5/21/24 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Tuesday
21 May 2024 Sports
Josh Bell singled with the bases loaded in the 10th inning to give the Miami Marlins a 3-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night.
Christian Bethancourt’s sacrifice bunt against reliever Mitch White (1-1) advanced automatic runner Vidal Brujan to third. Jazz Chisholm Jr. was intentionally walked and stole second. Bryan De La Cruz drew an intentional walk before Bell hit a grounder to right field that scored Brujan for Miami’s fifth walk-off win of the season.
After dropping to a season-low 21 games under .500 on May 13, the Marlins (16-33) have won five of their last six.
Tanner Scott (4-4) allowed a leadoff walk to Christian Yelich in the top of the 10th. Joey Ortiz’s sacrifice bunt advanced courtesy runner Brice Turang and Yelich before Scott struck out Willy Adames and retired Gary Sánchez on a flyout to medium center.
The NL Central-leading Brewers (27-20) used seven relievers after starter Joe Ross left after the first inning because of a low back strain.
Yelich stole two bases, including his first career theft of home.
Miami tied it at 2-all on Otto López’s RBI single off Trevor Megill in the ninth. Nick Gordon hit a two-out single, then stole second before López hit a bloop single to right.
Yelich drew a one-out walk against Weathers in the sixth, then stole second and advanced to third on catcher Nick Fortes’ throwing error. During Adames’ at-bat, Yelich gradually extended his lead before sprinting for the plate and beating Fortes’ tag.
Gordon’s RBI single in the seventh narrowed the deficit.
Weathers’ was lifted after seven innings of two-run ball. The left-hander gave up two hits, walked three and struck out eight.
In other team news, the Brewers recalled right-handed pitcher Bradley Blalock from Double-A Biloxi and designated right-hander reliever Thyago Vieira for assignment. The Brewers also reinstated OF Joey Wiemer (right knee discomfort) from the 10-day injured list and optioned OF Chris Roller to Triple-A Nashville. 1B Rhys Hoskins (right hamstring strain) is with the team and participated in running drills before the game.
LHP Robert Gasser (2-0, 0.00) will start the middle game of the series for the Brewers on Tuesday while LHP Trevor Rogers (1-6, 5.79) will go for the Marlins. First pitch is at 5:40.
Elsewhere in the NL Central Monday there was just one game as the Cardinals beat the Orioles 6-3. The Brewers lead the Cubs by 1 ½ games in the division while the Pirates are 5 ½ games back, the Reds 6 and the Cardinals 8 games behind.
In the Midwest League Tuesday the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers play at South Bend with the first pitch set for 5:05 CDT.
The NBA Finals begin tonight as Indiana play at Boston. The Western Conference Finals start Wednesday night with Dallas at Minnesota.
In the NHL, the Edmonton Oilers are headed back to the Western Conference finals, after holding on to defeat the Vancouver Canucsk 3-2 in Game 7 of their second-round series.
Edmonton’s win sets up a matchup with the Dallas Stars Dallas Stars, who defeated the Colorado Avalanche in six games.
Jim Otto, the Hall of Fame center known as “Mr. Raider” for his durability through a litany of injuries, has died, the team confirmed Sunday night. He was 86. The cause of death was not immediately known.
Otto joined the Raiders for their inaugural season in the American Football League in 1960 and was a fixture on the team for the next 15 years.
He never missed a game because of injuries, competing in 210 consecutive regular-season games and 308 straight total contests despite undergoing nine operations on his knees during his playing career. His right leg was amputated in 2007.
Otto was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980 and is considered one of the AFL’s all-time greats.
The Ripon track team competed in the regionals Monday at Winneconne. The host team won with 207 points while the Ripon boys finished third with 95 1/2. On the girls side Xavier won with 180 points and Ripon finished 7th with 56 points. Eight teams competed.
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