\n\tMadison, Wis. – The Madison Mallards (1-4, 20-20) fell to the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders (3-2, 19-22), 8-3, at Warner Park on Sunday evening. The Mallards hung within striking distance through seven innings before the Dock Spiders put up four runs in the top of the eighth.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Mallards got on the board right away in the first on a sacrifice fly by Doran Turchin (Illinois). Zac Taylor (Illinois) attempted to score from second on the sac fly and was thrown out at the plate after a strong relay from the Dock Spiders. The putout at home minimized the chance for a big Mallards inning.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tFond du Lac was able to add three runs in the top of the second and another in the fifth to gain a 4-1 advantage. However, the Mallards offense put up a fight in the middle innings to battle back. Cole Daily (Notre Dame) tallied an RBI on a groundout in the fifth and Cal Aldridge (UW-Whitewater), a new Mallard, came through with a big RBI single in the sixth to cut the deficit to one. Trailing 4-3, the Mallards seemed ready to make a late push to take the lead.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tHowever, Fond du Lac starter Zach Kesterson was able to stifle the Madison bats as he only allowed those three runs over 6.2 innings of work. Kesterson did a great job of working around Mallards hits as he wiggled out of multiple Mallards scoring opportunities. Overall, Madison stranded ten runners on base in the ballgame.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Dock Spiders offense then exploded in the top of the eighth thanks to an Eric Gigenbach three-run bomb. Fond du Lac pushed across four in the frame to make the score 8-3. The Mallards fought to get a rally going in the bottom of the ninth as Zac Taylor ripped a double down the left field line. Taylor was a bright spot offensively for the Mallards as he tallied three hits, two being doubles. The Mallards were unable to knock Taylor in and the Dock Spiders sealed the 8-3 win.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Mallards hit the road tomorrow to finish the two-game set with Fond du Lac. The game is set to get underway at 6:35 PM at Marian-HB field. The Mallards will return home on Thursday, July 13th<\/sup> for a matchup with the Lakeshore Chinooks. Listen to all Mallards games live by tuning into The Zone 106.7 FM or 1670 AM. For more Mallards coverage, visit mallardsbaseball.com. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Madison, Wis. – The Madison Mallards (1-4, 20-20) fell to the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders (3-2, 19-22), 8-3, at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":11087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,15,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-permanentslider","category-team-news","category-update-ticker"],"yoast_head":"\n