By Jack Ankony First baseman K.C. Hobson’s leaping attempt drew leather, but didn’t halt Dylan Kelly’s line drive in the first inning. As the ball trickled into right field, the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks jumped out to a 1-0 lead in game two of the North Division Championship Series. It wasn’t the first-inning performance Dogs ace Jordan [...]
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, [...]
(Former Boston Red Sox and current Chicago Dogs manager Butch Hobson chats with Roger Clemens on the mound.) By Jack Ankony Roger Clemens sported a custom “Rocket Man” shirt as he etched his signature on a foul ball for an 11-year-old fan in section 105 at Impact Field. Meanwhile, Clemens’ former manager Butch [...]
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 gained significant ground on the division-leading Milwaukee Milkmen over the weekend thanks to a three-game sweep of the Sioux Falls Canaries. Milwaukee was swept by the Winnipeg Goldeyes, which means the Dogs trail Milwaukee by two games for first place with 25 games remaining. Let’s break down the most notable [...]
By Jack Ankony Facing a 3-1 count with two runners on, it was time for T.J. Bennett to get picky. Brennan Metzger started the game with a walk, and Michael Crouse followed Metzger’s lead with a single. Together, the two saw nine pitches that revealed the game plan of Sioux Falls starter Blake Svoboda. Bennett [...]
By Jack Ankony Ryan Lidge roped a single in his first at-bat against the Cleburne Railroaders on Aug. 4. When he reached first base safely, Dogs hitting coach Joe Dominiak poked fun at Lidge. “This is first base,” Dominiak told Lidge. “Second is over there, third base is over there.” Dominiak jokingly explained the layout [...]
By Jack Ankony The Dogs capped off a series victory in Cleburne with a 6-1 win over the Railroaders on Wednesday night. With this win, the Dogs move into sole possession of second place in the North division in what promises to be a heated playoff race until the final day of the regular season. [...]
By Jack Ankony Butch Hobson called Kyle Murphy’s first professional outing on July 30 a “bulldog start.” But Hobson will now have to find a better superlative to describe Murphy’s second start for the Dogs on Aug. 4 after Murphy pitched eight and one-third of an inning while allowing three hits, one run, two walks [...]