TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. \u2013 The Kenosha Kingfish (5-7) took care of business Saturday night winning 7-3 over Traverse City (5-7) in front of a crowd of 1,280 a Pit Spitter Park.<\/p>\n
Pit Spitters starting pitcher Chad Patrick (Purdue Northwest) was strong on the mound pitching six innings, striking out six and giving up three runs on five hits.<\/p>\n
RHP Keith Kutzler (UW \u2013 Whitewater) made his first start for Kenosha this year. He finished the night giving up three runs in four innings on seven hits.<\/p>\n
RHP Matthew Plisko (Macalester College) came out of the bullpen for Kenosha in the fifth. In three scoreless innings Plisko faced the minimum with four strikeouts and got the win.<\/p>\n
Kenosha\u2019s relief pitching continued to be dominant with LHP Troy Hickey (Madison College) and RHP Tanner Fallon (Loras College). Fallon and Hickey combined for two scoreless innings.<\/p>\n
3B Nate Thomas (St. Joseph\u2019s) legged out a double to start the Kingfish off in the top of the second inning. A few batters later Thomas scored the first run of the game on a wild pitch.<\/p>\n
Traverse City responded in the bottom of the second inning with two runs on three hits to take the lead 2-1.<\/p>\n
Kenosha tied the game 2-2 in the fourth inning after a leadoff double by LF Charles Middleton (Sierra College). Middleton scored on a double steal later in the inning.<\/p>\n
In the top of the fifth inning the Kingfish tied the game for a second time when SS Mitchell Buban (UW \u2013 Milwaukee) recorded a single and scored on the play after two Pit Spitter errors.<\/p>\n
RF Zach Nogalski (UW \u2013 Milwaukee) led off the eighth inning with a single with Pit Spitters RHP Chase Gearing (Saginaw Valley State) on the mound.<\/p>\n
A few batters later Middleton picked up his third hit of the game that drove in two and Kenosha lead 5-3.<\/p>\n
The Kingfish took advantage of another Traverse City error after a single by DH Ryan Knernschield (Eastern Illinois) to right field. The ball was misplayed and an errant throw allowed Middleton to score.<\/p>\n
2B Ethan Owens (Drury) drove in the final run of the eighth on a sacrifice fly to centerfield.<\/p>\n
Gearing took the loss for the Pit Spitters after 1.1 innings giving up three runs on two hits.<\/p>\n
The Kingfish continue return home tomorrow for a two game series with the Battle Creek Bombers. Tomorrow\u2019s game is slated for 4:05 p.m. CT first pitch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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