June 21, 2021
St. Cloud, MN – St. Cloud (13-6) stayed hot on Monday night with a 4-1 victory over La Crosse (11-10) and took first place all to itself in the Great Plains West.
The Rox have now won 11 of their last 13 games over the last two weeks. With Willmar’s win over Mankato, St. Cloud overtook the MoonDogs for the top spot in the division with just two weeks to go in the first half of the season.
St. Cloud scored all four of its runs in the fifth and sixth to take the lead and never gave it up. Otto Kemp (Point Loma Nazarene) started the scoring with an RBI single through the right side of the infield, bringing in Nate Stevens (Johnson County Community College) from second base.
Andrew Pinckney (Alabama) would score the second run of the game, coming in on a passed ball from third base. He would follow up his run by breaking it open in the sixth with a two-RBI triple to right-center field that got the Rox to the final score of 4-1.
On the mound, Trent Schoeberl (Minnesota) went five and one-third innings as the starter, allowing just three hits and one run while striking out four Loggers.
Nate Peterson (Illinois-Chicago) was the only other Rox pitcher to see the hill tonight, going the final three and two-thirds frames. Peterson allowed just one hit and struck out four while earning his first save of the season.
For a full box score from tonight’s game, click here.
The Rox will play game two against the Loggers at Joe Faber Field on Tuesday with first pitch at 7:05 pm. Then, St. Cloud finishes off its six-game homestand with a doubleheader against the Willmar Stingers on Wednesday.
The St. Cloud Rox are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Having completed its’ 27th season, the Northwoods 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 250 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time All-Star and 2016 Roberto Clemente Award winner Curtis Granderson, three-time Cy Young Award winner and World Series Champion Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and World Series Champion Chris Sale (BOS). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and MLB Gold Glove finalist and 2019 Second Team All-MLB shortstop Marcus Semien (TOR). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League website. 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.
