Hometown Broadcasting Sports Thursday 7/22/21
22 July 2021 Sports
Sports for July 23rd
Nicky Lopez hit a bases-loaded, tiebreaking double, Brad Keller earned his first win in over six weeks and the Kansas City Royals completed a season sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers with a 6-3 win on Wednesday. Jorge Soler added a towering homer in the eighth inning as the Royals continued their improbable season-long mastery of the Brewers.
The Brewers lead the NL Central and the Royals are last in the AL Central, yet Kansas City won all four meetings this year. The Royals swept a two-game series in Kansas City on May 18-19 and won 5-2 at Milwaukee on Tuesday. Keller (7-9) struck out six and allowed three runs and two walks in 6 2/3 innings to pick up a win for the first time since June 4. Keller had gone 0-5 with two no-decisions over his last seven starts, though he’s pitched well in his three July appearances. Scott Barlow retired the side in order in the ninth for his fifth save in eight opportunities. The Royals boosted Keller by capitalizing on some shaky Brewers defense. Kansas City couldn’t get a single runner on base against Eric Lauer in the first three innings, but a wild throw to first by Brewers third baseman Luis Urías allowed Whit Merrifield to reach second to lead off the fourth. Andrew Benintendi hit an RBI double with two outs and scored on Hunter Dozier’s bloop hit. The Brewers pulled ahead with a three-run rally in the fifth that included an RBI double from Christian Yelich.
Kansas City regained the lead for good by scoring three runs off Brent Suter (9-5) in the sixth. The Royals had a runner at first with one out when first baseman Jace Peterson couldn’t handle a grounder from Benintendi. Dozier followed Peterson’s error by delivering a single that made it 3-all.
With the bases loaded and two outs, Lopez hit a two-run double to right that put the Royals back in front. Soler capped the scoring by homering to left-center off Ángel Perdomo in the eighth. Soler’s drive traveled an estimated 438 feet.
The Brewes have Thursday off before beginning a three-game home series with the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox on Friday. Probable starters are RHP Lucas Giolito (8-6, 3.90) for the White Sox and RHP Freddy Peralta (7-3, 2.39) for the Brewers.
Elsewhere in the NL Central on Wednesday the Mets shutout the Reds 7-0, the Diamondbacks beat the Pirates 6-4 and the Cardinals nipped the Cubs 3-2, The Brewers lead the Reds by 6 1/2 games, the Cardinals by 7 ½, the Cubs by 8 ½ and the Pirates by 19 ½ games.
A parade to celebrate the NBA Champion Milwaukee Bucks will be held Thursday in downtown Milwaukee. The parade starts at 11 a.m. It will begin at the intersection of E. Wisconsin Ave. and N. Prospect Ave. The route goes west on E. Wisconsin Ave. before turning north on N. Water Street. The parade will proceed to E. Knapp St. before ending at the Milwaukee River. Bucks players, coaches, owners, alumni and staff will be in the parade. The parade will be followed by a celebration in the Deer District with players, coaches, owners and executives on stage. That celebration will be in Block 6 of the DeerDistrict, located directly north of Fiserv Forum between Vel R. Phillips Ave. and Fifth St. The Bucks anticipate the celebration will start at 12:30 p.m. The Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Phoenix Suns Tuesday in Game 6 of the NBA Finals. It marks the Bucks’ first NBA title since 1971.
NBA Finals champion and MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo celebrated his 50-point performance in Game 6 with a 50-piece order of chicken nuggets from Chick-fil-A. WISN reporter Stephanie Sutton was there when the Milwaukee Bucks superstar pulled up to Chick-fil-A to pick up his order. No. 34 had his NBA Finals MVP trophy on his lap. “I was hungry,” Giannis told Sutton. Chick-fil-A in Pewaukee offered the NBA Champ free food for life.
Midwest League (Wed.)
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 7, South Bend 2-The two teams meet again tonight at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute.
The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders are back in action tonight after their All-Star Break. The Dock Spiders are on the road at Wisconsin Rapids taking on the Rafters.
Several members of the Super Bowl XLV championship team will be taking a “Packers Road Trip” to visit with fans at surprise locations around Wisconsin from July 22-25. Packers alumni James Jones, Nick Collins, Morgan Burnett and Ryan Grant will board a Packers-themed bus and travel to several areas throughout northeastern, southeastern and southwestern Wisconsin. Stops will include numerous surprise visits to hospitals, businesses, camps, event venues and community centers.
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