@TheChicagoDogs 2019 SEASON SERIES NOTES August 28-30, 2019 SEASON SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Result MAY 17 GARY 12-5 W ROSEMONT, ILLINOIS 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 MILWAUKEE MILKMEN CHICAGO DOGS 3 at Gary 5-3 W (10) 4 at Gary 12-3 W Record: 37-57, t-5th North, 24.0 GB Record: 55-39, 3rd North, 6.0 GB 5 at Gary 2-1 L 6 at Gary 8-6 W Manager: Gary McClure Manager: Butch Hobson 7 at Kansas City 11-5 W 8 at Kansas City 6-5 L Home: 15-31 Home: 25-18 9 at Kansas City 6-2 W Away: 22-26 Away: 30-21 10 TEXAS 5-3 L 11 TEXAS 9-7 L Last 10: 4-6 Last 10: 6-4 14 FARGO-MOORHEAD 8-1 L Streak: W1 Streak: W1 15 FARGO-MOORHEAD 4-2 W 16 FARGO-MOORHEAD 5-4 W vs. Chicago (2019): 4-8eafs Fun vs. Milwaukee (2019): 8-4Maple Leafs 18 at Winnipeg 10-3 L 19 at Winnipeg 8-3 W 20 at Winnipeg 15-1 L 21 at Fargo-Moorhead 8-6 L ON THE AIR PROBABLE PITCHERS 23 at Fargo-Moorhead 6-1 L (7) 23 at Fargo-Moorhead 8-0 L (7) 24 KANSAS CITY 8-6 L 25 KANSAS CITY 9-1 L CHICAGO DOGS 26 KANSAS CITY 11-4 W BASEBALL NETWORK GAME 1 27 KANSAS CITY 7-3 L LHP Luke Westphal vs. RHP Kurt Heyer 28 WINNIPEG 7-5 L (bit.ly/chidogstv) 29 WINNIPEG 4-2 W PBP: SAM BRIEF AND HENRIQUE 10-2, 2.99 ERA 5-10, 4.84 ERA 30 WINNIPEG 5-2 W DAMOUR JULY GAME 2 2 at Cleburne 7-4 L 3 at Cleburne 5-2 W LHP D.J. Snelten CONTACT INFORMATION vs. RHP Joey Wagman 4 at Cleburne 11-8 L 6-3, 3.26 ERA 1-3, 4.70 ERA 5 at Texas 9-4 W (7) 5 at Texas 7-6 L (7) GAME 3 6 at Texas 13-3 W MEDIA CONTACT: Sam Brief 7 at Texas 9-1 W RHP Jake Dahlberg vs. RHP Angel Ventura 9 GARY 10-0 W EMAIL: [email protected] 8-6, 4.66 ERA 6-9, 2.69 ERA 10 GARY 8-7 W (7) 10 GARY 8-2 W (7) 11 GARY 5-2 W 12 at Sioux Falls 4-3 W 13 at Sioux Falls 4-3 W STAT LEADERS TEAM STATS 14 at Sioux Falls 2-1 W 15 at Sioux City 12-4 L 16 at Sioux City 11-4 W 17 at Sioux City 9-6 W (10) Batting Statistic No. League Rank 19 at Gary 16-6 W Batting Average .283 3 Average (min. 2.7 AB/game) Hits 20 at Gary 2-0 W Hits 908 3 1) .310 - Keon Barnum 1) 108 - Keon Barnum 21 at Gary 11-7 W Doubles 188 2 2) .303 - David Olmedo-Barrera 2) 104 - Jordan Dean 24 MILWAUKEE 5-3 L Triples 22 6 3) .301 - Jordan Dean 3) 103 - David Olmedo-Barrera 25 MILWAUKEE 3-0 L Home Runs 116 1 26 MILWAUKEE 9-3 W Runs Scored 551 2 27 CLEBURNE 13-6 L Total Bases 1,488 1 Home Runs RBI 28 CLEBURNE 7-6 W Walks 326 10 29 CLEBURNE 13-8 L 1) 30 - Keon Barnum* 1) 86 - Keon Barnum Stolen Bases 52 11 30 at Fargo-Moorhead 9-8 L 2) 23 - Victor Roache 2) 72 - Victor Roache Sacrifice Flies 26 9 31 at Fargo-Moorhead 8-3 L 3) 13 - Jordan Dean 3) 53 - Trey Vavra Sacrifice Hits 23 t-6 AUGUST On-Base Percentage .358 t-4 1 at Fargo-Moorhead 7-4 L Slugging Percentage .464 1 2 ST. PAUL 8-4 W Runs Scored Stolen Bases On-Base Plus Slugging .822 2 3 ST. PAUL 15-2 W 1) 66 - David Olmedo-Barrera 1) 12 - Jordan Dean 4 ST. PAUL 10-5 W Earned Run Average 4.32 5 2) 65 - Trey Vavra 2) 11 - Gustavo Pierre 6 MILWAUKEE 5-1 W Strikeouts 833 1 3) 62 - Keon Barnum 3) 10 - David Olmedo-Barrera 7 MILWAUKEE 7-2 L Hits Allowed 780 3rd fewest 62 - Victor Roache 8 MILWAUKEE 5-3 L Runs Allowed 454 7th fewest 9 FARGO-MOORHEAD 5-1 W Home Runs Allowed 65 3rd fewest 10 FARGO-MOORHEAD 6-2 L Shutouts 6 t-4 11 FARGO-MOORHEAD 14-7 W Pitching Complete Games 2 t-6 12 at Lincoln 5-4 W Strikeouts ERA (min. 15.0 IP) WHIP 1.37 2 13 at Lincoln 4-3 L 1) 125 - Austin Wright 1) 2.13 - Kyle Halbohn Batting Average Against .246 2 14 at Lincoln 8-1 W 2) 119 - Luke Westphal 2) 2.15 - Casey Crosby 15 