July 29, 2018
Thunder Bay, ON – Jack Barrie (Northwestern Ohio) belted three home runs, including a grand slam, and recorded seven RBI in St. Cloud’s 13-11 win. He broke the Rox record for most home runs and RBI in a game. St. Cloud swept Thunder Bay over the weekend to increase their win streak to three games.
Not one, not two, but THREE home runs for @kangaroo_jackM8 today for your #Rox!
Barrie finished 3-for-5 with three home runs, SEVEN RBI and four runs scored, setting Rox single game records for most home runs and most RBI in a game! #RoxSolidFun pic.twitter.com/N7kEuDmJr5
— St. Cloud Rox (@StCloudRox) July 29, 2018
Barrie started the scoring in the second inning, drilling a solo home run to left field. Thunder Bay responded the next half inning to tie the game at one.
Following a leadoff single from Bobby Seymour (Wake Forest), Barrie crushed his second home run to left field. Ben Carew (Kent State) and Connor Aube (UT-Arlington) hit RBI in the fourth inning as well. The inning was topped off with Sean Ross (San Diego State) scoring on an error.
Following a two-run fifth inning, which featured a sac-fly from both Hance Smith (California) and Ross, the Rox put up four runs in the inning. All of them were courtesy of Barrie, who hit a grand slam to left field. A sac-fly from Seymour in the seventh brought in the 13th run of the game for St. Cloud.
Jake Stevenson (Minnesota) earned the win for the Rox, hurling five innings and striking out three batters. Kyle Richardson (Texas A&M), Carlo Graffeo (Minnesota State-Mankato), and Joey Stock (St. John’s) all pitched an inning in relief work. Erik Martinez (California) earned the save for the Rox, making it consecutive saves in the series.
St. Cloud now opens a two-game home series with the La Crosse Loggers. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM at the Rock Pile. It’s Rox Trading Card Set Giveaway presented by Rengel Printing.
The Rox are in their seventh season of Northwoods League Baseball in 2018. Single game and group tickets for the entire season are on sale now. For more information on purchasing tickets, visit the Rox Ticket Office on the west end of the Municipal Athletic Complex, call 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. Now in its 25th anniversary season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 20 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, more than 190 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist (CHC) and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET) and Curtis Granderson (TOR). 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 the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Rox as your favorite team.