WAUSAU, WI— The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders (4-2) and the Wisconsin Woodchucks (3-3) go down to the wire. The Dock Spiders couldn’t hold on to their late lead and the Woodchucks walk it off.
Aaron Funk (Arkansas Little-Rock) got the start after his last outing against the Woodchucks where he went seven innings of one run baseball. This time wasn’t so great.
He would only last four and a third before getting pulled after giving up his third run of the game. The Woodchucks would hold a one run lead into the fifth before the bats came alive.
Duncan Hunter (Jacksonville) had himself a night and delivered an RBI single to tie the game up in the fifth.
It was Otto Grimm (Minnesota) who would break out with a clutch double to give the Dock Spiders the lead 2-1. But the Woodchucks would answer back later that inning and re-take the lead 3-2.
The Dock Spiders didn’t quit as they rallied in the seventh. After a two run blast by Hunter to give them a 4-3 lead, it was Luke Robinson (Western Carolina) to give the Dock Spiders an insurance run in the eighth.
After taking a 5-3 lead into the ninth, the Dock Spiders would run into trouble. The Woodchucks would load the bases up and rally for three.
An errant hop on a ground ball for a potential double play ball. Followed by a walk to score the tying run and then a hit batter to walk it off for the Woodchucks.
The Dock Spiders are back home tomorrow night against the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters at 6:35 PM CST. It’s “Christmas in July” at the ballpark.
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.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.
