June 2, 2022
La Crosse, WI – St. Cloud (4-0) finished off a second consecutive sweep on Thursday night with a 6-2 win over La Crosse (1-3) to finish its long road trip still undefeated on the season.
The Rox did most of their damage in the top of the seventh inning. With two outs, John Nett (St. Cloud State) started the rally with a triple down the right field line to bring in one run and then scored on a wild pitch a few pitches later to make it 4-1.
Then, the floodgates opened, Charlie Condon (Georgia) doubled to bring in another run, his eighth RBI of the season. He came around to score off Jack Steil’s (Nebraska) second hit of the day out to left-center.
St. Cloud led the game from wire-to-wire after scoring two in the first inning. Magnum Hofstetter (Hawai’i) doubled to right to put the Rox up 2-0 early.
Johnny Dow (Georgia State) made his first start of the summer and went four shutout innings. Dow struck out four Loggers’ batters and allowed just three hits to keep La Crosse in check.
The bullpen shined for St. Cloud with Logan Herrera (Minot State) and Aiden Adams (Tarleton State) each throwing two innings. Herrera earned the win after Zane Badmaev (Tarleton State) closed it out with two strikeouts in a scoreless night.
For a full box score from Thursday’s game, click here.
After completing the four-game road trip to start the season, the Rox finally get to return to the friendly confines of the Rock Pile. St. Cloud’s home opener is scheduled for 7:05 pm on Friday against the Minnesota Mud Puppies with post game fireworks at Joe Faber Field.
For the full 2022 Rox schedule, click here. The 2022 season is presented by Fleet Farm. For more information regarding this release, season tickets and partial season ticket packages for the 2022 season including Kwik Trip 7-Game Packs, please contact the Rox office at 320-240-9798 or visit www.stcloudrox.com.
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’ 28th 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-timeAll-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 theApple App Store or on Google Play and set the Rox as your favorite team.