FOND DU LAC, WI- For the second time in three days, the Spiders (11-16) earn a tough comeback victory to take game one of the series against the Kenosha Kingfish (17-9) 7-4.
The game began as a pitcher's duel between Spiders' starter Jon Mierzwa and Kingfish starter Zach Stromberg as they both tossed four scoreless innings.
Kenosha would get into the score column first with two runs in the 5th off four weak singles. Mierzwa's day was done after five innings of two run ball.
The Dock Spiders finally got to Stromberg in the 6th inning when Chris Cornelius had an RBI double. Cornelius finished the day 3-3 with a BB as well.
With the score 2-1 in favor of the Kingfish, Cameron Comer drew a bases loaded walk to heighten the lead to 3-1.
The tide would turn in the bottom half of the 7th inning. Nick Fortes drove in a run in on an groundoud, and with one runner on, Brandon Wulff delivered a two run home run over the left field wall to give the Spiders their first lead of the afternoon at 4-3.
Wulff wasn't finished yet. With two runners on in the bottom of the 8th, Wulff hammered his second long ball of the day to put the game out of reach. Spiders closer Jake Roehn closed the door in the 9th with a 1-2-3 inning, and the Spiders escaped with a 7-3 victory.
Fondy travel's to Simmons Field tomorrow evening for game two of the series with the Kenosha Kingfish. First pitch is set for 7:05.
Season ticket packages, group outings, and individual game tickets for the 2017 season are on sale now and may be purchased from the Dock Spiders ticket office (located at 980 E Division St.). Fans may order tickets in person or over the phone by calling (920) 907-9833between 9:00am and 5:00pm Monday through Friday. Tickets are also available any time in the ticket section of dockspiders.com.
The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League.The 23-year-old summer collegiate league is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 20 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff, more than 170 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including two-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champion Ben Zobrist (CHC) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET), Curtis Granderson (NYM) and Lucas Duda (NYM). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League portal. For more information, visit www.dockspiders.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Dock Spiders as your favorite team.
