MADISON, WI- The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders (33-26) fell to the Madison Mallards (42-18) for the fifth straight time this season, this time a score of 7-5.
Fond du Lac got on the board first and it came in the 3rd. Kiambu Fentress (Vanderbilt) would pick up the RBI single giving the Spiders a 1-0 early. Unfortunately the Mallards were able to pick up a run of their own in the bottom of the frame making it a tie game at 1-1.
Fondy would even the score at two a piece when a run was scored in the 5th when a Dock Spiders batter was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
Jack Wassel (Minnesota) had his first two out RBI single of the night coming in the 6th to make it a tie ball game once again, this time at three a piece.
Madison was able to capitalize in the 7th when they put up four runs. Three of the runs were sent home off of bases loaded walks.
Down 7-3 in the 8th Jack Wassel (Minnesota) would once again come up clutch picking up his second two out RBI single decreasing the deficit to three. A late push from Fondy in the 9th inning with a Cole Zabowski (Ole Miss) two out RBI single would not be enough.
Fond du Lac will have a doubleheader vs. the Green Bay Bullfrogs (23-37). First game will be in Green Bay at 11:05 and then at Fond du Lac for a 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.
