The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders fell to the Kalamazoo Growlers 8-0 in a crushing defeat. The Dock Spiders quick two game stint with the Growlers ended in a split.
The Dock Spiders sent Aaron Ball (Kankakee CC) to the mound where he went four innings and only allowing two earned runs. Ryan Miller (Benedictine University) would relieve three innings and allow two earned runs.
Cherokee LeBeau (Oakland University) had two of the six hits and played outstanding defense for the Dock Spiders. The Dock Spiders staff only allowed two walks over the course of nine innings.
The Growlers offense continued to get timely hits and runs against the Dock Spiders pitching staff. They put together a crucial two run inning in the fourth on an RBI triple, followed up by an RBI single to make it 3-0.
The Dock Spiders would string together six hits over nine innings, but couldn’t capitalize with runners in scoring position. They stranded eight runners, with multiple innings of runners in scoring position and less than two outs.
In the seventh the Growlers tacked on two more by a two run single from Shea Kreamer. And then a three-run homerun in the eighth put the dagger in the Dock Spiders hopes of winning, by taking an 8-0 lead into the ninth.
The Dock Spiders head to Battle Creek Thursday night for a two game series against the Battle Creek Bombers. First pitch set for 6:05 PM CST.
The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The 25-year old summer collegiate league is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 22 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, over 200 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 (MIA). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League portal. For more information, visit www.booyahbaseball.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.
