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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – 2023 Kalamazoo Growler Henry Godbout has been named to the Second-Team All-American Team by Baseball America. The sophomore from Virginia is now the third former Growler to get named to an All-American team this season with Cavaliers shortstop Griff O'Ferrall and Appalachian State outfielder Banks Tolley [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – On Thursday, June 20th, Indiana State redshirt junior Adam Berghorst was named the Northwoods League Pitcher of the Night. In his second season with the Growlers, Berghorst dominated in his second outing of the year. After giving up a single in the first and [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – On June 20, Griff O’Ferrall, a 2022 Kalamazoo Growler, was named the Brooks Wallace Award winner, given out each year to the best collegiate shortstop in the nation. This season, a part of a Virginia squad that made the College World Series for the [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – On June 19, Kalamazoo Growlers left-handed pitcher Ryan Kraft was named the Northwoods League pitcher of the night. Kraft, in his second outing of the season, was lights out against the Kenosha Kingfish. The southpaw struck out a Growlers franchise record 14 batters across [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – Behind a record performance by Indiana junior Ryan Kraft, the Kalamazoo Growlers (12-9) held on for a 1-0 win over the Kenosha Kingfish (12-10). In what has been a heated back-and-forth battle for second place in the Great Lakes East, Wednesday's doubleheader began with [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – On June 19, ABCA/Rawlings named 2022 Kalamazoo Growler Griff O’Ferrall a Golden Glove recipient at shortstop. In total, O’Ferrall just committed four errors across 249 chances accruing a career-best .984 fielding percentage. Across three seasons, O’Ferrall finished with a .965 mark. In 2022, O’Ferrall [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – In its final game before a Great Lakes-wide off-day, the Kalamazoo Growlers (11-8) shut out the Traverse City Pit Spitters (10-10) on Sunday afternoon 5-0. Once again, the Growlers were led by its starting pitching. Back on the mound for the third time this season, [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – The Kalamazoo Growlers (10-8) dropped its series opener to the Traverse City Pit Spitters (10-9) on Friday night, losing 7-3. In its fourth win this season against the Growlers, Traverse City took advantage of a pair of walks to open up the ball game, scoring [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – On June 14, ABCA/Rawlings named 2022-2023 Kalamazoo Growler Banks Tolley to the 2024 All-America Second Team. Banks, the senior from Appalachian State became the 19th player in App State history to be named All-America and the first since 2012. This spring, Tolley was named [...]