The St. Cloud Rox have been joined by the Mankato Moon Dogs in 1st place in the 2nd half Great Plains West Division standings after Mankato beat the Rox 5-2 Thursday night.
The Rox lost their 3rd straight game Sunday 11-5 at home against Mankato. The Moon Dogs scored 6 runs in the 2nd inning to surge ahead and they never trailed after that point.
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 lost their season opener 3-1 at Mankato to the Moon Dogs Wednesday night. The Moon Dogs scored all 3 of their runs in the 3rd inning with 2 of them coming on a 2-run home run from Cole Andavolgyi. St. Cloud scored their lone run in the 7th inning on a sacrifice fly from Tyson Fisher.
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.