Chicago Dogs walk off with a win against the Milwaukee Milkmen

Both teams sent their All-Star aces to the mound in today’s Camp Day matchup at Impact Field.

Jeff Lindgren went for the Dogs and Juan Díaz for the Milkmen. Diaz went five innings, allowing one earned run and striking out seven. Lindgren went six innings, allowing three earned runs, striking out eight in a 7-6 victory.

Milwaukee struck first in the top of the second inning when Micker Adolfo launched a solo home run to left, putting the Milkmen on the scoreboard. In the top of the third, Erik Ostberg delivered a key hit, driving in two more runs with a single to extend Milwaukee’s lead to 3-0.

The Dogs were quiet until the bottom of the fifth, when Henry Kusiak finally broke through with a solo home run, sparking life into the offense and cutting the deficit to 3-1. In the bottom of the sixth, the Dogs offense finally woke up.

Matt Scolan came through with a clutch 2-RBI single, scoring two and tying the game at three. Later in the inning, Howard Rodriguez hit a deep flyout to center that brought in the go-ahead run, giving the Dogs their first lead of the afternoon at 4-3. But the momentum didn’t last. In the top of the seventh, Milwaukee responded with a 3-run inning of their own, capitalizing on key hits and reclaiming the lead at 6-4.

The Dogs answered with 2 in the bottom of the seventh, scoring on a Chance Sisco double.