KALAMAZOO, MI- The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders (26-18) got their second win at Homer Stryker Field this season 4-1 over the Kalamazoo Growlers (28-16).
Sam Hubbe (Butler) got the start on the mound for the fourth time this season and pitched his best game of the summer. The St.Charles, IL native went for 8 innings only allowing five hits, one run, while dishing out seven strikeouts.
Two of the runs in the game were scored in the first inning. Alex Erro (Northwestern) hit one of Fondy’s eight doubles and would then be sent home by a Sam Cohen (UC Santa Barbara) on a sacrifice fly. Kalamazoo was able to tack on a run of their own in the bottom of the first making the score 1-1.
With next three innings being held scoreless the Dock Spiders got it done with two outs in the 5th. With the bases loaded Troy Black (Kentucky) sent one into right field which sent home all the base runners giving Fond du Lac a 4-1 lead.
Zack Bryant (Daytona State) would get his eighth save of the season in his eleven games when he retired the order in the bottom of the 9th.
Fond du Lac will head back to Homer Stryker Field tomorrow for one more time this season first pitch at 6:05 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.
