The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders will host the Wisconsin Woodchucks at Herr-Baker Field Thursday night with playoffs home field advantage at-stake.

Series Setup

• Who – Wisconsin Woodchucks (43-26, 22-12) vs. Fond du Lac Dock Spiders (42-26, 20-12)
• Positions in second-half NWL Standings – #1 Wisconsin; T2 Fond du Lac (1.0 GB);
• When – Thursday, August 12, 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

• RHP Austin Muirhead (WIS) vs. LHP Austin Richardson (FDL)

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Fond du Lac Overview

• Richardson is set to make his twelfth appearance of the season Thursday, the most of any Dock Spiders’ pitcher in 2021
• In Wednesday’s 5-1 win over the Woodchucks, Tommy Carpenter recorded his first extra-base hit in Fond du Lac with an RBI triple

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Wisconsin Overview

• Muirhead, a right-handed pitcher from Baylor University, has made five appearances this season for the Woodchucks, pitching 4.1 innings with an 18.69 ERA
• Payton Nelson leads the Wisconsin offense this season with a .467 batting average through five games this summer