Resorters End Drought
July 23, 2020 - Northwoods League (Northwoods)
Traverse City Pit Spitters News Release
TRAVERSE CITY, MI - In a game that lasted more than four hours, the Traverse City Pit Spitters rallied late but were unable to complete the comeback falling 10-8 to the Great Lakes Resorters in front of a capacity crowd Thursday night at Turtle Creek Stadium.
The Great Lakes Resorters - who've struggled with inconsistent pitching - surrendered five runs on six walks in the top of the ninth inning but were able to tight rope out of trouble - ending a five-game losing streak to the Pit Spitters in dramatic fashion.
Great Lakes got on the board in the top of the first as designated hitter and Traverse City Saint Francis standout, Cooper Peterson, scored Christian Garcia on a sacrifice hit to take the 1-0 lead. The Resorters added another four tallies in the second inning before the Pit Spitters responded with three of their own in the third, highlighted by an Evan Maday two-RBI single, cutting the Great Lakes lead to 5-3. Resorters center fielder, Kyle Riesselmann, smoked a two-RBI single in the sixth before four-straight walks allowed three runners to cross giving Great Lakes a commanding 10-3 lead going into the ninth inning. With two outs and the bases loaded, the Resorters walked five-straight Traverse City hitters before catcher, Craig Corliss, struck out swinging to end the Pit Spitters chances of a comeback - delivering Great Lakes the 10-8 victory.
Great Lakes reliever and Madonna University product, Case Jaworski (1-1), tossed 0.2 innings of shutout baseball in his first win on the year. Pit Spitters starter, Trenton Wood (0-2), lasted only 1.1 innings while allowing four earned runs on five hits in his second loss of 2020. The Great Lakes Resorters end a five-game losing skid to the Pit Spitters, improving to 2-5 on the year, while Traverse City falls to 5-2.
UP NEXT
The Traverse City Pit Spitters return to Turtle Creek Stadium to host the Great Lakes Resorters Friday night at 7:05PM. Pregame coverage with Nate Wangler begins at 6:55 PM on the Northwoods League Baseball Network. Tickets are available for any Pit Spitters/Resorters contest at pitspitters.com or by calling the front office at (231) - 943 - 0100.
Northwoods League Stories from July 23, 2020
- Resorters End Drought - Traverse City Pit Spitters
- Rafters Return to Winning Ways on Thursday Versus Wisconsin - Wisconsin Rapids Rafters
- Two Big Innings Hurt Woodchucks in 10-1 Loss to Rafters - Wausau Woodchucks
- Rox Split Series with Stingers, Return Home Monday - St. Cloud Rox
- Booyah Split Series with La Crosse - Green Bay Rockers
- Elvis Sings Heartbreak Hotel to Larks - Bismarck Larks
- Complete Performance Lifts Stingers over Rox - Willmar Stingers
- Nine Hits Not Enough for Honks in Waterloo - Rochester Honkers
- Bombers Split Tonight's Doubleheader, Retain 7.5 Game Lead in Standings - Battle Creek Battle Jacks
- Edwards Solid Start Leads Kenosha to 9-5 Win - Kenosha Kingfish
- Loggers Drop Pitchers Duel vs. Booyah - La Crosse Loggers
- Tickets on Sale Now - Willmar Stingers
- Rafters Return Home to Face Woodchucks Thursday Night - Wisconsin Rapids Rafters
- 400 Free Tickets Courtesy of Capital Credit Union Gone in 16 Minutes - Green Bay Rockers
- Booyah Begin Loggers Set with Win - Green Bay Rockers
- Booyah Look for Fourth Consecutive Victory - Green Bay Rockers
- Capital Credit Union to Provide 400 Free Tickets to Booyah Game July 28th - Green Bay Rockers
- Rox Beat Stingers in 12 Innings at the Rock Pile - St. Cloud Rox
- Rox Walk-Off Stingers in Twelfth - Willmar Stingers
- Bucks' Bursts Keep Game out of Reach for Honkers - Rochester Honkers
The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.
