9/27/23 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Wednesday
27 September 2023 Sports
The Milwaukee Brewers clinched the NL Central title for the third time in six seasons Tuesday night, despite a 4-1 loss to the last-place St. Louis Cardinals and with the help of a come-from-behind win by the Atlanta Braves.
Milwaukee clinched its second division crown in three seasons when the Chicago Cubs dropped a 7-6 decision to the Braves. Atlanta overcame a six-run deficit to eliminate the wild-card contending Cubs from the division race. The winning runs scored on an error by the Cubs right-fielder.
The Milwaukee crowd roared as the ninth inning of the Cubs-Braves game was shown on the scoreboard.
The Brewers had clinched no worse than a wild-card berth on Friday, with a 16-1 win over the Marlins in Miami. But they missed two chances to clinch the division title by losing to Miami on Saturday and Sunday, scoring a total of five runs in those two games.
St. Louis starter Miles Mikolas (8-13) allowed one run and five hits in seven innings. He struck out five batters and walked two, throwing 101 pitches.
Mikolas had given up five earned runs in five innings in his previous start, a loss to the Brewers in St. Louis.
Milwaukee took a 1-0 lead in the third inning. Christian Yelich, who walked, scored on a double by Carlos Santana. But William Contreras, who singled in the fifth, was the only other baserunner for the rest of the game.
Milwaukee batted 1 for 6 with runners in scoring position.
Ryan Helsley struck out all three batters in the ninth inning for his 13th save.
Milwaukee starter Adrian Houser (7-5) retired the first nine batters, then allowed four runs.
The Cardinals took a 2-1 lead in the fourth inning on a double by Richie Palacios. They extended their lead to 4-1 in the fifth following a two-base error by second baseman Brice Turang.
After Andrew Knizner walked, José Fermín hit a grounder that Turang tried to glove while touching second base with his foot. The ball got past him into center field and Knizner advanced to third base.
Knizner scored on Masyn Winn’s sacrifice fly, but centerfielder Sal Frelick threw out Fermin at third. Tommy Edman followed with a solo home run, his 13th.
The second of the three-game series pits Brewers LHP Wade Miley (9-4, 3.20 ERA) against Cardinals LHP Zack Thompson (5-7, 4.57 ERA). First pitch is at 6:40.
Elsewhere in the NL Central Tuesday the Braves beat the Cubs 7-6, the Reds downed the Indians 11-7 and the Phillies nipped the Pirates 3-2. With the win Philadelphia clinched a Wild Card berth.
Brooks Robinson, the legendary third baseman and Hall of Famer affectionately known as “Mr. Oriole” for spending his entire 23-year big league career in Baltimore, has died at 86.
Nicknamed “The Human Vacuum Cleaner” for his exceptional defense at the hot corner, Robinson won 16 Gold Glove Awards, the most by any non-pitcher in baseball history and tied for the second most by any player, along with pitcher Jim Kaat. Only Greg Maddux (18) won more.
Robinson was an 18-time All-Star, the 1964 American League MVP Award winner and a two-time World Series champion (1966 and ’70), while also being named the MVP of the Fall Classic in ’70. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983, becoming the first third baseman to be elected in his first year of eligibility
The Packers are hoping to get two of their biggest offensive weapons, running back Aaron Jones and wide receiver Christian Watson, back on the field Thursday night against the Lions.
In the locker room Tuesday, WR Christian Watson said, “that’s the plan” when asked if he will play this week.
Matt LaFleur is pumping the breaks a little. “I love his mindset but until we get cleared medically, that’s – that’s got to go through the process. Love to have him out there. If he gets cleared then he’ll be able to go.”
“I feel like it will still be a day-to-day thing in terms of trying to get to a point where I feel as good as I can coming into it,” Watson added. “I didn’t really have any set backs throughout the process. The injury just was what it was. It took a little while to come back from. This year I feel like the mental side is there. I just got to make sure I’m there physically and then I’m good to go.”
LaFleur saying they’re “cautiously optimistic” with Jones.
Both Watson and Doubs have been out with hamstring injuries. Jones has been out since the third quarter of the Week 1 game in Chicago.
Watson has not played yet in 2023, so if the plan stays, Thursday will be his season debut.
The UW-Oshkosh women’s volleyball team defeated UW-Stevens Point on Tuesday night in front of one of the largest crowds in NCAA Division III history.
At the inaugural Community Night in Kolf Sports Center, the No. 3 nationally ranked Titans (18-0, 2-0 WIAC) repaid a record-breaking crowd of 2,725 fans with a 3-1 with over the No. 17 ranked Pointers (12-3, 1-1 WIAC). The Titans took sets one, three and four by scores of 25-13, 25-18 and 26-24. The Pointers won the second set 25-14.
Riley Kindt led UW-Oshkosh with 12 kills on 26 attacks for a kill percentage of .286 It was her 12th double-digit kill match of the season. Sami Perlberg and Robyn Kirsch recorded nine and seven kills of their own. Kalli Mau and Izzy Coon each recorded 21 and 15 assists and Abby Fregien added 24 digs to her conference-leading total of 259.
The Titans, who lead the nation in assists (807) and kills (848), registered 38 assists and 39 kills in the match. Final attendance for Tuesday’s match was 2,725, shattering the previous home attendance record of 969 against Juniata College on Dec. 6, 1996, in the semifinal round of the NCAA Tournament. The attendance ties for third all-time in Division III regular season history with a Hope College (Mich.) Calvin University (Mich.) match on Oct. 28, 2009, in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was also the highest attended match since Wittenberg University (Ohio) and Juniata College (Pa.) played in the Third Round of the NCAA Tournament in Huntingdon, Pa. on Nov. 15, 2015.
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