St. Cloud Rox (MN) (7-7 Overall, 7-7 1st Half) vs. Mankato MoonDogs (MN) (8-6 Overall, 8-6 1st Half) Northwoods League Tuesday, June 11th -- 1:05 PM/7:05 PM Joe Faber Field -- St. Cloud, MN Game #15/16 (Overall), #15/16 (1st Half) - Home Game #7/#8 Radio: 1390 AM St. Cloud App: 1390 Granite City Sports Broadcaster: Evan Hughes Contact: [email protected] UPCOMING GAMES AND PITCHING PROBABLES Wednesday, June 12th @WIL 7:05 PM St. Cloud TBA vs Willmar TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Thursday, June 13th @WIL 7:05 PM St. Cloud TBA vs Willmar TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Friday, June 14th @ROC 7:05 PM St. Cloud TBA vs Rochester TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Sunday, June 15th @ROC 6:05 PM St. Cloud TBA vs Rochester TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com ROX OPEN NEW SERIES WITH MANKATO: St. Cloud and Mankato meet on Tuesdsy for a doubleheader at the Rock Pile. It’ll be the third and fourth time the two teams have 2019 Rox Overview First Half Regular Season Record .......... 7-7 met this season. Last week, the MoonDogs and Rox split a home-and-home series. Mankato comes Second Half Regular Season Record.....0-0 into the series after sweeping Bismarck, the team in first place of the Great Plains West Division. St. Home .............................................................. 3-3 Cloud is coming off of their first series sweep of the season against Willmar. The first game begins at Road ................................................................ 4-4 1:05 p.m. and game two is slated for a 7:05 p.m. start time. Place NWL Great Plains West ...................... 5 Games Behind ........................................... 2GB Last 15 ............................................................ 7-7 Last 10 ............................................................ 5-5 ROX KNOCK OFF STINGERS ON THE ROAD: After taking down Willmar Last 5 ............................................................... 4-1 2-1 on Sunday behind a complete game from Cam Kline, the Rox swept Willmar on Monday. Hance Smith 2018 Home Attendance .................... 54,665 (California) drilled a grand slam and helped lift St. Cloud (7-7) past Willmar (8-6) by a final score of 8-3. Home Dates Left ...........................................30 The Rox swept the Stingers in the two-game series and have now won three games in a row. After falling behind 2-0 in the third inning, the Rox responded in a big way in the top of the fifth inning. Brett Bonar (Nebraska-Omaha) led off with a walk, Garrett Nielsen (California) singled and Zack Elliott (Minnesota) reached base on a bunt. With the bases loaded and no outs, Hance Smith (California) drilled a grand slam Rox May/June Schedule over the center field wall to go ahead 4-2. n the next inning, Bonar crushed a two-out home run over 5/28 @ROC 7-5 L the right field wall to go ahead 5-2. The Rox would plate three more runs in the top of the eighth inning. 5/29 @ROC 5-3 W 5/30 @WAT 12-4 L Nielsen drilled a double into the gap in right field that scored Jordan Barth (Augustana) and Parker Sme- 5/31 @WAT 4-0 W 6/1 BIS 9-6 L jkal (Nebraska-Omaha). Nielsen would soon score after an Elliott RBI single to give St. Cloud the 8-3 lead. 6/2 BIS 16-5 L Justin Simanek (Southeastern Louisiana) started the game on the mound for the Rox. Rhyse Dee (Wake 6/3 @DUL 6-5 (11) L 6/4 DUL 7-2 W Forest) earned the win, tossing four strong innings out of the bullpen. Drew Garrett (Johnson County CC), 6/5 @MAN 6-4 L 6/6 MAN 10-2 W Justin Wick (Creighton) and Garrett Delano (Brown) all pitched out of the bullpen. 6/7 ROC 4-1 L 6/8 @ROC 9-8 (10) W 6/9 WIL 2-1 W PITCHING STAFF LEADS THE WAY : Coming into Mondaym the last seven 6/10 @WIL 8-3 W 6/11 MAN (DH) 1:05/7:05 Rox starters have gone for a combined 46.1 innings for a combined 1.95 ERA while the last four start- 6/12 @WIL 7:05 ers have gone 27 innings for a combined 1.33 ERA. St. Cloud has only given up 30 hits in the last seven 6/13 @WIL 7:05 6/14 @ROC 7:05 games with opponents averaging 4.2 hits per game. 6/15 @ROC 6:05 6/16 DUL 4:05 6/17 @DUL 6:35 6/18 WIL 7:05 6/19 WIL 7:05 WELCOME TO THE SQUAD: Making their season debuts with the Rox in the series is 6/20 @BIS 7:05 Richie Holetz (Nebraska-Omaha) and Lucas Gather (California). 