at Winnipeg 13-0 W 3) 104 - D.J. Snelten 3) 2.28 - Rich Mascheri Fielding Percentage .970 10 16 at Winnipeg 5-1 W Errors 101 10 *= Leads League 17 at Winnipeg 10-2 L 18 at Milwaukee 6-0 W 19 at Milwaukee 4-3 W (10) 20 at Milwaukee 8-3 W LEAGUE STANDINGS (AS OF AUGUST 28, 9 AM) 21 WINNIPEG 14-4 L 22 WINNIPEG 2-0 W 23 WINNIPEG 6-1 W NORTH SOUTH 24 at St. Paul 2-1 L (15) 25 at St. Paul 5-4 L TEAM RECORD GB TEAM RECORD GB 26 at St. Paul 7-6 L 27 at St. Paul 11-9 W FARGO-MOORHEAD 61-33 -- CLEBURNE 55-39 -- 28 MILWAUKEE 7:05 PM ST. PAUL 59-35 2 SIOUX CITY 54-40 1 29 MILWAUKEE 6:05 PM 30 MILWAUKEE 7:05 PM CHICAGO 55-39 6 KANSAS CITY 53-41 2 31 ST. PAUL 7:05 PM SEPTEMBER WINNIPEG 52-42 9 LINCOLN 38-55 16.5 1 ST. PAUL 6:05 PM GARY SOUTHSHORE 37-57 24 SIOUX FALLS 37-57 18 2 ST. PAUL 1:05 PM MILWAUKEE 37-57 24 TEXAS 26-69 29.5 2019 MEDIA GUIDE AND RECORD BOOK SERIES NOTES LEADING OFF BIG Z = BACK The Chicago Dogs return to Impact Field The Dogs made national headlines in RECORD BREAKDOWN for the final six games of the regular April when the franchise signed three- season, beginning with a three-game set time MLB All-Star Carlos Zambrano. Overall 55-39 against the Milkwaukee Milkmen. In the The Venezuela native, known as “Big Z,” Home 25-18 last meeting between these teams, the enjoyed a fruitful major league career, Away 30-21 Dogs (55-39, 3rd North) swept all three which featured an 11-year tenure with Extra Innings 5-2 games against the Milkmen (37-57, 6th the Chicago Cubs and one year with the Opponent .500 or better 28-28 North) at Routine Field on August 18- Miami Marlins. Three times during Zam- Opponent below .500 27-11 20. Game starts are slated for 7:05 PM brano’s career, he placed fifth in NL Cy on Wednesday, 6:05 PM on Thursday Young voting and also earned three Silver and 7:05 PM on Friday. Slugger Awards. In September 2008, Big Time Morning Start (before 12:00 p.m.) 0-2 Z pitched the only neutral site no-hitter in Afternoon Start (Noon - 5:59 p.m.) 11-7 MEN ON THE MOUND MLB history. Evening Start (6:00 p.m. or later) 45-29 LHP Luke Westphal will get the start for game one of the series on Wednesday Big Z has posted a 5.14 ERA in 34 ap- Day of the Week night at Impact Field. The Clintonville, pearances this season, while striking out Monday 3-5 Tuesday 6-7 Wisconsin native has been one of the 46 batters and allowing 16 walks. Wednesday 8-7 American Association’s top pitchers all Thursday 6-6 season long, compiling a 10-2 record DOGS DIG THE LONG BALL Friday 12-4 and 2.99 ERA to go with 119 strike- The Dogs have slugged 116 home runs Saturday 9-5 outs in 16 starts. Westphal dominated this season, the most in the American Sunday 11-5 the Milwaukee Milkmen in his August Association. Keon Barnum and Victor Month 6 start against them, allowing two hits Roache form the 1-2 punch atop the May 9-4 and one run with eight strikeouts over league’s home run leaderboard with 30 June 12-14 five innings of work. and 23 homers, respectively. Addition- July 18-10 August 16-10 ally, Jordan Dean has 13 dingers and September 0-0 Game two will send LHP D.J. Snelten to Tony Rosselli has 12. The majority of the mound. The former San Francisco Barnum’s 30 homers have been oppo- Pitching Giant hurled yet another quality start site-field blasts. Interestingly, eleven of Dogs start RHP 8-15 on August 24 against St. Paul, allowing Rosselli’s twelve bombs have been in road Opp. starts RHP 40-27 Dogs start LHP 44-23 just one earned run on four hits with games.