Dogs Roll Past Monarchs to Even Up the Series

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Kansas City, KS — It was a night where the Monarchs could not drive in many runs and the Chicago Dogs had two big innings to win 11-2 on Wednesday evening.

Chicago stepped on the gas pedal in the third inning when Giovanni DiaGiacomo walked and Ethan Wilder singled into right field.  Chance Sisco popped up a sac fly to to bring in DiaGiacomo and break open the scoring. Two batters later and the bases were loaded. Designated hitter, Brian Fuentes saw the first offering and smashed a grand slam into left field to bring the game to 5-0.

Former Red Sox product, Jay Groome made his second start on the mound. He went three innings while giving up five hits and five runs, but accumulated one strikeout.

The Monarchs responded with a run in the bottom half of the third as the Indiana product, Grant Richardson laced a ball into left field to bring in Josh Bissonette from second. Richardson talked about that moment and said, “The biggest thing (was) coming off of a long inning, everybody (was) trying to string some hits together and I think just being able to stay a big part of the field. (Wasn’t) trying to do much other than get the guys in and do my job, I think that’s the biggest part.”

Once again, Chicago grabbed another multi-run inning in the fourth. It opened up from a walk on CJ Cepicky. DiaGiacomo was in the mix once again as he doubled to left field to put two runners in scoring position. Wilder was another batter to be back and for the second time in the game, the bases were juiced. Sisco singled on the third-base line to bring in Cepicky, another scored on a fielders choice and Jaxx Groshans registered an RBI to put the score at 8-1.

Another three-run inning for Chicago in the eighth put the game to bed. They ballooned into an 11-1 lead, but the Monarchs tallied a run back in the bottom half of the frame on a sac-fly from Grant Richardson. The former Yankees draft pick finished the day 3-3 at the plate with two RBI’s.

The native of nearby Lee’s Summit, Nate Webb, had a terrific day out of the bullpen. He threw in two innings for the Monarchs and earned four strikeouts with no hits given up.

The series is up for grabs when these two teams go toe-to-toe to decide the final game of the set. The former big leaguer, Dakota Hudson, gets the start on the mound and will look to provide a spark out of the bullpen. First pitch is scheduled at Legends Field at 6:35.