![\"\"](\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/kalamazoo-growlers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/08\/0tSKO2TA.jpeg\")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Kalamazoo\u2019s magic number is now three to clinch a playoff spot<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wausau, Wis.,<\/span><\/i> — The Kalamazoo Growlers (34-32) swept the Wisconsin Woodchucks (32-36) by a final score of 7-3.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Growlers scored first in the fourth inning an RBI double by<\/span> Jimmy Sullivan<\/b> (UVA) to bring home <\/span>Miko Rodriguez<\/b> (Texas A&M).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Woodchucks came back with a run of their own in the bottom half on a sacrifice fly by Cameron Swanger (Missouri) to score Brandon Seltzer (Palm Beach Atlantic).<\/span><\/p>\n Wisconsin took a 2-1 lead in the fifth on an RBI single by TJ Reeves (Alabama), but the lead would not last long.<\/span><\/p>\n In the top of the sixth, <\/span>Khale Showers<\/b> (Northwood) continued his great play, notching his seventh RBI in just five games, on a sacrifice fly to score <\/span>Joe Stewart <\/b>(MSU). Sullivan added his second RBI of the night on a single up the middle to bring in <\/span>Shea Kramer<\/b> (Utah).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The even-inning parade continued for Kalamazoo in the eighth as<\/span> Jake Topolski<\/b> (Duke) knocked in three Growlers to put KZoo up 6-2. Topolski was then driven home in the ensuing at bat on a single by ACC-foe, <\/span>Brooks Coetzee<\/b> (Notre Dame).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Alejandro Gonzalez (Waldorf) added a sacrifice fly in the ninth to put the final score at 7-3.<\/span><\/p>\n The Growlers were backed by a stellar pitching performance by<\/span> JT Rogoszewski<\/b> (3-1, Central Michigan), who in just his second total start since the summer of 2016, went seven innings. The graduate-transfer from UNC also allowed one earned run, one walk and struck out two Woodchucks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n