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KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Traverse City Pit Spitters score 11 runs on 18 hits, as they defeat the Kalamazoo Growlers 11-4.<\/p>\n
The Growlers and Pit Spitters were scoreless in the first two innings, before Traverse City would get to\u00a0Evan Holewinski<\/strong> scoring four runs on five hits in the third, continuing to move the line. Kalamazoo would half the deficit in the bottom half of the inning, after\u00a0Noah Coy<\/strong> and\u00a0Case Sullivan<\/strong> both reached to open the inning. However, the Pit Spitters offense would respond in the fourth, with another four spot, as five of the first six batters reached. Traverse City would add one more run in the fifth, off Gage Vota<\/strong> via a\u00a0Grady Mee<\/strong> single, before both offense would be quieted. The score would sit at 9-2, in favor of the Pit Spitters.<\/p>\n In the top of the eighth, Traverse City would capitalize on a fielding error placing Isaac Sturgess<\/b> on second to lead the inning off. Back-to-back singles and a sacrifice fly would score two runs, giving the Pit Spitters a two-run lead. Kalamazoo would respond in the bottom of the inning off a\u00a0Cole Garner<\/strong> two-RBI double scoring\u00a0Matt Thompson<\/strong> and\u00a0Jayce Lee<\/strong>. The Growlers would strand Garner in scoring position.\u00a0Brett Rozman<\/strong> would lead off the ninth inning with a single, followed by a Grady Mee strikeout. Before\u00a0Tyler Papenbrock<\/strong> threw his pitch, Rozman took off as\u00a0Isaac Sturgess would loft a ball into shallow left field. In his hurry to get back to second, Rozman would fail to retouch second base, resulting in an inning ending double play. Case Sullivan would lead off the ninth inning with a single, before a\u00a0Micah Rienstra-Kiracofe<\/strong> lineout to first would result in a double play.\u00a0Trevor Johnson<\/strong> would end the game with a ground out to second.<\/p>\n The Growlers offense left nine runners on-base, while the pitching staff allowed 18 hits. The Growlers and Pit Spitters will play the series finale Monday, as the Growlers host their third and final education day, with first pitch scheduled for 10:05 a.m. Kalamazoo is expected to start Jack Crittendon. The game will be available on Northwoods League +.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Traverse City Pit Spitters score 11 runs on 18 hits, as they defeat the Kalamazoo Growlers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":23657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[490,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-recaps-2025","category-team-news"],"yoast_head":"\n