Chicago Dogs come from behind to defeat Kane County Cougars

Though the Kane County Cougars had an early lead, the Chicago Dogs scored seven straight runs to earn a 7-2 victory on Saturday night at Northwestern Medicine Field in Geneva.

The Cougars (16-11) jumped out to an early lead against Dogs (12-14) starter Kenny Serwa (1-2). With one out, Je’Von Ward hit a single and was promptly brought home by a Josh Allen double off the wall in left field. Two batters later, Todd Lott poked an opposite field single to score Allen and make it 2-0.

Chicago evened the score in the top of the third against Cougars starter Tommy Sommer. To lead off the inning, Nick Novak singled. Then Brantley Bell ripped a double into the left-field corner to put two runners in scoring position. Following Bell’s double, Cougars third baseman Claudio Finol made a throwing error on a Narciso Crook groundball that allowed two runs to score and tied the game at 2.

After the third inning, the game remained tied until the top of the seventh. Reliever Garrett Williams (0-1) entered the game for the Cougars and walked General McArthur IV to begin the inning. Following a Dusty Stroop strikeout, Nick Novak worked another walk.

Following the second walk, Michael Brewer entered to pitch for the Cougars. After Brewer struck out Brantley Bell, Crook stepped up to the plate. It was a long battle, but ultimately Crook won out, as he belted a 3-run homer to give the Dogs a 5-2 lead.