Northwoods St. Cloud Rox

Putzig Provides 7th Inning Spark in 9-3 Loss

Published on June 9, 2016 under Northwoods League (Northwoods)
St. Cloud Rox News Release


St. Cloud Rox at the Plate
St. Cloud Rox at the Plate
(St. Cloud Rox)

Eau Claire, WI - The Rox (5-5) outhit the Express 5-0 in the last three innings of the game in the 9-3 loss to Eau Claire (6-4) at Carson Park on Thursday night. Despite the loss, the Rox were only eventually outhit in the game 9 to 8. This ends the five-game winning streak for St. Cloud.

For just the second time this season, the Rox did not start with the lead. Eau Claire scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning. The first six batters reached base in the frame for the Express and this included Tyler Jones (Air Force) who cracked an RBI double.

Quinten Sefcik (Illinois) started for St. Cloud and only lasted two innings. He walked three batters in the second inning, which proved to be his last inning of duty. The Rox used three arms out of the bullpen and one of them was Robbie Palkert (Nebraska) who made his debut with the team (2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 2 K).

Trevor Putzig (Tennessee Tech) blasted his first home run of the season to left field in the 7th inning. That scored two runs to shrink the deficit to 8-2 at the time. In the 8th inning, Denis Karas (California) produced a sacrifice fly to drive in St. Cloud's third run of the game.

Sefick was tagged with the loss and Eau Claire RHP starter Aaron Shortridge earned the victory as he logged 7 innings on the mound.

After spending eight of the first ten games away from home, the Rox return home Friday night and face the Rochester Honkers at 7:05 p.m. The Rox Solid Pregame Warmup starts at 6:35 p.m. RHP Matt Shannon (Angelo State) makes his Rox debut on the mound as the starter.

Tonight's game one St. Cloud Times Player of the Game was Jake Trevor Putzig who hit his first home run of the season tonight. For more coverage of the Rox during the 2016 season visit www.sctimes.com.

For more stats and information about the game, here is the boxscore:

http://northwoods.bbstats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=316694

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.

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