Four homers power Dogs past Sioux Falls

The Chicago Dogs blasted four home runs while beating Sioux Falls 7-5 in 10 innings on Tuesday.

Brooks Gosswein excelled on the mound in the series opener, throwing five shutout innings, allowing just three hits. The offense scored two runs in the first five innings.

Dogs catcher Nick Dalesandro put the first run on the board in the top of the third inning after hitting a single, driving in Nick Novak. Designated hitter David Maberry added to the lead in the fifth inning, pounding his fourth home run of the season, a solo shot.

Davis Pratt was first out of the bullpen for the Dogs. He allowed a five-run seventh inning. Dalesandro hit a leadoff home run in the eighth inning. Jacob Teter followed with a two-run homer, his 12th of the season.

Teter’s home run tied teammate Narciso Crook for second in the American Association. Teter currently leads the American Association in on-base percentage and slugging percentage.

With the game tied heading into the bottom of the eighth inning, the Dogs put closer Joey Marciano on the mound. He threw scoreless eighth and ninth innings.

Dalesandro crushed his second home run of the night in the 10th inning to give the Dogs a two-run lead.

Marciano returned for his third inning of work in the tenth inning, striking out the side. Marciano, the winning pitcher, finished the game with just one hit allowed over three innings and six strikeouts.