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By: Kyle Tausk<\/strong><\/p>\n

ROCKFORD, Ill. <\/span>\u2014 That one got away fast.<\/span><\/p>\n

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On Rockford Speedway Night at Rivets Stadium, the Rivets (12-10) got off to the races early but watched their six-run lead quickly evaporate in a loss to the Traverse City Pit Spitters (13-11), 13-7. After another fast start, the Rivets allowed 12 unanswered runs in the middle innings and dropped their second consecutive game on the homestand.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe had it all lined up just how we wanted it,\u201d head coach Chase Brewster said. \u201cAnytime you have a six run lead after three innings, you should win every one of those.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Rivets have made a habit of big first innings recently and Thursday was no exception. After the first three Rockford hitters loaded the bases on a pair of hit by pitches and a walk, Jayce Blalock (Central Arkansas) stepped in and crushed a grand slam off the left-center field scoreboard. It\u2019s Blalock\u2019s fourth home run in his last four games and the second time he\u2019s struck a scoreboard with one of his majestic blasts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI had a feeling he would just lock it in when I got up there and throw me a strike, and that\u2019s what he did,\u201d Blalock said. \u201cI was ready to hit from the go.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Pit Spitters got on the board with an infield single in the second, but the Rivets quickly got it back plus another in the bottom half. Tate Shimao (Hawaii) came around to score after getting hit by his second pitch of the game before Sam Flores (Kansas State) delivered a two-out RBI single to extend the lead to five.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The offense continued for the Rivets in the third as Jack Scheri (Wabash Valley) roped an RBI double to left field. It took Pit Spitters\u2019 starting pitcher Kellen Roberts, who was tagged for seven runs in total, until the fourth inning to hold the Rivets\u2019 offense off the board for a scoreless inning.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, though, they would all be scoreless for the Rivets from that point on as they failed to plate another run after their seven through the first three. And the Pit Spitters took full advantage.<\/span><\/p>\n

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On the mound for the Rivets, Kaysen Raineri (Hawaii) made his third start of the season after a pair of dominant seven shutout inning efforts his first two times on the bump. His near flawless work continued for four innings, allowing just one unearned run to score, but the righty finally ran into serious trouble for the first time all season in the fifth.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Pit Spitters made a big dent in Rockford\u2019s lead with four runs, all charged to Raineri, who was removed after 4.2 innings of work. Traverse City notched three hits and a pair of walks in the inning, but the real pain for the Rivets came on some heads up baserunning that scored the third and fourth runs of the frame \u2014 catching the Rivets sleeping on one and stealing home on another.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Things completely unraveled for the Rivets in the sixth as the Pit Spitters exploded for eight runs to not only officially erase the six-run deficit, but storm out to their own six-run lead. 11 Traverse City hitters came to the plate in the inning that turned catastrophic when Pit Spitters\u2019 center fielder Alfredo Velazquez hit a three-run home run to cap it off.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cCredit to Traverse City,\u201d Brewster said. \u201cThey got runs a multitude of ways and then hit a big home run to just suck the air out of this place.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Rivets put a little pressure on in the late innings but were unable to get over the hump and close the deficit. They loaded the bases with one out in the seventh before striking out twice and failing to capitalize. In the both the eighth and ninth, the Rivets left a pair of walks on base without scoring.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Rivets and Pit Spitters will see each other again tomorrow night at 6:05pm at Rivets Stadium to close out the Rivets\u2019 rain-shortened homestand. <\/span>Fans can purchase tickets for Rivets games all season long at\u00a0www.rockfordrivets.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Rockford Rivets are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Now in its\u2019 31st season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in history with 26 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires, and front office staff, 360 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time All-Star and 2016 Roberto Clemente Award winner Curtis Granderson, three-time Cy Young Award winner and World Series Champion Max Scherzer (TEX), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist and Brandon Crawford (STL) and World Series Champion Chris Sale (ATL). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and 2019\/2021 Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and 2023 World Series Champion, MLB All-Star, MLB Gold Glove winner and two-time All-MLB first team shortstop Marcus Semien (TEX). League games are viewable live on Northwoods League+ (at watch.northwoodsleague.com), ESPN+, and the Northwoods League Network.\u00a0 Learn more and find complete streaming schedules at watchnwl.com. For more information, visit\u00a0<\/i>www.rockfordrivets.com<\/i><\/a>\u00a0or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Rivets as your favorite team.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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