6/21 @BIS 7:35 6/22 @WIL 7:05 6/23 WIL 4:05 6/24 OFF OFF 6/25 TB 7:05 PITCHERS FOR SERIES: Both starters for St. Cloud in the doubleheader are unkown 6/26 TB 7:05 at this time. Nick Schmidt (0-1) is scheduled to make the start in game one for Mankato while Jacob 6/27 WAT 7:05 Nagel (1-0) is the probable for the second game for Mankato. St. Cloud Social Media Twitter: @StCloudRox Facebook: St. Cloud Rox Instagram: @STCloudRox Snapchat: St Cloud Rox FOR UP-TO-DATE PLAYER AND TEAM NEWS, STATS, ETC VISIT northwoodsleague.com/st-cloud-rox/ ROX POSITION PLAYER NOTES 2 23 Freddy Achecar UTI/LHP 6’2, 230, Jr Atlanta, Georgia Georgetown Hit .240 (4/30) in the 2019 college season, tallying over 30 hits. Has not made an appearance on the mound (4/30). Appeared in 40 games in 2018 at Georgetown, making 29 starts as a sophomore. He finished with a .288 on base percentage and was named to the BIG EAST All-Academic team. -A true utility player, Achecar can play 1B, LF, RF as well as pitch. -Two-year starter at the Lovett School, winning the State Championship as a senior and was named Defensive Player of the Year. During that season, he hit .352, carried a 0.40 ERA on the mound and posted a .989 fielding percentage at 1B. 1 Jordan Barth INF 6’1, 185, Soph Cold Spring, Minnesota Augustana -Hit .436 (5/16) in his sophomore season and led the team in HR’s with 8. -As a freshman at Augustana in 2018, Barth was named NSIC All-Tournament MVP and the NSIC Freshman of the Year. He hit .362 and started in all 59 games of the season. -Helped guide Augustana to its first ever National Championship in 2018. -Attended Rocori High School, leading them to a Minnesota State Baseball Tournament appearance. 21 Brett Bonar C/1B 6’0, 220, Jr Rose Hill, Kansas Nebraska-Omaha -Hit .247 (5/16) with 18 walks drawn in his first season with Nebraska-Omaha in 2019. -In 2018, Bonar played for Barton County CC where he was named 2nd-team All-KJCC as a sophomore. -In 2018, he led his team in batting average at .410 and RBI at 69. -Helped lead Barton to a JUCO World Series appearance. -Hobbies include video games, fishing, listening to music and working out. 6 Trent Brown 2B/SS 6’0, 185, RS-Fr Victoria, Texas Oklahoma -All-State honors as a SS at Victoria East High School -Helped his high school to a State Championship appearance in 2014 7 Ben Carew OF 6’0, 190, RS-Soph Appleton, Wisconsin Kent State -Carried a batting average of .400 in the 2019 season (5/16) in nearly 200 plate appearances -Carew is a returner from the 2018 St. Cloud Rox team that finished with a winning record -Following a redshirt season at Kent State in 2017, Carew made 16 appearances and did not commit an error in the outfield -Enjoys camping, fishing and boating -The person he admires most is Aaron Rodgers 27 Garett Delano RHP/OF 6’2, 205, Jr Callahan, FL Brown -Tossed 69 innings on the mound in 2019 (5/16), striking out 41 batters -Delano also batted .289 in 142 appearances at the plate -In 2018, Delano was a force both on the mound as he earned wins against Dallas Baptist and Princeton. He also led the team in strikeouts as a member of the weekend staff -He also paced Brown at the plate in 2018, leading the team in batting average at .266 -Hit .500 in a three-game series vs Texas A&M as a freshman in 2017 -Salutatorian at West Nassau High School 4 Zack Elliott UTI 6’3, 180, Fr Eden Prairie, Minnesota Minnesota -Hit .154 in 13 plate appearances in 2019 (5/16) -Helped lead Eden Prairie to the Class 4A State Championship in his junior season -2018 Mr. Minnesota Baseball finalist -A three-sport athlete in high school who also participated in football as an outside linebacker and a small forward in basketball 2 Tyler Finke 2B/SS/CF 5’11, 185, Fr Columbus, Indiana SE Louisiana -Hit .396 with 10 home runs and 40 RBI in 2019 (5/16) -Finke also collected 38 stolen bases this season -Named the Alabama Community College Conference Player of the Week for February 18-24. ROX POSITION PLAYER NOTES 3 19 Cam Kline RHP/OF 6’2, 205, Soph Stacy, Minnesota Minnesota State-Mankato -10-1 record on the mound with a 1.93 ERA in nearly 80 innings pitched in 2019 (5/16) -Hit .174 in 23 at-bats in 2019 (5/16) -Helped lead Minnesota State-Mankato back to the NCAA Tournament after not making it in 2018 -Went 1-1 with a 6.46 ERA as a freshman in 2018 55 Garret Nielsen OF 6’4, 240, Fr Alpine, California California -Hit .216 in 37 at-bats in his first season with California-Berkeley in 2019 (5/16) -At Christian High School, he hit .395 66 runs, 102 hits, 56 RBIs and 15 home runs -His mom, Ginger Helgeson, was a professional tennis player who climbed as high as number 29 in the world singles rankings She was a three-time AA at Pepperdine 22 Max Rippl RHP/OF 6’1, 200, Fr Fort Myers, Florida Kent State -Pitched in 17.2 innings and struck out 19 batters in his freshman season with Kent State (5/16) -A three-year letterman in football and baseball at Southwest Florida Christian Academy -Named All-State and SWFL Baseball Player of the Year his senior season 17 Parker Smejkal 3B/OF 6’2, 210, RS-Jr Columbus, Nebraska Nebraska-Omaha -Hit .333 in 156 at-bats with Nebraska-Omaha in 2019 -Transferred in from Coffeyville CC -Sister, Morgan, was a member of the Nebraska golf team -Mother, Andrea, played basketball at Concordia (Nebraska) 10 Hance Smith RHP/C 5’11, 180, Soph Petaluma, California California -Did not see action on the mound in 2019 with California but did have 12 at-bats (5/16) -A returning player from the 2018 St.