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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — The Kalamazoo Growlers (3-2) handed the Traverse City Pit Spitters (1-4) their first win of the season as the Growlers offense fell just short in a 3-2 final<\/p>\n

Adam Berghorst<\/strong> and\u00a0Grant Garman<\/strong> were in the midst of a pitchers duel the entire night, but Kalamazoo’s Berghorst loaded the bases in the first before escaping with a Brandon Sanchez double play. The scoring started with an Isaac Sturgess<\/strong> RBI single in the third inning, before the Growlers would answer back immediately in the top of the fourth, capitalizing on two Traverse City errors. The pitchers duel would continue, until the sixth inning, when\u00a0Cade Collins<\/strong> would bring in Brandon Sanchez by sending a ball over the right field fence off Berghorst, and break the 1-1 tie, giving the Pit Spitters a 3-1 advantage.<\/p>\n

Following the sixth, both teams would go to the bullpen, as Traverse City brought in\u00a0Mason Hill<\/strong> and the Growlers entered\u00a0Kael Gahan<\/strong>. The Growlers would tack one on against Hill, via\u00a0Mike Sprockett<\/strong> single, while Gahan would pitch a scoreless eighth. In the ninth inning, Kalamazoo would put runners on first and second with two gone, before\u00a0Micah Rienstra-Kiracofe<\/strong> would ground out to Traverse City’s Mitchell Grannan\u00a0<\/strong>to end the game.<\/p>\n

Traverse City’s Garman would earn the win, while Grannan earned the save. Adam Berghorst took his first loss of the season. Kalamazoo and Traverse City will face off again Saturday night at 7:05 p.m., with the game available on Northwoods League+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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