Rox Inch Closer To First With 7th Straight Win
The St. Cloud Rox are just 1/2 game back of Willmar for first place in the 2nd half North Division standings after a 9-4 win over Waterloo Wednesday night. The Rox scored 7 runs in the 3rd inning. Boo Vazquez was 2-4 with a solo homerun and Elvin Soto hit a 3-run triple for St. Cloud. Waterloo committed 2 errors that led to 8 unearned runs.
Zach Hirsch threw 5 innings with 8 hits and 2 runs (1 earned run) to get the win. St. Cloud is 19-13 in the 2nd half of the season and will host Waterloo again tonight at 7:05, pregame on AM 1390-the Fan at 6:35. Righthander Andy Urban will start on the mound. It's Roxterberfest at the ballpark tonight.