{"id":25970,"date":"2026-06-08T23:16:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T03:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/kalamazoo-growlers\/?p=25970"},"modified":"2026-06-08T23:16:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T03:16:21","slug":"bullpen-big-inning-lead-growlers-to-road-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/kalamazoo-growlers\/bullpen-big-inning-lead-growlers-to-road-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Bullpen, Big Inning Lead Growlers to Road Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOND DU LAC, Wis. &#8212; The Kalamazoo Growlers (10-5) rode the bullpen and one big inning to a road win over the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders (5-11) Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Dock Spiders got on the board early, scoring a first inning run off a sacrifice fly. Two more runs would cross the plate in the bottom of the third, as Kalamazoo starter <strong>D.J. Helwig<\/strong> reached a pitch count and the end of his day after three innings.<\/p>\n<p>In Helwig&#8217;s relief,\u00a0<strong>Jack Crittendon<\/strong> would make an appearance from the bullpen, where a sacrifice fly would put the Dock Spiders up 4-0.<\/p>\n<p>From there, Kalamazoo found its inning. Four runs would score on two hits and a crucial error, tying things up halfway through.\u00a0<strong>Josh Campbell<\/strong> came through with a crucial two-run single in that four-run fifth inning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We just stay motivated. We had a rough go around the first time through, but got the bats going and got some runners on base,&#8221; Campbell said postgame.<\/p>\n<p>From there, the Growler&#8217;s bullpen hit a stride as\u00a0<strong>Logan Cotton<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Dylan Wipf,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>R.J. 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