Dogs take big bite out of Goldeyes
Visitors get on the sticks at Shaw Park
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The Fish flopped at Shaw Park on Wednesday night, losing 8-3 to the Chicago Dogs.
Some late-inning stumbles by the Goldeyes’ were reminiscent of the Dog’s lack-lustre performance on Tuesday evening in a 10-3 loss to the Goldeyes.
Pitching woes in the eighth inning put a nail in Winnipeg’s coffin Wednesday, with Goldeyes relief pitcher Harrison Cooney starting off the inning by hitting a Chicago batter with his first pitch. Cooney walked the second batter and was pulled from the mound, but the damage was already done.
The Dogs went on to bat in four runs, one of them being from designated hitter Kelly Dugan — his third hit of the night. The RBI was Dugan’s second of the evening and fourth of the series.
The Goldeyes trailed the Dogs 2-1 at the end of the fourth. But with two outs and one runner on base in the top of the seventh, the Dogs doubled their score. Tony Roselli hit a home run, his eighth of the year. The homer matched his total number of home runs over his 60-game season with the Dogs last year. It also put Chicago in a tie for first with the Lincoln Saltdogs, who both lead the league with 30 home runs.
An interesting part of the Dogs’ overall performance included the appearance of former major-leaguer Carlos Zambrano on the mound. Zambrano played for 12 years in the MLB, primarily as a starting pitcher, before his retirement in 2012.
This year, Zambrano came out of retirement to join the Chicago Dogs as a relief pitcher.
On Wednesday night, he pitched for the first time at Shaw Park, entering the game in the bottom of the ninth. Zambrano had a few slip-ups, ending the evening allowing four hits.
With the win, Chicago pulled ahead of Winnipeg in the American Association’s North Division standings. After the Goldeyes’ win on Tuesday night, manager Rick Forney said winning games, especially ones where the team is in the same division, is extremely important.
“There’s a lot of parity in the league this year from what I’ve seen. There’s really not a whole lot of separation from what people would think are the good teams in the league and the teams with losing records,” Forney said.
“There’s no do-overs. When you’re playing teams in our division this early in the season, it’s not going to surprise me if we’re not all knotted up, three or four of us teams at the end of the season.”
The teams wrap up their three-game set tonight at Shaw Park. The first pitch is set for 7:05 p.m.
devon.shewchuk@freepress.mb.ca
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