Fourth Inning Blasts Lead Traverse City to Victory
August 29, 2012 - Frontier League (FL)
Traverse City Beach Bums News Release
TRAVERSE CITY, MI - The Traverse City Beach Bums hit three homeruns including a pair of two-run blasts in the fourth inning as the Beach Bums topped the Gateway Grizzlies 6-1.
Traverse City got things started in the second inning when Chase Burch went deep for the second straight night, knocking out his 17th of the season for a 1-0 TC lead.
The fourth is where the Beach Bums put the game away. Leading off the frame, Jose Vargas doubled. After a deep fly out by Burch to rightfield moved Vargas to third, Jeff Flagg singled home the Traverse City third baseman to make it 2-0. Kyle Colligan came up and cleared the bases with a shot off the scoreboard to make it 4-0. Two batters later, Marcus Nidiffer kept the inning going with a double. That sent Kyle Eveland to the plate. After working a 2-0 count, Eveland hit a towering shot down the leftfield line that stayed fair for a two-run bomb of his own and a 6-0 Beach Bums advantage.
Gateway would get their lone run of the game in the fifth when Landon Hernandez doubled, moved up to third on a groundout and scored on a John Shelby sac fly.
Meanwhile, on the mound, Kurt Wunderlich (3-0) cruised through the first five innings, allowing the Grizzlies one run on four hits. The right-hander ran into some sixth inning trouble and Traverse City called upon Jake Sabol who finished the game with 3.1 shutout innings to notch his first save.
It was also a historic save as it marked the 35th time this season a Beach Bums reliever has preserved a lead, setting a Frontier League saves record, eclipsing the mark of 34 set by the 2005 Washington Wild Things and the 2011 River City Rascals and Joliet Slammers.
The series finale is on Thursday with a 2-for-1 Thirsty Thursday. Fans will receive 2-for-1 pricing on all chairback seats as well as a dollar of fountain drinks and a dollar off beer. Bennett Whitmore (6-3, 3.97) will get the start for Traverse City against Tim Brown (11-2, 2.07) for Gateway.
Beach Bums playoff tickets go are on sale now! Traverse City will have home games on Wednesday, September 5 and Thursday, September 6 with a game five of the division series coming up on September 10 (if necessary). Playoff tickets will cost $10 with general admission seating for all Beach Bums playoff games. Private tables will be $50 per game and suites at Wuerfel Park will be just $100 for up to 10 people. For tickets to all Beach Bums home games, regular season or playoffs, call 943-0100, visit tcbeachbums.com or stop by the Wuerfel Park ticket office.
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