Hometown Broadcasting Sports Thursday 5/20/21
20 May 2021 Sports
Jorge Soler hit a slump-busting homer to tie the game, Nicky Lopez bunted home the go-ahead run, and the Kansas City Royals used a late rally against the Milwaukee bullpen to squeak past the Brewers 6-4 on Wednesday night. Scott Barlow (2-1) got the final two outs of the seventh inning, Greg Holland worked the eighth and Josh Staumont coughed up a run in the ninth before striking out Omar Narvaez looking with two runners aboard for his fifth save. The two-game sweep gave Kansas City its first series win over the Brewers since June 2015. The Royals had managed just two hits off Corbin Burnes when the Brewers ace left leading 3-2 after six innings. Soler was the first batter of the seventh and promptly hammered J.P. Feyereisen’s second pitch to end his 0-for-12 skid. Feyereisen (0-2) then gave up Kelvin Gutierrez’s single and walked Michael Taylor. A sacrifice bunt advanced both runners, and Lopez turned an attempted squeeze play into a bunt single that allowed pinch runner Jarrod Dyson to score easily. The Royals added two more runs off Brad Boxberger in the eighth before their own bullpen finished things off.
Taylor hit a two-run homer in the second and robbed Jackie Bradley Jr. of a home run with a spectacular leaping catch in the sixth. The Brewers still scored on the sacrifice fly, but Taylor’s catch saved a run and kept Kansas City within 3-2. Bradley homered off Brad Keller earlier in the game to end his own 0-for-22 slump.
Burnes was pulled after six innings, and Soler’s homer and Lopez’s go-ahead bunt rendered moot his latest dazzling start. He allowed just two hits over six innings, and while Burnes walked his second batter of the season, he also struck out nine to join the Indians’ Shane Bieber with at least that many Ks in each of his first seven starts. Pedro Martinez has the major league record with at least nine strikeouts in his first nine starts for Boston in 1999.
OF Christian Yelich (back) played his second game at DH after returning from a long IL stay. He was 0 for 2 with three walks. Manager Craig Counsell said “He’s fine. Haven’t had any trainer conversations or anything.”
The Brewers are off today before RHP Adrian Houser (3-4, 3.63 ERA) takes the mound for Milwaukee to open a three-game series Friday night in Cincinnati.
Elsewhere in the NL Central on Wednesday the Giants blanked the Reds 4-0, the Nationals nipped the Cubs 4-3 and the Cardinals beat the Pirates 8-5.
It was the second straight night for a no-hitter in the Major’s as the Yankees Corey Kluber performed the gem. The two-time American League Cy Young winner threw the Yankees’ first no-hitter since 1999 in a 2-0 win over the Rangers on Wednesday night. It was the sixth no-hitter of the season, one behind the major league record.
NBA Playoffs-Play in (Wed.
Memphis 100, San Antonio 96
Los Angeles Lakers 103, Golden State 100
(Thurs.)
Indiana at Washington
The WIAA announced Wednesday the state track and field championships will remain at Veterans Memorial Stadium in La Crosse on June 24-26. There had been some doubt if the event would remain in one spot due to COVID-19 concerns, as the event is always well attended and has hundreds of athletes. Nevertheless, there is a change. The championships will be three days instead of the customary two, and each division will run its entire meet on one day. Division 3 will compete on June 24, Division 2 on June 25 and Division 1 on June 26.The event will allow 5,500 fans each day.
The dangerous duo of Green Bay Packers cornerbacks Charles Woodson and Al Harris will finally get their due this August when the Packers hold the Packers Hall of Fame induction banquet. The 50th induction banquet will be held Saturday, August 28. The banquet was canceled last year due to COVID-19. In addition to Harris and Woodson receiving honors, LeRoy Butler and Robert Brooks will accept special recognition for the Lambeau Leap, as “The Most Memorable Moment in Packers History.”
Former Milwaukee Brewers owner and Commissioner of Baseball Emeritus Bud Selig will be presented the Bob Harlan Leadership Award. Lombardi-era quarterback Zeke Bratkowski, who died in 2019, will posthumously receive the Bart and Cherry Starr Recognition Award. The Packers are also introducing the Bud Lea Media Award, presenting the first award posthumously to Lea, a longtime Packers writer from Milwaukee. Woodson was also elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame this past February. He played 7 seasons with the Green Bay Packers starting in 2006. Harris played eight seasons with the Pack, joining in 2003. People with questions about the banquet are invited to call the Hall of Fame office, (920) 965-6984.
In October of 2019, Wisconsin Athletics announced that there would be renovations starting on the south end zone of Camp Randall Stadium to create new premium seating and suites. A major update to this renovation came on Wednesday morning when Wisconsin football released renderings and more detailed plans of the project that is slated to start construction after the 2021 football season. The renovation is planned to be completed before the start of the 2022 football season. In addition to new suites and premium seating, there will be more premium food offerings and dedicated restrooms offered as new amenities.
High School Baseball (Thurs..)
Berlin at Mayville
Laconia at Lomira
North Fond du Lac at Omro
Winnebago Lutheran at Saint Mary’s Springs
Fond du Lac at Neenah
Oshkosh North at Kaukauna
Appleton North at Oshkosh West
Kimberly at Hortonville
Appleton East at Appleton West
Nekoosa at Wautoma
Westfield at Adams-Friendship
Wisconsin Dells at Mauston
Cambria-Friesland at Montello
Princeton/Green Lake at Randolph
Lourdes Academy at Pardeeville
Markesan at Oakfield
Lourdes Academy at Pardeeville
Johnson Creek at Fall River
Hustisford/Dodgeland at Horicon
Beaver Dam at Portage
Girls Softball (Thurs.)
Ripon at Campbellsport
Plymouth at Berlin
Kettle Moraine Lutheran at Waupun
Winneconne at Kewaskum
Saint Mary’s Springs at Lomira
Mayville at Random Lake
Stockbridge/Hilbert at North Fond du Lac
New Holstein at Winnebago Lutheran Academy
Fond du Lac at Kaukauna
Oshkosh North at Hortonville
Appleton East at Oshkosh West
Kimberly at Appleton North
Neenah at Appleton West
Wautoma at Wisconsin Dells
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