TRAVERSE CITY -- The Traverse City Beach Bums signed veteran outfielder and former Tampa Rays prospect JT Hall.
Hall, 25, is a six-year minor league veteran, and played most recently with the Montgomery Biscuits in the AA Southern League. The 6-foot-3, 210-pound left-handed hitter hit .221 with 14 doubles, three triples, seven home runs and 32 RBI last season.
Scott Mueller wants to make everyone forget his last inning. He hopes he has a shot at that next season.
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Almost as quickly as Jeff Flagg’s bat exploded in the 10th inning, so did the season of the Traverse City Beach Bums come to an end.
Continued ...Win and you’re in. That’s the scenario facing Traverse City and Lake Erie tonight in the regular season finale at Wuerfel Park.
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David Deminsky got a good night’s sleep Thursday. Deminsky was left behind when Traverse City traveled to Rockford for a three-game road trip. Manager Gregg Langbehn knew it would be Deminsky’s turn in the rotation for the important opener of a series against Lake Erie that will determine who goes to the Frontier League playoffs. The TC win forces Lake Erie to have to win the last two games of the series to overtake the Beach Bums for the league’s final playoff spot.
Continued ...his weekend’s series between Traverse City and Lake Erie is a sort of Frontier League duel. Two teams enter and one team leaves. Actually, if Traverse City wins the series, they’ll both leave, as the Bums will head to Joliet for the start of the playoffs.
Continued ...ROCKFORD, Ill. — The Traverse City Beach Bums leap-frogged Lake Erie into second place in the East Division with an 11-9 victory over Rockford on Thursday.
The Beach Bums and Crusher start a three-game series tonight that will determine who earns the division's second playoff spot.
Sevens are supposed to be lucky.
For the Traverse City Beach Bums, one was and one wasn't.
In a doubleheader of seven-inning games, the Beach Bums split with last-place Rockford.
TC won the nightcap 9-6 after dropping the opener 10-6.
The Beach Bums trail Lake Erie by a half game with four to go in the chase for the last Frontier League playoff spot.
The Beach Bums want to repeat history.
Recent history.
After winning all six games last week, Traverse City aims to duplicate the feat and clinch a Frontier League playoff spot for the second straight year.
Traverse City heads to play a three-game series against last-place Rockford RiverHawks before returning home to close out the regular season against Lake Erie, the team it's primarily battling for the East Division's second playoff spot.
The Beach Bums trail division leader Joliet by six games with as many contests left. By virtue of winning the season series 7-5 with the Slammers, the Bums technically are still alive for the division title, but they'd need to win six straight and have Joliet lose six in a row to close out the season.
The race in the Frontier League's East Division took an interesting twist Sunday evening.
Continued ...The Traverse City Beach Bums remained a half-game behind Lake Eric for the wild card spot in the Frontier League’s East Division with a 3-1 win over Windy City on Saturday at Wuerfel Park. Lake Erie blanked Rockford 4-0
Continued ...A short lightning delay between the fourth and fifth innings didn’t take any of the charge out of David Nathanson. The Traverse City Beach Bums right-hander threw his second complete game of the season as the Bums defeated Windy City 6-2 to kick off an important three-game series with the ThunderBolts.
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TRAVERSE CITY — Bryan Banes became just the sixth Frontier League pitcher this season to reach double digits in wins, throwing seven innings of five-hit ball Thursday in a 5-1 victory over Rockford.
Banes upped his record to 10-3 and lowered his earned-run average to 2.59. He gave up one run and four walks, striking out four.
Only Joliet's Jake Renshaw and Windy City's Dustin Williams have more wins. They each have 11.
Banes is also fourth in the league in ERA.
Traverse City starts a three-game home series with Windy City today. The ThunderBolts are seven games behind Joliet and 1.5 back of Lake Erie for the East Division's second playoff spot.
Jeff Flagg belted a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning Wednesday to give the Traverse City Beach Bums an win over the Rockford RiverHawks.
Continued ...The Traverse City Beach Bums opened a six-game homestand at Wuerfel Park on Tuesday night with a 4-2 Frontier League win over the Rockford RiverHawks.
Continued ...Traverse City fell back to the .500 mark with a 7-5 loss to first-place Joliet.
Continued ...Traverse City dropped a 5-3 decision to East Division leader Joliet, but the Beach Bums’ playoff hopes remain alive and kicking.
Continued ...Scott Dunn pitched himself into and out of a bases-loaded jam in the 12th inning as the Traverse City Beach Bums defeated first-place Joliet 4-3. Jose Vargas was all of Traverse City’s offense, hitting a pair of two-run homers, including the game-winner in the top of the 12th.
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The Traverse City Beach Bums could not capitalize on the momentum they generated Wednesday night when J.T. Hall hit a walk-off home run to beat Lake Erie.
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J.T. Hall was just about all the offense Traverse City needed Wednesday night.
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