FOND DU LAC, WI– It was another long night of baseball between the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders (6-8) and the Green Bay Booyah (10-4). Close to another four hours of baseball, but this time it was the Dock Spiders who were victorious.
Jon Young (Indiana Wesleyan) started tonight, but didn’t have his best stuff at all. After getting a three run lead, the Booyah chased Young after putting five on the board in the fourth.
Zack Prajzner (Notre Dame) would deliver the first run of the night on an RBI single. Another run would follow after a Booyah error. Another error in the third would give them a 3-0 lead.
After the five run inning, the Dock Spiders would answer with three more runs in the fifth. Prajzner would get hit by a pitch to score a run.
Cam McMillan (Vanderbilt) legged out an infield single to score two runs and take the lead 6-5. The Dock Spiders didn’t look back after taking the lead.
A five run seventh inning was the dagger into the Booyah. Charlie Maxwell (Northwestern) came up with a two run single, followed up by an Aaron Anderson (Flagler) two run double.
Tim Elko (Mississippi) would drive home another run and make it 11-5. The Dock Spiders bullpen would become a little shaky after a six run lead. The Booyah would tack on two runs.
The Dock Spiders would take the victory and end their losing streak and the Booyah winning streak by a final score 11-7. The Dock Spiders hit the road to Madison for a 6:05 first pitch.
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.
