4/9/24 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Tuesday
9 April 2024 Sports
Elly De La Cruz hit his first two homers of the season, a massive 450-foot solo shot and a sinking liner that turned into his first career inside-the-park drive, and the Cincinnati Reds held off the Milwaukee Brewers 10-8 on Monday night.
De La Cruz had three hits and scored four times. Will Benson also homered for the Reds, and Spencer Steer had two RBIs. The Reds led 8-0 after four innings and 9-3 after five. And the Brewers nearly rallied for an improbable win.
Milwaukee’s Brice Turang hit a two-run homer in the fifth and a two-run double in the sixth. Christian Yelich’s two-run shot in the seventh – his fourth homer of the season – got the Brewers within one.
Trailing 10-8 in the ninth, Milwaukee had runners on the corners with two out. But Alexis Díaz earned his second save when he retired Rhys Hoskins on a fly ball to right.
Milwaukee third baseman Joey Ortiz committed two of the team’s three errors, and Cincinnati scored four unearned runs.
De La Cruz raced around the bases to complete the first inside-the-park homer for Cincinnati since TJ Friedl on Sept. 23, 2023.
Benson’s second homer of the season lifted Cincinnati to a 2-0 lead in the second. It was his first career homer off a left-hander.
Benson added an RBI double in the fourth and scored on Steer’s double, helping the Reds build an 8-0 advantage.
Aaron Ashby (0-1) was charged with eight runs, four earned, and six hits in 3 2/3 innings in his first start of the year for the Brewers. The left-hander missed last season following shoulder surgery.
Cincinnati starter Graham Ashcraft (1-1) shut out Milwaukee in the first four innings, and then faltered. He permitted six runs, five earned, and nine hits in 5 2/3 innings.
Stuart Fairchild gave the Reds a lift when he robbed Willy Adames of a solo homer with a leaping grab in right in the sixth. Fairchild also walked twice and scored a run.
Frankie Montas (2-0, 0.77 ERA) pitches on Tuesday for Cincinnati. Joe Ross (0-0, 0.00) is making his second start for Milwaukee.
Elsewhere in the NL Central Monday the Pirates beat the Tigers 7-4, the Padres nipped the Cubs 9-8 and the Phillies over the Cardinals 5-3.
The Bucks are back in action tonight hosting the Celtics. Milwaukee is clinging to a one-game lead over the Orlando Magic and the New York Knicks for second place in the Eastern Conference with four games left. Tipoff is at 6:30.
The UConn Huskies beat Purdue 75-60 Monday night, winning their second straight men’s national championship and becoming the first team to go back-to-back since Florida in 2006 and 2007.
Tristen Newton won the NCAA tournament’s Most Outstanding Player award after finishing with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists — the second time he has been UConn’s best player in the championship game. In the 2023 title game win over San Diego State, Newton went for 19 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.
Stephon Castle continued his stellar postseason, finishing with 15 points and 5 rebounds after tallying 21 points and 5 rebounds against Alabama in the semifinals.
Zach Edey had 37 points for the most points scored in a losing effort in the national championship game
South Carolina’s ‘ victory over Caitlin Clark and Iowa in the women’s NCAA championship game Sunday had a preliminary audience average of 18.7 million on ABC and ESPN. The only sporting events in the United States to draw a bigger TV audience since 2019 have been football, the World Cup and the Olympics.
The audience numbers are expected to increase when Nielsen releases its final numbers Tuesday. Nielsen said the audience peaked at 24 million.
It’s the most-watched basketball game since 2019, when the men’s NCAA title game between Virginia and Texas Tech averaged 19.6 million on CBS.
The Ripon boys and girls track teams are competing in a quadrangular at Berlin. Besides the host team and the Tigers, teams fro Waupun and Winneconne will also participate.
Baseball and Softball Schedule 4/8/2024
Baseball
Campbellsport 11, Saint Mary’s Springs 1
Appleton North 9, Kaukauna 2
Hortonville 5, Oshkosh North 4
Mauston 7, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau 3
Wautoma 13, Baraboo 3
Markesan 29, Randolph 3
Softball
Winneconne 7, Plymouth 0
Waupun 15, Kettle Moraine Lutheran 0
Chilton14, Seymour 1
Fox Valley Lutheran 3, Xavier 2
Campbellsport 11, Omro 1
Lomira 8, Laconia 2
St. Mary’s Springs 2, North Fond du Lac 0
Mayville 3, Winnebago Lutheran Academy 1
Appleton East 2, Fond du Lac 1
Oshkosh North 11, Hortonville 2
Appleton East 2, Fond du Lac 1
Kaukauna 14, Appleton North 4
Kimberly 12, Appleton West 2
Nekoosa 22, Pittsville 11
Markesan 7, Pardeeville 2
Cambridge 9, Randolph 5
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