St. Cloud Rox (MN) (23-12 Overall) vs. Mankato MoonDogs (MN) (17-20 Overall) Northwoods League Sunday, August 16th -- 4:05 PM CT Joe Faber Field -- St. Cloud, MN Game #36 (Overall) - Home Game #18 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 17th MAN 7:05 PM St. Cloud LHP RJ Martinez vs Mankato TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Tuesday, August 18th @ROC 6:35 PM St. Cloud RHP Landen Bourassa vs Rochester TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Wednesday, August 19th @ROC 6:35 PM St. Cloud RHP Trent Schoeberl vs Rochester TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Thursday, August 20th WIL 7:05 PM St. Cloud RHP Luke Albright vs Willmar TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com ROX SWEEP STINGERS: The Rox turned a game-ending 4-6-3 double play with the bases loaded on Thursday as St. Cloud (23-12) swept Willmar. They’ve 2020 Rox Overview Overall ....................................................... 23-12 now won seven in a row against their rival and have 12 victories in their last 14 Home ............................................................15-2 games. Ben Norman (Iowa) had a two-run home run on Thursday, his second in Road ..............................................................8-10 the last week. Place MN/IA Pod ............................................. 2 Games Behind ..............................................0.5 IN TITLE CONTENTION: As St. Cloud enters the final week of the 2020 Last 10 Games .............................................. 8-2 Northwoods League season in contention to win the Minnesota/Iowa pod. On Last 5 Games ................................................ 4-1 Sunday, the Rox are 0.5 games behind the Waterloo Bucks. They lost on Saturday Home Dates Remaining ........................... ....2 to Rochester and played the Honkers on Sunday and Monday. If both the Bucks Next Home Game.......................................8/17 and Rox win out, St. Cloud would win the Minnesota/Iowa pod. PITCHING STAFF CONTINUES TO SHINE: Over the last three games, the pitching staff has given up a combined five runs. On Tuesday in Manka- to, Justin Kelly (Utah) gave up one run over six innings pitched. Trevor Koenig (St. Cloud State) hurled two scoreless innings. In the series opener against Willmar on Wednesday, Trent Schoeberl (Minnesota) pitched five innings and gave up one run. Then on Thursday, Luke Albright (Kent State) struck out 12 batters over five innings pitched. He was one strikeout away from tying the single-game Rox Rox Upcoming Schedule record. 8/17 MAN 7:05 8/18 @ROC 6:35 8/19 @ROC 6:35 HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE IS REAL: The Rox have been terrific at 8/20 WIL 7:05 home in 2020. They haven’t lost since July 18th at the Rock Pile and have won 11 consecutive games. The Rox went on a six-game winning streak during its longest homestand of the season last week. St. Cloud is 15-2 at Joe Faber Field, but are just 7-10 when away from home. They return to Joe Faber Field on Sunday, open- ing a two-game home series with the Mankato MoonDogs. ROX VS MOONDOGS IN 2020: The Rox and MoonDogs have split the last two series between the two teams. St. Cloud leads the overall season series 5-2. The Rox haven’t lost to Mankato at Joe Faber Field this season, carrying a 3-0 record. MANKATO STARTER RHP CONNER CAMPBELL (0-0, 13.50 ERA): Connor Campbell makes his first start of the season for the MoonDogs Rox Social Media after appearing in five games. The Lander University product last pitched on Twitter: @StCloudRox August 10th against the Rox, facing one batter. The longest he has pitched this Instagram: @StCloudRox year was his debut on July 18th against Willmar, when he pitched two innings and Facebook: @StCloudRox allowed three runs. FOR UP-TO-DATE PLAYER AND TEAM NEWS, STATS, ETC VISIT: STCLOUDROX.COM TODAY’S ROX PITCHER 2 #23 Zane Mills HT: 6-4 WT: 215 BATS/THROWS: R/R COLLEGE: Washington State COUNTRY: United States RESIDENCE: Portland, Oregon YEAR: Sophomore 2020 Northwoods League Season Statistics CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO St. Cloud Rox 2-0 0.78 5 4 0 0 0 23.0 15 4 2 6 16 2020 Northwoods League Game-by-Game Statistics IN A NUTSHELL: DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO RESULT -The Opening Day starter for the Rox leads the team 7-1 @WIL -- 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 L, 3-2 7-9 @MAN -- 3.0 3 1 1 0 4 W, 6-2 in ERA. Today marks his final start of the 2020 season 7-17 WAT -- 4.0 4 1 1 0 0 W, 6-2 -Mills comes to the Rox in 2020 following his sopho- *7-23 @WIL -- 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 L, 6-0 7-29 ROC W 6.0 2 1 0 3 6 W, 2-1 more season at Washington State. He appeared in 8-8 WIL W 7.0 5 1 0 0 6 W, 5-1 four games, three as the Friday-night starter -He finished the season with a 3-0 record and a 1.44 ERA while striking out 32 batters in 25 innings. Mills was tied for third in the Pac-12 Conference in wins and fourth in strikeouts and innings -As a freshman in 2019, he made 28 appearances on the mound which is tied for the most by a freshman in Washington State history -Before Washington State: As a senior at Lincoln High School, he was named All-State First Team, All-USA Oregon Second Team and PIL Pitcher of the Year. He was rated as the No. 4 overall prospect in Oregon by Baseball Northwest ROX POSITION PLAYER NOTES 3 1 Jordan Barth 3B/1B 6-1, 200, Jr. Cold Spring, MN Augustana #23 Zane Mills -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 44 Sam Ireland DH/1B/RF 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. St. Michael, MN Minnesota -Kelly returns to the Rox for his second season after appearing in 37 games in 2019. He collected 40 hits including seven doubles, a triple and three home runs. Kelly finished the 2019 Northwoods League season with a .303 batting average, 28 runs scored and 23 runs batted in. Kelly also participated in the Major League Dreams Showcase -He started all 18 games for the University of Minnesota during the 2020 season, scoring nine runs -His brother Cody also plays for the Rox. They will be teammates next season at the University of Minnesota -Before Minnesota: He spent two seasons at Northwestern University before transferring to Minnesota. The St. Michael-Albertville graduate was named all-conference, all- area, all-metro and all-state following his senior year. Kelly was ranked the number 1 catcher in Minnesota and number 29 catcher nationally by Prep Baseball Report 3 Kodie Kolden 2B/SS/3B 6-1, 190, So. Post Falls, ID Washington State -Kolden appeared in 13 games for Washington State this season -He had 11 hits, including a triple. Kolden drew seven walks and had six runs batted in. During his freshman season, he appeared in 42 games making 39 starts -Before Washington State: The Lake City High graduate was a two-time All-Inland Empire First Team selection and was named All-USA Idaho First Team during his senior season. He was rated as the third overall prospect in the state of Idaho by Baseball Northwest 8 Nick Marinconz 2B/SS/3B 5-11, 180, Fr. San Jose, CA Cal Poly -In his first season at Cal Poly, Marinconz appeared in 16 games and hit .215 in 65 at-bats.