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R.J. Martinez suffered his first loss of the season on Friday night as the St. Cloud Rox lost 8-2 against Willmar in St. Cloud. Martinez gave up 6 runs, 5 of them earned, in 7 innings and notched 5 strikeouts.

The St. Cloud Rox scored 3 times in the 9th in Willmar on Thursday to score a 5-3 victory over the Stingers. Parker Smejkal hit a go ahead home run to open the inning and St. Cloud took advantage of sloppy defense to add 2 more insurance runs. The win improves the Rox to 20-7 in the second half of their season, 40-22 overall.

The Rox won big Wednesday night with a 11-2 victory over Waterloo at Joe Faber Field.

The Rox lost 2-1 at home against Waterloo Tuesday night. Brandon Vial shutdown the Rox for 6 2/3 innings with 7 hits and 1 earned run allowed to get the win. Garrett Delano was the tough-luck loser for the Rox.

The Rox won game two Monday night with a 7-1 victory over Mankato at Franklin Rogers Field in Mankato.

St. Cloud -- St. Cloud fell behind 7-1 early and it ended being too much to overcome and the Rox fall 8-7 in Game 1 Monday. Rhyse Dee went five innings giving up eight runs with one strikeout to take the loss for the Rox. Jordan Barth and Ben Carew each hit home runs in and drove in a pair for the Rox on offense...

The Twins scored 5 1st inning runs to beat the White Sox 11-1 in Chicago Sunday. Jorge Polanco hit a 2-run home run and Miguel Sano hit a 3-run home run in the first inning. Jonathan Schoop added a 2-run home run.

The St. Cloud Rox had their game rained out against Thunder Bay Sunday. They will make the game up August 10 when St. Cloud plays at Thunder Bay.

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The Twins acquired Marlins relief pitcher Sergio Romo, pitching prospect Right hander Chris Vallimont and a player to be named later for minor league first baseman Lewin Diaz. Romo had been the closer for the Marlins this season.