St. Cloud Walks-Off against Duluth at the Rock Pile

July 20, 2019 - Northwoods League (Northwoods)
St. Cloud Rox News Release

St. Cloud Rox catcher Jack Kelly
(St. Cloud Rox)

St. Cloud, MN - Jack Kelly (Minnesota) hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the eleventh inning as St. Cloud (31-19) beat Duluth (23-28) by a score of 2-1. The Rox have won eight of their last nine games and continue to lead the Great Plains West Division.

With the game scoreless in the bottom of the fifth inning, Jordan Barth (Augustana) hit a single to left field and scored Ben Carew (Kent State) from second base. The Rox went ahead 1-0.

The Huskies tied the game 1-1 in the eighth inning off of a bunt squeeze from Lance Ford. The game would remain tied going into extra innings.

In the bottom of the eleventh inning, Garrett Delano (Brown) automatically started on second base due to the International Tiebreaker Rules applied by the Northwoods League this season. Kelly chopped a single over the first baseman's head and scored Delano to win the game.

Trevor Koenig (St. Cloud State) started the game and pitched five innings of scoreless baseball. Rhyse Dee (Wake Forest) pitched three innings. Blake Stelzer (Concordia-St. Paul) pitched the final three innings, striking out five batters and not allowing a hit in the win.

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

St. Cloud is back home on Sunday, July 21st against the Duluth Huskies at 4:05 p.m. It's Team Poster Giveaway Night presented by Rengel Printing and Bulldog Photo to the first 1,500 fans. In addition, it's also a Coborn's Kids Day as children will have the opportunity to run the bases and get autographs on the field after the game.

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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