In what can only be described as a classic playoff baseball game on Friday night, the Chicago Dogs won 4-0 on the road in Lake Country to sweep the DockHounds and move on to the Eastern Division Semifinals. In the top of the first inning, Jacob Teter reached with two outs on an error, allowing [...]
In an epic game that can only be described as playoff baseball in its truest form, the Chicago Dogs defeated the Lake Country DockHounds in the first game of the Wolff Cup Playoffs on Wednesday night, walking the game off in the bottom of the ninth inning, winnin 11-9. Despite what everybody thought would be [...]
The Dogs came into the final series against Lake Country just one game out of first place in the East, and with a great chance to challenge the DockHounds for the division lead. Unfortunately Lake Country took it to them, taking all three games at home, including the series finale, which they won 5-2 on [...]
Despite being up 3-0 as early as the second inning, the Dogs were unable to win game two of the series, losing 6-5 in ten innings, on a dropped third strike that allowed the winning run to score. The Dogs fall back to three games out of first place in the East Division. Chicago put [...]
The Dogs shrunk the DockHounds division lead to just one game after their 8-6 win over the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks on Sunday afternoon. The Dogs also set an attendance record with 7,081 fans in attendance. Steven Lacey put up a classic Lacey outing by allowing two runs in the first inning, but then settling down, and [...]
The Dogs may have used up all their luck and clutch supply during the first four games of the homestand, as they dropped game two to the visiting RedHawks by a final of 17-1 on Saturday evening. The Dogs not only committed three errors, but also collected just three hits. The one run they scored [...]
The Dogs won the series against Lake Country on Wednesday night in a slugfest that ended 12-5. Chicago’s bats were the real heroes in this game, and their pitching held the DockHounds down enough to make this a true blowout win, with the Dogs closing the gap between them and the first place DockHounds to [...]
The Dogs and DockHounds played what turned out to be the most entertaining game of the Dogs season on Tuesday night, with Chicago pulling out a 7-6 win in extra innings. Steven Lacey got the start for the Dogs, and per usual, struggled early, but settled down in the third inning. Lake Country tagged him [...]
Dockhounds pitching had absolutely zero answers for the Dogs offense on Sunday night, as Chicago blew out Lake Country by a final of 16-5. Four home runs and a grand total of eighteen hits lead to a Dogs offensive beating that was much needed. Brantley Bell wasted no time starting the scoring in the top [...]
The Chicago Dogs played the Kane County Cougars on Tuesday, July 30th, at Impact Field and fell short 8-2 in a shortened game. The Dogs started Dwayne Marshall, against Jack Fox for the Cougars. Kane County took an early lead with a Nick Dalesandro home run, and in the fourth inning, the Cougars scored five, [...]