The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders will host the Madison Mallards for the third time in two days Tuesday after the two squads split Monday’s doubleheader.
Series Setup
- Who – Madison Mallards (27-26, 11-8) vs. Fond du Lac Dock Spiders (34-21, 12-7)
- Positions in second-half NWL Standings – #1 Fond du Lac; #3 Madison (1.0 GB)
- When – Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at 6:35 p.m.
- Where – Fond du Lac, WI (Herr-Baker Field)
- Watch – Northwoods League Baseball Network
- Video Announcer – Cade Crenshaw
- Social Media – @DockSpiders
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Probable Starting Pitchers
- LHP Joseph Kalafut (MAD) vs. RHP Connor McKenna (FDL)
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Fond du Lac Overview
- Now with 49 stolen bases this season, Chandler Simpson needs just one stolen base to tie Kalamazoo’s Stephen Kopach’s 2016 NWL single-single record mark of 50
- While Simpson is chasing after individual history, the Dock Spiders, who are averaging over three stolen bases per game, as a team need thirteen stolen bases to tying Waterloo’s 1996 NWL single-season team record mark of 192 stolen bases
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Madison Overview
- Bryant Shellenbarger and Alex Iadisernia have the second and third most hits this season in the NWL with 67 and 66 hits, respectively
- Today’s probable starting pitcher, Kalafut, enters with a 6.00 ERA through 9.0 innings pitched across six games this summer
