FOND DU LAC, WI– Happy Fourth of July from the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders. The Dock Spiders (1-1) demolished the Green Bay Booyah (1-1) in an offensive laser show. The offense packed 15 runs on the board.
It all started the same way as usual, by the Dock Spiders trailing early in the first inning. The offense would answer quickly with a three run first inning.
Andrew Bullock (Western Carolina) delivered a two-run double to take the lead. And Zack Prajzner (Notre Dame) followed that up with an RBI single and the Dock Spiders were up 3-1 after the first.
The offense wasn’t done though. Tate Kolwyck (Vanderbilt) had a solo home-run in the second inning to get things going. It was Prajzner again with a two run single to make it 6-1 after two.
Third inning was the same thing. Charlie Maxwell (Northwestern) hit a two run home-run to increase the lead. A Kolwyck triple would follow, while Zeb Adreon (Iowa) would drive in the run with a sacrifice fly to make it 9-1 after three.
If you thought that would be the end of the runs parade, then you would be wrong. A six run fourth inning gave the Dock Spiders 15 runs and all they needed to secure the victory.
Sam Novitske (Oregon) drove in a run to start the inning off. Then a Kolwyck grand slam got the crowd into it, as it was his second homer of the game.
Again Adreon would hit a sacrifice fly to get the final run of the inning. Jon Young (Indiana Wesleyan) would seal the deal by throwing seven dominant innings and allowing just one run to the Booyah.
It was a 15-2 rout against the Booyah. The Dock Spiders are back home tomorrow night against the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters.
A 6:35 PM CST first pitch. It is also launch-a-ball after the game, followed by our first ever post-game fireworks.
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.
