In an epic game that can only be described as playoff baseball in its truest form, the Chicago
Dogs defeated the Lake Country DockHounds in the first game of the Wolff Cup Playoffs on
Wednesday night, walking the game off in the bottom of the ninth inning, winnin 11-9.
Despite what everybody thought would be a fantastic pitching matchup between Jack Nedrow
and Luke Hansel, both teams got off to early starts. The Dogs scored two in the second, Lake
Country answered with five in the third, and Chicago answered back with five of their own in the
bottom half. For Chicago, the love for driving in runs was spread out across those two innings.
Henry Kusiak and Jaylyn Williams both did some damage, with T.J. Hopkins smoking his first
home run of the postseason in the third inning. The Dogs followed that up with three straight
doubles and a few more clutch hits, to take a 7-5 lead.
Then, it got quiet. The bullpens came in and did their job. That is, until the eighth inning, when
things started to go sideways again. Steven Lacey and Trey Braithwaite gave the Dogs a
combined four scoreless innings, striking out five, and stranding a few runners in clutch
situations. But J.C. Keys allowed a run in the top of the eighth inning, giving the DockHounds a
chance to come back. Despite the Dogs best efforts, as they added two in the bottom of the
eighth, the DockHounds tied it in the ninth on Ryan Hernandez’s second home run of the game.
But the Dogs were not done. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, Hopkins singled
through the hole on the right side. Chance Sisco followed that up with one of the most majestic,
most clutch, and most insane swings, sending a ball onto the concourse in right field, and
walking off the DockHounds with his first home run of the postseason.
The Dogs will now head to Oconomowoc with a 1-0 series lead. Games 2 and 3 (if needed) will
be in Lake Country on Friday and Saturday. Pitching matchups are still TBD. All Chicago Dogs
games are streamed live on aabaseball.tv.
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