Thunder Bay, ON– Garett Delano (Brown) allowed three hits in seven innings pitched as St. Cloud (42-27) beat Thunder Bay (23-46) in game one of the Saturday doubleheader. The Rox magic number to clinch a playoff berth is now one game.

St. Cloud quickly loaded the bases in the first inning and tacked on a run as Ben Carew (Kent State) was able to score on a wild pitch.

Leading 1-0 in the fourth inning, Jordan Barth (Augustana) scored Luke Ira (South Dakota State) from third base on sac-fly to center field. It was his 48th RBI of the season.

The Rox added two insurance runs in the seventh inning as Lenny Walker (St. Cloud State) and Ira both recorded RBI hits to extend the lead to 4-0.

Delano struck out five batters and did not walk a batter in his first win of the season.

For the box score from game one of the doubleheader against Thunder Bay, click here.

The Rox play the Border Cats again on Saturday in game two of the doubleheader and finishes the series on Sunday at 12:35 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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