Northwoods St. Cloud Rox

Paul Reaches Milestone as Rox Fall to Bucks

Published on July 16, 2014 under Northwoods League (Northwoods)
St. Cloud Rox News Release


St. Cloud, MN - Chris Paul tallied his 200th career hit for the St. Cloud Rox Tuesday night as the Rox were defeated by the Waterloo Bucks 11-5 at Joe Faber Field. The Rox held a two-run lead going in to the eighth inning, but the Bucks rallied for eight runs in the final two innings to take the win as St. Cloud is now 9-6 in the second half of the season and 28-22 overall.

Tim Faix threw a strong performance in the starting role for the Rox, going the first seven innings while allowing one earned run on four hits with three strikeouts and left the game with the Rox leading 5-3 to pick up the no-decision after the Bucks rally. The Bucks scored their first two runs in the top of the second before the Rox recorded three in the bottom, coming from six hits in the inning as Eric Loxtercamp singled to bring in Boo Vazquez and Seth Heck, and give the Rox the lead.

Clay Ardeeser knocked in the next two runs for the Rox, scoring Loxtercamp on an RBI-putout in the fourth and Loxtercamp again in the sixth with a single to give the Rox a mid-game cushion. From there, Ben Lumsden and Kevin Burgee split the eighth inning for St. Cloud as the Bucks went for five runs on six hits in the inning to take the lead. Waterloo did not stop there as they came back for three more in the ninth inning off reliever Chad Hockin to give them their final lead of the game, 11-5.

Paul finished the night 3-for-3, including his 200th hit in a Rox uniform which came in the sixth inning as he remains the all-time leader for hits in Rox history. Loxtercamp also finished with three hits, as well as two runs scored and two RBIs as the Rox totaled 11 hits as a team.

Tonight's box score can be found at http://northwoods.bbstats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=210558.

The Rox continue their six-game home stand tomorrow night, where they will finish the series with Waterloo at 7:05 p.m. at Joe Faber Field. After the Bucks, the Rox will play another two-game series with the Duluth Huskies and finish the home stand with two games against the Green Bay Bullfrogs. Wednesday's game between the Rox and the Bucks will be Salute to Agriculture night, presented by AgStar Financial Services, and fans will receive free sweat corn as they leave.

Single game tickets can be purchased 24 hours a day at www.stcloudrox.com, by calling (320) 240-9798 or by visiting the Rox ticket office located at the Municipal Athletic Complex.

The St. Cloud Rox are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. Playing its 21st season of summer collegiate baseball, the Northwoods League is the largest summer collegiate baseball league in the world with 18 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff, more than 119 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (DET) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (CWS), Jordan Zimmermann (WAS), Curtis Granderson (NYM), Allen Craig (STL) and Ben Zobrist (TB). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League YouTube channel. For more information, visit www.stcloudrox.com.

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