The St. Cloud Rox overcame a 7-1 deficit in Willmar to beat the Stingers 8-7 and sweep the best of 3 Great Plains West Division series to advance to the Great Plains Championship game.
The St. Cloud Rox took Game 1 4-3 over Willmar at home in the best of 3 Great Plains West Division series. Anthony Mata hit a pair of 2-run homeruns for the Rox with his first coming in the 2nd inning and the 2nd in the 6th inning.
The Rox earned their 6th straight win and they completed a 2-game sweep of the Minot Hot Tots 2-1 Thursday night. The Rox fell behind 1-0 in the 3rd inning but scored 2 runs in the 6th inning to take the lead and that turned out to be enough to get the win.