Beach Bums and Crushers Rained Out
August 28, 2009 - Frontier League (FL)
Traverse City Beach Bums News Release
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- The Traverse City Beach Bums were rained out on Friday night as their scheduled contest with the Lake Erie Crushers was postponed.
The two teams will meet in a doubleheader on Saturday night, with a pair of seven-inning contests slated to begin at 6:00pm.
The doubleheader will be the fourth of the season and the third caused by rain. The Beach Bums are 1-5 in doubleheader games having split with the Southern Illinois Miners following the first ever rainout at Wuerfel Park in a twin bill on May 28, losing 1-0 in 11 innings before a 7-3 win in the night cap. The Beach Bums played a scheduled doubleheader on June 7 against Evansville, losing 8-2 and 7-3. Rain caused a doubleheader at Rockford on July 9 with the Beach Bums losing 11-1 and 8-0.
Traverse City has played a total of seven doubleheaders in franchise history, none of those have been at home. The Beach Bums played two doubleheaders in 2008, finishing 1-3 in doubleheader contests. Rain in Kalamazoo on July 2 forced a doubleheader on July 3, and the Beach Bums fell 12-3 in the first game before winning the nightcap in extra innings 4-3. The Beach Bums also appeared in a doubleheader at Gateway on July 31, losing 2-1 in extras and falling 2-0 in the finale.
Overall, the Beach Bums own a record of 5-9 in doubleheaders, sweeping Windy City in a twin-bill on August 7, 2007, and splitting at Kalamazoo on August 29, 2006.
The Beach Bums are 5-4 against Lake Erie this season and tomorrow night will place RHP David Nathanson (6-9, 3.90) on the mound for the first contest and RHP David Dinelli (2-5, 7.71) on the mound in game two. Lake Erie plans to send RHP Alberto Rolon (3-1, 3.60) and RHP Brent Lysander (9-1, 4.48).
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