{"id":4720,"date":"2019-06-01T23:44:21","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T23:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/traverse-city-pit-spitters\/?p=4720"},"modified":"2019-06-12T21:54:33","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T21:54:33","slug":"first-pit-spitter-drafted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/traverse-city-pit-spitters\/2019\/06\/01\/first-pit-spitter-drafted\/","title":{"rendered":"First Pit Spitter Drafted!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Traverse City, MI \u2013 The Traverse City Pit Spitters inaugural season just got underway last week and they are already sending players one step closer to the big leagues.<\/p>\n<p>Chase Wheatcroft, a senior from Cal State Stanislaus, was selected by the Oakland A\u2019s in the 37th round of the Major League Baseball draft. Wheatcroft becomes the first Pit Spitter to be drafted in the franchise\u2019s short history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re proud and happy for Chase. He\u2019s got a chance to go to the A\u2019s and show them what he can do,\u201d said Pit Spitters Field Manager Josh Rebandt. \u201cThis is a great start for the Pit Spitters franchise and it\u2019s a great for the fans of Traverse City to be able to follow Chase\u2019s career knowing that he played here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wheatcroft was the starting pitcher for the franchise\u2019s home opener on May 28. That day he earned the franchises\u2019 first win pitching five innings and giving up just four hits and one run to the Green Bay Booyah.<\/p>\n<p>In his final college season at CSU-Stanislaus, Wheatcroft went 6-4 with a 2.29 ERA while appearing in 31 games for the Warriors.<\/p>\n<p>The Pit Spitters return home to Pit Spitter Park Friday night for a two-game series against the Kenosha Kingfish. Both games start at 7:05pm and tickets are still available. 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