The St. Cloud Rox have been joined by the Mankato Moon Dogs in 1st place in the 2nd half Great Plains West Division standings after Mankato beat the Rox 5-2 Thursday night.
The Rox lost their 3rd straight game Sunday 11-5 at home against Mankato. The Moon Dogs scored 6 runs in the 2nd inning to surge ahead and they never trailed after that point.
The St. Cloud Rox and Mankato Moon Dogs endured numerous rain delays and an extra inning game to play 2 in Mankato Wednesday. The Rox won the first game 8-7 in 10 innings.
The St. Cloud Rox lost their season opener 3-1 at Mankato to the Moon Dogs Wednesday night. The Moon Dogs scored all 3 of their runs in the 3rd inning with 2 of them coming on a 2-run home run from Cole Andavolgyi. St. Cloud scored their lone run in the 7th inning on a sacrifice fly from Tyson Fisher.
The Rox had 4 pitchers combine on a 3-hit shutout to lead the Rox past the Mankato Moon Dogs at Joe Faber Field Wednesday night. The game was scoreless until the 5th inning when the Rox scored 2 runs. St. Cloud added 2 runs in the 7th inning and 3 more in the 8th.
The Rox lost 12-4 at Mankato Monday night. The Moon Dogs scored 7 runs in the 4th inning to take a 9-0 lead and never looked back. Zach Lauzon threw 3 innings with 5 hits and 2 earned runs allowed to take the loss.
St. Cloud man-handled Mankato 10-1 Thursday night.The Rox exploded for four runs in the bottom of the seventh which proved to be too much for the Moondogs.
The Rox lost 12-3 to Mankato in the afternoon and won 1-0 over Mankato in the rain shortened nightcap. The Moon Dogs jumped all over Rox starter Richie Holetz for 6 hits and 7 earned runs in just 1 inning. Holetz took the loss. Frank Achecar had 2 hits and 1 RBI for the Rox in game 1.
The St. Cloud Rox scored 5 3rd inning runs and routed Mankato 10-2 Thursday night at Joe Faber Field. Carter Bosch took a no-hitter into the 9th inning. He threw 8-plus innings with 1 hit and 1 earned run allowed with 6 strikeouts to get he win.