
Growlers Win Seventh Straight Against Battle Creek
Kalamazoo, Mich. - The Kalamazoo Growlers tied their biggest margin of victory of the 2023 season Wednesday, beating the Battle Creek Battle Jacks 18-4 at C.O. Brown Stadium. HOW IT HAPPENED: - The Growlers continued their strangle-hold on the I-94 Rivalry Cup, winning their seventh straight game against Battle Creek on [...]
K-Zoo Drops Series Finale with Kokomo
Kokomo, Ind. - In their season-series finale HOW IT HAPPENED: - For a second straight night, Kalamazoo’s offense looked stagnant early as high-school senior starter AJ Burkhalter threw three scoreless innings to start off his night. - Kokomo struck first in the bottom of the first inning. After a [...]
Kalamazoo Wins Ninth Game of Their Last 10
Kalamazoo, Mich. - In another nail biter, a bases clearing triple in the top of the ninth helped the Growlers pull away from the Kokomo Jackrabbits, winning 7-3. HOW IT HAPPENED: - Kalamazoo has dominated the Jackrabbits all season long and the first two innings looked as an indication for another [...]
Growlers Secure Record-Breaking Win over Traverse City
Kalamazoo, Mich. - In another thrilling back and forth game with the Traverse City Pit Spitters, a go-ahead RBI single from Colin Blanchard in the top of the ninth helped propel the Growlers to a record-breaking 34rd win of the season. HOW IT HAPPENED: - Following another barnburner in game three [...]
Growlers take Saturday Night Matchup Against Traverse City
Kalamazoo, Mich. - In another back-and-forth game against the Growlers 131 Rival in Traverse City, Kalamazoo pulled through late to beat the Pit Spitters 8-5. HOW IT HAPPENED: - In what has been uncharacteristic of these two pitching staffs this season, both starters in game three struggled early. Josh Lanham, in [...]
Growlers Drop Nailbiter Against Pit Spitters
Kalamazoo, Mich. - In another back-and-forth ballgame, the Growlers dropped their Friday night matchup up against the Pit Spitters 4-3. HOW IT HAPPENED: - Despite comparatively shorter stints due to limits on pitch counts, both starting pitchers in game two of the series worked well. Adam Berghorst across four innings gave [...]
Biggest Comeback of the Season Gives Growlers Game One win over Traverse City
Kalamazoo, Mich. - In their biggest comeback victory of the year, the Growlers stole their first game of a four game set against the Traverse City Pit Spitters, winning 10-9. HOW IT HAPPENED: - In a season series that has been marked by great pitching, Thursday’s series opener against the Pit [...]
Growlers Win Fifth Straight Sweeping Series Against Battle Creek
Kalamazoo, Mich. - In dominant fashion on Wednesday, the Growlers won their eighth game of the season against the Battle Creek Battle Jacks, taking down the Creek 12-3. HOW IT HAPPENED: - Battle Creek’s offense struggled from pitch number one. In another spectacular outing, Eamon Horwedel gave up just one [...]
Growlers Clinch I-94 Rivalry Cup over Battle Jacks
Kalamazoo. Mich. - In an offensive shootout, the Growlers secured their second-consecutive I-94 Rivalry Cup trophy, taking down the Battle Creek Battle Jacks 11-10. HOW IT HAPPENED: - In a bullpen day for both ball clubs, Kalamazoo’s offense exploded in the top of the first inning. Following three singles [...]
Walk Off Wild Pitch Snags Growlers Three-Game Sweep of Kenosha
Kalamazoo, Mich. - In their first walk off win of the 2023 season, the Kalamazoo Growlers (38-20) beat the Kenosha Kingfish (26-34) 5-4 in 10 innings. HOW IT HAPPENED: - Starting pitching would be the story of the first three innings for the Growlers and Kingfish with Growlers Tanner Ware striking [...]
Growlers Manager Cody Piechocki Wins 250th Game with Club
Kalamazoo, Mich. – Following a sweep of Saturday's doubleheader against the Kenosha Kingfish, Kalamazoo Growlers manager Cody Piechocki secured his 249th and 250th victories in his managerial career with the Growlers. The feat is one just eight other managers have achieved in Northwoods League history with only four (EAU - Dal Varsho, [...]
Growlers Swept at Home
Kalamazoo, Mich. - For just the second time at home and third time all season, the Growlers were swept at home after dropping their series finale to the Rockford Rivets 9-6. HOW IT HAPPENED: - After stranding 13 men on Thursday night, the Growlers continued to struggle to bring guys [...]
Kalamazoo Drops Ten-Inning Thriller Up Against Rockford
Kalamazoo, Mich. - In one of the most-thrilling, edge of your seats of the year at Homer Stryker Field, too many missed opportunities for the Growlers cost them, falling 5-4 to the Rockford Rivets in ten innings. HOW IT HAPPENED: - The long ball would be the story of the first [...]
Growlers Split Series with Rival Pit Spitters
Kalamazoo, Mich. - Following a crushing defeat on Saturday, the Growlers offense bounced back Sunday afternoon, taking down the Traverse City Pit Spitters 11-8. HOW IT HAPPENED: - Kalamazoo struck first Sunday afternoon. Following three straight singles to load the bases, a Jeter Ybarra RBI walk, sac fly from Henry [...]
Kalamazoo Late Offense Pushes Past Kokomo in Series Opener
Kokomo, Ind. - For the seventh time this season and third consecutive game at Kokomo Municipal Stadium, the Growlers took down the Jackrabbits, winning 9-4. HOW IT HAPPENED: - Kalamazoo struck first plating a run in the second on an RBI groundout from Anthony Stephan following a single, an E5 and [...]