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 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 [...]
By Jack Ankony A towering fly ball collided with the center field wall, and AJ Jones had given up a run just five pitches into the Dogs’ Sunday afternoon contest with the Houston Apollos. After striking out Ian Yetsko to end the first inning, Jones walked off the mound with four earned runs to his [...]
By Jack Ankony After trailing 6-0 to the Milwaukee Milkmen through four innings on Wednesday, Dogs manager Butch Hobson called on new signee Jase Dalton out of the bullpen. Dalton made his professional debut for the Dogs on Tuesday and pitched one third of an inning, but Wednesday was his first opportunity to showcase his [...]