Carlos Lopez

The St. Cloud Rox lost 12-9 at Alexandria Tuesday night. St. Cloud scored 7 runs in the 4th inning to lead 8-5 but the Beetles rallied for 4 runs in the bottom of the 4th and added 3 more runs in the 5th inning. Erik Kozel hit a grand slam homerun and Carlos Lopez was 2-4 with 2 runs scored including a solo homerun for the Rox. James Jensen threw 3 1/3 innings with 8 hits and 7 earned runs allowed for St. Cloud.

The St. Cloud Rox lost 4-3 at Willmar Wednesday night. Willmar broke the 3-all tie with a run in the 7th inning. Carlos Lopez went 2-3 with a homerun and 2 RBIs and Phil Imholte drove in a run for the Rox. Alex Roberts threw 1 1/3 innings with 4 hits and 1 earned run allowed to take the loss in relief. Tadd Johansen threw 5 innings with 7 hits and 3 earned runs allowed but didn't figure in the final decision.

The St. Cloud Rox used a balanced attack to beat Willmar 18-5 at Joe Faber Field in St. Cloud Tuesday night. Carlos Lopez led the Rox going 2-4 with 3 runs scored and 1 RBI, Jamie Simpson was 2-3 with 2 runs scored and 2 RBIs and Erik Kozel was 2-2 with a run and 2 RBIs for St. Cloud. Zach Hirsch threw 8 1/3 innings with 9 hits and 4 earned runs allowed to get the win.

The St. Cloud Rox started the 2nd half of the season with a 9-8 win in 10 innings at Alexandria. Nick Rau singled in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning. St. Cloud scored 5 runs in the 7th inning and Alexandria scored 4 runs to tie the game in the 7th. Carlos Lopez hit a 2-run homerun and Phil Imholte went 2-5 with 2 RBIs.

Duluth completed a sweep of the St. Cloud Rox Monday night winning 14-4 and 7-6 in 8 innings.

The St. Cloud Rox lost 4-1 at Mankato Saturday night. Carlos Lopez was 2-4 with 1 run scored and Nick Tanielu was 1-3 with 1 RBI for the Rox. Andrew Urban threw all 8 innings with 6 hits and 4 runs (3 earned) allowed to take the loss for St. Cloud.

The St. Cloud Rox lost 12-11 at Alexandria Sunday night. Andy Henkemeyer went 3-5 with a run scored, a 3-run homerun and 4 RBIs for St. Cloud. Carlos Lopez went 2-4 with a run scored and 3 RBIs and Chris Paul was 2-5 with a run scored and 2 RBIs for the Rox. Andy Urban threw 4 1/3 innings with 4 hits, 8 walks and 7 runs allowed (4 earned) to take the loss.

The St. Cloud Rox lost 7-5 Sunday night at Willmar to suffer their 8th straight loss. The game was shortened to 5 innings due to rain. Willmar scored 6 runs in the 3rd inning and St. Cloud responded with 4 runs in the 4th inning. Carlos Lopez went 2-2 with 2 runs scored, Mark Rhine went 2-2 and Boo Vazquez was 1-2 with 2 RBIs for the Rox. Paul Schaak threw 3 innings with 6 hits and 7 earned runs allowed to take the loss.

The St. Cloud River Bats lost 10-9 at Rochester Tuesday afternoon. Rochester scored 5 first inning runs and held on to win. Carol Lopez was 3-4 with a homerun and 4 RBIs, Ronald Sucre had a homerun and 3 RBIs and Bryan Haar had a solo homerun for the Bats. Jake Smith allowed 6 hits and 7 earned runs in 5 innings to take the loss for St. Cloud.