WHEN: July 30th 6:35 PM CST

WHERE: Joe Faber Field

WATCH: NWL+

LISTEN: Granite City Sports Radio

ROX 2025 RECORD: 40-18 (15-10 Second Half)

WILLMAR 2025 RECORD: 33-27 (16-12 Second Half)

LAST TIME OUT

The St. Cloud Rox saw their six game winning-streak snapped on Tuesday by the Willmar Stingers.

Willmar started quickly, tagging on three runs in the first two innings off of Hunter Day who went 1.2 innings with six hits in his outing.

Willmar would add one more in the game which proved to be enough to defeat St. Cloud who’s only run came on an Alex Dupuy (UAB) RBI Single in the seventh inning.

CLOSING IN ON ROX HISTORY

Tanner Recchio (University of St. Thomas) comes in to the series vs the Bucks two stolen bases away from breaking the single season Rox stolen bases record. Recchio sits at 29 stolen bases on the year, just two shy of both Sawyer Smith (2024) and Drew Avans (2017) who sit at 30 swipes in their respective seasons.

Brandon Jaenke is two saves away from breaking the Rox single season saves record that is held by his former teammate in 2022 Chase Grillo. Jaenke sits at 12 while Grillo picked up 13 saves in the 2022 campaign.

PROBABLE STARTERS (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

STC- Jaron Bleeker pitches the final game of the homestand for the Rox. Bleeker holds a 3.98 ERA across 31.2 innings this season where he has struck out 24, walked ten, and allowed 28 hits across his outings. His last start spanned four innings with three earned-runs vs Rochester on July 22 with six strikeouts and three walks.

WAT- Willmar goes with Hunter Possehl in game two of the series. Possehl’s ERA sits at 11.92 across 25.2 innings this season with 25 strikeouts, 11 walks, and 43 hits across his innings this campaign. His last appearance was on July 24 vs Thunder Bay where he gave up six earned-runs on nine hits across four innings with three strikeouts and a walk.