TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. \u2013 The Traverse City Pit Spitters (20-13) picked up their eighth consecutive win on Saturday night after downing the Kenosha Kingfish (13-20) 6-2 at Pit Spitters Park.<\/p>\n
RHP Kyle Jones (Toledo) started and got the win for Traverse City allowing one run in seven innings<\/p>\n
RHP Kaleb Schmidt (Drury) started for Kenosha and got the loss after giving up an early lead.<\/p>\n
Schmidt surrendered six runs on three hits while striking out six and walking seven.<\/p>\n
Kenosha struck first taking a 1-0 lead into the middle of the second.<\/p>\n
DH Roberto Pe\u00f1a (Florida) doubled to start the frame and scored on a RBI single by SS Jake Cosgrove (UC \u2013 Irvine).<\/p>\n
In the bottom half of the second Traverse City tied the game 1-1 on a passed ball.<\/p>\n
The Pit Spitters went on to score five more runs in the bottom half of the third inning after C Adam Proctor (Michigan State) hit a three run homerun over the right field wall.<\/p>\n
Traverse City led Kenosha 6-1 into after three innings.<\/p>\n
Kenosha\u2019s bullpen took over in the fifth inning and did not allow a hit through the rest of the game.<\/p>\n
RHP Matthew Plisko (Macalester College) dealt two scoreless innings striking out two while RHP Jon-Anthony Caban (UMSL) also shutout the Pit Spitters in two innings of work.<\/p>\n
The Kingfish tallied their last run in the top of the eighth on a RBI triple by 1B Connor Mang (New Mexico) that scored 3B Nate Thomas (Saint Joseph\u2019s).<\/p>\n
The Kingfish are back in action Sunday night at Traverse City. First pitch is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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