St. Cloud, MN– Garett Delano (Brown) drove in three of the four runs as St. Cloud (36-20) beat Thunder Bay (19-37) by a score of 4-3 at the Rock Pile. The first place Rox have won 13 of their last 15 games and remain in first place of the Great Plains West Division.

The Rox scored three of their four runs in the first inning, all courtesy of the home run ball. Garett Delano (Brown) blasted a two-run home run to left field, his seventh of the season. In the next at-bat, Freddy Achecar (Georgetown) drilled a solo home run to right field to put St. Cloud ahead 3-0.

Adding an insurance run in the seventh inning, Delano hit a single into left field and scored Gus Steiger (South Dakota State) to extend the Rox lead to 4-2.

Carter Bosch (Georgetown) pitched five innings and earned his fifth win of the season. Justin Wick (Creighton) tossed two innings and struck out three batters. Blake Stelzer (Concordia-St. Paul) notched a two-inning save to close the game.

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

St. Cloud is home on Sunday, July 28th against the Thunder Bay Border Cats at 4:05 p.m. It’s Rox Puzzle Giveaway presented by Rengel Printing to the first 250 fans 12 and under. It’s also a Coborn’s Kids Day, as children will have the opportunity to run the bases and get autographs on the field after the game.

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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