{"id":26268,"date":"2026-07-27T15:16:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T19:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/kalamazoo-growlers\/?p=26268"},"modified":"2026-07-27T15:16:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T19:16:04","slug":"growlers-falter-in-road-rivalry-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/kalamazoo-growlers\/growlers-falter-in-road-rivalry-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Growlers Falter in Road Rivalry Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BATTLE CREEK, Mich. &#8212; The Kalamazoo Growlers (30-30, 9-15) made plenty of mistakes in a 12-11 loss against the Battle Creek Battle Jacks (20-39, 8-16) on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The 9:05 a.m. first pitch showed on the pitching side, with neither start pitching into the second inning. After a nearly one-hour first inning, the Battle Jacks held the upper hand, leading 5-4.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brock Sell<\/strong> hit his second home run in two days to lead off the second inning, but Battle Creek&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Dayne Wimberly\u00a0<\/strong>cleared the bases with a three-run double and took a three-run lead through two innings.<\/p>\n<p>The game stayed without another score until one out into the fourth inning, when lightning was spotted and the teams took a 45-minute break. Following the pause, <strong>Nick Frontino<\/strong> brought the Growlers within two runs on an RBI single. In the top of the fifth inning, Kalamazoo rode walks to take a 9-8 lead.<\/p>\n<p>In the bottom of the fifth inning, after two quick outs, Battle Creek worked a pair of walks and\u00a0<strong>Marcus Dierks<\/strong> took a two-run lead right back, hitting a home run. The Battle Jacks scored one more in the bottom of the seventh inning, taking a three-run lead into the ninth inning.<\/p>\n<p>The Growlers gave themselves a chance in the ninth inning, scoring two quick runs. Unfortunately, with the tying run on third base, Dierks made a diving catch in center field to cement a 12-11 Battle Jack win.<\/p>\n<p>Kalamazoo&#8217;s highlight was offensive patience, drawing 18 walks. The new season total of 453 already ranks ninth all-time in Northwoods League history just 60 games into the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Growlers head on the road to face the Royal Oak Leprechauns Tuesday night, with the first pitch scheduled for 6:35 p.m. EDT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BATTLE CREEK, Mich. &#8212; The Kalamazoo Growlers (30-30, 9-15) made plenty of mistakes in a 12-11 loss against the Battle  [&#8230;]<\/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":[74,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-recaps","category-team-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Growlers Falter in Road Rivalry Loss - Kalamazoo Growlers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/kalamazoo-growlers\/growlers-falter-in-road-rivalry-loss\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Growlers Falter in Road Rivalry Loss\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BATTLE CREEK, Mich. &#8212; 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