Wednesday Sports 4/24/19
24 April 2019 Sports
Sports from Wayne Mausser
Paul DeJong hit a tiebreaking, leadoff homer in the eighth inning, Yadier Molina had three hits and two RBI, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 Tuesday night. Milwaukee had three solo homers, two by Travis Shaw and another by Orlando Arcia. The Brewers had four solo homers in a 13-5 loss Monday.
DeJong took reliever Alex Wilson (1-1) deep to make it 3-2. Molina hit his second double with one out, scoring Jose Martinez, who had walked to go with two singles. Molina stole third but was stranded there. It was his first stolen base this season and the 17th time he’s stolen third in his career.
Andrew Miller (1-1) struck out two in a perfect eighth to pick up his first win as a Cardinal. Miller’s last victory was on Aug. 9 against Minnesota. Jordan Hicks pitched the ninth for his sixth save. Shaw led off the ninth with his second home run. After a walk, Hicks got a strikeout and a double play.
Paul Goldschmidt singled home Matt Carpenter with two outs in the fifth, giving St. Louis a 2-1 lead. Carpenter drew a walk and then stole second, his first this season, to get into scoring position. Arcia belted a homer to center to lead off the fifth and tie it at 1. Shaw’s homer off reliever John Gant tied it at 2 in the sixth. Shaw also homered in Monday’s series opener when he snapped an 0-for-17 skid.
St. Louis starter Daniel Ponce de Leon, who was activated before the game, started in place of the injured Michael Wacha. In his season debut, Ponce de Leon pitched five innings, striking out seven and allowing two hits and one run. Milwaukee starter Zach Davies pitched 4 2/3 innings. He gave up seven hits and two runs.
Brewers: Jhoulys Chacin (2-2, 5.92) will be making his second start this season against St. Louis. Adam Wainwright (1-2, 4.74) will go for the Cardinals.
In other news, Brewers: RHP Freddy Peralta, who has right shoulder inflammation, will throw a full bullpen session Wednesday. His 15-pitch light bullpen Monday went fine. He could rejoin the rotation in the next home stand, which begins Monday against Colorado.
Elsewhere in the N.L. Central on Tuesday, the Reds nipped the Braves 7-6, the Diamondbacks shaded the Pirates 2-1 and the Cubs beat the Dodgers 7-2. In the N.L. Central the Cardinals lead the Pirates by one game while the Cubs and Brewers are two games back and the Reds are 4 1/2 back.
The NFL draft begins Thursday night. The Packers have 10 overall picks with six coming in the first four rounds. Green Bay has the 12th and 30th picks in the first round. Rounds two and three will be Friday and rounds four through seven are Saturday. The draft gets underway at 7:00 p.m. Thursday from Nashville.
High School Sports from Tuesday
(Baseball) Ripon 10, Kettle Moraine Lutheran 0
Winneconne 5, Berlin 1
Waupun 5, Campbellsport 1
Waupaca 6, Oconto Falls 1
Iola-Scandinavia 14, Weyauwega-Fremont 0
Girls Soccer
Plymouth 10, Berlin 0
Girls Softball
Campbellsport 6, Kewakum 2
Denmark 1, Fox Valley Lutheran 0
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