Pit Spitters Drop Postponement Game
July 3, 2024 - Northwoods League (Northwoods)
Traverse City Pit Spitters News Release
Royal Oak, MI - The Traverse City Pit Spitters lose the remainder of the postponed game that was retroactive to June 20, 10-9, against the Royal Oak Leprechauns.
In another edition of the Pit Spitters versus the Leprechauns, there was no shortage of runs. Ethan Guerra legged out an infield single to lead off the top of the first. Cole Prout hit a sacrifice flyout, allowing Guerra to score to give the Pit Spitters a 1-0 lead. In the bottom of the first, Ryan Mckay singled to right field and later scored on a Parker Picot single to tie the game at 1-1. Cam Hollobaugh and Collin Overholt singled to lead off the bottom of the second inning. Tony Hatzigeorgiou grounded out to short scoring Hollobaugh to give the Leprechauns a 2-1 lead. Overholt scored on an error committed by third baseman Ethan Guerra to extend the Leprechauns a 3-1 lead. Jack Boike doubled to left field, scoring Frost to give the Leprechauns a 4-1 lead. Guerra led off the top of the third inning with a solo home run making it a 4-2 game. Prout was hit by a pitch and Vahn Lackey singled to right field to put two runners on. Brett Rozman singled to right scoring Prout to cut the Leprechauns lead down to 4-3. Ethan Belk then singled back to the pitcher which allowed Lackey to score to tie the game at 4-4. Hollobaugh doubled in the bottom of the third inning and later scored when Overholt doubled to give the Leprechauns a 5-4 lead. Brett Denby singled and Guerra walked to kickstart the top of the fourth inning. Denby scored following a single hit by Aaron Piasecki to tie the game at 5-5. Lackey then singled to left field scoring Guerra and Piasecki to give the Pit Spitters a 7-5 lead. Frost drew a walk and Boike singled to pick things up for the Leprechauns offense in the bottom of the fourth. Mckay then cleared the bases with a triple tying the game at 7-7. Jacob Billings singled to center field scoring Mckay to give the Leprechauns a 8-7 lead. Oliver Service singled to center field in the bottom of the sixth inning and later scored on a Billings sacrifice flyout extending the Leprechauns lead to 9-7. Lackey reached on an error committed by Hatzigeorgiou and Rozman was hit by a pitch to resume the postponement in the top of the seventh. Carter Hain by a sacrifice flyout scoring Lackey to make it a 9-8 game. Denby singled, scoring Rozman to tie the game at 9-9. In the bottom of the seventh Brock Olmstead singled to lead off the inning for the Leprechauns. Frost drove in Olmstead on a single to give the Leprechauns a 10-9 lead that they would hold on to win by that score.
The Pit Spitters drop to 0-1 in the second half and to 17-19 overall, while the Leprechauns improve to 1-0 in the second half and to 19-17 overall. The Pit Spitters starting pitcher Josh Klug threw two innings, giving up a run on five hits. Mason Hill threw two innings giving up four runs on five hits, walking one and striking out one. Zak Sullivan threw an inning and a third giving up a run on three walks and a hit. Jasen Oliver threw two thirds of scoreless baseball. Trent Reed threw two innings giving up a run on three hits, a walk, and striking out one.
The Pit Spitters will stay in Royal Oak to play game two of the series against the Leprechauns. First pitch is tonight at 7:05 p.m. All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League Website. League games are viewable live at watchnwl.com and on ESPN+. For more information, visit www.pitspitters.com or download the new Northwoods League + Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Pit Spitters as your favorite team.
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