7/3/23 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Monday
3 July 2023 Sports
William Contreras hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the third inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-3 on Sunday to win their third straight series.
Colon Rea (5-4) won his second straight start, allowing two runs and five hits in a season-high 6 2/3 innings. With runners on second and third in the fifth, he retired Andrew McCutchen on an inning-ending groundout.
Hoby Milner entered with a 3-2 lead in the seventh and got Connor Joe to hit an inning-ending flyout.
Elvis Peguero allowed Josh Palacios’ RBI double in the eighth, and Devin Williams retired three straight batters for his 17th save in 18 chances.
Milwaukee (45-39) won seven of 10 on its trip and remained tied with Cincinnati for the NL Central lead. Pittsburgh (39-44) lost its second straight following a four-game winning streak.
Rich Hill (7-8) gave up three runs and three hits in five innings. The 43-year-old left-hander struck out eight and walked two.
Nick Gonzales, the No. 7 overall pick in the 2020 amateur draft, hit his second big league homer, a two-run drive that put Pittsburgh ahead in the second. Palacios doubled twice for the Pirates.
McCutchen went 0 for 4, ending his team-high 20-game on-base streak.
Contreras’ ninth homer put the Brewers ahead 3-2 in the third, a 435-foot drive on a fastball. Milwaukee boosted the lead in the eighth when Brice Turang hit a squib to the left side with runners at the corners and two outs, and reliever Ryan Burucki threw the ball down the right-field line as two runs scored.
Brewers RHP Julio Teheran (2-3, 2.85 ERA) starts Monday’s homestand opener against the Chicago Cubs, who go with LHP Drew Smyly (7-5, 3.96). First pitch is at 1:10.
Elsewhere in the NL Central Sunday the Reds nipped the Padres 4-3, the Cardinals beat the Mets 5-1 and the Guardians downed the Cubs 8-6. The Brewers are tied with the Reds for first place, while the Pirates are 5 ½ games out, the Cubs 6 and the Cardinals are 9 ½ behind.
Brewers closer Devin Williams is heading to the MLB All-Star game for the second straight year. The league announced the rosters Sunday night with Williams being the only representation from Milwaukee.
The Brewers’ closer has 17 saves this season with 28 scoreless appearances in 30 trips to the mound. His first All-Star honor came in 2022.
Meanwhile, Christian Yelich was not named to the initial list. He has had an impressive first half of the season batting .273 AVG, with 40 RBIs and 10 home runs.
The 2023 MLB All-Star game will be held in Seattle on July 11th.
In the Midwest League Sunday the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers won at Quad Cities 5-4. The teams play again tonight with the first pitch at 6:00.
In the Northwood League Sunday the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders lost at home to the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters, 2-0.
The loss dropped the Dock Spiders to 12-22 on the season. They will be back in action tomorrow night in Wisconsin Rapids as they take on the Rafters to close out the first half of the season. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 P.M. They will be back at home on Tuesday night on the fourth of July as they take on the Wausau Woodchucks to open the second half of the season. It’s Independence Day, Military Appreciation & Snapback hat giveaway night at the Herr-Baker Field. All fans in attendance will receive a Military appreciation snapback hat courtesy of Summit Automotive. Plus, all active and retired military personnel will receive a complimentary ticket for the day’s game. First pitch is slated for 4:05 P.M.
Bernhard Langer won the U.S. Senior Open on Sunday at SentryWorld to break the PGA Tour Champions’ career victory record. Pushing his record as the oldest winner on the 50-and-over tour to 65 years, 10 months, 5 days, the German star broke a tie with Hale Irwin for the victory mark with No. 46.
Seven strokes ahead on the back nine, Langer bogeyed the final three holes for 1-under 70 and a two-stroke victory over home-state favorite Steve Stricker on the tree-lined course with thick rough.
Langer finished at 7-under 277, with only eight players breaking par for the week. He shattered the tournament age record set by Allen Doyle in 2006 at SentryWorld at 57 years, 11 months, 14 days.
Also the 2010 U.S. Senior Open winner at Sahalee outside Seattle, Langer extended his record for senior major victories to 12. He won the Chubb Classic in Florida in February to tie Irwin.
