Mirabella Stuns 'Jacks on the Mound During 11-2 Win
Northwoods Traverse City Pit Spitters

Mirabella Stuns 'Jacks on the Mound During 11-2 Win

August 2, 2025 - Northwoods League (Northwoods)
Traverse City Pit Spitters News Release


Battle Creek, MI - The Traverse City Pit Spitters secure their 19th win in 20 games in a 11-2 win against the Battle Creek Battle Jacks in front of 1,188 fans at C.O. Brown Stadium on Saturday night.

Pit Spitters starting pitcher Nic Mirabella bounced back in a huge way following his disastrous outing a week ago in Kenosha as he threw six innings of one hit ball, striking out seven, walking just one and allowing no runs. His offense backed him up following his departure of from the ballgame as they went on to score seven runs in the final three innings.

It took until the top of the third inning for the Spitters to get their first hit of the ballgame, and it was a productive one at that as Cole Prout drove in a run on a single to center field to make it 1-0. At the halfway mark in the ballgame, the Spitters were back in action as a hit by pitch and a single put two runners on with no outs. Grady Mee forced an error on the Battle Jacks right fielder as Alfredo Velazques scored from third to extend Traverse City's lead to 2-0. A couple more runs were scored in the top of the sixth inning as Carter Hain drove in a run on a sacrifice flyout before Jake McNamara scored on a wild pitch thrown by Andrew Zellers to push the Spitters lead to 4-0. In the back third of the ballgame Cade Collins doubled to right field to drive in another run before McNamara drove in another run on a base hit to right field to further the Spitters lead to 6-0. Battle Creek broke into the scoring column as Josh Klug struggled to find the strike zone on the mound as he walked in a run and then a passed ball allowed another run to score to cut the Spitters lead down to 6-2. Traverse City was back in action as two runs scored on an error committed by Battle Jacks pitcher Lucas Smith to make it 8-2. Collins drove in a run on a sacrifice flyout before McNamara singled again to drive in another run to give the Spitters an outstanding 10-2 lead. Finally, to cap off all the scoring for the Spitters, Mee drove in a run on a sacrifice flyout to give the game it's final score of 11-2.

Traverse City improves to 44-20 and 23-7 in the second half while Battle Creek drops to 30-35 overall and 10-20 in the second half. Nic Mirabella (5-1) took over the team lead in wins with his fifth of the season after throwing six shutout innings of one hit ball where he struckout seven batters and allowing one walk. Lucas Stone (1-3) was handed his third loss of the season where he threw five innings allowing two runs on four walks, two hits, and struckout two.

UP NEXT

The Pit Spitters conclude their road trip to Battle Creek tomorrow afternoon with first pitch at 1:35 p.m. Broadcast coverage begins at 1:30 on the Northwoods League Network on the Northwoods League + app.



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