RedDogs Start the Summer with a 'W'

The RedDogs hosted the West Allis Nationals in a non-league season opener on Saturday, May 5th and came away with a convincing 9-0 victory.  While neither squad had its full complement of players, Genoa City coaches got their first look at several offseason addtions that will certainly give the team a boost this summer.  The RedDog offense was led by newcomer Kevin Gauger, who had three hits including a double and four rbi's.  Another new face, Steve Basty, had three hits as well and rookie Jake Hornik chipped in with two knocks and an rbi.  Overall, the Dogs pounded out 15 hits on the day.

If the RedDogs bats were hot, the pitching was even hotter.  Four Genoa City hurlers combined on a five hit shutout.  Kenny Pokryfke started with two scoreless innings, followed by more of the same for three innings from Taylor Dowden.  Lefty newcomer Brian Kretschmer followed suit with two innings of shutout ball, and Tom Starck finished the last two in typical Starck fashion with four Ks among his six outs.

Next on the schedule for the RedDogs is a trip to West Allis on Saturday to complete the preseason home and home with the Nationals.  Look for updates to the schedule as we have been in contact with several teams about potentially adding more games for the summer.