Wednesday Sports 4/17/19
17 April 2019 Sports
Sports from Wayne Mausser
Christian Yelich welcomed hard-throwing prospect Ryan Helsley to the big leagues with a three-run homer, his eighth against St. Louis this season, to help send the Milwaukee Brewers to an 8-4 victory over the Cardinals on Tuesday night.
Lorenzo Cain and Yasmani Grandal each homered in a five-run third against Jack Flaherty (1-1), when the Brewers went up 5-0.
Yelich, who homered three times on Monday, was the first batter faced by Helsley, who debuted with two on and two outs in the fifth. Yelich fell behind 0-2, evened the count and then fouled off a 98 mph fastball, before sending the next pitch 427 feet to right center for his ninth home run, putting Milwaukee up 8-0.
Yelich is the first player to homer in six consecutive games against the Cardinals. The Brewers have won nine of their last 10 against St. Louis, including four in a row.
Brandon Woodruff (2-1) held the Cardinals scoreless until Marcell Ozuna’s two-run homer, his seventh, with one out in the sixth. Woodruff allowed two runs on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings, striking out six.
The Cardinals added two in the eighth on RBI singles by Yadier Molina and Kolten Wong.
Cain opened the third inning with his second homer. Ryan Braun doubled under the glove of third baseman Matt Carpenter with one out. After Mike Moustakas struck out, Grandal followed with his fifth homer, a two-run shot to right.
The Brewers loaded the bases on singles by Travis Shaw and Jesus Aguilar and a walk to Orlando Arcia. Woodruff then laced a two-run double over the bag at first, his fifth hit in his first six at-bats this season.
Flaherty was tagged for five runs on nine hits and needed 75 pitches to get though 2 2/3 innings.
The teams wrap up their series with an afternoon game today. Right hander Michael Wacha goes for the Cardinals against another right hander, Corbin Burnes. First pitch is at 12:40 and the game can be heard on AM1100/98.3FM, WISS.
In other Brewers news, right-handed pitcher Jake Petricka was optioned to Class-A Wisconsin. Also reliever Jeremy Jeffress was reinstated from the 10-day injured list and pitcher Aaron Wilkerson was recalled from Triple-A San Antonio.
Elsewhere in the NL Central on Tuesday, the Pirates beat the Tigers, 5-3, the Cubs blanked Miami 4-0 and the Dodgers over the Reds 6-1.
Packers alumnus John Kuhn has joined the team as sports analyst for the organization’s digital, broadcast and game presentation department, Gabrielle Dow, Packers vice president of marketing and fan engagement announced today. Kuhn, a former fullback who played nine seasons in Green Bay, was a key member of teams that won Super Bowl XLV and five division titles. During his time as a player, Kuhn developed an interest in media and broadcasting and participated in the NFL Broadcasting Boot Camp in 2015. He spent time during and after his playing career guest-hosting and co-hosting a variety of radio and live sports programs. In his new role as sports analyst, he will create and contribute content to the Packers’ digital properties, including packers.com and the team’s social media platforms.
The Milwaukee Bucks will try to make it two wins in a row as they host the Detroit Pistons tonight in their NBA Eastern Conference first round playoff series. The Bucks won Sunday, 121-86.
Player-host Steve Stricker, local PGA star Jerry Kelly and defending champion Scott McCarron are among the early entrants to the 2019 American Family Insurance Championship, to be played June 21-23 at University Ridge Golf Course.
Kirk Triplett, the inaugural championship winner in 2016, has also signed up to play. The full 78-player field for the championship will be set June 15.
Boys Baseball
Ripon won a doubleheader from Berlin Tuesday, 26-0 and 11-0. Brice Peth went 5-for-5 at the plate, including a grand slam and seven RBIs, for Ripon in the first game, while Connor Diedrich, Bailey Revels and Sam Vanevanhoven each added two hits. Lane Sobieski had a double for Berlin in the first game. In the second contest, Jade Johns, Brice Peth, Max Huseboe and T.J. Mollowhey each had two hits. Huseboe and Bailey Revels each picked up a win for Ripon while Noah Winter and Lane Sobieski each took a loss for Berlin.
Elsewhere, Hortonville shutout Oshkosh North 10-0, Mayville beat Lomira 7-3, Campbellsport split a doubleheader with Plymouth, winning the first game 8-3 and losing the second game 12-2 and Chilton blanked Brillion 3-0.
Boys Track
Neenah Quadrangular Results-Appleton East 93, Neenah 72, Oshkosh West 66, Hortonville 30
Plymouth Quadrangular Results- Kewaskum 114.5, Plymouth 94.5, Kettle Moraine Lutheran 90, Waupun 4
Girls Soccer
Appleton West 2, Oshkosh West 1, Omro 0, Mayville 0, Winnebago Lutheran 1, St. Mary’s Springs 0, Campbellsport 2, Waupun 1, Winneconne 4, Kettle Moraine Lutheran 1, Kewaskum 7, Berlin 0.
Softball
Oshkosh North 7, Hortonville 0- Fond du Lac 2, Oshkosh West 1-Winnebago Lutheran 12, Omro 4- Waupun 5, Campbellsport 4- Lomira 11 Laconia 0,-Mayville 7, North Fond du Lac 0-Plymouth 9, Ripon 4.
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