Growlers drop ninth straight, shut out by Rafters
KALAMAZOO, MI - The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters beat the Kalamazoo Growlers 7-0 on Friday, moving the Rafters to 16-1 on the year and extending the Growlers' losing streak to 9 games. The Rafters got on the board quickly in the first inning. Center fielder Nick Anderson walked to reach base. A single by [...]
Ten Kalamazoo Growlers Players Chosen Throughout the 2017 MLB Draft
KALAMAZOO, MI – The 2017 Major League First-Year Player Draft was held June 12 through June 14 and the Northwoods League was well represented. A total of 180 current Northwoods League players and alumni were selected in this year’s draft. Ten players who appeared on the Kalamazoo Growlers roster through 2014-2017 [...]
Growlers Swept by Chinooks as Storm Sweeps Through Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI - The Lakeshore Chinooks beat the Kalamazoo Growlers 9-0 in a rain-shortened 6 innings. The loss extends the Growlers losing streak to 6 games and drops the team to 4-11 on the season. Lakeshore got on the board in the second inning after Connor Kimple doubled to make [...]
Kalamazoo Growlers Take a Loss to the Lakeshore Chinooks
KALAMAZOO, MI – The Growlers take another upsetting loss at home against the Lakeshore Chinooks, falling 13-6 in tonight’s matchup. The Chinooks took the lead in the beginning of the first inning by bringing in four runs with Jacob Richardson up to bat, who hit a ground ball single and brought [...]
Growlers fall 6-5 in back and forth game in Green Bay
Green Bay WI- The Growlers drop another game in heartbreaking fashion as the Green Bay Bullfrogs take game one 6-5. The Bullfrogs would get to Growlers starter Ryan Johnson (Lamar) early in the bottom of the first scoring two runs one on a fielder's choice with the bases loaded as the [...]
Growlers Fall in 12-Inning Heartbreaker, 13-12
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI– The Kalamazoo Growlers fall to the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters in an absolute heartbreaker by a final of 13-12 in twelve innings at Historic Witter Field. The visiting Growlers came out of the gates first in game two of the series following an RBI for first baseman [...]
Growlers get ruffed up by Rafters, 11-4
Wisconsin Rapids, WI- The Growlers came into Witter Field looking to break a two game skid, but they ran into a scorching hot Rafters team coming into this game on a seven game win streak and looking to extend it to eight. The Rafter would strike early and often against [...]
Growlers Drop Second Straight to the Bullfrogs
KALAMAZOO, MI - The Kalamazoo Growlers dropped their second straight game at home to the Green Bay Bullfrogs tonight with a final score of 5-4 at Homer Stryker Field. The defining inning in today’s ballgame was the bottom of the 7th. Kalamazoo Growlers’ starting pitcher, Blaine Fisher, seemed to be [...]
Kalamazoo Growlers Fall to Green Bay in 14 Inning Game
KALAMAZOO, MI – The Green Bay Bullfrogs outlasted the Kalamazoo Growlers Wednesday night in 14 innings at Homer Stryker Field. The Bullfrogs got on the board in the first inning via a two-run home run from Troy Johnston. A throwing error on Growlers second baseman Nick Ziegler brought in another run [...]
Growlers Split Series with Mallards in Morning Game
KALAMAZOO, MI – The Kalamazoo Growlers were able to bounce back from last night’s loss to split the series with the Madison Mallards, topping the team 3-2 today at Homer Stryker Field. The Mallards took an early lead over the Growlers and an error made by Sullivan lead to the Mallards’ [...]
Defense and Pitching Lead to Growlers Loss against Mallards
Kalamazoo, MI – The Madison Mallards beat the Kalamazoo Growlers 12-6 in tonight’s ballgame, however, the Growlers’ did not help themselves much. The defense gave up 5 errors throughout the game today and arguably the biggest errors occurred in the 4th inning when both Jake Gleason and Brynn Martinez committed [...]
Growlers Come Away with Series Split in 9-8 Thriller over Kenosha
KENOSHA, WI – The bats come alive in a back and forth instant classic as the Kalamazoo Growlers hold on to take game two from the Kenosha Kingfish, 9-8. The Growlers jumped on the board first in the top half of the third inning as second baseman Jason Sullivan (Central [...]
Growlers bats go silent late, drop series opener in Kenosha 5-3
Kenosha, WI- The Growlers drop the first game of their weekend series at historic Simmons Field 5-3 to the Kenosha Kingfish. The Growlers struck first in the top of the second inning as Ryan Mergener (Wayne State) hitting out of the eight spot drove in Nick Hutchins (Southern Illinois) from [...]
June 13 Job Fair at the Ballpark
Multi Employer Job Fair June 13 @ 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm OnStaff will be hosting a Multi Employer job fair at Homer Stryker Field. This job fair will begin a few hours before the Growlers game. Any one interested in the job fair will get a free reserved bleacher ticket to [...]
Corndogs Fall to Burritos 6-3 in First Loss of Season
BATTLE CREEK, MI – The Kalamazoo Corndogs take loss number one on the 2017 campaign after falling to the Battle Creek Burritos 6-3 at historic C.O. Brown Stadium. The Burritos put up a 3-spot in the bottom half of the second-inning to get the ball rolling for the home team. [...]
