By John Baldridge/ Fond du Lac Dock Spiders
A two-run home run for Wausau in the eighth inning from Max Galvin (Oklahoma State) with two outs on Sunday at Herr-Baker Field lifts the Woodchucks Over Fond du Lac, 8-4. The Dock Spiders drop to 3-4 on the season.
The Dock Spiders started the scoring early in the first inning after loading the bases for Drew Barragan (Embry Riddle), Barragan hit a ball to second base allowing a run to score that made the score 1-0. In the second inning, Wausau loaded the bases and a walk to Jeremy Conforti (Central Methodist) brought home a run, the next batter Jake Burkland reached on a fielder’s choice giving Wausau a 2-1 lead.
In the third inning the Dock Spiders took the lead back with a double from Drew Barragan that scored two-runs Caden Shapiro (Princeton) and Parker Knoll (Lawrence) to make the score 4-2. The Woodchucks would tie the score in the fourth inning on a wild pitch that allowed Jeremy Conforti to score and a groundout drove in Jake Berland (Minnesota State Mankato) to even the score at 4-4.
The score would stay tied until the eighth inning when Max Galvin came to bat with a man aboard and hit his third homer of the season to right field to give the Woodchucks a 6-4 lead. The Woodchucks would add two more in the ninth with a Jeremy Conforti single to extend their lead to 8-4. The Dock Spiders would get the first two aboard in the bottom of the ninth inning, but were unable to get any runs across, falling 8-4.
The Dock Spiders will head to Wausau tomorrow to face the Woodchucks at Athletic Park.First pitch is scheduled for 6:05.
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. Entering its’ 31st season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 26 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 350 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 (TEX), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist and Brandon Crawford (STL) and World Series Champion Chris Sale (ATL). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and 2019/2021 Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and 2023 World Series Champion, 2021 and 2023 All-Star, MLB Gold Glove winner and two-time All-MLB first team shortstop Marcus Semien (TEX). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League website. League games are viewable live at watchnwl.com and on ESPN+. For more information, visit 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.
