WHEN: July 25th 7:05 PM

WHERE: Joe Faber Field

WATCH: NWL+

LISTEN: Granite City Sports Radio

ROX 2025 RECORD: 37-17 (12-9 Second Half)

MINOT 2025 RECORD: 19-38 (9-12 Second Half)

LAST TIME OUT

The St. Cloud Rox (37-17) took down the Minot Hot Tots (19-38) 8-5 on Thursday in game one of a two-game series.

St. Cloud scored three times in the bottom of the first to take a 3-0 lead after recording three hits in the inning, including RBI singles from both Joshua Dykhoff (University of Minnesota-Crookston) and Augusto Mungarrieta (University of Kansas).

In the bottom of the second, Tanner Recchio (University of St. Thomas) drove in a run to add to the scoreboard and make it 4-2.

Dykhoff was able to bring Recchio home in the fifth and extend the lead to 5-2.

Recchio kept his phenomenal day going in the seventh, eventually bringing home a run with his fourth hit of the day, and later scoring himself to give the Rox the advantage again at 5-2.

The Rox added an insurance run in the eighth, and Recchio tied a Rox single-game record with five hits in the contest.

Pitcher Brandon Jaenke (University of Minnesota) closed out the ninth inning on the mound for St. Cloud and earned his league-best twelfth save of the 2025 season to keep the Rox on top 8-5.

PROBABLE STARTERS (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

STC- JD Dobis will start the final game against Minot for the Rox. Dobis hails from the University of Minnesota and holds an ERA of 6.33 this season with 20 strikeouts, eight walks, and 26 hits across 21.1 innings pitched. His last start was vs Mankato and he will look to rebound off of a 3.2 inning eight run outing with three strikeouts and walks while allowing seven hits.

MOT- Braden Booth gets the ball for Minot in game two vs St. Cloud. His ERA sits at 9.08 across 35.2 innings with 21 strikeouts, 19 walks, and 42 hits across those frames. His last appearance went three innings with six runs (five earned) with a walk, two strikeouts, and allowed six hits in a loss vs Badlands.