Waterloo, IA – In a game that had just one run across home plate through eight innings, St. Cloud (28-9) outlasted Waterloo (23-16) for a 3-0 victory.

This is the Rox’ fifth shutout of the season as they continue to build upon the best team ERA in the Northwoods League. Hunter Dollander (Georgia-Gwinnett) led the way on the bump with seven shutout innings to drop his season ERA to 0.69. Dollander struck out eight batters on the night and only allowed four hits to earn the win.

Connor Barison (Washington State) closed out the game for his fourth save of the season. Barison induced an inning-ending double play to work out of a jam in the eighth and then forced a pop-up that sealed the victory in the ninth.

St. Cloud only had one run through the first eight innings of the game as a pitchers’ duel ensued for most of Saturday’s action. The Rox added two insurance runs in the top of the ninth to add some cushion. Otto Kemp (Point Loma Nazarene) had the most important hit of the day with an RBI double out to right-center.

Caleb Ricketts (San Diego) knocked in the other two runs on the night. He brought in a run with a sacrifice fly in the third to give the Rox the early lead, then drove in the final run in the ninth with a ground out.

For a full box score from Saturday’s game, click here.

The Rox will try to close off the sweep and win the road trip against the Bucks on Sunday afternoon from Waterloo. First pitch from Riverfront Stadium is scheduled for 4:05 pm.

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’ 27^th 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.