St. Cloud, MN – St. Cloud (15-3) used two home runs from Charlie Condon to beat Willmar (12-9) and extend its lead in the Great Plains West to four-and-a-half games.

Condon (Georgia) started the scoring early with a three-run home run to left-center in the top of the first. He extended the lead again with a two-run shot to left in the fifth inning. Condon now sits in second in the Northwoods League with 22 RBI’s this season.

Camden Hayslip (Alabama) also had a big day at the plate in his second start of the season. Hayslip had a double and a triple in Willmar and drove in three runs to help the Rox to the victory.

Other Rox’ hitters also jumped in on the action at the plate, as the Rox tallied a total of 15 hits. John Nett (St. Cloud State) added three hits at the top of the lineup, while Dawson Martin (Nevada) recorded two at the bottom of the order.

Johnny Dow (Georgia State) had a great outing on the mound in his third start of the season. Dow went six innings on the bump and even had a stretch of three innings where he only threw 16 pitches to record nine outs.

Zane Badmaev (Tarleton State) got the Rox to the ninth with two solid innings of work in the seventh and eighth. Then, Danny Glenos (Montevallo) finished it off with a scoreless ninth.

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

St. Cloud returns to the Rock Pile on Monday to face the Stingers in the series finale, looking for another sweep and a fifth straight win. First pitch from Joe Faber Field is scheduled for 7:05 pm.

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’ 28^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 theApple App Store or on Google Play and set the Rox as your favorite team.