The Rochester Honkers game at St. Cloud tonight has been suspended in the bottom of the third inning due to lightning and weather. The teams will continue play of the suspended game as part of a double header the next time the Honkers visit St. Cloud on June 15th. The suspended game will be played to nine innings and the second game of the double header will be seven innings.
Prior to the lightning delay, the Honkers led the Rox 6-3. Honkers starter C.J. Santoyo (Utah) was still on the mound. Shortstop Miles Mastrobuoni (College of San Mateo) had two-RBIs and a run scored.
Follow all this season's Honkers action live on Sports Radio AM 1520 The Ticket with Clinton Cole, or watch them on the Northwoods League's live video stream. Go to northwoodsleague.com and click on the Watch Games Live link.
Rochester will be back at home on Sunday, hosting the Thunder Bay Border Cats at 1:05 p.m. at Mayo Field. The first 500 fans will recieve a free bobblehead of Slider, the Honkers mascot, courtesy of Wells Fargo and 106.9 KROC. It will also be Perkins Kids Club Day.
The Rochester Honkers 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 organized 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.rochesterhonkers.com – See more at: http://northwoodsleague.com/rochester-honkers/2015/06/06/feyereisen-throws-9-scoreless-innings-as-honkers-win-in-extras/#sthash.itKzsmoB.dpuf
