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Jeff Kinley Ties AAPB Single-Game Strikeout Total with 17 Ks

Published on August 11, 2022 under American Association (AA)
Chicago Dogs News Release


ROSEMONT, Ill. - Jeff Kinley is a bonafide ace.

The lefty slinger's 17 strikeouts tied the American Association single-game record in line to the best start from a Dogs pitcher this season. Even at his best, Chicago could not get around their offensive struggles and fell to the Gary SouthShore RailCats, 4-1.

Kinley dominated for close to the entire game. The once-closer threw 8.1 innings, allowed two runs off four hits and struck out that illustrious total of 17 to put his name in the record books.

It was apparent that Kinley was on his game from the opening pitch. Through the first three innings, he allowed just one baserunner and struck out seven. Better yet? He only threw 37 pitches. It was Kinley's ability to keep his pitch count manageable while still consistently punching out RailCat hitters that was the x-factor.

Ten of Kinley's 17 totals Ks came on four pitches or fewer. He struck out the side twice, including in the seventh inning, to silence Gary SouthShore. In that seventh inning, Kinley cruised to the Chicago Dogs franchise-record for single-game strikeouts at 14, passing Austin Wright's 2019 total.

The Dogs held a thin 1-0 lead up until the ninth inning when they scored off of an error in the fifth. K.C. Hobson led the frame off with a 3-2 walk and advanced from a Grant Kay single. Anfernee Grier stepped up and swung at all three pitches and on the third he chopped a ground ball to the shortstop Daniel Lingua. The all-star flipped it to second, but second baseman Michael Woodworth's throw was offline and sailed past first base. Hobson, already at third, recognized the opportunity to score and hustled home to bring it to 1-0.

That line stayed until the ninth when Kinley returned to the bump looking for a complete game. He got Thomas Walraven to fly out, but then allowed his first walk and then his first extra-base hit with a double that scored a run.

With the lead now gone, manager Butch Hobson turned to his bullpen and gave the ball to righty Ryan Clark. Clark has been a dominant force all season long, with an ERA of 1.17 coming into the appearance, but Gary SouthShore got the best of him. After a walk, third baseman Victor Nova launched a ball over the right center field wall for a go-ahead three-run home run.

It was a crushing blow to what was a magical night for Chicago. The Dogs were not able to rally back and lost, 4-1. It marked the fifth straight loss for the Dogs, a streak in which the team has scored just eight runs and three in the past four games.

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