Wausau, WI- The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders (1-0) opened the 2018 season with a 11-3 triumphant victory over the Wisconsin Woodchucks (0-1).

A back and forth contest at the start, the Woodchucks got on the board first in the bottom of the 5^th to take a 1-0 to lead after 1-4 putout.

On a fielder’s choice call in the 6^th the Dock Spiders Thomas Luevano (Creighton) and Troy Black (Kentucky) would each earn runs to take a 2-1 lead. Dayton Provost (Oklahoma State) would be credited with 2 RBI’s on the play. Wisconsin would answer right back with 2 runs on 2 hits in the 6^th to take a 3-2 lead.

Three errors in the 7^th allowed the Dock Spiders to pull ahead 6-3 to gain their first lead of the contest.

From the 7^th inning until the final pitch Fond du Lac would never look back.

For the second straight season Andrew Bullock (Western Carolina) crushed a grand slam against the Woodchucks at Athletic Park. This time it came in the 8^th where the Dock Spiders registered 5 more runs to take a 11-3 lead over Wisconsin. Bullock finished the night with 2 hits, 6 RBI’s, and 1 run.

Perhaps the most significant piece of the Dock Spiders victory came from the bullpen. Jacob Voss (Creighton) came in relief for Starter, Mitch Ragan (Creighton) in the 5^th and struck out 8/13 batters he faced. Voss closed out the game in the bottom of the 9^th striking out the last 3 batters that came his way.

Fond du Lac will be back at Athletic Park tomorrow to face off against the Woodchucks at 6:35 PM.

The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. Entering its 25th anniversary season, the Northwoods 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 185 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist (CHC) and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET) and Curtis Granderson (TOR).  All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League portal. For more information, visit www.northwoodsleague.com/fond-du-lac-dock-spiders/.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Bullfrogs as your favorite team.