Growlers Split Double-Header With Rafters, Bryant Dominant In Game Two
KALAMAZOO, MI – A rain-shortened four inning day at the ballpark led to a two-day first game for Kalamazoo against the Wisconsin Rapids River Rafters, which it lost 5-0, and a seven inning second, which the Growlers won 1-0. Matt Frawley (Purdue), who was the Growlers (6-14) starter for game [...]
Sunday’s doubleheader to start at 5:00 p.m.
KALAMAZOO, MI - Saturday night's Kalamazoo Growlers game against the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters was suspended due to rain. It will now resume with Wisconsin Rapids leading 1-0 with two outs in the top of the fourth at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday as part of a doubleheader. The first game will [...]
Growlers Game Suspended; Doubleheader Sunday
KALAMAZOO, MI - Saturday night's Kalamazoo Growlers game against the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters was suspended due to rain. It will resume with Wisconsin Rapids leading 1-0 with two outs in the top of the fourth at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday as part of a doubleheader. The first game will be [...]
Despite Historic Comeback Day Before, Growlers Return To Old Ways
KALAMAZOO, MI – Coming off the largest comeback in Northwoods League history, and what Growlers’ Pitching Coach Pedro Sierra called the largest in organized baseball history, the Growlers’ returned to their old ways in a 7-0 loss to the Waterloo Bucks. The early innings, which plagued Kalamazoo (5-13) throughout the [...]
Improbable Ninth Inning Leads Kalamazoo Over Waterloo 12-11
KALAMAZOO, MI – It takes a single look at the Northwoods League standings to see that the Kalamazoo Growlers are not off to a stellar start in 2015. A team that begins the season 4-12 needs a win to switch the momentum, badly. A win where your team is [...]
Errors Hurt Kalamazoo In An Otherwise Positive Offensive Performance
KALAMAZOO, MI – If the Kalamazoo Growlers were to designate a kryptonite for this 2015 squad so far, it would be the early innings. Again the Kingfish of Kenosha attacked early, scoring 11 runs in the first three innings to an eventual 12-8 victory over Kalamazoo. Though Kenosha ended [...]
Growlers Drop to 4-11, Bats Silent Against Kingfish Starting Pitching
KALAMAZOO, MI – When Kenosha visited Kalamazoo a week ago, they dominated the Growlers 6-0. Kalamazoo (4-11), after adding three wins over a six game road-trip, was wishing they could halt the Kingfish's’ current five-game winning streak. Alas, the Growlers could not as Kenosha’s (11-4) bats propelled it to a [...]
Schuman Opens Skies, Growlers Close Road Trip with Win
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI – The beneficiaries of favorable timing by Mother Nature, the Kalamazoo Growlers closed their six-game road trip with a 5-1 rain-shortened win against the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters. The game at Witter Field was called with one out in the top of the sixth inning. The Growlers (4-10) struck [...]
Growlers Fall Behind Early, Drop Opener in Wisconsin Rapids
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI – The home side scored early and often as the Kalamazoo Growlers fell to the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters 9-2 in their series opener on Sunday afternoon at Witter Field. The Rafters (6-6) scored one run in each of the first four innings against Kalamazoo starter Matt Frawley [...]
Growlers Squeezed Out of Sweep in Green Bay
GREEN BAY, WI – Undone by Green Bay’s small ball approach to hitting, the Kalamazoo Growlers fell 8-3 to the Bullfrogs on Saturday night at Joannes Stadium, dropping to 2-2 on their six-game road trip. The Bullfrogs (5-6) broke it open with four runs in the bottom of the fourth [...]
Schuman Wheels, Baar Deals as Growlers Down Bullfrogs
GREEN BAY, WI – Behind solid pitching and timely hitting, the Kalamazoo Growlers beat the Green Bay Bullfrogs 5-2 on Friday night at Joannes Stadium, the team’s second win through three games of the road trip. Already up 1-0, the Growlers (3-8) would plate three runs in the top of [...]
Longballs, Errors Doom Growlers at Wisconsin
WAUSAU, WI – Plagued by Wisconsin power and their own defensive miscues, the Kalamazoo Growlers fell 7-1 to the Wisconsin Woodchucks on Thursday night at Athletic Park. The Woodchucks (4-4) tagged Kalamazoo starter Derek Schneider (Western Michigan) in the bottom of the second inning. Jared Oliva (Arizona) drew a leadoff [...]
Fletcher, Yarnall Power Growlers Past Woodchucks Late
WAUSAU, WI – Down to their last three outs, the Kalamazoo Growlers turned on the power as Justin Fletcher (Northern Illinois) and Nick Yarnall (Pittsburgh) socked ninth-inning home runs to rocket the Growlers past the Wisconsin Woodchucks 11-9 at Athletic Park in Wausau. Down 9-6 in the top of the [...]
Kingfish Pitcher Brings No-Hitter Into Eighth, Growlers Blanked 6-0
KALAMAZOO, MI – On a day where Growlers bats struggled, Kenosha pitching thrived. Not even with the energetic kids in the stands for Education Day presented by Stryker could Kalamazoo get a run across as it lost its third straight by the score of 6-0. The Kalamazoo Growlers (1-7) only [...]
Kalamazoo Drops Second Straight, Falls To 1-6
KALAMAZOO, MI – Homer Stryker Field, for the second night, saw the visiting team score double-digit runs as the Growlers lost to the Kenosha Kingfish 10-1. It did not take long for the Kingfish (4-3) to score, but not from getting contact. Growlers (1-6) starting pitcher Ben Spieldenner (St.Joseph) walked [...]