Willmar, MN – St. Cloud (16-18) scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning but their late-game comeback fell short against the Willmar Stingers. Both teams combined for eight hits in the game.

Bobby Seymour (Wake Forest) led the charge in the top of the ninth inning as he put the Rox on the board for the first time in the game. His one-out single to right field scored Ryan Davis (Georgetown) from second base. Connor Aube (UT-Arlington) later doubled down the left field line and scored Landon Stephens (Miami-Ohio) and Seymour. The rallied ended shortly after.

Gus Steiger (South Dakota State), Landon Stephens, Bobby Seymour (2), Ricardo Sanchez (Arkansas Pine-Bluff), Connor Aube (2), and Ben Carew (Kent State) all registered base hits in the game.

Kenny Saenz (BYU) made the start on the mound and struck out seven batters in five innings pitched. Sergio Esparza (Arkansas Pine-Bluff) and Jake Stevenson (Minnesota) made appearances out of the bullpen. It was Stevenson’s season debut.

St. Cloud now travels to Bismarck, North Dakota for a two-game series against the Larks. They’ll return to the Rock Pile on Thursday, July 5th against Duluth. There will be postgame fireworks as the Rox continue celebrating Independence Day.

The Rox are in their seventh season of Northwoods League Baseball in 2018. Single game and group tickets for the entire season are on sale now. For more information on purchasing tickets, visit the Rox Ticket Office on the west end of the Municipal Athletic Complex, call 320-240-9798 or visit www.stcloudrox.com.

The St. Cloud Rox are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. Now in its 25th anniversary season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 20 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 190 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist (CHC) and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET) and Curtis Granderson (TOR).  All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League portal. For more information, visit www.stcloudrox.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Rox as your favorite team.

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