KENOSHA, Wis. \u2013 The Kenosha Kingfish (2-5) picked up their first home win of the season on Monday night at Simmons Field against the Traverse City Pit Spitters (4-3) by a final score of 6-2.<\/p>\n
Traverse City scratched across a run in the first inning after a walk and a stolen base by Trey Vanderpool (Trevecca Nazarene) led to a Mario Camilletti (Oakland) RBI single to give the Pit Spitters an early 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n
Kenosha responded with three hits in its first at bat, including a Nate Thomas (Saint Joseph\u2019s) double that scored Ethan Owens (Drury) to knot the game up at one.<\/p>\n
Owens went 3-for-4 and scored twice in Kenosha\u2019s first-ever game against Traverse City, which is new to the Northwoods League this season.<\/p>\n
The Pit Spitters loaded the bases with one out in the second inning, but Kingfish starting pitcher Kaleb Schmidt (Drury) induced two popups to get out of the jam.<\/p>\n
The Kingfish grabbed a 2-1 lead in the second inning on a Drew Dyer (Chicago State) sacrifice fly.<\/p>\n
Hudson Byorick (Wofford) tied the game up again in the third inning with an RBI groundout on a cue shot off the end of his bat that hugged the line long enough for Camilletti to score.<\/p>\n
But for the third straight inning to start the game, Kenosha scored in the bottom half of the inning when Thomas raced home on a wild pitch to give Kenosha a 3-2 edge.<\/p>\n
Thomas reached base four times for the Kingfish on Monday, going 2-for-3 with a double, two walks, two runs and three RBI.<\/p>\n
Kenosha gave itself breathing room in the fourth inning after the Kingfish loaded the bases for Thomas, who ripped a two-run single into right field for his second knock of the game to make the score 5-2.<\/p>\n
Schmidt exited the game after the fifth inning having given up two runs on five hits and three walks to go along with seven strikeouts.<\/p>\n
The Kingfish scored extended their lead to four at 6-2 on a two-out error in the sixth inning.<\/p>\n
Newcomer Troy Hickey (Madison College) dealt four shutout innings for the Kingfish to earn the 12-out save and secure the team\u2019s first-ever victory against the Pit Spitters.<\/p>\n
The Kingfish and Pit Spitters will square off again on Tuesday night at 6:35 p.m. Ben Stephens (Eastern Illinois) is the probable pitcher for Kenosha, while Cade Heil (North Georgia) is set to start for Traverse City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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