
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 [...]
2023 Kalamazoo Growler Henry Godbout Named Baseball America Second-Team All-American
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 [...]
Adam Berghorst Wins Northwoods League Pitcher of the Night
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 [...]
2022 Kalamazoo Growler Griff O’Ferrall Named Brooks Wallace Award Recipient and Second-Team All-American
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 [...]
Ryan Kraft Wins Northwoods League Pitcher of the Night Award
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 [...]
Indiana Lefty Ryan Kraft Strikes Out Growlers-Record 14 Batters
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 [...]
2022 Kalamazoo Growlers Griff O’Ferrall Named 2024 Gold Glove Recipient
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 [...]
Late Inning Rally Falls Short, Growlers Drop to Third in Great Lakes East
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – Coming back after an off-day, the Kalamazoo Growlers (11-9) dropped a heartbreaker, falling to the Kenosha Kingfish (12-9) 8-7. After Sunday's dominant start, K-Zoo's pitching wobbled to open up Tuesday night. Jerad Berkenpas, after giving up four earned runs last week against Fond du Lac, [...]