GREEN BAY, WI – Following a big 10-4 victory on Sunday, the Dock Spiders will go for the home and home series sweep of the Booyah in Green Bay at 6:35 pm Monday night.
Fond du Lac (3-1) comes into Monday night’s game on a two-game win streak. In their last two games, Dock Spiders’ pitching has struck out 22 batters and has 47 total in their four full games of play. The Booyah (1-4) were sent down on strikes 11 times on Sunday.
The pitching hasn’t been the only thing working for the Dock Spiders; their offense has come up big in the last two games as well, with 22 total runs scored and 29 hits combined during their two-game streak.
Andrew Bullock (Charleston Southern University) celebrated his birthday on Sunday with a tape-measure solo home run, one of his three hits on the afternoon. Tate Kolwyck (Vanderbilt University) and John Rhodes (University of Kentucky) both turned in multi-RBI outings, Rhodes with two and Kolwyck with three to push the Dock Spiders to a 10-4 win.
Fond du Lac will try and extend their win streak to three games tonight when they travel to Capital Credit Union Park in Green Bay to take on the Booyah at 6:35 pm.
The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Having completed its’ 26th season, the Northwoods 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 230 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time All-Star and 2016 Roberto Clemente Award winner Curtis Granderson, three-time Cy Young Award winner and World Series Champion Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist (CHC) and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and World Series Champion Chris Sale (BOS). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and MLB All-Star Jordan Zimmermann (DET). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League website. 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.
