Wednesday Sports 6/5/19
5 June 2019 Sports
Sports from Wayne Mausser
Garrett Cooper had two hits and scored twice during Miami’s franchise-record, 11-run fifth inning, helping the Marlins pound the Milwaukee Brewers 16-0 on Tuesday night. Cooper matched a career high with four hits and scored four times, leading the way as last-place Miami rolled to its 12th win in its last 17 games. Cooper, Starlin Castro and Brian Anderson homered, and rookie Harold Ramirez continued his hot start with two hits and two RBIs. Every player in Miami’s starting lineup had at least one hit, scored at least once and drove in at least one run. Even pitcher Pablo López got into the act, hitting an RBI double in the fifth that drew a hearty round of boos from the Miller Park crowd of 25,364. Milwaukee had won five of seven. But it was shut down by López (4-5) and three relievers, finishing with six hits in its worst loss of the season. It was already 4-0 when Chase Anderson (3-1) was pulled after four ineffective innings. And it only got worse for the Brewers from there. Miami collected three doubles and six singles while sending 15 batters to the plate in the fifth. After Castro struck out, nine consecutive batters reached safely before Ramirez grounded out for the second out. Cooper, a sixth-round draft pick by the Brewers in 2013, led off with a single and scored on Ramirez’s double. He also singled in López and scored on Castro’s double, making it 13-0. When the inning ended on Jorge Alfaro’s strikeout against Corbin Burnes, Milwaukee’s second pitcher of the inning, the crowd cheered sarcastically. Brewers manager Craig Counsell turned to Hernán Pérez for the ninth, and the utilityman worked a perfect inning in his sixth career pitching appearance. López matched a career high with seven strikeouts in six innings. The right-hander allowed three hits and walked one. Travis Shaw (right wrist strain) was activated from the injured list. He started at third and went 2 for 3 with a walk.
The teams continue their three-game series tonight. Jimmy Nelson starts for Milwaukee in his first major league appearance in almost two years. The right-hander is coming back from shoulder surgery after he got hurt in September 2017 on a dive back into first after rounding the base on a single. Sandy Alcantara (2-5, 4.08 ERA) pitches for Miami. First pitch is at 6:40 and the game can be heard on AM1100/98.3FM, WISS.
Elsewhere in the N.L. Central on Tuesday, the Cubs beat Colorado 6-3, Atlanta pounded Pittsburgh 12-5 and the Reds beat the Cardinals 4-1. The Cubs and the Brewers are tied for first in the division while the Cardinals are 3 games back, Pittsburgh 5 out and Cincinnati is 5 ½ games behind.
The NBA Finals resume tonight at Golden State where the Warriors and the Toronto Raptors are tied at a game each. The Warriors evened up the series Sunday night with a 109-104 win in Toronto.
Tuesday baseball sectionals took place throughout the state and several area teams advanced to the state tournament. Green Bay Preble beat Kimberly 5-0 and Fond du Lac beat Sheboygan North 7-3 to advance in Division 1, while West De Pere topped Seymour 13-3 in Division 2. In Division 3, Markesan beat Prairie du Chien 3-1.
Matt LaFleur showed up to Tuesday’s OTA practice riding in a golf cart, two days after successful surgery on his left leg. LaFleur tore his achilles tendon shooting hoops with members of his coaching staff Wednesday night. LaFleur didn’t give a detailed timetable of his recovery Tuesday, but did say he’ll have to stay off his left leg for around four weeks and hopes to be out of the golf cart and in a walking boot by training camp.
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