4/15/22 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Friday
15 April 2022 Sports
Sports for Friday
Brandon Woodruff wasted no time bouncing back from an uncharacteristically poor performance in his season debut. Woodruff threw five shutout innings, Omar Narváez homered and doubled, and the Milwaukee Brewers opened their home schedule with a 5-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday.
Woodruff (1-1) struck out two and allowed just three hits and a walk. The return to form came five days after he allowed seven runs — matching a career high — and lasted just 3 2/3 innings in a 9-0 loss to the Chicago Cubs. He had opened the loss to Chicago by walking three men and hitting a batter. The two-time All-Star had no such control problems Thursday, throwing 65 of his 89 pitches for strikes. He also showed his poise while facing adversity in the third inning.
The Cardinals trailed 2-0 but had two on with two outs when Woodruff got ahead of Paul Goldschmidt 1-2 in the count before two borderline pitches got called balls. Goldschmidt then hit an apparent inning-ending grounder but reached on catcher’s interference to load the bases. Woodruff worked his way out of the jam by getting Tyler O’Neill to hit a fly to shallow right.
The Brewers gave Woodruff an early lead and delighted an announced sellout of crowd of 42,794 by scoring four runs in the first three innings off Adam Wainwright (1-1). Kolten Wong ripped Wainwright’s first pitch for a leadoff triple down the right-field line and came home on Andrew McCutchen’s two-out single up the middle.
Milwaukee extended the lead to 2-0 in the second when Narváez belted an 85-mph cutter from Wainwright over the right-field wall for his first homer since Aug. 11 and first RBI of this season. The Brewers added two more runs in the third. Christian Yelich hit a leadoff double off the center-field wall and scored on Hunter Renfroe’s two-out single. Narváez followed with a double to left-center that brought home Rowdy Tellez, who had reached on a one-out walk. Milwaukee added one more run in the sixth as Wong singled home Jace Peterson, who reached with a single and two walks.
The Cardinals’ only run came when Tommy Edman homered off Jandel Gustave in the eighth. Trevor Gott and Gustave each pitched two innings.
Wainwright (1-1) struck out seven and allowed eight hits and two walks in 4 1/3 innings.
These two teams continue their four-game series Friday night with Miles Mikolas (0-0, 4.91 ERA) starting for the Cardinals and Freddy Peralta (0-0, 6.75) starting for the Brewers in a matchup of right-handers. First pitch is at 7:10 and the game can be heard on AM 1100/98.3 FM, WISS.
Elsewhere in the NL Central on Thursday the Pirates beat the Nationals 9-4, the Cubs downed the Rockies 5-2 and the Dodgers beat the Reds 9-3.
The Green Bay Packers are signing a one-year deal with veteran WR Sammy Watkins, according to multiple reports. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports the deal is for one-year and $4 million. Watkins will fill the void left by Davante Adams, who was traded to the Las Vegas Raiders. Watkins was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in 2014. He’s also played for the Los Angeles Rams, Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens.
Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo acknowledges there is pressure in the NBA playoffs and after the winning the first title, “your mind wants to win a second time or a third time.” A leading MVP candidate again this season, Antetokounmpo likes to compare playing basketball to creating a work of art and he’ll try to produce another postseason masterpiece this weekend. His last time on the playoff stage, Antetokounmpo scored 50 points in a Game 6 victory over the Phoenix Suns that gave the Bucks their first championship in a half-century. Antetokounmpo and the third-seeded Bucks face the sixth-seeded Chicago Bulls in an Eastern Conference first-round series starting Sunday in Milwaukee.
NBA Play-In Tournament (Fri.)
Atlanta at Cleveland
New Orleans at LA Clippers
******The winners advance as the 8th seeds in the NBA playoffs.
Baseball (Thurs.)
Ripon at Wautoma (pp.)
Kewaskum 13, Plymouth 2
Waupun 17, Poynette 7
North Fond du Lac at Lomira
Beaver Dam at Sauk Prairie (ppd)
West De Pere at New London (ppd)
Pulaski at Seymour (pd)
Bonduel at Weyauwega-Fremont (ppd)
Rosholt at Wild Rose (ppd)
Hortonville at Fond du Lac (ppd)
Denmark 2, Fox Valley Lutheran 1
Clintonville at Waupaca (ppd)
Adams-Friendship 12, Abbotsford/Colby 6
Black River Falls/Fall Creek at Mauston (cancelled)
Nekoosa at Auburndale (cancelled)
Stratford at Westfield (ppd)
Wisconsin Dells at Marshall (ppd
Pardeeville at Oakfield (ppd)
Williams Bay at Fall River (cancelled)
Rio at Horicon (ppd)
Parkview at Hustisford/Dodgeland (ppd)
Girls Softball (Thurs.)
Ripon at Berlin (ppd)
North Fond du Lac at Lomira (ppd)
Mayville 4, Poynette 2
Menasha at Xavier (ppd)
New London 9, West De Pere 8
Bonduel at Weyauwega-Fremont (ppd)
Tri-County at Almond-Bancroft (ppd)
Roshholt at Wild Rose (ppd)
Luxemburg-Casco at Clintonville (ppd)
Marinette at Little Chute (ppd)
Wrightstown at Waupaca (ppd)
Wautoma at Westfield (ppd)
Markesan at Oakfield (ppd)
Randolph 6, Princeton/Green Lake 5
Parkview at Dodgeland/Hustisford (ppd)
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