St. Cloud, MN– Garett Delano (Brown) broke the Rox single-season record for RBIs with 52, but St. Cloud dropped game one of the playoff series to Willmar by a score of 4-1. Game two will be on Tuesday at Bill Taunton Stadium with a 7:05 p.m. first pitch time.

After the Stingers went ahead 1-0, the Rox responded in the bottom of the fourth inning. Ben Carew (Kent State) led off with a single to center field. Jordan Barth (Augustana) drew a walk to put two runners on base. Following a double steal, Delano grounded out to the right side of the infield and scored Carew to tie the game.

Trevor Koenig (St. Cloud State) started the game and tossed 6.0 innings, striking out three batters. Max Rippl (Kent State) pitched the seventh inning and Blake Stelzer (Concordia-St. Paul) hurled the final two innings.

For the box score from game one of the series against Willmar, click here.

If the Rox win game two on Tuesday, the final game of the series will be played on Wednesday at 7:05 p.m. at Joe Faber Field. 

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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