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Growlers Fall Flat After Two-Hour Rain Delay

July 13th, 2024|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – On Friday, following a two-hour rain delay that stopped play in the sixth inning, the Kalamazoo Growlers (24-22, 6-5) dropped game one of its series 6-1 to the Royal Oak Leprechauns (25-22, 7-5). For the third game in the last week, rain affected the series [...]

Blake Grimmer Ninth Inning Single Pushes Growlers Past Battle Jacks

July 11th, 2024|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – On Thursday afternoon, the Kalamazoo Growlers (23-21, 5-4) won its second straight one-run game, winning 5-4 over the Battle Creek Battle Jacks (22-23, 3-6). With four games in under 48 hours, the Growlers carried over last night's late-inning momentum. On the very first pitch of [...]

Growlers Walk Off Night Cap of Doubleheader

July 11th, 2024|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – On Wednesday night, the Kalamazoo Growlers (22-21, 4-4) took the nightcap of its doubleheader 7-6 over the Lakeshore Chinooks (19-23, 4-4) on a walk-off single by Colin Blanchard. After a pitcher's dual in game one where K-Zoo fell on a two-run suicide squeeze in the [...]

Growlers and Chinooks Series Opener Postponed

July 9th, 2024|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – On Tuesday, the Northwoods League announced the postponement of the Kalamazoo Growlers and Lakeshore Chinook series opener due to weather and field conditions. The game will be moved to Wednesday, July 10 with the start time of a seven-inning game set for 4:35 p.m. Game [...]

Growlers Fall in Rain Out to Leprechauns

July 9th, 2024|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – On Monday night, the Kalamazoo Growlers (21-20, 3-3) fell in seven and a half innings to the Royal Oak Leprechauns (23-19, 5-2) by a final score of 7-6. Royal Oak opened up the scoring in the second inning. With a runner at third and [...]

Eamon Horwedel Ties Northwoods League Records 20th Win

July 8th, 2024|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – On Sunday, on the back of Eamon Horewdelo's 20th official career win, the Kalamazoo Growlers (21-19, 3-2) took home the series opener 6-3 over the Royal Oak Leprechauns (22-19, 4-2). For the third straight game, the Growlers opened up the scoring in the first inning. [...]

Kalamazoo Gives up Five Home Runs as Kenosha Splits Series

July 7th, 2024|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – In front of a sellout crowd Saturday night, the Kalamazoo Growlers (20-19, 2-2) dropped its season-series finale against the Kenosha Kingfish (17-23, 1-3) by a final score of 11-5. Having lost a franchise-record 10 straight games, the Kenosha Kingfish came out hungry to end its [...]

Liam O’Brien Wins July 5 Northwoods League Pitcher of the Night

July 6th, 2024|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. – On Friday, July 5, the Northwoods League named Growlers starter Liam O'Brien as the Northwoods League Pitcher of the Night. Across five innings, O'Brien struck out seven batters giving up just one run on one hit. Stranded eight batters, O'Brien bounced around jams and secured [...]

Growlers Survive One-Run Pitchers Dual Against Kingfish

July 6th, 2024|

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

July 5th, 2024|

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

July 4th, 2024|

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

July 3rd, 2024|

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 [...]

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