St. Cloud Rox (MN) (38-17, 24-11, 14-6) vs. Willmar Stingers (MN) (13-42, 6-28, 7-14) Northwoods League Monday, August 1 -- 12:05/7:05 PM CT Joe Faber Field -- St. Cloud, MN Game #57/58 (Overall), #22/23 (2nd Half) - Home Game #28/29 Radio: 1390 AM St. Cloud (11:35 PM CT) Internet: 1390thefan.com Game 1 St. Cloud RHP Matt Goytia (0-1, 7.71) vs Willmar RHP Corey Binger (2-4, 6.21) Game 2 St. Cloud RHP Robbie Palkert (2-1, 2.66) vs Willmar RHP Ty Tice (3-3, 2.95) UPCOMING GAMES AND PITCHING PROBABLES Tuesday, August 2nd WAT 7:05 PM TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390thefan.com Wednesday Aug 3rd WAT 7:05 PM TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390thefan.com THE PRESENT BATTLE: St. Cloud clashes with North Division rival Willmar in a twin bill Monday. The Rox own a 4-2 record over the Stingers this season and these are the final two games of the 8 game 2016 Rox Overview season series. The Rox need one more win to claim the Highway 23 trophy. This is the first meeting be- OVERALL RECORD..............................39-17 tween the two teams since 7/12 (W, 8-5 & 7/13 (L, 1-2). The other series was 4 games from 6/27 to 6/29 First Half Regular Season Record ......24-11 Second Half Regular Season Record.....15-6 and this included a doubleheader on 6/29 that the two teams split. 5 of the 6 games have been decided vs. North Division .................................35-15 by 3 runs or less with the exception of a Rox 7-0 win on 6/27. Drew Freedman (.429) and Michael Strem vs. South Division ......................................4-2 (.409) have the two highest batting averages for the Rox against the Stingers this year. Home .........................................................22-5 Road .........................................................17-12 ROX REVIEW: The squad finished out July with 4 straight wins. The last two victories were quick con- Place NWL North .....................................1st tests (both less than 2 and a half hours). In the last 3 games, the Rox have played error-free baseball. This Games Behind ..........................................+1.5 season the Rox have participated in only 14 of the 56 games without an error. Last 15 .......................................................11-4 Last 10 .........................................................8-2 TIME REALLY SOARS: As we conclude the month of July, Michael Strem has proved to be the big Last 5............................................................4-1 catalyst for this month. He leads the club with a .344 average with 26 RBI in this month. The team went 2016 Home Attendance.....................44,492 18-8 in July compared to 21-9 in June. Ricky Ramirez tapered off a bit with a .339 average in June and .259 Home Dates .................................................16 average in July. Rox pitching walked 19 fewer people in July (124-June, 105-July). The had a .283 batting average in June and .265 average in July. Rox July Schedule The Rox are 25-4 this season when their starting pitcher goes 6 innings or 7/1 LAC W 6-0 DISTANCE RUNNER: 7/2 @MAD W 4-0 more on the mound. On Saturday, LHP Logan Salow logged 7 innings on the mound. This was the first 7 7/3 @MAD L, 5-8 inning outing by a St. Cloud starter since June 29 (Austin Dubsky--8 innings). The club is 2nd in the NWL 7/4 @RFD L, 3-12 7/5 @RFD W 10-4 in team ERA (3.25). 7/6 EC L, 8-11 (10) 7/6 EC PPD St. Cloud has played in a ton of close games recently. In the last 7 affairs, the 7/8 @ROC W, 15-5 AT THE BUZZER!!: 7/9 @ROC W, 6-2 team has experienced contests decided by 3 runs or less (6-1 record). This includes 4 one run games. In 7/10 LAC W, 5-2 total the Rox have participated in 13 one run games this season and have compiled an 8-5 record in this 7/11 LAC Canceled 7/12 WIL W, 8-5 circumstance. The bullpen has recorded a save in 6 of the last 7 games and overall this season, the team 7/13 @WIL L, 1-2 has 25 saves (most in NWL). In the last 4 games, the Rox bullpen has logged 12.1 innings (just 2 runs al- 7/14 MAN L, 1-5 7/15 MAN W, 12-4 lowed). 7/16 ROC W, 13-3 7/17 ROC L, 4-6 Brian Glowicki has been unstoppable this season out of the bullpen. The righty has 7/18 OFF GLOW SHOW: 7/19 ASG North 9, South 5 made 10 appearances and has not surrendered a run in 13 innings (0 walks, 18 strikeouts). He has regis- 7/20 OFF tered a save in each of his last 5 outings. He has also saved 4 out of the previous 6 St. Cloud games. Also 7/21 EC W, 7-5 & W, 5-0 7/22 EC W, 4-1 in 2015, Glowicki had a 15.1 scoreless innings streak and another sequence of 14.1 scoreless innings. 