Fan Home Run Derby Competition
Every game on the season now begins with a Home Run Derby and the SW Michigan Northwoods League Pod is now opening up the competition for one lucky Kalamazoo and Battle Creek fan each. Saturday, August 8th one lucky Kalamazoo Growler fan will compete against a lucky Battle Creek Bomber [...]
Growlers sweep the Daddies before two days off
The Growlers combined for four home runs across the two games Kalamazoo, Mich., -- The Kalamazoo Growlers took both games from the Kalamzoo Mac Daddies by final scores of 6-0 and 11-5, respectively. Game One The Growlers took an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first [...]
Growlers come up big in the clutch, win the day against Battle Creek
Kalamazoo, MI- The Kalamazoo Growlers deliver in crunch time, using a pair of 3-run rallies in the top of the 5th of both games to power past the Battle Creek Bombers. In the home run derby preceding game one, Adam Wheaton (Trine University) smashed five homers for the Growlers [...]
Mac Daddies topple Growlers in tripleheader, 2-1
Growlers took game two with a save from Trey Nordmann Kalamazoo, Mich., -- The Kalamazoo Growlers were able to take game two of the tripleheader from the Mac Daddies 2-0, but fell in games one and three by a score of 5-3 and 5-2, respectively. Game One The Mac Daddies [...]
Former Kalamazoo Growler Caleb Baragar Debuts with the Giants
Baragar (left) posing in the award-winning Selfie Jersey KALAMAZOO, MI. – Former Kalamazoo Growler Caleb Baragar, made his Major League debut for the San Francisco Giants on Saturday, July 25, 2020. Baragar is the 235th former Northwoods League player to reach the Major League level. Baragar, who played [...]
Growlers win the day, Two Games to One on first day of Tripleheaders
Kalamazoo, MI- On the first weekend of tripleheaders in the Southwest Michigan pod, the Kalamazoo Growlers won the day’s series against the Battle Creek Bombers with victories in games one and two, with Battle Creek preventing the sweep and winning game three. Prior to game one, the day was [...]
Smiles all around for a sweep of the Mac Daddies
Growlers get their first sweep of the doubleheader format Kalamazoo, Mich., -- The Kalamazoo Growlers took down the Kalamazoo Mac Daddies by a score of 7-2 in game one and 1-0 in game two. Game One The runs started in the second inning for both teams as Alex Ludwick (Baldwin [...]
Strikeout Cancer Jersey Auction
The Kalamazoo Growlers are hosting Strikeout Cancer Night with a new online jersey auction Friday, July 24th. All proceeds will go to the West Michigan Cancer Center. The jerseys are comprised of selfie photos of those that have battled or are currently battling cancer in our areas. To bid on [...]
Bombers best Growlers in back-to-back blowouts
Kalamazoo, MI- The Battle Creek Bombers swept today’s doubleheader by a score of 7-3 in game one, and 9-2 in game two. The home-run derby that preceded game one was won by Carson Greene (Stanford Unviversity) of the Growlers, who defeated Battle Creek’s Pablo Arevalo (Southern Illinois University) 4-1. [...]
Adam Wheaton with a No-No to split the third series
Wheaton with just 68 pitches to take game two from Battle Creek Kalamazoo, Mich., -- The Kalamazoo Growlers fell in game one to the Battle Creek Bombers by a final score of 4-1, but in game two, Adam Wheaton lifts the Growlers into the win column with a two walk, [...]
MacDaddies Late Rallies Secure Game One Win, Game Two Draw with Growlers
Kalamazoo, MI- The Growlers and MacDaddies battled squared off in their first matchups of the new five-inning doubleheader format, with the MacDaddies taking the game one win and rallying from two runs down in the bottom of the fifth of game two to end it in a draw. Ahead [...]
Fun new format but a tough day for the Growlers
Battle Creek takes both games of the 5-inning doubleheader The Kalamazoo Growlers lost both games to the Battle Creek Bombers by a final score of 6-1 in game one and 3-2 in game two. This was the first day of the new southwest Michigan Pod format. This consists of [...]
Growlers, MacDaddies split first and only nine inning doubleheader of the season
Kalamazoo, MI- On the first and only day of nine inning doubleheaders at Homer Stryker Field, the Kalamazoo Growlers and Kalamazoo MacDaddies split the games, with the Growlers winning the morning contest 3-2, and the MacDaddies picking up a 7-4 victory in the evening game. The MacDaddies struck first [...]
Bombers able to scrap the Growlers
Kalamazoo held to one run or less for the fourth time this summer Kalamazoo, Mich., -- The Kalamazoo Growlers lost to the Battle Creek Bombers by a final score of 4-1. This is the fifth loss to the Bombers this summer. Christian Grigsby (Lamar University) earned the win after [...]