August 11, 2015
St. Cloud, Minn. – The St. Cloud Rox are moving on in the Northwoods League Playoffs after defeating the Rochester Honkers 4-0 Monday evening at the Rock Pile.
St. Cloud native Reese Gregory (St. Cloud State) threw a complete game shutout for the Rox. In his first playoff appearance, Gregory struck out 10 batters and only allowed three hits.
St. Cloud capitalized on two wild pitches to score their first two runs. Marcus Carson (University of Kentucky) scored on one in the fourth inning and Brett Pope (Western Carolina University) scored on the second one in the fifth inning.
In the fifth inning Lee Miller (Davidson College) worked a 0-2 count to a full count then he drove the next pitch over the right field wall for a two-run home run.
St. Cloud is on a nine game winning streak and an 11 home game winning streak.
The playoff win is the first in Rox history for the team. St. Cloud will play the winner of the Duluth/Willmar game tomorrow at 7:05 p.m. at the Rock Pile in St. Cloud.
Tonight’s St. Cloud Times Player of the Game was Reese Gregory after his complete game shutout. For more coverage of the Rox during the 2015 season visit www.sctimes.com.
For more stats and information about tonight’s game, here is the boxscore:
http://northwoods.bbstats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=307423
Single game tickets can be purchased 24 hours a day at www.stcloudrox.com, by calling (320) 240-9798 or by visiting the Rox ticket office located at the Municipal Athletic Complex.
The St. Cloud Rox are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. Playing its 22nd season of summer collegiate baseball in 2015, the Northwoods League is the largest summer collegiate baseball league in the world with 18 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff, more than 120 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (CWS), Jordan Zimmermann (WAS), Curtis Granderson (NYM), Lucas Duda (NYM) and Ben Zobrist (OAK). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League Website. For more information, visit www.stcloudrox.com.
