Northwoods St. Cloud Rox

St. Cloud Crushes Waterloo in Series Finale

Published on July 23, 2019 under Northwoods League (Northwoods)
St. Cloud Rox News Release


Hance Smith of the St. Cloud Rox
Hance Smith of the St. Cloud Rox
(St. Cloud Rox)

Waterloo, IA - Hance Smith (California-Berkeley) drove in five runs as St. Cloud (33-20) beat Waterloo (27-27) by a score of 16-6 in the series finale at Riverfront Stadium. Each hitter in the lineup recorded at least one hit. The Rox have won 10 of their last 12 games.

In the top of the first inning, St. Cloud scored 10 runs off of 9 hits. Two of the highlights from the inning was Smith blasting his second grand slam of the season. In his first start with the Rox, Luke Ira (South Dakota State) hit a two-run single.

In the fourth inning, Smith lined a single to center field and scored Freddy Achecar (Georgetown) to give the Rox an 11-2 lead.

St. Cloud added two more runs in the sixth inning. Parker Smejkal (Nebraska-Omaha) blasted a double to center field and scored Achecar. Smejkal later scored on a wild pitch and extended the lead to 13-5.

The Rox added three more runs in the ninth inning. Jordan Barth (Augustana) doubled to left field and scored Smith from third base. Garrett Delano (Brown) followed in the next at-bat, hitting a two-run double to left field.

Alex Carrillo (Faulkner) earned the win on the mound, throwing five innings. Rhyse Dee (Wake Forest) pitched three innings out of the bullpen and Justin Wick (Creighton) threw the ninth inning.

For the full box score from Tuesday's game, click here.

St. Cloud is back home on Thursday, July 24th against the Bismarck Larks at 7:05 p.m. It's Mental Health Awareness Night presented by Marco Technologies. The Rox will be wearing special jerseys that will be sold through an online auction with the proceeds going to CentraCare's Suicide Prevention Program. Text ROX to 555888 to bid on them now. Plus, National Entertainment Act and America's Biggest Ballpark Prankster BirdZerk is back to entertain the crowd.

All single games tickets can be purchased now in person at the Rox Ticket Office located at the Municipal Athletic Complex, by calling the Rox Ticket office at 320-240-9798 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday or 24 hours a day by visiting www.stcloudrox.com.

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