WHEN: Friday June 13th 5:35 PM CST

WHERE: Port Arthur Stadium

WATCH: NWL+

LISTEN: Granite City Sports Radio

ROX 2025 RECORD: 11-4

THUNDER BAY 2025 RECORD: 9-7

2025 STATS COMPARISON

LAST TIME OUT

The St. Cloud Rox (11-4) fell just short against the Thunder Bay Border Cats (9-7) on Thursday, 9-6, and are looking to split the series on Friday as they remain in first place in the Great Plains West.

Riley Iffrig started the scoring for St. Cloud in the second inning, smashing the ball out of the park to score the first two runs for the Rox, and pull the game within one run at 3-2.

The Rox would score one in the third, and a Cayden Gaskin RBI single in the fifth inning would bring Nolan Geislinger home for the second time in the matchup, cutting the deficit to two at 6-4.

The Rox scored two more runs in the eighth, but were just out of reach by the end of the game.

The Rox remain in first place in the Great Plains West and will seek revenge against the Border Cats tonight.

NWL INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARDS

St. Cloud has been off to a great start in all realms of the offensive side of baseball. St. Cloud is second in the NWL in home runs as a team while Dominic Smaldino sits second in the league in the same stat. Tanner Recchio is tied for second in the league in stolen bases, Austin Haley is second in runs scored and sits sixth on the OPS leaderboard.

Conversely, individual pitching has been great as well. JP Robertson leads the league in strikeouts, ERA, and sits second in WHIP among starting pitchers, while 2024 All-Star Brandon Jaenke leads the NWL in saves.

PROBABLE STARTERS (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

STC- Jake Burcham will get the ball for his third start of the year in game two. Burcham has an ERA of 3.18 this year with nine strikeouts. Burcham last pitched against the Mankato MoonDogs and went 5.1 innings where he picked up three strikeouts.

TB- William Spang starts for Thunder Bay on Friday night. He has appeared in four games this season for 9.1 innings pitched with an ERA of 9.64. Spang has walked 12 and struck out four while allowing ten hits and ten earned runs in his outings.