FOND DU LAC, WI– The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders took on the Lakeshore Chinooks (1-5) on Sunday afternoon and improved their record to 4-2 after taking home a 5-2 win.
Houston Glad (Texas Wesleyan) got the ball for his first start of the year, and he went seven innings allowing just one earned run, while scattering eight hits in the game.
It was Jack Alexander (Notre Dame) who was the MVP of the game, as he went 1-4 with a run. But it was his defense that stole the show; three Chinooks players were caught stealing by Alexander.
Max Downs (Saint Xavier) managed to get three more hits today after hitting the deep ball last night. Cherokee LeBeau (Oakland) and Cam McMillan (Vanderbilt) both had a pair of RBI’s and a pair of hits.
Parker Johnson (Indiana Wesleyan) came in for the save and shut the door in two innings of work and striking out three in the process.
The Dock Spiders stranded 13 runners on base as they had multiple innings of bases loaded jams for Chinooks pitchers and would only escape with one run.
The Dock Spiders took home the victory on Zac Charbonneau bobblehead day. Don’t miss tomorrow’s game at 11:35 AM CST as the Dock Spiders take on the Green Bay Booyah.
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 theNorthwoods League portal. For more information, visit www.dockspiders.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.