Tuesday Sports 4/2/19
2 April 2019 Sports
Sports from Wayne Mausser
Christian Yelich failed to homer for the first time this season, ending his record-tying streak, but he doubled in the ninth and scored on Ryan Braun’s double as the Milwaukee Brewers rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night before the smallest crowd in Great American Ball Park history.
Yelich had homered in each of Milwaukee’s first four games, tying the major league record shared by Willie Mays (1971), Mark McGwire (1998), Nelson Cruz (2011), Chris Davis (2013) and Trevor Story (2016). On Monday, his only hit set up the Brewers’ fourth win in five games.
The NL MVP doubled with two outs in the ninth off Raisel Iglesias (0-1) and came around on Braun’s second double of the game.
Alex Wilson allowed one hit over 1 2/3 innings and picked up the win. He’s 1-0 on the season. Josh Hader gave up a double in the ninth before getting his third save in three chances.
Yasiel Puig got his first hit with the Reds — and the first by a Cincinnati outfielder — to end a streak of 14 scoreless innings. His two-run double in the fifth off Zach Davies cut it to 3-2. Davies gave up four hits in five innings.
Derek Dietrich grounded into a run-producing force-out that tied it in the sixth.
The teams meet again tonight. Jhoulys Chacin (1-0), will start for Milwaukee while Anthony DeSclafani makes his season debut for Cincinnati. First pitch is at 5:40 Central from Great American Ball Park.
Elsewhere in the NL Central…..
St. Louis 6, Pittsburgh 5
Braves 8, Cubs 0
MLB announced the first Players of the Week for the 2019 season on Monday. The Brewers’ Christian Yelich was named the National League Player of the Week, and the Mariners’ Tim Beckham was named the American League Player of the Week. It’s no surprise that Yelich took home the honors in the National League. The league’s reigning MVP homered in each of Milwaukee’s first four games, tying the Major League record for most consecutive home runs to open a season.
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 28 points and 11 rebounds in his return to the lineup, Eric Bledsoe added 29 points and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Brooklyn Nets 131-121 on Monday night.
Reserve guard George Hill chipped in 22 points while Brook Lopez and Sterling Brown each scored 14 for the Bucks, who played without All-Star forward Khris Middleton because of soreness in his left groin. Milwaukee was unable to clinch the best record in the Eastern Conference because Toronto won earlier Monday.
D’Angelo Russell had 28 points and 10 rebounds for the Nets, who remained seventh in the East after losses by Detroit and Miami. Caris LeVert had 24 points off the bench.
The Bucks earned their 26th road win, tying the 1980-81 team for the third-highest total in franchise history. The Bucks improved to 3-0 against the Nets this season to clinch the season series. They have won the last five season series. Milwaukee is at Philadelphia Thursday night.
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