Bismarck, ND– Landon Stephens (Miami-Ohio) and Garrett Delano (Brown) each drove in six runs as St. Cloud (27-18) defeated Bismarck (23-23) 19-8 in game one of the doubleheader. The Rox have won four games in a row.

The scoring began in the first inning as Jack Kelly (Northwestern) doubled to right field and scored two runs. In the next at-bat, Stephens blasted a two-run home run to left field.

In the fifth, sixth and seventh innings, the Rox scored a combined eleven runs. Kelly hit an RBI-triple in the fifth inning apart of two runs that scored. Delano drilled a three-run home run apart of a five run sixth inning. Barth, Delano, Kelly and Stephens each recorded an RBI in the four run seventh inning.

Stephens crushed his second home run of the day in the ninth inning, a two-run blast to left field. Delano also hit a two-run single.

Blake Flint (St. Cloud State) started the game and pitched three innings. Rhyse Dee (Wake Forest), Blake Stelzer (Concordia-St. Paul) and Hance Smith (California-Berkeley) all threw two innings. Smith earned the win.

For the full box score from game one of Saturday’s doubleheader, click here.

The Rox play game two of the doubleheader at 7:35 p.m. on Saturday at Bismarck Municipal Ballpark. They’ll conclude the three-game road series on Sunday at 1:05 p.m.

St. Cloud returns home on Thursday, July 18th against the Bismarck Larks at 7:05 p.m. It’s Summertime St. Patty’s Night presented by Grain Belt Premium. 

All single games tickets can be purchased now in person at the Rox Ticket Office located at the Municipal Athletic Complex, by calling the Rox Ticket office at 320-240-9798 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday or 24 hours a day by visiting www.stcloudrox.com.

The St. Cloud Rox are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The 25-year old summer collegiate league is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 22 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, over 200 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 (MIA).  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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