{"id":25925,"date":"2026-06-02T22:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T02:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/kalamazoo-growlers\/?p=25925"},"modified":"2026-06-02T22:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T02:59:00","slug":"pitching-woes-bite-growlers-in-loss-to-rafters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/kalamazoo-growlers\/pitching-woes-bite-growlers-in-loss-to-rafters\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitching Woes Bite Growlers in Loss to Rafters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1655.68px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"24\" data-lineheight=\"28.8px\">Postgame Recap Story presented by Townsquare Media<\/h3>\n<p>KALAMAZOO, Mich. &#8212; The Kalamazoo Growlers (7-3) struggled off the mound to open Tuesday night&#8217;s game, falling to the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters (2-5) by a 7-2 final.<\/p>\n<p>It took two pitches for the score to change as <strong>Jax LeGrand<\/strong> sent a solo shot into right-center and give the Rafters an early lead. After another first inning run, <strong>Jack Crittendon<\/strong> reached 35 pitches in one inning, ending his night.<\/p>\n<p>The Kalamazoo offense answered with one run in the bottom of the first, but had no answer to the Rafters two second or fourth inning runs that gave the visitors a 6-1 lead.<\/p>\n<p>On the Rafters side,\u00a0<strong>Cade Queen<\/strong> went five innings of two-run ball while striking out eight in a crucial bounce-back start. In his relief,\u00a0<strong>Braden Burness<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Blaine Davis<\/strong> struck-out a combined eight more Growlers, as the nights total finished at 16.<\/p>\n<p>After Crittendons exit, Kalamazoo turned to\u00a0<strong>Logan Cotton<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Coleman Morrison<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Bryce Brannon<\/strong> who combined for seven innings of five run ball before\u00a0<strong>Dylan Wipf<\/strong> made his season debut and threw a 1-2-3 ninth.<\/p>\n<p>The deciding factor may have been the 16-5 Growler strikeout-walk ratio at the plate, with the Rafters largely shutting down what had made Kalamazoo so successful through their last three games.<\/p>\n<p>Kalamazoo and Wisconsin Rapids play the second half of the two game set during the Growler&#8217;s final education day of 2026, with first pitch scheduled for 10:05 a.m. Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1200\" title=\"Rafters\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/06\/Rafters.jpeg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/06\/Rafters.jpeg\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-25928\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27960%27%20height%3D%271200%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20960%201200%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27960%27%20height%3D%271200%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/06\/Rafters-200x250.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/06\/Rafters-400x500.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/06\/Rafters-600x750.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/06\/Rafters-800x1000.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/06\/Rafters.jpeg 960w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":25928,"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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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