Spitters Fall Short of Series Sweep in 3-2 Loss
Northwoods Traverse City Pit Spitters

Spitters Fall Short of Series Sweep in 3-2 Loss

Published on August 3, 2025 under Northwoods League (Northwoods)
Traverse City Pit Spitters News Release


Battle Creek, MI - The Traverse City Pit Spitters lose their first game in over a week during a 3-2 thriller against the Battle Creek Battle Jacks Sunday afternoon in front of 1,576 fans at C.O. Brown Stadium

The Pit Spitters offense struggled to come up with a big hit in the later innings as a two-run base hit from Battle Jacks Ty Tomlinson in the bottom of the fourth inning was enough to secure Battle Creek's first win in a week.

Traverse City's offense was setup for a big inning in the top of the first as they had two runners on base with two-outs. Cade Collins drove in the team's first run of the game with a base hit into center field to bring his team leading RBI total to 49 - the fourth most in a single season in Pit Spitters franchise history. Jacob Kucharczyk got back at his former team with a lead off base hit into right field in the top of the fourth inning. He later scored on another base hit by Grady Mee to extend the Spitters lead to 2-0. In the bottom part of the frame, Ty Tomlinson led off the inning before he scored on a single hit to the outfield to cut the Battle Jacks deficit down to 2-1. After scoring the first run of the game, Tomlinson drove in the next two runs of the game on a base hit to left field to give the Battle Jacks their first lead of the series at 3-2. From that point on the Spitters struggled to put anything together as they were retired in order in every inning from the fifth onto the eighth. Kucharczyk struggled as he grounded into two double plays to end the inning throughout the game. The last major opportunity for the Spitters was in the top of the eighth inning with two outs as bases were loaded until Trent Reed lined out to second base to end the inning. The Spitters loss is just their second loss over the last 20 games.

Traverse City falls to 44-21 and 23-8 in the second half while Battle Creek improves to 31-35 overall and 11-20 in the second half. Ciaran Caughey (2-1) struggled against Battle Creek as he allowed three runs on six hits, two walks, and struckout four through five innings. Anthony Sanchez (2-1) was efficient as he earned his second win of the season by completing seven innings of two-run ball while allowing five hits, two walks, and four strikeouts.

UP NEXT

The Pit Spitters will travel back to Traverse City for the beginning of a two-game home stand featuring the Rockford Rivets. This will be the final time that the Rivets will plays the Spitters this season. First pitch is tomorrow night at 7:05 p.m. Broadcast coverage with Jackson Heiden begins at 7:00 on the Northwoods League Network on the Northwoods League + app.

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