Hometown Broadcasting Sports Thursday 10/1/20
1 October 2020 Sports
It was a rocky start for Brent Suter as the Dodgers took game one of their National League Wild Card series, 4-2 over the Brewers. Suter was the Brewers’ choice for a spot start in place of injured ace Corbin Burnes after delivering a trio of scoreless starts in September by working fast and filling up the strike zone. Suter did the former but not the latter against the Dodgers, walking as many batters (five) as he recorded outs,and matching — in 1 2/3 innings — his walk count from 31 2/3 innings in the regular season. Suter became the first pitcher in history to walk in multiple runs in the first inning of a postseason game.
Mookie Betts’ hit a leadoff double and he walked four batters in the first inning, including Will Smith and AJ Pollock with the bases loaded. Given another chance in the second inning, Suter surrendered successive doubles to Chris Taylor and Betts to make it 3-0. Help came from a Brewers bullpen that will be key to staying alive, given injuries to Burnes (oblique) and Brett Anderson, who would have started a potential Game 3 before he developed a blister on his throwing hand. Eric Yardley pitched 2 1/3 innings and did not give up a hit while striking out two. Justin Topa followed with two scoreless innings giving up just one hit while walking one. Freddy Peralta pitched the seventh inning and gave up the Dodgers final run on a homer to Corey Seager and Drew Rasmussen pitched a scoreless 8th.
Orlando Arcia hit a two-run home run in the fourth inning giving him four in his postseason career to tie Prince Fielder’s franchise record. At the time it pulled Milwaukee to within one. The Brewers managed just seven hits. Avasail Garcia went 3-for-4 and Christian Yelich, who batted leadoff, was 2-for-5.
Brandon Woodruff is scheduled to start Game 2 opposite Clayton Kershaw, aiming to force a Game 3. First pitch is at 9:08 CDT and the game can be heard on AM1100/98.3FM, WISS.
Elsewhere in the National League playoffs the Braves shut out the Reds 1-0 in 13 innings, Miami beat the Cubs 5-1 and the Cardinals downed the Padres 7-4.
In the American League Playoffs Houston beat Minnesota 3-1 to win the series 2-0. Oakland defeated the White Sox 5-3 to tie their series at a game each. Tampa Bay beat Toronto 8-2 to win their series 2-0 and the Yankees edged Cleveland 10-9 to take their series 2-0.
Today the Reds play the Braves, Miami plays at Chicago, the White Sox play at Oakland, St. Louis is at San Diego and the Brewers play in Los Angeles against the Dodgers.
The Packers (3-0) are back on the practice field today in preparation for Monday Night Football at Lambeau Field against the Atlanta Falcons (0-3.
Meanshile, Green Bay signed WR Caleb Scott to the practice squad. The transaction
was announced Wednesday by General Manager Brian Gutekunst.
Scott (6-2, 203) is a first-year player out of Vanderbilt University that originally signed with the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent on May 4, 2018, and spent his rookie season on Seattle’s practice squad. He was released by the Seahawks at the start of the 2019 training camp. In college, Scott played in 44 games with 18 starts for the Commodores, hauling in 67 passes for 1,011 yards (15.1 avg.) and three touchdowns in four seasons. He will wear No. 18 for the Packers.
In Thursday Night Football Denver plays on the road against the Jets.
The NFL will delay the Week 4 bout between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tennessee Titans a day or two. It represents the first scheduled game altered by the COVID-19 pandemic. NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Wednesday that the Steelers and Titans is expected to be played either Monday or Tuesday, per a source informed of the decision. The NFL later confirmed the decision to push the game. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin told reporters Wednesday there’s a “strong possibility” the game will be played Monday.
ESPN first reported news of the potential postponement.
The NBA Finals got underway last night as the Lakers took care of the Miami Heat 116-98. Anthony Davis paced the Lakers with 34 points while LeBron James added a near triple-double, scoring 25 points, grabbing 13 rebounds and dishing out nine assists. Jimmy Butler paced the Heat with 23 points.
The NASCAR Cup Series will return to Road America in 2021 for the first time since 1956. Road America has hosted the NASCAR Xfinity Series annually since 2010, which is one step below the Cup Series. The Cup Series race will be on July 4.
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