Stricker — from Madison, 100 miles to the south — birdied three of the last five holes for a 69.
Stricker won the first two senior majors of the year and took his hometown Madison event three weeks ago for his fourth Champions victory of the season.
Fellow Madison player Jerry Kelly was third at 4 under after a 71.
Brett Quigley (66) and Rob Labritz (69) tied for fourth at 2 under. Two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen (71), Steven Alker (65) and Dicky Pride (69) were 1 under.
On the regular PGA Tour Rickie Fowler won the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit Sunday on the first hole of a three-way playoff. He birdied the first playoff hole to beat Colin Morikawa and Adam Hadwin.. Fowler shot a final round 68 and finished at 24 under, 264. It was his sixth PGA Tour victory and first in four years.
Shane van Gisbergen, the New Zealand Supercars driver making his first career Cup start in the rain-delayed Grant Park 220 in Chicago on Sunday.
He’s the seventh driver to win in his Cup Series debut, but the first of NASCAR’s modern era. The last time a driver won in his first career start at NASCAR’s top level was in 1963, when Johnny Rutherford won a Daytona qualifying race.
Milwaukee is keeping another one of their star players. Brook Lopez and the Bucks have agreed to a two-year $48 million deal, according to multiple reports. This comes a day after the Bucks re-signed three-time All-Star Khris Middleton to a three-year $102 million deal shortly after free agency opened Friday.
Milwaukee also re-signing Jae Crowder to a one-year deal, according to Chris Haynes.
Lopez is coming off arguably his best season yet leading the NBA in blocked shots and averaging nearly 16 points a game. He was also the runner-up for Defensive Player of the Year.
t appeared Lopez’ career may be on the decline after back surgery limited him to just 13 games in the 2021-22 season; however, he came back stronger than ever.
Now the Bucks have secured their two biggest free agents this offseason. So they keep their core star players together as Adrian Griffin now takes over as head coach.
The Bucks did lose Jevon Carter to the Bulls and Joe Ingles to the Magic in free agency.
Meanshile, Khris Middleton is staying in Milwaukee, NBA free agency starting at 5pm Friday night and it didn’t take long for the three-time all-star and Bucks to come to an agreement.
Middleton is agreeing to a new three-year, $102 million deal, according to ESPN.staying with Milwaukee and Giannis after declining his 5th year player option a few weeks ago.
Middleton battled a knee and wrist injury this last year but played in 33 games averaging 15 points, almost 5 assists and 4.2 rebounds in his 24 minutes a night. We’re still waiting on Brook Lopez.
Meanwhile, Jevon Carter is heading to the Bulls on a 3-year, $20 million deal. Joe Ingles is expected to go to the Magic, according to Chris Haynes. Former Oshkosh North starTyrese Haliburton has signed a huge contract extension with the Indiana Pacers. The fourth-year guard out of Iowa State has more than lived up to his billing as the 12th overall pick in the 2020 draft. After starting his career with the Sacramento Kings, he was moved just before the trade dealine in the 2021-2022 season as the centerpiece return for the Pacers in the Domantas Sabonis trade.
Haliburton made his first all-star game this year, and averaged just over 20 points and just over 10 assists a game for Pacers this year. And, at only 23 years old, it makes sense why the Pacers wanted to sign him to a big extension. That’s what they did.
Wisconsin football has announced that redshirt junior inside linebacker Jordan Turner has been suspended from the team after violating the UW Department of Athletics’ Student-Athlete Discipline Policy.
In a statement on Twitter, Turner said he was cited earlier this week with an “OWI first offense along with additional traffic violations.”
According to court records, Turner was cited for speeding on the freeway (35+ mph) in Rock County.
Turner is suspended from competition and practice pending completion of the required factual inquiry under the policy.
During the suspension, Turner will remain on official squad lists and may continue to receive support services in the sports medicine facility, the academic support center and the weight training room.
Turner was a three-star recruit out of Farmington High School in Michigan, and redshirted his freshman season in 2020.
In 2021 he appeared in six games and tallied six tackles and two interceptions.
Turner made 11 starts at linebacker in 2022, making 65 total tackles, five of which for loss, two sacks and one interception. He was an honorable mention All-Big Ten, and Guaranteed Rate Bowl defensive MVP.
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