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 [...]
By Jack Ankony If a breaking ball is hung in the zone to Michael Crouse, chances are he’ll make the pitcher pay. Facing a 1-0 deficit and a 2-2 count with two outs in the third inning, Crouse was all over Kody Bullard’s belt-high breaking ball. The Dogs’ center fielder blasted a moonshot over the [...]
By Jack Ankony Michael Crouse wouldn’t let the Dogs go down easily after trailing by five runs in the seventh inning, Crouse battled through an 0-2 count and crushed a three-run home run over the left field wall. Cutting the deficit to one run, the Dogs seemingly had life. But Cleburne responded with three runs [...]