St. Cloud Rox

The Rox downed the Larks 4-2 Sunday to complete a 2-game sweep of Bismarck. St. Cloud scored 1 in the 1st inning, 2 in the 6th and 1 in the 7th. Ryland Kerr went 3-4 with an RBI and Ricardo Sanchez went 2-3 with 1 RBI for the Rox. Jack Cushing threw 6 innings with 1 earned run allowed to get the win...

The St. Cloud Rox topped the Bismarck Larks 8-7 Saturday at Joe Faber Field in 11 innings. Ryan Weisenberg singled in Ryland Kerr with the walk off winner. Kerr went 3-5 with 2 runs scored and Ricardo Sanchez homered for St. Cloud. Austin Suhr threw a scoreless 11th inning to earn the win...

The St. Cloud Rox came up short on Friday night in their home opener at Joe Faber Field in front of a sellout crowd.

The St. Cloud Rox host Mankato at 7:05 tonight in their home opener, pregame on AM 1390-Granite City Sports at 6:35. The Rox earned their first win 5-4 at Mankato last night behind Richardo Sanchez' 3 hits and 2 RBIs and Ryan Lillard's 2 hits and 2 RBIs.

The Rox can be heard all season long on AM 1390 Granite City Sports.

The Rox lost 2-1 at Willmar Wednesday night to drop to 0-2 on the season. The lone Rox run was a solo home run hit by Ryan Lillard. St. Cloud managed just 3 hits on the night. Zach Louzan threw 6 innings with 2 earned runs allowed to take the loss for the Rox.

The Rox lost their season opener at Willmar 6-1 Tuesday night. Ryan Lillard doubled in the lone Rox run in the 5th inning. He had 2 of the 5 St. Cloud hits. Carlo Graffeo allowed 2 runs (1 earned) in 4 innings to take the loss for St. Cloud on the mound.

The St. Cloud Rox begin defense of their Northwoods League title when their season starts tonight when they play at Willmar against the Stingers at 7:05, pregame on AM 1390-Granite City Sports at 6:35.

Former St. Cloud River Bats catcher Mitch Garver is getting a shot at full-time duty with the Twins this season after an injury to starting catcher Jason Castro. Garver played for the River Bats in 2010 and 2011.

The St. Cloud Rox signed 3 players from Brigham Young University today. The 3 are pitchers Kenny Saenz and Jake Suddreth and catcher/infielder Noah Hill. Saenz played 12 games for the Rox last season and had a 4.66 ERA in 54 innings with 76 strikeouts.