Jul 19, 2016 By Amber Dowdy LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - Blake Fialek is getting ready to start his senior year at Holton High School. T.J. Davis is a 23-year-old construction company employee. At first glance, these two young men don't seem to have much in common. Until th... READ MORE
Jul 19, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The West Michigan Whitecaps fell 3-2 to the Clinton LumberKings on Monday afternoon. They have now lost four in a row, including all three games of the series in Clinton, Iowa. West Michigan, now 49-41 on the season, was down 1-0 in the third inni... READ MORE
Jul 18, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The West Michigan Whitecaps have now lost three straight games after dropping the first two games of their series with Clinton. On Saturday the Whitecaps fell 4-3 in 11 innings after scoring the first three runs of the game. While 0 Sunday Clinton be... READ MORE
Jul 16, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The West Michigan Whitecaps scored early, but watched the opposition score eight unanswered runs as they fell to the Kane County Cougars 8-2 Friday night in front of 7,551 fans in Geneva, Illinois. For the third straight game on the road trip, the W... READ MORE
Jul 16, 2016 By Dave Hart and Steve Gunn LocalSportsJournal.com WARREN - Sometimes a loss is the best thing that can happen to a good team. That sure seemed to be the case for the Muskegon Clippers, who closed their regular season on Friday with an impressive 6-1 victory over the Motor... READ MORE
Jul 15, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The West Michigan Whitecaps jumped out to an early lead on Thursday night and never surrendered it, winning 5-1 over host Kane County to capture their fourth victory in five games. The Whitecaps scored two runs in the first inning when Rashad Brown ... READ MORE
Jul 12, 2016 By Dave Hart LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON – The Muskegon Clippers have dangerously flirted with defeat in their last four league games. Last week they had three straight walk-off victories, after coming from behind in several of those contests. On Monday they follo... READ MORE
Jul 12, 2016 By Andrew Johnson LocalSportsJournal.com COMSTOCK PARK - What was supposed to be an early afternoon game for the West Michigan Whitecaps on Monday turned into a marathon, due to a two-hour rain delay and four extra innings. By the time it was all over, the Whitecaps lost 4... READ MORE
Jul 10, 2016 By Mitchell Boatman LocalSportsJournal.com COMSTOCK PARK - West Michigan pitcher Kyle Dowdy has been outstanding at home since moving to the starting rotation. Saturday was no different, as Dowdy, now 6-1 on the season, threw six scoreless innings to lead the Whitecaps to ... READ MORE
Jul 09, 2016 By Andrew Johnson LocalSportsJournal.com COMSTOCK PARK - Will Maddox is having a great season at the plate for the West Michigan Whitecaps. And that continued on Friday night, when he contributed another three-hit performance. But the game against the Fort Wayne TinCaps... READ MORE
Jul 09, 2016 By Andrew Johnson LocalSportsJournal.com Although his baseball career may have been a quick flash compared to what was expected, Joel Zumaya says he has more than enough great memories to last a lifetime. Zumaya, the rookie sensation relief pitcher from the 2006 American L... READ MORE
Jul 07, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The West Michigan Whitecaps used a ninth-inning comeback to tie the game Wednesday night before ultimately falling 6-2 to Great Lakes. The Whitecaps not only lost the game, but lost power at Fifth Third Ballpark for nearly 40 minutes in the sixth inni... READ MORE
Jul 07, 2016 By Dave Hart LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON – The Muskegon Clippers made more than their share of mistakes on Wednesday, which could have led to their first loss of the season in the Michigan Summer Collegiate Baseball League. They committed two errors early in the gam... READ MORE
Jul 06, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The hot-and-cold West Michigan Whitecaps are definitely hot again. After starting the second half of their season with a 2-6 record, the Whitecaps have now won four games in a row following Tuesday’s wild 15-10 victory over the Great Lakes Loons at... READ MORE
Jul 05, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The West Michigan Whitecaps returned home on Monday and used a strong offensive effort to defeat Great Lakes 8-5. With a 3-1 deficit, West Michigan used a five run fourth inning to take a lead it wouldn’t surrender. The rally was started when Cam... READ MORE
Jul 03, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The West Michigan Whitecaps were limited offensively on Saturday night. The Whitecaps had a total of three hits but managed to squeeze out a 3-2 road win over the Dayton Dragons. West Michigan, which won its second straight one-run contest, improve... READ MORE
Jul 02, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The West Michigan Whitecaps cashed in with runners in scoring position on Friday night. The Whitecaps, who went 4-for-9 with runners in scoring position, clipped the Dayton Dragons 5-4 on the road. West Michigan, which clinched a playoff berth i... READ MORE
Jul 01, 2016 By Andrew Johnson LocalSportsJournal.com COMSTOCK PARK - The West Michigan Whitecaps will be happy to forget Thursday night, after four errors and a potent Bowling Green offense left them with a 12-2 loss to the Hot Rods at Fifth Third Ballpark. The Whitecaps now have a 2-... READ MORE
Jun 30, 2016 By Dave Hart LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON – College baseball players from different universities join the Muskegon Clippers each summer to sharpen up their skills when the college season ends. This week several of those players are providing the same opportunity to lo... READ MORE
Jun 30, 2016 By Andrew Johnson LocalSportsJournal.com COMSTOCK PARK - There were fireworks after the game at Fifth Third Ballpark on Wednesday night. But fans got a bit of a preview, in the form of on-the-field fireworks, in the fourth inning of the West Michigan Whitecaps’ 10-7 come... READ MORE