
Liam O’Brien Wins July 5 Northwoods League Pitcher of the Night
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – On Friday, July 5, the Northwoods League named Growlers starter Liam O'Brien as the Northwoods League Pitcher of the Night. Across five innings, O'Brien struck out seven batters giving up just one run on one hit. Stranded eight batters, O'Brien bounced around jams and secured [...]
Growlers Survive One-Run Pitchers Dual Against Kingfish
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – In a back-and-forth pitcher's dual on Friday night, the Kalamazoo Growlers (20-18, 2-1) survived a 3-2 victory over the Kenosha Kingfish (16-23, 0-3). Even before the first pitch of the ballgame, the series-opener between the Growlers and Kingfish was introduced by stellar pitching. For [...]
Eight-Run Fourth Inning Pushes Growlers Past I-94 Rival
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – In front of a sellout crowd of over 4,200 fans, the Kalamazoo Growlers (19-18, 1-1) put on a Fourth of July show, taking down its I-94 Battle Creek (20-18, 1-1) 11-4. After a walk-off win Wednesday, the Battle Creek Battle Jacks pounced early on [...]
Growlers Five-Run Comeback Comes Up Short, Falls on Walk-Off
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – In the first game of the second half of the season, the Kalamazoo Growlers (18-18, 0-1), fell short to the Battle Creek Battle Jacks (20-17, 1-0) losing 7-6. After a walk-off win at home the previous night, Wednesday night's matchup worked eerily similar to the [...]
Growlers Walk Off Leprechauns in 11 Innings to Sweep Series
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – On Tuesday, the Kalamazoo Growlers (18-17) took down the Royal Oak Leprechauns (18-17) in walk-off fashion 7-6 across 11 innings. Following a historic night offensively on Monday, the Growlers returned home looking for its first sweep in nearly three weeks. Against K-Zoo's ace Ryan [...]
Sam Harris Wins Northwoods League Player of the Night After Growlers-Record Eight RBI
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – On Monday, July 1, Duke freshman and Growler first-baseman Sam Harris was awarded the Northwoods League Player of the Night. In a game that broke four separate Growlers records, Harris had a night to remember. The lefty power bat came up to the plate [...]
Growlers Score Most Runs in Franchise History in 25-3 Defeat of Royal Oak
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – In its biggest margin of victory in franchise history the Kalamazoo Growlers (17-17) broke four franchise records defeating the Royal Oak Leprechauns (18-16) by a final score of 25-3. The Growlers' 25 runs, 28 hits, and 22 run-victory are all franchise records beating 24 [...]
Rivets Walk it Off to Sweep Series, Hand Growlers Fifth Straight Loss
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – On Sunday, the Rockford Rivets (25-9) swept its two-game series over the Kalamazoo Growlers (16-17) with a 3-2 walk-off win. After a 25-hit, 30-run, barnburner the night before, the starting pitchers owned Sunday's series finale. Rockford's Landen Southern and Kalamazoo's Eamon Horwedel dominated opposing hitters. [...]
Growlers Fall by 10, Lose Fourth Straight Game
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – The Kalamazoo Growlers (16-16) have now lost four straight after a 20-10 defeat to the Rockford Rivets (24-9). In the first matchup of four this season at Rivets Stadium, the Growlers and Rivets showed out offensively to begin the ball game. In the first [...]
Growlers Fall to Pit Spitters, Lose Third Straight
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – The Kalamazoo Growlers (16-15) dropped its third straight game on Friday night, falling 9-4 to the Traverse City Pit Spitters (15-16). Liam O'Brien, in his fourth start of the summer, dominated through two outs in the third, striking out six and giving up just [...]
Growlers Drop Heartbreaker to Pit Spitters
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – After coming back down by five, the Kalamazoo Growlers (16-14) fell just 90 feet short of the Traverse City Pit Spitters (14-16), falling 8-7. Kalamazoo's offense would once again start strong, striking first on an errant throw by Aaron Piasecki. After two clean innings [...]
Growlers Fall to Kingfish, Split Sixth Straight Series
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – Splitting its sixth straight series, the Kalamazoo Growlers (16-13) dropped the series finale with the Kenosha Kingfish (16-13) by a score of 4-1. After 12 runs on the 13 hits the previous night, the opening inning of Wednesday's series finale seemed to follow in the [...]
Growlers Trounce Kingfish, Take Home Seven-Run Victory
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – After giving up the most runs in nearly two years just a night ago, the Kalamazoo Growlers (16-12) put together an offensive slugfest in taking down the Kenosha Kingfish (15-13) 12-5. Just one week removed from an incredible pitcher's dual that just ended up in [...]
Growlers Shutout Battle Creek, Win 14th Straight Game at MCCU Field
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – In its fifth shutout of the season, the Kalamazoo Growlers (15-11) took down the Battle Creek Battle Jacks (14-13) on Sunday night 3-0. While a Growlers pitching staff that was one of the top five in the Northwoods League in 2023 had three shutouts, [...]
Two-Run Eighth Inning Pushes Leprechauns Past K-Zoo
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – On Saturday, June 22, the Kalamazoo Growlers (14-11), couldn't finish off the sweep of the Royal Oak Leprechauns (13-12), falling 6-5. In what has been a trend this season for the newest Northwoods League franchise, the Royal Oak Leprechauns looked to be in another [...]