HIGH POINT, N.C. – Two more High Point Rocker players have had their contracts purchased, one by an MLB organization and the other by an international league.

Richt-handed reliever Zach Vennaro will be joining the Minnesota Twins organization while right-handed starter Fin Del Bonta-Smith has been acquired by the Saraperos de Saltillo in the Mexican League.

Vennaro , 29, is in his third season with the Rockers as a hard-throwing reliever. In 92 appearances in his Rockers career, he has struck out 119 batters in 87.2 innings pitched. Vennaro has a career record of 1-3 with four saves.

Vennaro is expected to join the Class AA Wichita Wind Surge of the Texas League.

Del Bonta-Smith, 29, is in his second year with the Rockers as a starter and has a 3-6 record with a 4.08 ERA. He has 62 strikeouts in 92.2 innings with just 19 walks. Del Bonta-Smith will join the Saraperos de Saltillo. A sarapero is a weaver of shawls, the major industry in Saltillo which is located 188 miles south of Laredo, Texas.

The Rockers have now had seven player contracts purchased by MLB teams or international leagues this season and 56 since the club was founded in 2019.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The High Point Rockers unleashed an 11 hit attack in winning its second straight game over the Charleston Dirty Birds, 9-3 in a matinee at GoMart Park.

Right fielder Ryan McCarthy drove in three runs with an RBI single and a two-run homer, giving him eight RBI in his first four games as a Rocker since being acquired in a trade with the Lexington Legends.

The Rockers, winners of three straight, improve to 15-17 while Charleston dropped its eighth straight game and is now 11-21.

The Rockers sent lefty Ben Wereski to the mound to start the game. It was Wereski’s first outing since suffering an injury on opening day. Under a strict pitch count limit, Wereski threw 28 pitches and retired seven of the eight men he faced with one walk and a pair of strikeouts while not allowing a hit.

Righty Matt Colucci came on in the third with a 2-0 lead and allowed a solo homer to Jaylen Smith.

The Rockers scored their first run in the top of the first when Max Viera walked and eventually scored on a throwing error by Charleston. The lead grew to 2-0 in the second when Anthony Servideo walked and scored on an RBI single from Viera.

High Point tallied five times in the fourth inning and chased starter Keyvius Sampson (L,0-3). Servideo tripled home one run, Patrick Sanchez and McCarthy each contributed an RBI single and Ethan Skender drove home two with a single.

The lead grew to 9-3 in the sixth on McCarthy’s two run homer, his third homer in four games as a Rocker.

Brayden Matthews (W, 1-0) earned the win, hurling three shutout innings and allowing just three hits while striking out one. Colucci allowed seven hits and three runs over his four innings of work with three walks and a pair of strikeouts.

McCarthy finished the day three-for-five while Parks and Skender each collected a pair of hits.

The Rockers will play the series finale on Thursday night at 6:35 p.m. at GoMart Ballpark.  The Rockers will send righty Matt Solter (1-5, 9.51) to the mound to face Charleston lefty Marlin Willis, Jr. (0-1, 5.06). Rocker fans can follow the action live on HomeTeamLive.com (DugoutTV) or the audio broadcast on the free app MixLR.

HIGH POINT, N.C. – Scott Rouse, a right-handed pitcher for the High Point Rockers, had his contract purchased by the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday. Rouse becomes the second Rockers pitcher this week to be acquired by an MLB organization, joining LHP Win Scott who went to the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday.

Rouse, a reliever, was in his second season with the Rockers, having joined the team in July 2025. The former University of Kentucky pitcher had made four appearances with High Point this season, striking out seven and walking three in 6.2 innings of relief.

Rouse becomes the 54th Rocker to have his contract purchased by an MLB organization or international league, the second this week, and the fifth this season, joining catcher Lyle Lin (Japan), RHP Jose Atencio (Los Angeles Angels), infielder Murphy Stehly (Minnesota Twins) and LHP Win Scott (Detroit Tigers).

A native of Hinckley, Ohio, Rouse started his collegiate career at Ohio Dominican University before moving on to Radford for two seasons. He spent his final college season at Kentucky where he went 4-2 with 48 strikeouts in 45.1 innings.

The Rockers will entertain the York Revolution on Thursday night at 6:35 p.m. at Truist Point in the third game of a six-game homestand.

HIGH POINT, N.C. – Win Scott, a left-handed pitcher from Jamestown, N.C. who played at Ragsdale High, NC State and San Jose State before joining the High Point Rockers, had his contract purchased by the Detroit Tigers. Scott is expected to report to the Tigers’ base in Lakeland, Fla.

Scott, a reliever, was in his second season with the Rockers and had appeared in five games this season, striking out nine and walking just one in 7.2 innings. He earned the win in relief in the Rockers’ 7-5 win at Southern Maryland on Friday, May 1 in his final appearance.

Scott becomes the 53^rd Rocker to have his contract purchased by an MLB organization or international league and the fourth this season, joining catcher Lyle Lin (Japan), RHP Jose Atencio (Los Angeles Angels) and infielder Murphy Stehly (Minnesota Twins).

Scott was 3-0 for the Rockers in 16 appearances in 2025, helping High Point win the Atlantic League’s South Division and reach the League Championship Series.

While at Ragsdale, Scott was the Metro 4A Player of the Year, team MVP and an all-state selection. He threw the first seven-inning perfect game in Guilford County history on May 5, 2021 vs. Grimsley. He also no-hit Trinity on March 7, 2019. He learned his baseball fundamentals playing in the High Point Pony Baseball League.

After spending the 2022-24 seasons at NC State, Scott pitched as a senior at San Jose State where he posted a 4-5 record over 14 starts and led the team in strikeouts.

The Rockers will entertain the York Revolution on Tuesday night at 6:35 p.m. at Truist Point in the second game of a six-game homestand.

HIGH POINT, N.C. – Murphy Stehly, the High Point Rockers team leader with three home runs and seven RBI, has had his contract purchased by the Minnesota Twins organization.

Stehly, 27, a native of California, played at the University of Texas from 2020-22 before being selected in the 10th round of the 2022 MLB Amateur Draft. He progressed through the Nationals’ system, reaching Class AA Harrisburg in 2025. He was released by the Nationals following the conclusion of spring training last month and signed with the Rockers.

In High Point’s first eight games, Stehly has collected at least one base hit in six of of those contests and has homered in three of the last four games. He leads the team with three home runs and seven RBI while posting a .267 batting average, .600 slugging percentage and an OPS of .971. Stehly is second in the Atlantic League in home runs.  He has seen action at first base, third base and left field thus far this season.

Stehly becomes the 52^nd Rocker to have his contract acquired by an MLB organization or international league. He is the third this season, joining catcher Lyle Lin who joined the Nippon Ham Fighters in Japan and right-handed pitcher Jose Atencio who was selected by the Los Angeles Angels.

High Point Rockers infielder Max Viera has been named the Ma’Luz Rocker of the Week for his performance during the series at Southern Maryland, April 28-May 3.

Viera hit .417 during the week, collecting 10 hits in 24 at-bats to help the Rockers win four of six games against the Blue Crabs. Viera is riding a 10-game hitting streak currently as the Rockers prepare for the start of a six-game home series with the York Revolution starting at 6:35 p.m. on Tuesday, May 5.

During his week at Southern Maryland, Viera had two home runs and four RBI.