By Jack Ankony Ryan Lidge golfed an ankle-high pitch over the head of Adam Brett Walker II in left field. Lidge drove in K.C. Hobson to score the Dogs’ first run of the game in the fourth inning. The Dogs’ hot-hitting catcher kept his rhythm at the plate, but the same wasn’t true for the [...]
LHP Jake Dahlberg’s contract transferred to the San Francisco Giants ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Chicago Dogs have transferred the contract of Jake Dahlberg to the San Francisco Giants, the club announced Wednesday. Dahlberg will report to the High-A Eugene Emeralds and becomes the fifth Chicago Dogs pitcher to be signed by an MLB organization in [...]
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 After being robbed of a home run by RailCats left fielder Alec Olund in the fifth inning, K.C. Hobson spun his helmet between his hands and walked slowly back to the dugout. But as Hobson dug into the batter’s box in the seventh inning, he made sure Olund had no chance of [...]
By Jack Ankony After relentlessly challenging Milwaukee Milkmen hitters during each frame, Dogs starting pitcher Jake Dahlberg flushed his mind of the dominance that just took place. For Dahlberg, staying in the moment and thinking of each inning as three batters to attack is what led to him becoming the third pitcher in Dogs history [...]
By Jack Ankony Jake Dahlberg gave his signature fist pump as he walked off the mound after striking out Jack Surin to end the top of the sixth inning. Dahlberg had just completed his longest start of the season, a six-sinning outing in which he allowed five hits, four earned runs, one walk and seven [...]
By Jack Ankony The Dogs loaded the bases in the top of the third inning, with an eye on taking a commanding lead in the final game of a four-game series at Sioux City. Michael Crouse was 6-for-11 in the first three games of the series, but struck out in this prime run-scoring opportunity. Brennan [...]
By Jack Ankony Ryan Lidge crouched down, bowed his head and gave his helmet a few smacks. “Whenever I slap my helmet, it’s just ‘Alright, Ryan. It’s time to go. It’s go time,’ and then go execute my plan,” Lidge said. Lidge dug into the batters box in the seventh inning with two runners on, [...]
By Jack Ankony Unlike the Dogs’ first four wins of the season, a comeback wasn’t in the cards tonight. The Dogs fell 6-1 in their sixth road game of the season and series opener against the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks. The lone Dogs run of the game came in the fourth inning on a Danny Mars infield [...]