@TheChicagoDogs 2019 SEASON SERIES NOTES JULY 19-21, 2019 SEASON SCHEDULE/RESULTS U.S. STEEL YARD Date Opponent Result MAY 17 GARY 12-5 W GARY, INDIANA 18 GARY 5-1 W 19 GARY 7-5 L 22 at St. Paul 4-0 L (7) 22 at St. Paul 6-5 L (8) 23 at St. Paul 7-6 W (10) 24 at Milwaukee 5-4 W 25 at Milwaukee 6-4 W 26 at Milwaukee 13-3 W 28 SIOUX FALLS 4-2 L 29 SIOUX FALLS 7-2 W (7) 29 SIOUX FALLS 1-0 W (8) 31 SIOUX CITY 9-2 W JUNE 1 SIOUX CITY 3-1 W 2 SIOUX CITY 4-1 L GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS CHICAGO DOGS 3 at Gary 5-3 W (10) 4 at Gary 12-3 W Record: 24-33, t-5th North, 13.5 GB Record: 33-23, 3rd North, 4.0 GB 5 at Gary 2-1 L Manager: Greg Tagert Manager: Butch Hobson 6 at Gary SUSPENDED 7 at Kansas City 11-5 W Home: 12-13 Home: 15-10 8 at Kansas City 6-5 L 9 at Kansas City 6-2 W Away: 12-20 Away: 18-13 10 TEXAS 5-3 L Last 10: 3-7 Last 10: 9-1 11 TEXAS 9-7 L 14 FARGO-MOORHEAD 8-1 L Streak: W2 Streak: W2 15 FARGO-MOORHEAD 4-2 W vs. Chicago (2019): 2-8ronto Maple vs. Gary (2019) 8-2aple ronto Maple 16 FARGO-MOORHEAD 5-4 W 18 at Winnipeg 10-3 L 19 at Winnipeg 8-3 W 20 at Winnipeg 15-1 L ON THE AIR PROBABLE PITCHERS 21 at Fargo-Moorhead 8-6 L 23 at Fargo-Moorhead 6-1 L (7) 23 at Fargo-Moorhead 8-0 L (7) 24 KANSAS CITY 8-6 L CHICAGO DOGS 25 KANSAS CITY 9-1 L 26 KANSAS CITY 11-4 W RADIO NETWORK GAME 1 27 KANSAS CITY 7-3 L (bit.ly/chidogsradio) LHP Luke Westphal vs. RHP Frank Moscatiello 28 WINNIPEG 7-5 L 29 WINNIPEG 4-2 W PBP: SAM BRIEF 7-1, 2.12 ERA 0-0, 3.46 ERA 30 WINNIPEG 5-2 W GAME 2 JULY LHP Jake Dahlberg vs. RHP Jumpei Akanuma 2 at Cleburne 7-4 L CONTACT INFORMATION 4-3, 4.91 ERA 2-1, 4.05 ERA 3 at Cleburne 5-2 W 4 at Cleburne 11-8 L GAME 3 5 at Texas 9-4 W (7) LHP Wes Torrez vs. LHP Trevor Lubking 5 at Texas 7-6 L (7) MEDIA CONTACT: Sam Brief 0-2, 8.70 ERA 5-5, 5.01 ERA 6 at Texas 13-3 W 7 at Texas 9-1 W EMAIL: [email protected] GAME 3 9 GARY 10-0 W PHONE: (847) 494-6726 LHP Austin Wright vs. Justin Sinibaldi 10 GARY 8-7 W (7) 4-5, 3.68 ERA 3-4, 2.78 ERA 10 GARY 8-2 W (7) 11 GARY 5-2 W 12 at Sioux Falls 4-3 W STAT LEADERS TEAM STATS 13 at Sioux Falls 4-3 W 14 at Sioux Falls 2-1 W 15 at Sioux City 12-4 L 16 at Sioux City 11-4 W Batting Statistic No. League Rank 17 at Sioux City 9-6 W (10) Average (min. 2.7 AB/game) Hits Batting Average .283 4 19 at Gary 7:10 PM 1) .318 - David Olmedo-Barrera 1) 65 - Victor Roache Hits 528 5 20 at Gary (DH) 4:00 PM 2) .316 - Victor Roache 2) 63 - Keon Barnum Doubles 110 2 21 at Gary 2:10 PM 24 MILWAUKEE 7:05 PM 3) .310 - Keon Barnum 3) 62 - David Olmedo-Barrera Triples 14 4 Home Runs 64 2 25 MILWAUKEE 6:05 PM Runs Scored 314 5 26 MILWAUKEE 7:05 PM Total Bases 858 3 27 CLEBURNE 7:05 PM Walks 174 12 28 CLEBURNE 3:05 PM Home Runs RBI Stolen Bases 24 11 29 CLEBURNE 7:05 PM 1) 15 - Keon Barnum 1) 46 - Keon Barnum Sacrifice Flies 17 6 30 at Fargo-Moorhead 7:02 PM 2) 12 - Victor Roache 2) 42 - Victor Roache Sacrifice Hits 10 t-9 31 at Fargo-Moorhead 7:02 PM 3) 10 - Tony Rosselli 3) 32 - Tony Rosselli On-Base Percentage .352 7 AUGUST Slugging Percentage .461 2 1 at Fargo-Moorhead 12:30 PM On-Base Plus Slugging .813 3 2 ST. PAUL 7:05 PM Runs Scored Stolen Bases 3 ST. PAUL 7:05 PM 1) 39 - Trey Vavra 1) 8 - Jordan Dean Earned Run Average 4.38 5 4 ST. PAUL 3:05 PM 2) 36 - Edwin Arroyo 2) 4 - Trey Vavra Strikeouts 494 1 6 MILWAUKEE 7:05 PM Hits Allowed 452 2nd fewest 7 MILWAUKEE 7:05 PM 36 - Keon Barnum 3) 3 - 3 players tied Runs Allowed 266 5th fewest 8 MILWAUKEE 6:05 PM Home Runs Allowed 33 Fewest 9 FARGO-MOORHEAD 7:05 PM Shutouts 2 t-7 10 FARGO-MOORHEAD 7:05 PM Complete Games 1 t-8 11 FARGO-MOORHEAD 3:05 PM Pitching WHIP 1.39 t-1 12 at Lincoln 7:05 