Pit Spitters Give Up Late Runs to Drop Home Opener, Lose 4th in a Row
June 3, 2022 - Northwoods League (Northwoods)
Traverse City Pit Spitters News Release
Traverse City, MI - The Traverse City Pit Spitters (1-4) led deep into the game, but gave up a pair in the eighth, falling to the Battle Creek Battle Jacks (3-2) by a score of 4-3.
These two teams have played three times, all one run games. Traverse City won the first matchup 8-7 and Battle Creek won the second 10-9.
The Battle Jacks scored in the first, but Alec Atkinson tied the game with an RBI single in the second. Atkinson finished with a multi-hit game.
After an error gave Battle Creek a 2-1 lead, the deep ball came into play. Evan Orzech launched the first Pit Spitter home run this season in the sixth, a solo shot to right field. Leading off the seventh, Jake Smallwood matched with a solo home run of his own, to an identical part of the right field lawn.
Trailing by one in the eighth, Battle Creek put runners on second and third with just one out. After a big strikeout, Mitch White needed one more to strand the runners. The next batter Robbie Merced hit a deep shot off the left field wall to score two and take the lead.
Jared Miller recorded his first hit of the season in the ninth but was left stranded at second to end the game.
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These teams meet again tomorrow at 7:05 ET before Traverse City hits the road again for two games.
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