FROM STAFF REPORTS
TRAVERSE CITY -- A doubleheader is slated for today after Friday's Traverse City Beach Bums game was rained out.
The Beach Bums and Lake Erie Crushers will play two seven-inning games starting at 6 p.m.
The twinbill will be the fourth of the season and the third caused by rain. The Beach Bums are 1-5 in doubleheader games, having split with Southern Illinois following the first-ever rainout at Wuerfel Park in a twin bill on May 28, losing 1-0 in 11 innings before a 7-3 win in the nightcap. The Beach Bums played a scheduled doubleheader on June 7 against Evansville, losing 8-2 and 7-3. Rain caused a doubleheader at Rockford on July 9 with the Beach Bums losing 11-1 and 8-0.
Overall, the Beach Bums own a record of 5-9 in doubleheaders, sweeping Windy City in a twin-bill on Aug. 7, 2007, and splitting at Kalamazoo on Aug. 29, 2006.
