Our 2024 Schedule is finally here!⚾🍒
The Pit Spitters 6th season brings 36 home games, 10
firework shows, 7 weekly promotions, and a whole lot
of fun!
#wespit
#spittersnation
YOUR 2021 TRAVERSE CITY PIT SPITTERS REPEAT AS NORTHWOODS LEAGUE CHAMPS!
Thank you to all the fans for a great season. We couldn't have done it without everyone's support.
We'll be back next year, with another title to defend!
Game update brought to you by the
@RecordEagle
It's time to
#GetDorky
!
For the first time in Pit Spitters history, we are proud to present the team's alternate identity: The Up North Cork Dorks.
An affectionate term for a wine enthusiast, the Cork Dorks pay homage to the 40+ wineries along Michigan's Wine Coast🍇🍷
Introducing the 3 teams that will play at Turtle Creek Stadium this summer!🥳 The Traverse City Pit Spitters 🍒 Northern Michigan Dune Bears 🐻 and Great Lakes Resorters 🚣♂️
We'll see everyone for Opening Day on July 1st at 7:05PM!
Click here to read more
Congratulations to our very own
@Evan__Gates
for signing with the San Francisco Giants as a Free Agent!
We'll miss you in Traverse City Evan, but we're so proud of you! We'll be cheering you on every step of the way!!
And your Traverse City Pit Spitters have broken a 12 year old Northwoods League Record with their SEVENTEENTH win in a row by beating the Kenosha Kingfish 3-2 tonight off an Adam Proctor 3-run homerun! CONGRATULATIONS boys! Keep the streak rolling at home tomorrow night!
I'm from Michigan, where we use our hand as a map. Where we love Superman Ice Cream and Mackinaw Island Fudge. And of course, we're home to the Cherry Capital of the WORLD!
Happy
#NationalMichiganDay
my fellow Michiganders! I wouldn't want to call any other place "home"! ❤️
THE PIT SPITTERS ARE THE 2019 NORTHWOODS LEAGUE CHAMPIONS IN THEIR INAUGURAL SEASON!!! They took down the
@ecexpress
late in the bottom of the 9th inning! Congratulations on an astounding season guys!
#NewTeamNewFun
#WeAreTC
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Boxscore:
"One thing about championship teams is that they're resilient. No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity."
This team was all of that and MORE this season! And now, they're the Northwoods League Champions!
We made it onto
@espn
!! 😍😍
Click the link and check out the anchors wearing our fantabulous uniforms while talking about none other than your Traverse City Pit Spitters!
Well that was the most nervewracking game ever, but the Pit Spitters are ON TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP! TC is still alive, and wants to see YOU at Pit Spitters Park for the Championship on Friday at 7:05 p.m.!
#PackThePit
#WeAreTC
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Boxscore:
We are hosting the 2019 GLIAC tournament here at the ballpark from May 8th-12th! This will be the first large event that we will be hosting as the Pit Spitters! 🤗Make sure you come catch some great baseball, and check out all the changes we will have made to our great ballpark!
In case you missed it, here is
@Jake_Wilson_7
clutch throw that saved the game for the Pit Spitters in the 8th inning! Come on Friday to see more hype plays like this one!
#PackThePit
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A huge thank you to all of our fans for your support this season! We’re not done though, so hope to see you all on August 13th for playoffs!
#PackThePit
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🚨Attention Traverse City!🚨 Meet your new General Manager! Mickey comes to us from the Whitecaps where he has served as Director of Marketing for the last 14 years! We are SO lucky to have Mickey! Get excited Traverse City, this summer is going to be FUN!
Congratulations to our very own Cam Schuelke on being named the 2021 Northwoods League Pitcher of the a year!
The right-handed pitcher has appeared in 15 games and has eight wins and a miniscule 0.68 ERA. He has 48 strikeouts in 53 innings pitched.
#wespit
🚨RECORD BROKEN🚨
A HUGE Congratulations goes out to our Pit Spitters for breaking ANOTHER record! 🥳🥳 Most shutouts in a season! This record stood for 13 years, but as we all know, this team is good at taking down records! ;)
🍒⚾FIRST PIT SPITTERS TO THE SHOW⚾🍒
Luke Little, LHP for the 2019 Pit Spitters, is being called up to the Chicago Cubs after being drafted in 2020 as their fourth round pick. Way to go Luke!
#wespit
#spittersnation
🚨ALL STAR ALERT🚨
The Pit Spitters have had three players selected to the 2019 Northwoods League All-Star game! Michael Slaten, Kyle Jones, and Andrew Hoffman will represent Traverse City in Waterloo, Iowa!
