Luke Albright

WILLMAR - The Willmar Stingers were able to load the bases in the 9th inning, but closer Blake Stelzer forced a game ending 4-6-3 double play and the St. Cloud Rox defeated the Stingers 4-3. Starting pitcher Luke Albright was the story of the game for St. Cloud after a terrific performance on the mound. The right hander pitched 5 innings, giving up 2 runs and was one strikeout shy of tying the team record for a single game, finishing with 12 K's.

It took until the 8th inning before the St. Cloud Rox could get on the board in Rochester on Friday night, but it was enough as they were able to defeat the Honkers 2-0. Luke Roskam's squeeze bunt gave the Rox a 1-0 lead and they were able to add an insurance run an inning later after a wild pitch.

The St. Cloud Rox were able to improve their record to 12-10 after a 4-2 win over the Rochester Honkers in St. Cloud on Thursday night. The Rox did all of their damage in the 5th inning, which was enough to pick up the victory. Nick Marinconz got the scoring started with a 2 run double, Jack Kelly added a run with a sacrifice fly right after that and Collin Montez added another insurance run with another double a few batters later.