St. Cloud Rox

The Minnesota Twins earned a close win in game two of the weekend series against Los Angeles and the St. Cloud Rox swept Waterloo to notch their third straight win on Friday.

Otto Kemp of the St. Cloud Rox had 2 hits, a home run and 2 runs scored for Great Plains in their 7-3 win over Great Lakes. Kemp was named the game's most valuable player. Rox players Andrew Pinckney went 0-5, Caleb Ricketts went 1-3 with a run scored and 1 RBI and pitchers Hunter Dollander and Kevin Davis each threw 1 shutout inning with Davis closing the game out.

The St. Cloud Rox have 4 players playing for the Great Plains All Star team tonight in Mankato. The four are Otto Kemp, Andrew Pinckney, Kevin Davis and Caleb Ricketts. The game will be played tonight at 7:05 at ISG Field.

The St. Cloud Rox went into the Northwoods League All Star break with a 2-0 win at Waterloo against the Bucks Sunday. Storm Hierholzer and 2 relievers combined on the 5-hit shutout. Hierholzer threw 5 innings with no hits and 2 walks allowed to get the win.

The Minnesota Twins and St. Cloud Rox suffered losses on the road on Saturday.

The St. Cloud Rox fell behind early but rallied to beat the Bismarck Larks, while the Minnesota Twins were rained out before they could kick off the weekend series against the Detroit Tigers.

The Rox lost 5-4 to the Bismarck Larks Thursday night. Bismarck scored 2 runs in the 8th inning to overtake St. Cloud who held a 4-3 lead going into the 8th. Trevor Koenig started the game for the Rox and threw 5 2/3 innings with 4 hits and 2 earned runs allowed.

The St. Cloud Rox and Mankato Moon Dogs endured numerous rain delays and an extra inning game to play 2 in Mankato Wednesday. The Rox won the first game 8-7 in 10 innings.

The St. Cloud Rox downed the La Crosse Loggers 10-4 Tuesday night to improve to 7-1 in the 2nd half of the season. The Rox scored 2 runs in the 4th inning, 3 in the 5th inning and 5 runs in the 6th inning.

The St. Cloud Rox downed the Waterloo Bucks 8-2 Sunday afternoon to improve to 5-1 in the 2nd half of the season. Cody Kelly went 3-5 with a run scored and 2 RBIs, and Jordan Barth went 2-5 with 1 RBI for the Rox.