Bismarck, ND– Jack Kelly (Northwestern) blasted a three-run home run and helped lead St. Cloud (29-18) to a 10-4 win against Bismarck (23-25) on Sunday. The Rox have won six games in a row and have a two-game lead in first place of the Great Plains West Division.

St. Cloud scored four runs in the first inning to take an early lead. Garrett Delano (Brown) hit a single to left field and scored Gus Steiger (South Dakota State). In the next at-bat, Kelly crushed a three-run home run.

Freddy Achecar (Georgetown) drove in one of his three runs in the game in the third inning, hitting a single that scored Kelly to put the Rox ahead 5-3.

The Rox extended their lead in the seventh inning, scoring four runs. Achecar singled and scored Delano. Ben Carew (Kent State) scored Kelly on a groundout in the infield. Zack Elliott (Minnesota) drilled a two-run single and scored Landon Stephens (Miami-Ohio) and Achecar to cap off the inning.

Leading 9-4 in the eighth inning, Achecar grounded out to the right side of the infield and scored Jordan Barth (Augustana).

Trae Robertson (Missouri) earned the win on the mound, tossing five innings. Lucas Gather (California-Berkeley) and Kevin Davis (USC Upstate) both threw two innings out of the bullpen.

For the full box score from Sunday’s game, click here.

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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