St. Cloud Rox

The St. Cloud Rox picked up their 4th win of the season behind some stellar pitching to get 6-2 victory over Mankato Thursday night.

The Rox had 4 pitchers combine on a 3-hit shutout to lead the Rox past the Mankato Moon Dogs at Joe Faber Field Wednesday night. The game was scoreless until the 5th inning when the Rox scored 2 runs. St. Cloud added 2 runs in the 7th inning and 3 more in the 8th.

The Rochester Honkers are cancelling 7 games due to a new player testing positive for Covid-19 at an initial screening. The St. Cloud Rox games scheduled for Rochester Sunday and Monday are among the cancellations. The Rox will play Mankato Monday at 7:05 to replace one of the missed Rochester games.

The Waterloo Bucks roughed up the Rox on Tuesday night, scoring in every inning and defeating St. Cloud 13-1 in Waterloo.

The Rox lost 5-1 at Waterloo Monday night to drop to 2-2 on the season. St. Cloud scored a first inning run on a RBI single from Jack Kelly but Waterloo scored 2 runs in the 2nd inning and 2 more in the 3rd. The Bucks added an insurance run in the 6th inning. Kelly finished with 2 of the 5 St. Cloud hits.

The St. Cloud Rox picked up their first win Thursday night in exciting fashion as they beat the Rochester Honkers 7-6 in 11 innings.

The Rox will send former Tech Tiger and current SCSU Husky Trevor Koenig to the mound tonight against the Honkers. First pitch is set for 7:05 on AM 1390 Granite City Sports.

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The Northwoods League is set to return to Central Minnesota next week, with the Rox playing at Willmar on July 1st before opening the home portion of the schedule at Joe Faber Field July 2nd.

The St. Cloud Rox have begun practicing in anticipation of their July 1st season opener. The Rox will host their home opener on July 2nd at Joe Faber Field.