Ricardo Sanchez (Arkansas Pine Bluff) earned player of the night after going 2-5 in the Rox Game 1 victory over Battle Creek to put them within one win of winning the World Series. Sanchez connected on a single for St. Cloud's first hit of the game in the bottom of the first, but was left stranded. He then knocked in a run in the bottom of the second from a ground out. Sanchez went deep for his second hit of the game resulting in a solo shot in the seventh. He the first game of a best of three with a home run, one run scored and two RBI.