By Jack Ankony Dogs catcher Ryan Haug kept a close eye on Anfernee Seymour, the American Association’s stolen base leader. Seymour waited for a 1-1 count before he turned on the jets. Haug caught a gloveside pitch from Brendan Smith for strike two, popped to his feet and delivered a rocket to second baseman Grant [...]
By Jack Ankony T.J. Bennett’s eyes widened as he saw a belt-high breaking ball. He jumped on the pitch and punched it to the opposite field over the leftfield wall. In just his eighth at-bat of the season, the Dogs could feel his impact. His second home run in his first two games for the [...]
By Jack Ankony A series sweep of the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks wasn’t in the cards for the Dogs on Thursday night, falling in game three of the series 8-4. Fargo’s Will Zimmerman cranked a three-run home run in the sixth inning, which chased Dogs starter Garrett Christman and turned out to be the game winner. While [...]
By Jack Ankony When Jordan Kipper faced the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks on May 26, he allowed seven earned runs. But it was a completely different story on Wednesday night against the RedHawks thanks to a new pitch he developed over the offseason. Kipper trained with former MLB pitcher David Aardsma to develop a slider, which has [...]
By Jack Ankony Cosimo Cannella has recently been the odd man out of the Dogs lineup. But as the Dogs faced off with Milwaukee on Sunday in a rubber match with serious North Division implications, Butch Hobson gave Cannella the nod at third base. In Cannella’s first start since June 7, he took Ryan Zimmerman [...]
By Jack Ankony It was a night of missed opportunities as the Dogs fell to the Milwaukee Milkmen, 5-0. The Dogs’ bats weren’t completely silenced, as the lineup recorded five hits, walked seven times and reached on a hit-by-pitch. But driving in the runners once they reached base was the problem, as the Dogs stranded [...]
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 After three years at the Single-A level, Johnny Adams wasn’t on anyone’s roster in 2020. He took a year off to regroup and focus on the mental side of the game. But positioned as a mainstay on the left side of the infield for the Chicago Dogs in 2021, Adams is experiencing [...]
By Jack Ankony Putting up a crooked number is the goal many teams strive for at the plate each inning. Do 10 runs count as a crooked number? Either way, a 10-run fifth inning from Fargo-Moorhead was the difference in tonight’s 17-5 loss from the Dogs. And just to salt the Dogs’ wounds, the RedHawks [...]
By Jack Ankony They didn’t wait until the final inning to warm up their bats, but it was another comeback win for the Dogs. After allowing three runs in the first two innings, Dogs starter Connor Grey settled in nicely and the Dogs lineup had his back. Grey pitched six innings, allowing six hits, three [...]