St. Cloud, Minn. – The St. Cloud Rox fell to the Alexandria Blue Anchors 2-1 Saturday night in front of a crowd of 1,781 at the Rock Pile.

The Rox got another wonderful pitching performance from one of their starters as Andrew Clemen (South Dakota State) went 6.1 innings, struck out seven batters, only gave up three hits and allowed one run. Clemen’s strong game followed a masterful game by Domenick Carlini (Southeastern Louisiana University) Friday night.

Erik Martinez (Cal Berkeley) came in for Clemen and went one inning, striking out two batters. Trevor Charpie (Saddleback Community College) would then come in for 1.2 innings, striking out one batter.

Webb Bobo (Southeastern Louisiana University) would walk in the second inning then made his way around the bases to score the lone Rox run on a Blue Anchor error.

The Rox play next at Mankato in a doubleheader on Monday, June 29^th. The first game will begin at 1:00 p.m. then the second game is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

The next Rox home game at the Rock Pile will be Wednesday, July 1^st at 7:05 p.m. as they take on the Waterloo Bucks. It will be a Rox Seat Cushion Giveaway presented by Medica. First 300 fans 60 and older. Bring your grandchild to the game night. Polka Night presented by 1150AM KASM.

Tonight’s St. Cloud Times Player of the Game is starting pitcher Andrew Clemen who pitched a strong 6.1 innings. For more coverage of the Rox during the 2015 season visit www.sctimes.com.

For more stats and information about tonight’s first game, here is the boxscore:

http://northwoods.bbstats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=260324
 

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 22^nd 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.