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 [...]
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 [...]