5/13/24 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Monday
13 May 2024 Sports
The St. Louis Cardinals ended a 7-game losing streak Sunday with a 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. The Brewers jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning. The Cardinals scored single runs in the 2nd, 5th, 6th and 7th and then held on for the win. Paul Goldschmidt hit a homer and drove in two for St. Louis and Michael Siani was 2-4 with a double and RBI.
Mike Mikolas (3-5) picked up the win after a shaky start. Bryce Wilson went the first 4 innings, giving up 2 runs on 5 hits while walking 5 and striking out 1. Elvis Peguero (4-1), pitched one inning, giving up 1 run on 2 hits and took the loss.
The Brewers host the Pirates tonight. The Brewers are slated to send Colin Rea (3-0, 3.29 ERA) against Pittsburgh’s Mitch Kreller (3-3, 4.41 ERA.) Fist pitch is at 6:40 from American Family Field.
Elsewhere in the NL Central the Cubs edged the Pirates 5-4 and the Giants nipped the Reds, 6-5. Milwaukee leads the Cubs by a half-game in the division.
In the NBA’s Eastern Conference semi-finals Sunday evened their series with the Knicks at two games each, with a 121-89 home victory. Tyres Haliburton led he Packers with 20 points.
In the Western Conference semi-finals Denver evened its series at two games each with a 115-107 victory at Minnesota.
Tonight, Boston is at Cleveland as the Celtics lead 2-1 while in the west Oklahoma City is at Dallas with the Mavs leading 2-1.
Despite a double bogey on the 18t hole Rory Mcllroy won the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Sunday for a record fourth time. Mcllroy overcame a two-stroke deficit to beat Zander Schauffele by five shots. No other player has won the tournament more than twice. It was Mcllroy’s 26th career PGA win.
The Horizon League Coach of the Year is going to the Mountain West.
Sundance Wicks, who led the Phoenix to an 18-14 record last season, has agreed to a 5-year deal to become the new head coach of the Wyoming Cowboys, Pete Thamel of ESPN reports.
Wicks is a Wyoming native and was previously an assistant coach from 2020 to 2023. Before Wyoming, he coached Missouri Western from 2018-2020.
Last season, he led a 15-win turnaround for Green Bay, netting him Coach of the Year honors as well as the Joe B. Hall National Coach of the Year award, presented to the top rookie head coach in D1 college basketball.
Wicks is replacing Jeff Linder, who went 63-59 with the Cowboys and is in the process of joining the Texas Tech Red Raiders as an assistant coach.
A new chapter is being written in the storied history of the Green Bay Charity Softball Game.
Packers’ legend and longtime host Donald Driver announced Friday this year’s game will be his last. He is handing his hosting duties over to quarterback Jordan Love.
“It started with Brett, and then after Brett retired, he gave it to me. And then I passed it on to the great Jordy Nelson, and Jordy passed it back to me, and we continued,” Driver said in a news conference.
Love said he’s honored to be the next in line to host the annual softball game.
“I’m very excited. Just the tradition of this softball game. Since I’ve been here, I’ve seen pictures of guys way back when playing in this, so it’s awesome,” Love said.
Funds raised at the Green Bay Charity Softball Game benefit local non-profits, as well as those run by Packers players. Love introduced his new venture, the Hands of 10ve [Love] Foundation, which he said will work to inspire youth to participate in sports, support the law enforcement community and bring awareness to mental health and suicide. All three hit close to home for Love. His father was a police officer who committed suicide when Love was 14 years old.
On the diamond, Love did some damage his first time up. He won the home run derby, then crushed one, deep center field. It one-hopped the fence for single. Team Offense won big.
Kaukauna entered Friday’s game against Kimberly looking to become just the fourth high school softball program in the country to win 100 straight games and all that was standing in the way was its rival.
Earlier in the season Kaukauna beat the Papermakers 11-1, but now this game was for 100. Kaukauna scored two runs in each of the first two innings and cruised to an 11-1 win over Kimberly in five innings.
When the season started Kaukauna was riding an 81-game winning streak
With 100 straight wins in the books, Kaukauna will now aim to become the second school in state history to win four consecutive state softball titles. Stevens Point won four straight titles from 2001-2004.
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