LOVES PARK, IL- Rockford (36-26) got some revenge on the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders (31-32) Friday night by defeating Fondy 13-5.
On a night following a 17 run performance, the Dock Spiders offense got off to a slow start as they failed to score through the first five innings. They were shut down by Rockford starter Alex Bacevicius who finished after 7.1 innings and allowed 5 late runs in his 3rd victory of the season.
Fondy starter Jacob Barton, making his last start in a Spiders uniform, was nearly flawless through the first three innings. However with two outs in the 4th, Rockford put six straight batters on base and plated four runs. The 4th inning kick started the Rivets lineup as they would go on to score multiple runs in the last four innings. Brian Klein and Anthony Forte led the way for the Rivets driving three runs in each.
After a slow start, Fondy's offense scored in innings six, seven and eight. Chris Cornelius and KV Edwards added an RBI each, and Thomas Luevano hit his first homer of the season to start the 8th inning. Andrew Bullock would add two more runs on a double later in the inning as well. Bullock has 9 RBI over his last four games and leads the team with 40.
Fondy will look to respond tomorrow evening at Battle Creek.
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 180 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.
