St. Cloud Rox Bounces Back To Beat Minot Hot Tots

MINOT (WJON News) -- The St. Cloud Rox (20-5) stayed hot on and off the field on Saturday as they pounded the Minot Hot Tots (5-22) 16-6.

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The Hot Tots took the early lead, scoring twice in the 1st inning, and again in the 3rd, and held a 3-1 advantage at the end of three. The Rox tied things up in the top of the 4th on a two-run blast by Jaixen Frost. However, Minot was quick to respond. The Tots pushed across three in their half of the inning to retake the lead 6-3.

It was all Rox from there, though, as St. Cloud took command in the later innings. St. Cloud scored two in the 6th to cut the margin to 6-5 and then erupted in the 7th with four runs, and another 7 in the top of the 9th led by run-scoring singles by Brady Ballinger and Joshua Dykhoff.

Aiden Lieser picked up the win, throwing 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief. The Rox will finish their four-game set with Minot on Sunday afternoon and then return home on Monday to take on the Badlands Big Sticks.

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