St. Cloud, MN – The 2017 Northwoods League Champions St. Cloud Rox were back in action at the Rock Pile on Tuesday night, facing the La Crosse Loggers while riding a four-game winning streak.

The Rox ultimately fell short to the Loggers 7-3 to wrap up a two-game series with La Crosse.

St. Cloud kicked things off in the bottom of the second inning, tallying two runs in the inning thanks to three doubles. The Rox grabbed one more run in the bottom of the third inning to hold a 3-1 lead for a majority of the first half of the game. La Crosse ended up taking the lead in the eighth inning, as St. Cloud wasn’t able to complete a late-game comeback.

Noah Hill (BYU) went 1-for-3 with one RBI and Bobby Seymour (Wake Forest) finished 2-for-4 with one run scored to lead the Rox at the plate. Ryan Weisenberg (Georgetown), Landon Stephens (Miami-Ohio) and Jack Barrie (Reinhardt) each added one hit a piece.

Zach Lauzon (Concordia-St. Paul) got the start on the mound for St. Cloud, pitching the first 6.2 innings. Erik Martinez (California-Berkeley) threw one inning in relief, while Landon Clifton (LSU Eunice) threw the final 1.1 innings to finish the game.

St. Cloud (13-11 second half, 29-31 overall) will take on the Mankato MoonDogs in a doubleheader on Wednesday, finishing up the home-and-home doubleheader at the Rock Pile. Game 1 in Mankato will begin at 12:05 p.m., with Game 2 being played back in St. Cloud at 7:05 p.m. The game will be Polka Night presented by 1150 KASM, with a pre-game Polka Band performing at 5:45 p.m. To get tickets to the game, click here.

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.