9/7/23 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Thursday
7 September 2023 Sports
Rookie Ji Hwan Bae’s first career triple highlighted a seventh-inning rally as the Pittsburgh Pirates slipped past the Milwaukee Brewers 5-4 on Wednesday.
Jason Delay reached with one out in the seventh on a line drive off the right foot of Milwaukee reliever Elvis Peguero (4-5). The speedy Bae then laced a ball to the gap in right-center to put Pittsburgh in front. Bae scored on Miguel Andujar’s pinch-hit single as the Pirates won for the seventh time in nine games.
Ke’Bryan Hayes hit his 13th home run for Pittsburgh. Jack Suwinski and Josh Palacios tied the game with back-to-back RBIs in the sixth. Carmen Mlodzinski (3-3) earned the win and David Bednar worked around a leadoff single by Andruw Monasterio in the ninth while earning his 33rd save.
The Pirates won hours after losing veteran designated hitter Andrew McCutchen for the rest of the season with a partially torn left Achilles.
Pittsburgh signed McCutchen to a one-year deal last winter, reuniting him with the club he helped return to relevance in the early 2010s. The 36-year-old franchise icon has served as a mentor of sorts to a young group trying to do the same after consecutive 100-loss seasons.
The Pirates are making progress, with youngsters like Bae and Hayes helping lead the way. Pittsburgh is 24-21 over its last 45 games with a lineup littered with members of a young core that could have some staying power.
Willy Adames hit a three-run homer off opener Colin Selby in the first, but the NL Central-leading Brewers lost for the fifth time in eight games since a nine-game winning streak gave them a little breathing room over the second-place Chicago Cubs.
Milwaukee starter Freddy Peralta’s bid to win his sixth straight start ended in the sixth. Bryan Reynolds singled with one out, Hayes walked and Suwinski doubled to center to pull Pittsburgh within one. Trevor Megill replaced Peralta and immediately surrendered an RBI single to Palacios.
Peralta gave up three runs and four hits with a walk and four strikeouts.
Adames and Mark Cahna had two hits each for the Brewers, who had the tying run on base in each of the final two innings. Pinch-hitter Rowdy Tellez grounded into a double play to end the eighth and Bednar struck out William Contreras with a 97-mph fastball to close it out.
The Brewers have an off day Thursday before continuing a six-game road trip on Friday in the Bronx against the New York Yankees. Colin Rea (5-5, 5.07 ERA) starts for Milwaukee in the opener.
Elsewhere in the NL Central Wednesday the Cardinals beat the Braves 11-6, the Cubs downed the Giants 8-2 and the Mariners over the Reds 8-4. The Brewers lead over the Cubs is down to 1 ½ games while the Reds are 5 ½ out.
In the Midwest League Wednesday the Timber Rattlers lost at home to Cedar Rapids 4-1. They play again tonight with the first pitch set for 6:40.
The Green Bay Packers released their first injury report for the 2023 season and it was not good news for the health of their top two receivers.
Packers WR Christian Watson did not practice on Wednesday and is dealing with a hamstring injury.
Romeo Doubs still has not practiced since suffering a hamstring injury before the final preseason game against the Seahawks.
Here is the full injury report for both the Packers and Bears as of Wednesday:
Packers
- David Bakhtiari, T – DNP , Vet Rest/Knee
- Romeo Doubs, WR – DNP, Hamstring
- Rashan Gary, LB – Limited Participation, Knee
- Anthony Johnson, S – Full Participation, Knee
- Christian Watson, WR – DNP, Hamstring
- Dontayvion Wicks, WR – Limited Participation, Hamstring
- Bears
- Jaquan Brisker, DB Limited – Groin
- Dylan Cole, LB DNP – Hamstring
- Eddie Jackson, DB Limited – Ankle
- DeMarcus Walker, DL Limited – Calf
- The NFL season opens tonight in Kansas City and the defending Super Bowl champs host the Detroit Lions. Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is officially listed as questionable for Thursday night’s season opener.
- Kelce injured the knee in Tuesday’s practice, putting his availability to open the campaign in question. The start tight end is believed to have suffered a bone bruise and avoided a long-term knee injury, according to NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero.
- Nick Bosa, the reigning AP Defensive Player of the Year has agreed to a five-year, $170 million extension with the 49ers, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported on Wednesday. Rapoport added that the contract includes $122.5 million in guarantees and San Francisco will waive all fines Bosa incurred during his holdout.
- Bosa is now the highest-paid defensive player in NFL history with an average per year salary of $34 million, besting Aaron Donald’s $31.7 million with the Rams.
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