7/23 DUL L, 7-14 7/24 @DUL W, 5-2 The Rox have an 21-5 record at Joe Faber Field and yesterday picked up the 7/25 OFF HONEY I’M HOME!!!: 7/26 @MAN W, 9-6 franchise’s 100th home win. This is the best home record out of any NWL team. Today is game 4 of the 8 7/27 @MAN L, 1-2 game homestand. July has featured a plethora of home games already for St. Cloud. The team has played 7/28 RFD W, 5-2 7/29 RFD W, 7-6 in 13 home games in their last 17 battles (12-5 record). The Rox have won 8 of their last 10 home games. 7/30 TB W, 2-1 The Rox hold a .289 batting average at home compared to just .266 on the road. St. Cloud’s overall home 7/31 TB W, 2-1 record for the franchise is 100-68. The Rox are 5 more home wins shy of tying the single season record (26-10 home record in 2015). Game 1 WILLMAR STARTER: RHP Corey Binger (2-4, 6.21) Binger will make his 9th start of the season for the Stingers. His last start was on July 26 (6.2 IP--second longest outing, 6 H, 2 R, 4 BB, 4 K). Binger has 10 walks in his last 2 starts. He just finished up his sopho- more season at University of Omaha Nebraska (13 starts, 8-3 record, 75.1 IP--second most, 4.06 ERA). FOR UP-TO-DATE PLAYER AND TEAM NEWS, STATS, ETC VISIT northwoodsleague.com/st-cloud-rox/ TODAY’S ROX PITCHER 2 #13 RHP Matt Goytia HT: 6-2 WT: 185 BATS/THROWS: L/R College: Mt. San Antonio College Birthday: June 17, 1997 RESIDENCE: Chino, CA Year: Freshman 2016 SEASON STATISTICS CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO St. Cloud Rox 0-1 7.71 2 1 0 0 0 4.2 2 4 4 0 7 3 --->Mt. San Antonio College is located 30 miles east of DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO RESULT Los Angeles and is in the California Community College 7/17 ROC L (0-1) 2.2 0 2 2 4 1 L, 4-6 Athletic Association. School has not won a state baseball **7/23 DUL ND 2 2 2 2 3 2 L title since 1965. *Italics indicate relief appearance --->Freshman Season (11 starts, 64.0 IP--second most, 46 **All-Star game (relief app) (not included in stats) K--second most, 29 BB, 1.97 ERA) --->Named to 1st team All South Coast Conference in 2016 CAREER HIGHS (Mt. San Antonio College) Innings Pitched (S) .................................................................................................. 8.1 IP (3/8/16) Most Hits Allowed............................................................................................. ....................................................8 2x Most Walks....................................................................... ..............................................6 (3/29/16) Most Strikeouts.................................................................................... ..................................................... 7 (3/15/16) ROX POSITION PLAYER NOTES 3 12 Angelo Altavilla INF 6-0, 181, Fr. Lakeville, MN Nebraska 19 Yrs Old ROAD TRIP/HOMESTAND: 0-6, RBI, Sac Fly -->Freshman year with the Cornhuskers (14 games, 2 starts, 4-19 at the plate with CURRENT STREAK: none LONG STREAK: 3 RBI) --->Grandfather was drafted by the Cardinals, two brothers--Tony played at U LONG ON-BASE: none LAST HR: Illinois-Chicago (two seasons ‘08, ‘09) and for the St. Paul Saints of the American DL DATES: GAMES MISSED: Association in 2009, second brother Nick played baseball at NDSU (4 seasons class DATE ARRIVED: July 17 of ‘14) -->Lakeville is a suberb of Minneapolis 24* Webb Bobo OF 6-3, 210, Jr. Prattville, AL Southeastern LA 21 Yrs Old ROAD TRIP/HOMESTAND: 0-3 -->Fresh. yr in ‘14, appeared in 15 games with 4 starts and hit .174////soph. yr in ‘15, CURRENT STREAK: none LONG STREAK: 4 (5-12) started 21 of 33 games (.289 BA, 2 HR, 11 RBI) LONG ON-BASE: (14) (0-current) LAST HR: 7/5 -->Played with St. Cloud in 2015 (54 games, split between first base and OF--.274 DL DATES: GAMES MISSED: BA, 4 HR, 28 RBI, 7 HBP~led team) DATE ARRIVED: June 12 PROSPECT RANKING: 20 Bhret Bewley INF 5-11, 182, Fr. Winchester, CA U of San Diego 19 Yrs Old ROAD TRIP/HOMESTAND: DNP -->Named to the All-Freshman Team in the West Coast Conference. Started 55 of CURRENT STREAK: none LONG STREAK: 56 games in first year (.273 BA, 60 hits, team high 220 at-bats, 10 doubles, 1 HR, 22 LONG ON-BASE: (8) (1-current) LAST HR: RBI, 40 K--2nd on the team, ended the season on 7 game hitting streak going 9 for DL DATES: GAMES MISSED: 28) DATE ARRIVED: --> PROSPECT RANKING: 5* Marcus Carson OF 5-8, 170, Jr.