Stroup powers Chicago Dogs to victory, sweep of Kansas City

The Dogs completed a road sweep of the Kansas City Monarchs on Thursday night behind Dusty Stroup’s home run, two doubles and 4 RBI, winning 7-5.

The scoring started right away for the Dogs when Stroup drove home Jacob Teter, who had reached on an error. A couple batters later, Johnni Turbo singled up the middle, bringing home a pair of runs and giving Chicago a 3-0 lead after half an inning.

Stroup struck again in the second inning, this time hitting a 421-foot home run to straightaway center field, scoring three and putting Chicago up 6-0.

Kansas City scored four times in their half of the second on a pair of 2-RBI singles, one by Abiatal Avelino and the other by Frankie Tostado. The Dogs extended their lead to 3 when Narciso Crook hit his sixth home run in the last seven games, his 22nd on the year, putting the Dogs up 7-4.

The Monarchs got a run back on a Tostado home run, but that is as close as they got. Jake Carroll, Jackson Dannelley and Brian Schlitter combined to throw three scoreless innings of relief. The last two by Schlitter earned him his third save of the year as well as setting the Dogs’ all-time record for appearances with 93.

Brady Miller overcame a rough start to give Chicago six innings of 5-run ball, earning his first professional victory. The Dogs are back home for the first time in 12 days Friday night when they welcome the Fargo-Morehead RedHawks for a three-game set at Impact Field in Rosemont.