ROYAL OAK — The road hasn’t been kind to Traverse City thus far this season.
The Traverse City Pit Spitters lost 19-7 to the Royal Oak Leprechauns in Monday’s Northwoods League baseball game in front of 489 fans at Memorial Park in Royal Oak.
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