Hometown Broadcasting Sports Friday 10/1/21
1 October 2021 Sports
Sports for October 1st
Rookie Dylan Carlson hit two go-ahead home runs, one from each side of the plate, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 on Thursday. Carlson’s homers made a winner out of J.A. Happ, who entered the game 0-3 in his last five starts against the Brewers. Happ (10-8) gave up 3 runs on 9 hits and struck out 7 in 6 1/3 innings, his longest outing since St. Louis acquired him from the Minnesota Twins on July 30.
Kodi Whitley and T.J. McFarland combined for two innings of scoreless relief and Luís Garcia earned his second save as the Cardinals won the rubber game of the series after having their franchise record 17-game winning streak snapped the night before. The streak lifted the Cardinals into next week’s NL wild-card game against the Los Angeles Dodgers or San Francisco.
Batting from the left side, Carlson smacked a 93-mph pitch from Milwaukee reliever Miguel Sánchez (2-1) into right field for a two-run homer to give the Cardinals a 4-3 lead in the sixth.
It was the second career multi-homer game for the 22-year-old, who also went deep from both sides of the plate against the San Diego Padres on Sept. 17. The Cardinals said Carlson is the first rookie in MLB history to homer from both sides of the plate in the same game multiple times in a single season, citing Elias Sports Bureau. Carlson also made two big catches in the outfield, including bouncing off the wall in right to rob Keston Hiura of an extra-base hit in the ninth.
Luis Urías’ opposite-field home run for the Brewers tied the game at 1 in the third.
Milwaukee strung together four straight hits to begin the fourth, capped by RBI singles from Omar Narváez and Hiura to take a 3-2 lead.
Brewers starter Brett Anderson went five innings, giving up two runs on three hits whiles striking out two and walking one. Miquel Sanchez (2-1) took the loss giving up two runs on two hits in one inning.
LHP Eric Lauer (7-5, 2.93 ERA) will kick off a three-game series at Los Angeles and Clayton Kershaw (10-8, 3.38 ERA) on Friday night. First pitch is at 9:10 CDT and the game can be heard on AM 1100/98.3 FM, WISS.
Elsewhere in the NL Central Thursday the Cubs shutout the Pirates 9-0.
The Packers (2-1) host the Pittsburgh Steelers (1-2) Sunday at Lambeau Field. Green Bay has won two straight while Pittsburgh has lost two-in-a row. Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has not played well in the two losses. Packers linebacker Preston Smith said the defense can’t let Big Ben get comfortable which means getting pressure
He said playing without Za’Darius Smith means the defense has to play at a higher level and make impact plays.
Wide receiver Alan Lazard talks about playing against Pittsburgh’s defense saying the offense has to be able to adjust after the snap to the different defensive looks the Steelers show.
Sunday’s game starts with the pregame at 1:00 and the kickoff at 3:20 and can be heard on FM 102.3, The Bug.
In Thursday Night Football the Bengals won at home over the Jaguars 24-21 on a game-ending field goal by rookie Evan McPherson.. The Jaguars led at the half 14-0 before Cincinnati tied the game in the third quarter on two straight scoring drives. The Jaguars regained the lead in the fourth quarter only to have the Bengals come back and tie it. Both young quarterbacks had a solid game last night. Jacksonville rookie Trevor Lawrence was 17-24 for 204 yards. Running back James Robinson rushed 18 times for 78 yards and two touchdowns. Second-year quarterback Joe Burrow wsa 25-32 for 348 yards and two touchdowns. Tyler Boyd caught nine passes for 118 yards and C.J. Uzomah caught five passes for 95 yards and two scores. Running back Joe Mixon left the game in the fourth quarter with an ankle injury but led Cincinnati in rushing with 67 yards on 16 carries and a touchdown. The Bengals improve to 3-1 while the Jaguars fall to 0-4.
College Football (Sat.)
Illinois College at Ripon (3-0)-kickoff at 1:00 from Ingalls Field
UW Oshkosh (2-0) at UW-Platteville-kickoff at 2:00
#14 Michigan (4-0) at Wisconsin (1-2)-The pregame starts at 9:00 with the kickoff at 11:00 from Camp Randall Stadium and can be heard on AM 1600/93.1 FM, WRPN.
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