AVON, Ohio —
Patrick Norris tripled in three runs in the second inning to spark Lake Erie to a 7-3 Frontier League win over the Traverse City Beach Bums on Friday night.
The liner, which bounced over the head of centerfielder Zack Pace, wiped out a Beach Bums lead. Traverse City had scored three runs in the top of the second on Matt Brown’s RBI single and James Guerrero’s two-run single.
But the Crushers came back with four in the bottom half of the frame, sparked by Norris’ bases-clearing triple, to seize the lead.
Lake Erie added two more runs in the third. Losing pitcher Spencer Shelton (1-3) was tagged with six runs. He gave up four hits and walked four. In all, Traverse City pitchers walked 10 batters.
Paul Fagan (2-4) allowed three runs in 5.1 innings to earn the win for Lake Erie, which took two of three games in the series.
The Beach Bums finished with nine hits, but stranded 11 runners. Brown had three hits and Tom Zebroski two.
Traverse City fell to 17-16 while the Crushers improved to 13-20.
The Beach Bums travel to Washington, Pa., tonight for the start of a three-game series with the Wild Things. A pair of righthanders will square off — Wayde Kitchens for the Beach Bums and Gary Lee for the Wild Things.
Beach Bums
Crushers claim series, 7-3
Lake Erie's four-run 2nd dooms the Beach Bums
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Bums top Wild Things, 6-2
Make it six in a row for the Traverse City Beach Bums.
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Frontier League standings: 06/18/2013
Frontier League baseball standings and schedule:
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Bums' Birch slams Slammers
Chase Burch sent a message to the rest of the Frontier League. That message: Don't throw at Chase Burch. Joliet already got it.
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Beach Bums slam Slammers, 6-2
Johnny Omahen earned his first victory of the year as the Traverse City Beach Bums won their fourth straight game with a 6-2 come-from-behind victory over the Joliet Slammers.
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Bums slam Joliet, 12-2
The Traverse City starting pitcher hit two career milestones Friday, notching his 200th strikeout and 20th victory in a Beach Bums uniform in a 12-2 win over Joliet to start a short weekend home stand.
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Frontier League Standings: 06/15/2013
Standings, scores and schedule for Frontier League baseball:
Continued ... - Friday, June 14, 2013
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Beach Bums thump Florence on road
The Traverse City Beach Bums unleashed a 15-hit attack Thursday night in thumping the Florence Freedom 8-5 in a Frontier League contest.
Continued ... - Thursday, June 13, 2013
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Beach Bums rally in 7th to beat Florence, 9-7
Traverse City scored six runs in the seventh inning to rally for a 9-7 road victory over Florence. The win evens the three-game series at one contest apiece.
Continued ... - Wednesday, June 12, 2013
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FINAL: Beach Bums 9, Florence 7
The Traverse City Beach Bums scored six runs in the seventh inning and then held on to defeat the Florence Freedom 9-7 Wednesday night in a Frontier League baseball game in Kentucky.
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Sabol takes 1st loss of year for Bums
Junior Arroyo homered to lead off the bottom of the first for the Freedom, and then David Harris belted a two-run shot in the fourth as Florence went on for a 4-3 Frontier League win over the Traverse City Beach Bums.
Continued ... - Monday, June 10, 2013
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Beach Bums snap 3-game losing streak
Need to stop a losing streak? Scott Dunn's the guy. The right-hander allowed just one run on eight hits in 6.2 innings of work Sunday evening as the Traverse City Beach Bums snapped a three-game losing streak with a much-needed 3-1 win over the Frontier Greys at Wuerfel Park.
Continued ... - Sunday, June 9, 2013
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Greys topple Bums, 7-2
Luis Parache is quickly becoming a thorn to the Traverse City Beach Bums.
Continued ... - Saturday, June 8, 2013
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Wooten silences Beach Bums
TRAVERSE CITY -- Eric Wooten provided the only intrigue Friday night at Wuerfel Park. The Frontier Greys left-hander took a no-hitter into the eighth inning before surrendering an infield single to Sean Gusrang and then an RBI double to Zach Kometani
Continued ... - Friday, June 7, 2013
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Bums fall to Lake Erie, 5-2
The Traverse City Beach Bums could not complete the sweep. Lake Erie scored a run in the first inning and never trailed in beating the Beach Bums 5-2 at Wuerfel Park on Thursday night.
Continued ... - Thursday, June 6, 2013
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Beach Bums top Lake Erie; Sabol improves to 4-0
Jake Sabol improved to 4-0 on the season, throwing his second complete game of the season in a 1-0 Beach Bums victory over Lake Erie on Wednesday at Wuerfel Park.
Continued ... - Wednesday, June 5, 2013
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FINAL: Beach Bums 1, Lake Erie 0
Jake Sabol pitched a complete game shutout to lead the Traverse City Beach Bums to a 1-0 win over Lake Erie Wednesday evening.
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Bums hit Crushers, 12-5
The Traverse City Beach Bums didn’t waste any time getting a jump on the Lake Erie Crushers in Tuesday’s series opener.
Continued ... - Monday, June 3, 2013
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Late runs lift Bums over Grizzlies
The Traverse City Beach Bums broke a 2-2 tie with three runs in the top of the sixth, then added three more for good measure in the seventh in an 8-4 win over Gateway Sunday in the final game of a three-game set.
Continued ... - Saturday, June 1, 2013
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Bums win in 6 innings
The Traverse City Beach Bums had their game with Gateway delayed, then cancelled in the sixth inning as weather shut down action in a shortened 3-0 Beach Bums victory Friday at GCS Ballpark.
Continued ... - Friday, May 31, 2013
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Miners hit Bums, 8-4
The Southern Illinois Miners were able to dig up some luck against Traverse City’s bullpen in an 8-4 victory Thursday.
Continued ... - Thursday, May 30, 2013
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South Illinois Miners beat TC Beach Bums, 6-4
SAUGET, Ill. -- Southern Illinois did all of its scoring in one inning in a 6-4 Frontier League victory Wednesday over Traverse City. The game was also the first missed by Beach Bums third baseman Jose Vargas since Sept 19, 2010. Vargas was hurt duri
Continued ... - Wednesday, May 29, 2013
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Beach Bums hammer the Miners, 14-4
Through nine games, Traverse City hadn’t hit a home run. That all changed Tuesday, as the Beach Bums broke out the bats in a 14-4 win over Southern Illinois.
Continued ... - Monday, May 27, 2013
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Rerun: Bums come back again
For the third straight game the Traverse City Beach Bums rallied from a deficit to defeat the Rockford Aviators, plating two runs in the bottom of the ninth to win 2-1 on Sunday at Wuerfel Park.
Continued ... - Sunday, May 26, 2013
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Bums rally in 9th to win
The Traverse City Beach Bums scored twice in the ninth inning to take their second straight from the Rockford Aviators in Frontier League play Saturday at Wuerfel Park.
Continued ... - Saturday, May 25, 2013
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Beach Bums beat Rockford Aviators, 4-3
It doesn't matter that the Beach Bums' bats didn't exactly break out of their little early-season slump.
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Bums top Wild Things, 6-2
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