By: Larry Larson
The Rockford Rivets couldn’t recover from a 7-0 2nd inning hole on Sunday against Fond du Lac, and fell to the Dock Spiders at Rivets Stadium, 11-4.
The loss ends Rockford’s win streak at 3 games and drops its record to 6-7 on the season.
Bryce Barnett (R-Fr, Arizona State) struggled immediately following the 1st pitch, surrendering 5 runs on 3 hits and 2 walks in the first frame. It didn’t get much better in the 2nd, as Barnett let up two more tallies on just one hit.
The Rivets trimmed the deficit to 7-2 in the third inning thanks to an RBI single from Greg Ziegler (So, Missouri State) and a stolen base that allowed Max Malley to score from third later in the inning.
That’s as close as the game would get, as the Dock Spiders responded with 3 more runs in the 4th inning to put the game out of reach.
Each team would score one run in the 9th, bringing the final to 11-4.
Walks proved to be an achilles heel for Rockford all day, as the pitching staff issued 10 free passes in addition to four hit batsmen.
The 7 runs in the first two innings of the contest pushed Rockford to 40 runs allowed in the first two innings this season.
The Rivets will look to bounce back tomorrow, as they take on Battle Creek for two 7-inning contests at C.O. Brown Stadium, starting with game one at 4:35 Central Time.
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The Rockford Rivets 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.rockfordrivets.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Rivets as your favorite team.