PM Strikeouts ERA (min. 5.0 IP) Batting Average Against .245 1 13 at Lincoln 7:05 PM 1) 83 - Luke Westphal* 1) 1.48 - Kyle Halbohn 14 at Lincoln 7:05 PM 2) 70 - Austin Wright 2) 1.50 - Harrison Smith Fielding Percentage .971 t-10 15 at Winnipeg 7:00 PM 3) 56 - D.J. Snelten 3) 1.57 - Rich Mascheri Errors 56 10 16 at Winnipeg 7:00 PM 17 at Winnipeg 6:00 PM *= Leads League 18 at Milwaukee 6:05 PM 19 at Milwaukee 7:05 PM 20 at Milwaukee 7:05 PM LEAGUE STANDINGS (AS OF JULY 19, 9 AM) 21 WINNIPEG 7:05 PM 22 WINNIPEG 6:05 PM 23 WINNIPEG 7:05 PM NORTH SOUTH 24 at St. Paul 7:05 PM 25 at St. Paul 5:05 PM TEAM RECORD GB TEAM RECORD GB 26 at St. Paul 7:05 PM FARGO-MOORHEAD 38-20 -- CLEBURNE 33-24 -- 27 at St. Paul 7:05 PM 28 MILWAUKEE 7:05 PM ST. PAUL 37-21 1.0 KANSAS CITY 29-27 3.5 29 MILWAUKEE 6:05 PM CHICAGO 33-23 4.0 SIOUX CITY 28-29 5.0 30 MILWAUKEE 7:05 PM 31 ST. PAUL 7:05 PM WINNIPEG 31-26 6.5 SIOUX FALLS 28-29 5.0 SEPTEMBER 1 ST. PAUL 6:05 PM GARY SOUTHSHORE 24-33 13.5 LINCOLN 25-32 8.0 2 ST. PAUL 1:05 PM MILWAUKEE 24-33 13.5 TEXAS 12-45 21.0 2019 MEDIA GUIDE AND RECORD BOOK SERIES NOTES LEADING OFF BIG Z = BACK The Chicago Dogs are 11-1 over the The Dogs made national headlines in RECORD BREAKDOWN last twelve games and will take their hot April when the franchise signed three- stretch to Gary for a four-game set with time MLB All-Star Carlos Zambrano. Overall 33-23 the RailCats, concluding a ten-game The Venezuela native, known as “Big Z,” Home 15-10 road trip. The Dogs (33-23, 3rd North) enjoyed a fruitful major league career, Away 18-13 took two out of three games against the which featured an 11-year tenure with Extra Innings 4-1 Sioux City Explorers, including a dramat- the Chicago Cubs and one year with the Opponent .500 or better 17-17 ic come-from-behind 9-6 victory in extra Miami Marlins. In September 2008, Big Opponent below .500 16-6 innings on Wednesday night. Game Z pitched the only neutral site no-hitter starts are slated for 7:10 PM on Friday, in MLB history. He now makes his return followed by a doubleheader on Saturday to American professional baseball after Time Morning Start (before 12:00 p.m.) 0-2 featuring the continuation of the June 6 launching his comeback in the Mexican Afternoon Start (Noon - 5:59 p.m.) 8-6 suspended game beginning at 4:00 PM. League and Venezuelan Winter League. Evening Start (6:00 p.m. or later) 25-15 The series finale will start at 2:10 PM on Sunday. Zambrano has posted a 3.14 ERA in 21 Day of the Week appearances this season, while striking Monday 1-3 Tuesday 3-5 MEN ON THE MOUND out 23 batters and allowing just five Wednesday 7-3 LHP Luke Westphal will start game one walks. Thursday 3-3 of the series on Friday night at the U.S. Friday 6-4 Steel Yard. Westphal has been nearly ANOTHER GOOSE IS LOOSE Saturday 7-1 Sunday 6-4 unhittable in three starts (and three The Dogs announced on July 15 the wins) against Gary this season, allowing signing of Justin Goossen-Brown, the Month zero earned runs and just four hits to younger brother of current Dogs pitch- May 9-4 go with 20 strikeouts over 17.2 innings. er Josh Goossen-Brown. The San Diego June 11-14 The Clintonville, Wisconsin native contin- State alum wasted no time making an im- July 13-4 August 0-0 ued his torrid stretch of late in his last pact, hurling a shutout frame in the first September 0-0 outing, allowing four hits and two walks appearance of his professional career while striking out seven over six shutout on July 16 vs. Sioux City. Goossen-Brown innings against Sioux Falls. Westphal finished with one earned run on three hits Pitching is 7-1 with a 2.12 ERA and leads the over two innings.