BATTLE CREEK — Tuesday’s Traverse City Pit Spitters road game was rained out and will be made up as part of a doubleheader in July.
The series finale between the Battle Creek Battle Jacks and Pit Spitters will be part of a doubleheader July 5. TC visits Battle Creek again July 5-6 and will have played the previous night in Kalamazoo, just 28 miles from Battle Creek.
The Spitters return to action Wednesday night to start a six-game home stand to end the first half of the regular season, welcoming the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders to Turtle Creek Stadium for their first meeting in TC since 2023. First pitch is 7:05 p.m.
Ben Van Nes signs with Kalamazoo Growlers
KALAMAZOO — Traverse City Central grad Ben Van Nes is signing with the Kalamazoo Growlers in the Northwoods League.
The junior at Kalamazoo College reports July 1 to the Growlers, who play July 20-21 in Traverse City against the Pit Spitters. Traverse City also visits Kalamazoo for two-games series July 3-4 and July 28-39.
Van Nes has 67 strikeouts in 48.2 innings with the Hornets, mostly in a relief role. He has a 4-0 record and one save.