Northwoods League: St. Cloud shells Stingers
Jun. 20—WILLMAR — The St. Cloud Rox took the first game of its home-and-home series with the Willmar Stingers.
St. Cloud opened the Northwoods League doubleheader with an 11-4 win in front of 600 fans for a Father's Day game Sunday at Bill Taunton Stadium.
The Rox got a big lift from the power bat of Charlie Condon. A 6-foot-6, 215-pound redshirt freshman from the University of Georgia, Condon hit two home runs: a three-run shot in the first and a two-run homer in the fifth. He finished 2-for-5 with six RBIs.
John Nett and Trevor Austin both had three hits for the Rox. Along with Condon, Camden Hayslip and Dawson Martin each tallied two hits as St. Cloud finished with 15 in the game.
Willmar's Zac Corbin also came up with a homer. After a leadoff single by Drey Dirksen in the bottom of the second, Corbin, a redshirt freshman from Kennesaw State, drove the ball to right-center for his first homer of the season.
Joey Walls, JT Navyac and Scott Anderson each were 2-for-3 in the loss.
St. Cloud starter Johnny Dow got his first win of the year after tossing the first six innings. Reed Smith got hit with the loss after five innings of work for Willmar.
The Rox and Stingers meet again at 7:05 p.m. Monday at Joe Faber Field in St. Cloud. The Stingers return home at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday to face the Mankato MoonDogs.
St. Cloud 320 121 020-11 15 0
Willmar 020 001 010-4 10 2
Hitting — St. Cloud: John Nett 3-4 2b-2 r-3 rbi bb-2, Camden Hayslip 2-4 2b 3b r rbi-3 bb, Trevor Austin 3-5 r-2 rbi, Charlie Condon 2-5 hr-2 r-2 rbi-6, Josh Cowden 1-5 2b, O'Neill Burgos 2-5 2b, Dawson Martin 2-5 2b r-2, Will Worthington 0-4 r sb... Willmar: Joey Walls 2-3 2b bb, Drey Dirksen 1-3 r rbi sf, Zac Corbin 1-4 hr r rbi-2, Josh Fitzgerald 1-3, JT Navyac 2-3, Scott Anderson 2-3 r sb, Will Safford 1-1 2b, Brett Bateman 0-2 r bb
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — St. Cloud: Johnny Dow (W, 1-1) 6-8-3-3-0-2, Zane Badmaev 2-1-1-1-2-1, Danny Glenos 1-1-0-0-0-0 ... Willmar: Reed Smith (L, 1-1) 5-9-8-7-1-5, Matt Dreher 1-2-1-1-2-0, Will Roguske 2-4-2-1-1-1, Kaden Sheedy 1-0-0-0-0-2
Jack Habeck went the distance for the Willmar Stingers in a Northwoods League win against the Duluth Huskies in front of 1,029 fans at Bill Taunton Stadium in Willmar.
Habeck is a redshirt sophomore from St. Cloud State by way of Appleton, Wisconsin. He struck out a season-high seven, holding the Huskies to four hits and one walk. Habeck is 4-0 with a 0.93 ERA over 29 innings.
Tied 2-2 through six innings, Willmar went ahead for good in the bottom of the seventh after a two-out solo home run by Will Hodo. Going 1-for-4, the University of Alabama freshman is batting .345 this summer with 12 RBIs.
Duluth 010 010 000-2 4 1
Willmar 002 000 10x-3 5 3
Hitting — Duluth: Eduardo Rosario 1-4, Ambren Voitik 2-4 r, Noah Marcelo 1-3 rbi, Kristian Campbell 0-4 r, ... Willmar: Zac Corbin 1-4 rbi sb, Will Hodo 1-4 hr r rbi, Jakob Christian 1-3 2b bb sb, Nick Terrell 1-3, Will Safford 1-3 bb sb, Scott Anderson 0-3 rbi sf, Jake Entrekin 0-3 r bb, Brett Bateman 0-2 r bb sb
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Duluth: Devin Dodson 5-2-2-1-3-4, Steen Lane 0.1-1-0-0-1-0, Jake Christianson (L, 0-2) 1.2-1-1-1-0-4, Michael Sarhatt 1-1-0-0-0-3 ... Willmar: Jack Habeck (W, 4-0) 9-4-2-0-1-7
