7/6/22 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Wednesday
6 July 2022 Sports
Sports for Wednesday
Seiya Suzuki homered for the second straight night as the Chicago Cubs overcame Kyle Hendricks’ early exit and defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 8-3 on Tuesday night.
Hendricks left after three innings with a sore right shoulder. The right-hander threw 69 pitches, with his velocity slightly lower than usual.
Chicago’s bullpen stepped up in Hendricks’ absence. Matt Swarmer (2-3), Rowan Wick and Michael Rucker combined to allow just one run over the last six innings.
Suzuki broke a 2-all tie and put the Cubs ahead for good by lining a two-run shot just to the right of the left-field foul pole in the fifth inning. He also had an RBI single in the Cubs’ four-run sixth. That came one night after Suzuki hit an inside-the-park homer in the ninth inning to give Chicago a 2-1 lead, though the Cubs lost that game 5-2 in 10 innings. The Cubs activated Suzuki from the injured list Monday after a sprained left ring finger caused him to miss about five weeks.
Rowdy Tellez hit a two-run homer for Milwaukee in the first inning. His last 10 hits have gone for extra bases, tying a Brewers record Ryan Thompson set in 2002.
After starter Jason Alexander (2-1) held Chicago scoreless for the first three innings, the Cubs totaled eight runs over the next three frames to turn a 2-0 deficit into an 8-2 advantage. The Cubs scored a run in the fourth without hitting the ball out of the infield. After they loaded the bases on a walk, a hit batter and an infield single, Patrick Wisdom scored from third when Nelson Velázquez grounded out. Chicago pulled ahead with three runs in the fifth.
Alexander allowed seven runs – six earned – and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out two and walked two.
The three-game series concludes Wednesday afternoon as Corbin Burnes (7-4, 2.36 ERA) pitches for the Brewers and Adrian Sampson (0-0, 3.38) starts for the Cubs in a matchup of right-handers. First pitch is at 1:10 and the game can be heard on AM 1100/98.3 FM, WISS.
Elsewhere in the NL Central Tuesday the Reds shutout the Mets 1-0, Pittsburgh over theYankeess 5-2 and the Braves downed the Cardinals 7-1. Milwaukee leads St. Louis by three games in the division.
There were no the Midwest League Tuesday. Tonight the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers play at South Bend with the first pitch slated for 6:05 CDT.
The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders were off Tuesday and are back in action tonight at Kokomo in the first game of a two-game series to start the second half. First pitch is at 5:35.
Several players with ties to the Wisconsin Herd and the Wisconsin Badgers will be in action during the NBA Summer League. The Milwaukee Bucks’ roster is led by first-round draft choic MarJon Beauchamp, Rayjon Tucker, Marcus Graves, Sandro Mamukelashvili and Lindell Wigginton, who played for the Herd last season, are also on the Bucks’ roster.
Badgers alum Johnny Davis is on the roster for the Washington Wizards, who took him with the 10th overall pick in last month’s draft. Other former Wisconsin players in the Summer League are Vitto Brown of the Los Angeles Lakers, Aleem Ford of the Orlando Magic, Micah Potter of the New York Knicks and Nate Reuvers of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Summer League games are set for July 7-17 in Las Vegas.
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