Wisconsin Rapids and Fond du Lac to play doubleheader later this month

Fond du Lac, Wis. – Looking to open the season series with the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders (8-8). The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters’ (8-8) game was rained out Wednesday and rescheduled for June 29.

In Fond du Lac on June 29, the Rafters and Dock Spiders will play two seven-inning games, with the first starting at 5:05 p.m.

The Rafters get ready for a home matchup with the Dock Spiders on Thursday. It will be the Hunger Coalition food sculpture event “United We Can,” sponsored by United Way.

Want to attend a Rafters game this season? Single-game tickets are on sale now. For more information on all Rafters ticket offerings visit Raftersbaseball.com, call the Rafthouse at 715-424-5400, or come visit us over at historic Witter Field. The Rafters ticket office is open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday at Witter Field, 521 Lincoln Street in Wisconsin Rapids.

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The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. 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 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 (TOR).  All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League portal. For more information, visit  www.raftersbaseball.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Rafters as your favorite team.