom had a nine-game on-base streak snapped last the Honkers strung together five of their six runs on the night Friday, going 0-for-4 with a strikeout in the loss to Mankato, but has now over the four innings. recorded a hit in all three games since that night. TWEEDT ABOUT IT STONE COLD Sacramento City College catcher Tanner Tweedt woke his bat Honkers relief pitcher Stone Churby recorded his first save of the season up last night, turning in a two-hit performance in which he last night in a two-inning performance that shut the door on St. Cloud. demolished a solo home run to left and laced an RBI double It was his first save since the rising senior recorded the only one in his in the same direction. Tweedt had gone 0-for his last-9 over a collegiate career at Sacramento State on February 29 vs. Santa Clara. three-game stretch against each of the other teams in the pod. Churby has now compiled 10.1 innings of four-hit ball, striking out nine of the 42 hitters he’s faced. The righty also boasts a 0.87 WHIP, best on the BRYCE BRYCE BABY team. Arkansas outfielder/first baseman Bryce Matthews added to his recent successes last night by collecting two more hits, a COPIOUS K’s pair of singles. Matthews’ hitting streak has now reached four The Honkers’ struggle with strikeouts continued in last night’s victory. games. During that span, Matthews has gone 8-for-17 (.470) With 15, it was the fourth time in five games in which Rochester struck with two extra-base hits and six RBIs. The Parker, Colo. native out at least 10 times (17, 7/14 @ WIL; 15, 7/16 vs. MAN, 12, 7/17 vs. MAN). The is now 5-for-9 with two extra-base hits, three RBIs and three Honkers continue to lead the MN/IA pod with 143 strikeouts. In three less runs scored. Matthews now leads the team in runs batted in games than the Mankato MoonDogs, the next-closest team in the pod in with 10. strikeouts, the Honkers have struck out 28 more times. WATERLOO, WHO ARE YOU? The Honkers’ visit to Waterloo Riverfront Stadium this evening rounds out their visits to each pod opponent. Last season, Rochester went 2-2 in Waterloo last year, posting an 11-3 victo- ry against the Bucks on July 3. COMING UP THIS WEEK... WATCH THE HONKERS portal.stretchinternet.com/nwlhonkers @RochHonkers 7/24 @ MAN Hines (0-2, 10.38) vs. Milch (0-1, 2.45) LISTEN TO THE HONKERS 7/25 vs MAN Stefl (0-1, 2.84) vs. TBA mixlr.com/honkersbroadcast @honkersbaseball 7/26 @ MAN TBA vs.TBA FOLLOW THE HONKERS northwoodsleague.com/rochester-honkers Rochester Honkers 7/27 @ WAT TBA vs TBA Baseball PAGE 2 ABOUT TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER TODAY’S HONKERS HURLER UCLA (2020) Made three relief appearances in his debut season with UCLA ... Didn’t have a record and posted a 0.00 ERA ... Had no strikeouts and one walk ... Faced the minimum for the 14 season - the one runner he allowed (via a walk) was thrown out by catcher Noah CHARLES HARRISON Cardenas trying to steal second base ... In RHP | SO. | UCLA his collegiate debut, induced a groundout to first to get the Bruins out of a two- on, 6-1 | 175 | CANYON COUNTRY, CA two-out jam in the sixth inning against UC Riverside on Feb. 16 ... Pitched the entire eighth inning against TCU on Mar. 7, getting a pair of fly- outs and a caught stealing, in his longest outing of the year ... Named to 2020 WITH ROCHESTER the Director’s Honor Roll for fall (quarter ERA W-L G-GS CG SH SV IP H R ER GPA of 3.0 or higher and pass at least 12 20.77 0-0 3-2 0 0 0 4.1 8 11 10 units). BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB BF WHIP BAA WEST COAST LEAGUE (2019) 9 6 2 0 0 3 1 29 3.92 .421 Played for the Walla Walla Sweets of the West Coast League in the summer of 2019 2020 GAME-BY-GAME ... Pitched in two games, allowing just one DATE OPP RES DEC IP H R ER BB SO earned over four innings. 7-16-20 vs. MAN W, 7-6 ND 3.0 6 5 5 4 5 7-5-20 @ WIL L, 10-4 ND 0.1 1 4 4 3 0 CANYON HIGH SCHOOL 7-3-20 vs. STC L, 13-2 ND 1.0 1 2 1 2 1 Earned four varsity letters at Canyon High School in Santa Clarita, Calif. ... Ranked as 2020 WITH UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA the No. 78 RHP in California ... Recorded a ERA W-L G-GS CG SH SV IP H R ER 3.64 ERA with 61 strikeouts over 50 innings 0.00 0-0 3-0 0 0-0 0 1.2 0 0 0 as a senior ... Posted a 3.56 ERA and struck BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB BF WHIP BAA out 72 batters in 63 innings pitched as a 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.60 . junior ... Two-time All-Foothill League First Team choice ... Named Canyon’s Most Valu- able Pitcher as a junior in 2018. CHARLIE HUSTLE Affectionately referred to as “Chuck Nazty” by his Honkers teammates, the right-handed hurler was once an impressive high school hitter for Canyon High in California. Harrison swung the stick reminiscent of his nickname’s namesake during his senior year as a Cow- boy, hitting for a .324 average and driving in eight runs in his last season. In his junior year at Canyon, Charlie collected 28 hits to elad the Cowboys, and placed second on the team in RBIs with 16. PREVIOUS COLLEGIATE STATS 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 WALLA WALLA SWEETS (WCL) 5.17 1-1 9-0 0 0-0 0 15.2 12 10 9 9 15 1 0 0 4 3 NR 1.34 .203 2019 CANYON HS (CA) 3.64 NR 10-NR NR NR NR 50.0 43 31 26 19 61 5 0 1 1 3 204 1.37 .159.