Traver Records 40th Career Save in 4-2 Victory
Northwoods Traverse City Pit Spitters

Traver Records 40th Career Save in 4-2 Victory

Published on July 31, 2025 under Northwoods League (Northwoods)
Traverse City Pit Spitters News Release


Traverse City, MI - The Traverse City Pit Spitters take game one of the series against the Royal Oak Leprechauns 4-2 in front of 4,007 fans at Turtle Creek Stadium on Thursday night.

Jacob Kucharczyk's two-run triple in the bottom of the fifth springs the Pit Spitters in front of the Leprechauns as they never looked back added two more runs over the next two innings to win their 17th game in 18 games.

With Nathan Webb getting the nod for the Pit Spitters, things were off to a bit of a rough start in the top of the ninth as he hit a batter and allowed a base knock to put two runners on. Jovan Gill came through with the go-ahead run as he singled up the middle to give Royal Oak a 1-0 lead. Webb settled down following the run as he forced a popup and a groundout to get out of the inning. Traverse City collected their first hit of the game on a single to center field off the bat of Adam Broski. Following Andrew Mack's sacrifice bunt to advance Broski, Alfredo Velazquez was hit by a pitch to put runners on the corners. Kucharczyk continued his great night at the plate with a bases clearing triple to give the Spitters their first lead of the night at 2-1. The Spitters added one in the bottom of the sixth inning on an RBI fielder's choice by Cade Collins before Isaac Sturgess drove in a run on a base hit in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Spitters a 4-1 lead. Eliott Traver entered the game with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning where he escaped a two out walk. In the top of the ninth inning, Royal Oak didn't make it easy for him as Noah Bright doubled before Ryan Tyranski singled to drive him in to make it 4-2. After Camdin Jansen singled to left field, Traver got Dylan Larkins down on strikes and Danny Cook to flyout to end the ballgame. Traver picked up his eighth save of the season, tying a single season franchise record on top of picking up his 40th collegiate career saves.

Traverse City improves to 42-20 and 21-7 in the second half while Royal Oak drops to 30-32 overall and 13-13 in the second half. Nathan Webb (1-0) earns his first win of the season after his best outing of the year where he threw six innings of one run ball allowing four hits along with three walks. Joey Turner (0-1) was handed his first loss in his first career collegiate start. After a shaky first inning he settled in throwing 4.1 innings allowing two runs on a hit and two walks.

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The Pit Spitters will be in action again tomorrow night as they conclude both their homestand and their series with the Leprechauns. First pitch is 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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