Dogs' Offense Can't Get Going, Chicago Falls 3-0 to Kane County
July 7, 2022 - American Association (AA)
Chicago Dogs News Release
ROSEMONT, Ill. - The Chicago Dogs struggled to put together much offensive momentum, as they drop the series finale versus the Kane County Cougars, 3-0.
Cougars' starter Vance Worley tossed a complete game shutout in only 103 pitches. The former MLB pitcher allowed four hits and one walk and finished with three strikeouts. The performance was similar to that of Jordan Kipper last night for the Dogs, only this time Worley went the distance.
Chicago starter Kyle Murphy put together a solid start after some early hiccups. The White Rhino threw five innings and allowed three total runs, two earned, with four strikeouts. Tanner Lawson came in relief and struck out four in his three innings of work.
Murphy struggled to find control early when he walked leadoff man Ernie de la Trinidad. Cornelius Randolph singled to move runners to the corners. Murphy struck out Jimmy Kerrigan on three pitches, but Josh Rolette then crushed a ball to the right center field gap to score a run.
Kane County tacked on a second run off a sacrifice fly to end the inning up 2-0. It marked the third time in four games that the Dogs let up a first inning run.
The Dogs picked up their first extra-base hit of the game with a Stevie Wilkerson double. With Danny Mars and Grant Kay coming up, Worley shut down the power threats by getting them to both ground out. The righty drew 12 ground ball outs, including two double plays.
In the fifth, Randolph again did damage with a double off Murphy. Two pitches later Kerrigan grounded a ball softly to Murphy, but the starter had trouble with the throw and sailed it over the head of first baseman Cosimo Cannella. Randolph rushed home from the error and made it a 3-0 ballgame.
Chicago could not put together any consistent offense against Worley. In the bottom of the fifth, both Mars and Kay struck out. In the seventh, a leadoff single turned to a double play.
All the while, the Dogs bullpen was shutting down Kane County. It did not matter much because of the lack of scoring, but Lawson and Justin Goossen-Brown kept Chicago in the game through its entirety.
Worley got Michael Crouse to fly out to end the game in the ninth to push the game under two-and-a-half hours. Chicago and Kane County split the series and keep the divisional lead at 6.5 games. The Dogs head to Gary to play the Railcats for a three game set over the weekend, headlined by Jeff Kinley's second start coming on Sunday.
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