FOND DU LAC, WI– The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders (9-9) sweep the Wisconsin Woodchucks (7-11). They took two in the home-away series and now sit to see if they’ll remain in third or fourth place.
Andrew Neu (Madison) took the ball this afternoon and had one blemish of an inning after a two run first inning, he settled in nicely. Only allowed three runs total and struck out four.
The Dock Spiders would find themselves trailing 3-0 but never found themselves out of the fight. They would claw back in the fifth inning.
In Neu’s final inning of work the Dock Spiders bats came alive. A four run, two out rally sparked the Dock Spiders.
An RBI single by Cam McMillan (Vanderbilt) brought home the first run of the game. A bases loaded walk to Kellen Sarver (Illinois) would cut it down to a run deficit.
Then it was Aaron Anderson (Flagler) who delivered the final blow of the inning with a two run single. All four runs on two outs.
Another run came across after a throwing error set up a runner to third in the seventh inning. Sam Novitske (Oregon) followed up with an RBI single to give them a 5-3 lead.
In the eighth the Dock Spiders would even more insurance runs on the board. An RBI single by Tim Elko (Mississippi) and McMillan would get another RBI to make it 7-3.
Isaac Dirker (UW-Milwaukee) would come in for the final four innings and shut down the Woodchucks bats.
It’s another win for the Dock Spiders 7-3. They hit the road to face the Lakeshore Chinooks for a double-header tomorrow starting at 11:35 AM CST. It’s the start of a four game road trip.
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.
