GREEN BAY, WI- The Dock Spiders (15-20) won their third game in a row Monday night by defeating the Green Bay Bullfrogs (12-22) 6-2.
Jack Collins had a dominant outing for the Dock Spiders tonight. In his third start of the season (second start against Green Bay) Collins tossed six innings and only allowed one earned run (one unearned) on five hits and two walks. Behind the strong outing, Collins earns his first victory of the season.
Green Bay scored in the opening inning on a wild pitch to take a 1-0 lead.
In the next half inning, Fondy would knot the game up on an error charged to Bullfrogs shortstop Riley Smith.
With the score tied at one entering the 4th inning, Fondy would pull ahead with three runs. The inning was capped of by a two run double from Joe Breaux.
After Jack Collins left the game in the 7th inning, the Spiders bullpen was lights out over the last three innings. Mike Pascoe and Thomas Luevano combined to throw three scoreless innings with only base runner allowed.
Fondy's offense would tack on a few extra runs, including a solo home run from Chris Cornelius (3rd of the season), and take the game 6-2.
The Dock Spiders are back in action tomorrow night on the 4th of July against the Green Bay Bullfrogs at Herr-Baker Field on the campus of Marian University. First pitch is slated for 6:35.
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.
