KALAMAZOO — The Traverse City Pit Spitters are coming home with a 1-0 series lead.
The Pit Spitters racked up 17 hits to defeat Kalamazoo 6-1 in Sunday’s Northwoods League divisional playoff series opener at Homer Stryker Field in Kalamazoo.
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