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.

St. Cloud is back tonight for the second game of the double-header which starts at 6:35.

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