Fond du Lac Dock Spiders get back on the winning train with a 3-2 victory over the Battle Creek Bombers.

 

Connor Cook (UW-La Crosse) threw a gem of six shutout innings with five strikeouts. Cook held a 1-0 lead through six before handing it off to the bullpen.

 

Jack Owens (Santa Ana College) came in for an inning and two-thirds and striking out three.

 

Nathan Thomas (Northern Illinois) came in for the four out save and secured the 3-2 win.

 

Max Downs (St. Xavier) started off the scoring with an RBI single in the first inning. Andrew Bullock (Western Carolina) came through with an RBI double in the sixth.

 

In the seventh Cherokee LeBeau (Oakland) doubled to start the seventh inning and would later come around to score on a wild pitch.

 

The Dock Spiders pitching staff combined for 12 strikeouts and allowed two runs, one earned, and now sit at 2-1 on the year.

 

The Dock Spiders are back up against the Bombers tomorrow night at 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.