KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Kalamazoo Growlers walked-off the Lakeshore Chinooks in 10 innings, winning an 11-10 game.<\/p>\n
Kalamazoo started the game off hot, scoring in the bottom of the first, and chasing Lakeshore’s\u00a0Koehn Thomas<\/strong> quickly. A scoreless second and third carried into a seven-run fourth inning, headlined by a\u00a0Daniel Williams<\/strong> bases-clearing double. Kalamazoo would plate two in the sixth inning off defensive miscues from Chinook third baseman\u00a0Jed Garcia<\/strong>. After sustaining a 10-0 deficit, Lakeshore began to crawl back.\u00a0Collin Senior<\/strong> broke up a no-hit bid in the seventh inning, before\u00a0Drew Reynolds<\/strong> would enter the game with the bases loaded, and head to the dugout with four RBIs.<\/p>\n The scoring would stop, with the score 10-4 in favor of Kalamazoo, until the top of the ninth, when Lakeshore would continue to move the line, picking up six runs on four walks, two hit batsmen, and two singles, with the tying blow a\u00a0Tyler Papenbrock<\/strong> wild pitch, scoring\u00a0Tyler Preece<\/strong> and tying the game at 10-10. Lakeshore reliever\u00a0Danny Smith<\/strong> would exit the game with one out in the ninth and runners on first and second. Due to injuries, fatigue, and league rules, Lakeshore would be without any relievers, forcing reserve second baseman Ian Choi<\/strong> to enter the game on the mound. The Chinooks second baseman would retire the next two Growlers batters on flyouts.<\/p>\n In the tenth inning,\u00a0Papenbrock would inherit the placed runner on second, forcing a groundout before walking Reynolds, and then back-to-back flyouts would give the Growlers the bat in the 10th. A\u00a0Brodey Acres<\/strong> sacrifice bunt would move Williams to third, before\u00a0Evan Rodriguez\u00a0<\/strong>was hit and\u00a0Trevor Johnson<\/strong> intentionally walked to load the bases. Facing the second baseman on the mound,\u00a0Mike Sprockett<\/strong> would send a single into the outfield, scoring Williams from third and winning the game 11-10.<\/p>\n The game was filled with free passes, as Growler and Chinook batters combined for 28 walks and four hit batters, resulting in 32 combined times awarded first base. Kalamazoo’s starter Wilson Kruse pitched 4.1 innings, allowing no hits or runs, while walking seven and striking out four. The Growler’s Tyler Papenbrock earned the win, gathering the final five outs without allowing a hit or run and striking out two. Lakeshore’s Danny Smith threw 2.2 innings, allowing just two hits and a 2-4 K-BB ratio in relief, while Ian Choi earned the loss.<\/p>\n Lakeshore heads home for the first time this season to face the Fond Du Lac Dock Spiders tomorrow, while Kalamazoo is back in action Friday at 7:05 p.m. as they travel to the Traverse City Pit Spitters for the start of a four game, split home-and-home set. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Kalamazoo Growlers walked-off the Lakeshore Chinooks in 10 innings, winning an 11-10 game. Kalamazoo started the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[490,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-recaps-2025","category-team-news"],"yoast_head":"\n