St. Cloud, MN– St. Cloud (41-23) tallied 17 hits in an 8-0 win over Rochester in the series finale. Nick DeSalvo (LIU-Brooklyn) pitched seven scoreless innings and earned the win in his first start of the summer. The Rox magic number to clinch a playoff berth and the second half of the Great Plains West Division is three games.

Hance Smith (California-Berkeley) got the scoring started in the first inning, blasting a leadoff home run to center field. Jack Kelly (Minnesota) later doubled to center field and scored Garett Delano (Brown) to put the Rox ahead 2-0.

St. Cloud extended their lead to 4-0 in the fourth inning as Ulises Caballero (California Baptist) and Luke Ira (South Dakota State) both claimed RBI singles.

Gus Steiger (South Dakota State) and Ira had RBI singles in the sixth inning while Smith had a sac-fly RBI. The Rox went ahead 8-0 in the seventh inning after Ben Carew (Kent State) singled and scored Delano. Carew finished 4-4 at the plate, one hit shy of tying the Rox single-game record for hits.

Following the stellar start from DeSalvo, Justin Wick (Creighton) hurled the final two innings and struck out four batters.

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

The Rox now open a two-game road series against Mankato on Monday and Wednesday. Both games begin at 6:35 p.m. at Franklin Rogers Ballpark.

St. Cloud returns home against Rochester on Thursday, August 8th at 7:05 p.m. It’s Media Madness Bobblehead Bracket Night presented by Capital One. It’s also Polka Night as a band will be playing outside the ballpark at 5:45 p.m.

All single games tickets can be purchased 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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