8/24/23 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Thursday
24 August 2023 Sports
Brice Turang beat out an infield hit with two outs in the 10th inning to bring home Willy Adames with the winning run, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Minnesota Twins 8-7 on a sweltering Wednesday.
Adames also homered for the second straight day and singled home the tying run earlier in the 10th to help the NL Central-leading Brewers complete a two-game sweep and win their fifth straight. Milwaukee rallied from a three-run deficit.
The Brewers trailed 7-6 before Adames led off the bottom of the 10th with a single up the middle off Jhoan Durán (2-6) that drove in automatic runner Carlos Santana. Adames advanced to second when the ball rolled past Twins center fielder Michael A. Taylor and moved to third on Andruw Monasterio’s fly to right.
Turang followed with a chopper to the left side of the infield and beat third baseman Royce Lewis’ throw to first.
The AL Central-leading Twins took a 7-6 lead in the 10th when Ryan Jeffers’ two-out infield single scored Joey Gallo from third. Jeffers fell down on his way to first but still slid in safely ahead of the throw from pitcher Elvis Peguero (4-4), who initially mishandled the slow dribbler toward the third-base line.
Milwaukee trailed 6-3 in the sixth inning. The Twins grabbed that lead by hitting three two-out homers off Brewers starter Corbin Burnes.
Royce Lewis’ two-run homer to left-center put the Twins ahead in the third. Michael A. Taylor’s two-run blast in the fourth put the Twins back ahead. Kyle Farmer added a solo shot in the sixth.
Milwaukee again responded against Minnesota’s bullpen.
Adames homered for the second straight day, delivering a two-run drive off Emilio Pagán that cut Minnesota’s lead to 6-5. Tyrone Taylor tied the game with a solo shot to left center off Caleb Thielbar in the seventh.
Milwaukee threatened to pull ahead later in the seventh, but Thielbar ended the threat by striking out Adames with runners on first and second. Minnesota turned to its bullpen after starter Kenta Maeda threw 92 pitches — six off his season high — over five innings and retired the last eight men he faced. The Brewers beat the Twins 7-3 on Tuesday by scoring five sixth-inning runs against Dylan Floro after starter Bailey Ober also retired his final eight batters.
It was 97 degrees for the first pitch, the third-highest game-time temperature at American Family Field since it opened as Miller Park in 2001. The temperature eventually reached 100.
The ballpark record for the hottest opening-pitch temperature was 101 degrees on July 5, 2012, against the Miami Marlins. One day earlier, it was 100 when Milwaukee hosted Miami.
The roof was partially open, as approved by Major League Baseball, to provide shade for fans in a stadium without air conditioning.
The Brewers are off Thursday before beginning a three-game home series with the San Diego Padres. RHP Brandon Woodruff (2-1, 2.89) will start for the Brewers on Friday.
Elsewhere in the NL Central Wednesday the Cubs beat the Tigers 6-4, the Cardinals beat the Pirates 6-4 and the Reds downed the Angels 9-4. The Brewers lead the Cubs and the Reds by 3 ½ games in the division.
In the Midwest League Wednesday the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers won on the road at Quad Cities 10-6. They meet again tonight with the first pitch at 6:40.
Because of the heat, the Packers practice on Wednesday was moved up an hour, and they took the first 20 minutes to practice inside. Coach Matt LaFleur said the players just have to deal with the heat.
Second year receiver Samori Toure said, “it’s too hot to think.” Devonte Wyatt was seen being taken in by the trainers because of the heat.
“It caught me off guard. I wasn’t prepared,” Wyatt said. “I was drinking too much water before practice and stuff like that. I was just trying to stay hydrated, and it just started coming up as soon as I started moving around.”
”As soon as we got outside we started riding the bikes, we were like this is going to be one of those days. A longer practice too,” Toure said.
“Just staying mentally focused,” Jordan Love said. “Everyone is going to be tired. Everyone is going to be drained, just trying to stay mentally focused when you get tired and exhausted.”
The Packers have practice again on Thursday, closed to the public, ahead of the third preseason game Saturday hosting the Seahawks.
After Saturday’s preseason game Love will begin preparing for the regular season opener at Chicago on Sept 10, and he likes where his game is at as he prepares for his first start at Soldier Field.
“I’m seeing it well when I get out there and break the huddle,” said Love, who has a 124.8 passer rating during the preseason. “Going up against our defense, I have a better feel of what they’re doing and different pressures they have so I can get us in the right protection, and just understanding where I have to go with the ball is the biggest thing, just being comfortable doing that so I can play fast and not be out there thinking as much,”
As Love prepares for the third and final preseason game he says the response he’s been getting through training camp from players and fans has been positive as the team’s new starting quarterback.
“Everybody I’ve run into at practice, riding bikes, around town it’s all positive stuff, people are excited, excited for me, just telling me they’re rooting for me, they’re behind me, they got my back,” Love said.
You can hear all of the action Saturday beginning with the pregame at 10:00 and the kickoff at noon on FM 1023, The Bug.
In Thursday Night Football the Steelers play in Atlanta against the Falcons and the Colts play in Philadelphia against the Eagles.
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