CONGRATULATIONS GUYS! We know you'll make us proud! 💪🍒💪🍒
We couldn't have won the
@NWLbaseball
without YOU Traverse City! Huge thank you to all of our amazing fans for bringing baseball back to Northern Michigan!!
#NewTeamNewFun
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FLIP THAT BAT BABY!
The big man
@diesel_32
gets into one and sends it WAYYYY out of Simmons Field for his first of the season
Game updates brought to you by
@RecordEagle
Pit Spitters are up 8-0 going into the fourth.
Chris Monroe (
@diesel_32
) hit a 440-foot home run.
It’s a great night to be a Pit Spitter.
Brought to you by
@TCREsports
We present to you your 2022 Traverse City Pit Spitters Northwoods League All-Stars
🌟Derek Clark (
@dclark3012
)
🌟Aren Gustafson (
@aren_gustafson
)
This years game will be played on July 19 in Wisconsin Rapids
PIT SPITTERS CLINCH PLAYOFF BERTH!! 🥳🥳🥳
The Pit Spitters are heading back to the Northwoods League playoffs after winning the first half of the Great Lakes East Division with the Kenosha Kingfish loss to the Madison Mallards this afternoon.
No matter who you're a fan of, you HAVE to admit this is an ESPN worthy catch by Resorters first baseman Noah Marcoux! 😱
Hey
@espn
, got any room on the top 10 tonight?!
#WOW
Ladies, find yourself someone who looks at you the way Kevin Hahn (
@PabloHahn13
) looks at the Championship Trophy. 😍
Oh ya, by the way, we're still the 2019 Northwoods League Champions! 😉
🚨🚨🚨 NO-HITTER 🚨🚨🚨
The first no-hitter in Traverse City Pit Spitters history belongs to
@jcbmrcs
!!!
The first half champs are back on the road tomorrow to take on Fond du Lac.
Game update brought to you by the
@RecordEagle
Tito Flores had himself a game for the ages!
Tito went 3-5 with 2 doubles and 5 RBI’s, including this clutch 9th inning, 2-run single to put the Visiting Team on top for good in the
@NWLbaseball
Major League Dreams Showcase!
Way to represent
@TitoFlores24
!!!
#wespit
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You already could have guessed this was coming…
Chris Monroe (
@diesel_32
) has been named to the
#NWL
2021 postseason All-Star team!
Monroe is the single season RBI record holder & home run holder for the Traverse City Pit Spitters
#wespit
🚨DRAFT UPDATE🚨
The Pit Spitters very own Chase Wheatcroft is headed to the Oakland Athletics franchise! Chase was selected tonight in the MLB Draft! Congratulations Chase!
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CHAD PATRICK HAS BEEN DRAFTED! 🥳
Congratulations to two-year Pit Spitter
@ChadPatrick31
! The
@Dbacks
are lucky to have you in their system!
We are so proud of you and will be cheering you on every step of the way!
Congrats to the best coaching staff in the business 🍒
Third trip to the postseason for our manager
@coachreebs
and bench coach
@jtreid3
Back-to-back for our pitching coach
@rockymauriello
And our hitting coach
@CoachWila
gets his first taste of playoff ball in the Northwoods!
OH MY MILES!!!
The Purdue product
@Miles___10
sends one DEEP into right field for his first homer of the year and Pit Spitters fourth of the game
Game updates brought to you by
@RecordEagle
The
@NWLbaseball
released their 2021 All-Star teams today!
Congratulations to our very own
@diesel_32
,
@Evan__Gates
, Jeremy Neff, and John Beuckelaere! 🥳
Click the link for more information:
ANDREW HOFFMANN HAS BEEN DRAFTED! 🥳
Andrew was taken in the 12th round by the Atlanta Braves!
Good Luck Andrew! We'll be rooting for you every step of the way!
✅PLAYOFFS CLINCHED
We are the Great Lakes East second half champions and are headed back to the postseason for the fourth season in a row!
Get ready for the playoffs:
Opening Day Victory for the Pit Spitters! It took extra innings but the players fought hard and grinded out a 1-0 start.
Game 2 first pitch is tomorrow at 11:00 am.
Game update brought to you by the
@RecordEagle
Today against Lakeshore, our shortstop Camden Traficante tied the franchise record for most hits in a single game with six (Andrew Morrow, 2019 vs Kenosha)
He went 6-6 with two doubles, three runs scored, an RBI and a stolen base
@NWLbaseball
@StetsonBaseball
@CamdenTraf