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By: Noah Chavez<\/b><\/p>\n
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.<\/b> – After six consecutive home games to begin the 2026 campaign for the Royal Oak Leprechauns, the team headed up to Traverse City to take on the Pit Spitters in a two-game set. Following a 9-2 Traverse City win on Sunday, Royal Oak was able to bounce back with a 4-2 victory in Game 2 to win their fifth game out of the last six.<\/span><\/p>\n In Game 1, Aamir Mitchell was the lone offensive standout, hitting a double and also reaching via walk, eventually coming in to score both of the Leprechauns\u2019 runs.<\/span><\/p>\n On Monday night in Game 2, it was Mitchell who once again started the scoring, coming in on a Carson Raether RBI single in the fourth inning to cut the Royal Oak deficit to 2-1. A few hitters later, first baseman Oliver Service came inches away from a two-run home run for the lead, instead settling for an RBI-triple to tie the game at 2-2<\/span><\/p>\n As the inning continued, the Leprechauns would go on to grab the lead, with Andrew DiLodovico legging out an infield single to score Service.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Leprechauns starting pitcher, Luke Mucunek \u00a0threw 4.1 innings without allowing an earned run, only surrendering one hit, while navigating seven walks. With the game seeing a few scoreless innings across the ensuing frames thanks to the bullpen work of Caleb Raymond, Griffin Howell, and Nick Stempnik, Royal Oak allowed little traffic until Traverse City had their best chances to grab back the lead in the bottom of the eighth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n