St. Cloud, MN– Riley Ahern (St. Cloud State) gave up just one run in three innings out of the bullpen, but St. Cloud (32-20) dropped the series opener to Waterloo (27-26) by a score of 9-1. The Rox have won nine of their last eleven games.

After falling behind 3-0, Garrett Delano (Brown) reached base after a hit-by-pitch. He stole second base and advanced to third base on a fielder’s choice. He scored on a wild pitch and cut the deficit to two runs in the top of the fourth inning.

Ben Carew (Kent State), Jordan Barth (Augustana), Hance Smith (California-Berkeley) and Brendan Tinsman (Wake Forest) all recorded base hits.

Blake Flint (St. Cloud State) started the game on the mound. Drew Garrett (Johnson County CC), Joey Stock (St. Johns), Daniel Montgomery (Southwestern) and Ahern all saw time out of the bullpen.

The Rox will look to split the two-game road series against Waterloo on Tuesday at 6:35 p.m.

For the full box score from Monday’s game, click here.

St. Cloud is back home on Thursday, July 24th against the Bismarck Larks at 7:05 p.m. It’s Mental Health Awareness Night presented by Marco Technologies. The Rox will be wearing special jerseys that will be sold through an online auction with the proceeds going to CentraCare’s Suicide Prevention Program. Text ROX to 555888 to bid on them now. Plus, National Entertainment Act and America’s Biggest Ballpark Prankster BirdZerk is back to entertain the crowd.

All single games tickets can be purchased now in person at the Rox Ticket Office located at the Municipal Athletic Complex, by calling the Rox Ticket office at 320-240-9798 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday or 24 hours a day by visiting www.stcloudrox.com.

The St. Cloud Rox are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The 25-year old summer collegiate 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 200 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 (MIA).  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.

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