TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — The Kalamazoo Growlers (8-4) came out on the short side of the stick in a loss to the Traverse City Pit Spitters (5-6) Thursday morning.<\/p>\n
It was an early morning for the Growlers who had to leave Kalamazoo around 5 a.m. to make it to Traverse City in time for the 11:05 a.m. first pitch, but the Growlers weren’t alone. The Pit Spitters arrived in Traverse City off a series with the Battle Creek Battle Jacks just after 3 a.m. Thursday morning. The on-field play certainly didn’t suffer as a result.<\/p>\n
The first four frames went back and forth, ending in a 4-4 tie. The Growlers were led by\u00a0Joshua Campbell<\/strong> who hit a three-run homer in the top of the fourth, while the Pit Spitters took advantage of Kalamazoo mistakes.<\/p>\n The Growlers took the fifth inning lead off an Alex Adams<\/strong> steal of home and extended it in the sixth as Hutson Chance<\/strong> hit a two-run double.<\/p>\n JJ Manion<\/strong> stayed in one pitch too long, giving up a two-run double that scored two before the Pit Spitters scored three more of the Growler ‘pen, taking a 9-7 lead after six frames.<\/p>\n The back-and-forth persisted as a\u00a0Case Sullivan<\/strong> double tied the game, then stole third and scored on an error, taking the lead in the seventh.<\/p>\n RJ Anglin<\/strong> found two huge scoreless innings, but Traverse City manufactured a run on Peyton Williams\u00a0<\/strong>in the bottom of the ninth, sending the game to extras.<\/p>\n Kalamazoo went scoreless in the top of the tenth before Noah Gerrick<\/strong> singled into left-center with two outs, scoring the inherited runner and ending the game.<\/p>\n The Growlers woes in Turtle Creek Stadium continue, as Kalamazoo is 11-22 in Traverse City since 2021. The second game of the series is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. Friday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — The Kalamazoo Growlers (8-4) came out on the short side of the stick in a loss […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"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":[74,15,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-recaps","category-team-news","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n