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BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Kalamazoo Growlers lost just their third game at C.O. Brown Stadium in four season Thursday night, in a 10-6 defeat.<\/p>\n
The Kalamazoo offense started hot, with three runs on one hit and two errors in the first inning, taking a quick 3-0 lead.\u00a0Jeremiah Holder<\/strong> would then pitch two scoreless innings. In the third however, the Growlers pitching staff would struggle, with Holder,\u00a0Kael Gahan<\/strong>, and\u00a0Bryce Brassfield<\/strong> would combine for six free passes, five walks and a hit by pitch, three hits, and a sacrifice fly, to give the Battle Jacks an 8-3 lead.\u00a0Battle Creek starter\u00a0Jack Messmore<\/strong> would exit following the third, allowing no earned runs over his time.<\/p>\n Kalamazoo’s Brassfield would remain in and pitch through the fifth inning, keeping the game where it was. In the top of the sixth, the Growlers would close the gap, as Case Sullivan<\/strong>,\u00a0Isaac Vanderwoude,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Cole Garner<\/strong> would reach before a\u00a0Noah Coy<\/strong> single would score two and an error would allow the third to score.\u00a0Christian Krause<\/strong> would pitch a scoreless inning in his Growlers debut, followed by\u00a0Tyler Papenbrock<\/strong> pitching a scoreless seventh. In the eighth, nine-hole hitter Cole Garner led off with a single, before the top of the Growlers lineup would be retired in order. In the bottom half of the inning,\u00a0Graham Kollen<\/strong> would allow two runs on two hits and two walks. Kalamazoo would strand runners on the corners to end the game versus Battle Creeks’\u00a0Elijah Norris<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Kalamazoo would ultimately outhit Battle Creek, 11 to seven, but the unforced Growlers errors would be their downfall. Kalamazoo was also plagued by an inability to bring runners in, stranding 11 runners on the bases. The Growlers and Battle Jacks will play game two of their 12-game rivalry Friday at 6:35 p.m. EDT. The game will be available on ESPN+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Kalamazoo Growlers lost just their third game at C.O. Brown Stadium in four season Thursday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":23689,"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":[490,15,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-recaps-2025","category-team-news","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n