Published On: July 9th, 2018

Green Bay, WI– The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders (24-17) got their second sweep of the season over the Green Bay Bullfrogs (13-29) a score of 7-5.

Austin Wagner (Ellsworth CC) was credited with the win throwing 6 innings, allowing three runs, two earned runs, and dished out 3 strikeouts.

Fondy got on the scoreboard early in the ball game with three runs in the 2nd inning. Kiambu Fentress (Vanderbilt) got the scoring going with his first double of the season which sent home run number one. Two runs would be scored on the next at bat when the Green Bay first baseman committed an error.

Mitch Boe (Iowa) the third batter of the 3rd inning with one out would knock home the fourth run of the ball game with a base hit. Green Bay would answer however in the 4th and the 5th with two runs making the score 4-2.

Two out hitting was key for the Dock Spiders in 7th inning earning a walk and two hits. Sam Cohen (UC Santa Barbara) got the first two out hit. One run would come into score off a wild pitch before Tyler Wardwell (Duke) drove home Cohen making the lead 6-2.

The Bullfrogs tried to replicate the what the Dock Spiders did in the 8th inning yesterday when they grabbed three runs in the 8th. Unfortunately the three runs would not be enough.

Player of the Game 

Jack Wassel (Minnesota) led things off for Fond du Lac for the 10th straight game and got the first hit of the night. Wassel finished the night going 3 for 4 with a walk.

Fond du Lac will host the Lakeshore Chinooks who are undefeated in the second half of the season tomorrow 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. Now in 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 190 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.dockspiders.comor 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.

 

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