FOND DU LAC, WI – The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders used a strong outing from Taylor Middaugh to defeat the Wisconsin Woodchucks, 5-1, Wednesday night.

Key Plays

  • Connor Manthey and Tommy Carpenter each connected on their first triples of the season in the third inning, with Carpenter’s bringing in the first run of the game
  • Later in the third, Ben Gallaher bashed his second double in as many games to pick up his ninth RBI of the season

Key Players

  • In addition to Carpenter and Gallaher, Colin Trembley, Bradley Comer, and Ryan Lasko all recorded RBI’s in Wednesday’s win
  • After pitching nearly thirty innings of relief this season, Taylor Middaugh made his first start of the summer Wednesday and pitched 6.0 innings while allowing one earned run on four hits while striking out five Wisconsin batters
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
WIS – 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
FDL – 5 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 X

 

Up Next:

The Dock Spiders (42-26) will return to Herr-Baker Field Wednesday to conclude their series with the Woodchucks for the final meeting between the two teams in the 2021 NWL regular season with first pitch set for 6:35 p.m.

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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’ 27th 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 250 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 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 Gold Glove finalist and 2019 Second Team All-MLB shortstop Marcus Semien (TOR). 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.