By Jack Ankony After fending off five foul balls in a row, Chicago Dogs second baseman Joey Terdoslavich waited patiently for a mistake. He turned on a fastball from Luke Lind and cut Fargo-Moorhead’s lead to one run with a home run over the right field wall in the bottom of the seventh inning. Terdoslavich’s [...]
By Jesus Mauricio LINCOLN, Neb. — No matter how dominant a team is playing, wins never come automatically, and last night proved just that for the Dogs. Despite winning 10 of their last 11 games, the second matchup in Lincoln was a forgetful one for the Dogs. Of course, the task of facing Greg Minier, [...]
By Jack Ankony Whether he’s ending a one-two-three inning with a strikeout, escaping a jam by inducing a double play or giving up a home run, Christian Friedrich has the same feeling going into the next pitch: confidence. His four seasons at the MLB level and 13 years as a professional allow for that. Friedrich [...]
By Jack Ankony The Dogs have proven to be a resilient bunch all season, and Tuesday’s series opener at Milwaukee was no different. Christian Day allowed five earned runs in his professional debut for the Dogs, but it would be foolish to count out this Dogs team when trailing 5-0 after two innings. The Dogs [...]
By Jack Ankony Ryan Haug didn’t let a two-strike count dictate his at-bat. Fighting to do anything he could to reach first base, Haug drove the ball up the middle for a single, igniting the Dogs’ offense in the eighth inning. Brennan Metzger executed a textbook bunt to advance Haug to second base as the [...]
By Jack Ankony Before the Dogs’ series opener with the Houston Apollos on July 16, Dogs hitting coach Joe Dominiak conducted individual hitting sessions instead of batting practice on the field. Dominiak met with 10 Dogs hitters to break down their swings and work on mechanics. After losing two of three games to the Milwaukee [...]
By Jack Ankony The 2020 American Association stolen base leader Michael Crouse swiped both second and third base in the fourth inning to up his 2021 stolen base total to 15. Two pitches later, Dogs’ three-hitter Danny Mars belted a fly ball deep enough to Brett Vertigan in centerfield to score Crouse on a sacrifice [...]
By Jack Ankony The Birdcage couldn’t contain the Dogs through four innings. The first three hitters in the Dogs’ lineup, Brennan Metzger, Michael Crouse and Danny Mars, each homered to give the Dogs a 9-2 lead heading into the fifth inning. But it turned out that each of these long balls were crucial as Sioux [...]
By Jack Ankony Garrett Christman exited Tuesday’s game in the seventh inning with the Dogs trailing Milwaukee, but his head was held high. Christman had just completed his longest outing of the season and kept the Dogs in a position to win the game, trailing 2-0 when Juan Echevarria entered in relief. Christman tossed 6.1 [...]
By Jack Ankony After losing three relievers and one starter to MLB organizations in a one-week span, there were questions about how the Dogs would replace that talent. In Saturday’s 5-3 win over the Kane County Cougars, answers emerged. AJ Jones made his second professional start on Saturday night and kept the Dogs in control [...]