9/5/24 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Thursday
5 September 2024 Sports
From Wayne Mausser
Luken Baker singled home the go-ahead run with two outs in the 10th inning to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 3-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night.
The Cardinals won two of three from the NL Central-leading Brewers, with extra-inning victories each of the last two nights. St. Louis won 7-4 in 12 innings on Tuesday.
Milwaukee went 0 for 15 with runners in scoring position.
St. Louis had a runner at third with two outs in the 10th when Joel Payamps (3-7) intentionally walked Nolan Arenado. Milner, who was promoted from Triple-A Nashville on Tuesday, came out of the bullpen to make his first major league appearance since Aug. 8.
Baker came in as a pinch-hitter and sent a grounder up the middle to drive in Masyn Winn.
Ryan Fernandez struck out two batters, intentionally walked Jackson Chourio to put the potential winning run on base and then struck out Rhys Hoskins to earn his second save in four opportunities. Andrew Kittredge (3-4) got the win with 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief.
The Cardinals took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on a pair of bases-loaded walks from Colin Rea, and the score stayed that way until the Brewers scored single runs in the seventh and eighth.
Milwaukee’s Garrett Mitchell hit a leadoff triple in the seventh and scored when Joey Ortiz grounded out to third. That was the only run allowed by St. Louis’ Sonny Gray, who struck out seven and gave up four hits and one walk in seven innings.
JoJo Romero took over for Gray in the eighth, and Eric Haase sent the left-hander’s first pitch way over the wall in left center for his fourth homer of the season. Haase’s tying, 438-foot blast marked the first time he’d gone deep since a two-homer game at Minnesota on July 21.
The Brewers nearly took the lead later in the inning.
Brice Turang followed Haase’s homer with a double to left. Turang advanced to third when Chourio grounded out, then Romero was removed in favor of Kittredge.
With the go-ahead run at third, Kittredge struck out pinch-hitter William Contreras, intentionally walked Willy Adames and struck out Mitchell.
The Cardinals pulled ahead early by capitalizing on Rea’s uncharacteristic control problems.
Rea hadn’t walked anybody in four straight starts and had issued just one walk the entire month of August, but he issued bases-loaded walks to Iván Herrera and Lars Nootbaar in the first inning.
The Cardinals did no more damage against Rea, who struck out four while allowing four hits to go with those two walks and two runs in four innings. Milwaukee’s DL Hall struck out six in four innings of scoreless relief.
The Brewers are off Thursday before starting a three-game home series with the Colorado Rockies on Friday. RHP Frankie Montas (6-9. 4.70) will pitch for the Brewers on Friday. The Rockies haven’t announced a starter.
Elsewhere in the NL Central Wednesday the Cubs no-hit the Pirates, 12-0. Shota Imanaga pitched the first seven innings followed by relievers Nate Pearson and Porter Hodge, who finished it p. It was the 18th no-hitter in franchise history and the first no-hitter by the Cubs at Wrigley Field since Milt Pappas’ gem on Sept. 2, 1972, against the Padres.
In the other Central Division game the Reds beat the Astros 12-5.
The Brewers lead the Cubs by 9 games, the Cardinals by 10, the Reds by 14 and the Pirates are 15 ½ games out.
The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers lost Wednesday night at Cedar Rapids to the Kernals 4-3. They play again tonight with the first pitch at 6:35.
The Packers flew to Sao Paulo, Brazil Wednesday ahead of their season opener Friday night against the Eagles. The 5000 miles was scheduled to take 11 hours.
As for the game itself, it’s the first meeting between the Packers and Eagles since 2022. A pivotal game for Jordan Love, who replaced an injured Aaron Rodgers in the second half.
The Packers current QB1 finished the game with 113 yards on 6/9 passing including a 63 yard touchdown to Christian Watson. Love will have Watson and a strong corps of receivers back for his second year as starting quarterback.
The pregame on Friday starts at 5:00 with the kickoff at 7:15 and can be heard on FM 1023, The Bug.
The NFL season officially begins tonight as the two-time defending Super Bowl champs Kansas City Chiefs host the Baltimore Ravens. Kickoff is at 7:20.
Caitlin Clark grabbed a rebound with 10.2 seconds left Wednesday night against the Sparks as the Fever won their fifth in a row, 93-86. Clark got her second triple-double of the WNBA season. Along with 10 rebounds, the rookie scored 24 points and recorded 10 assists.
Clark notched the first triple-double ever by a WNBA rookie (19 points, 13 assists, 12 rebounds) on July 6 in a victory over the New York Liberty. She is the fifth WNBA player to have multiple triple-doubles in a season.
Clark had 17 triple-doubles in her Iowa college career, and the Hawkeyes won all those games.
Also on Wednesday, Clark made four 3-pointers, putting her at 102 treys for the season. She is the quickest to reach 100 3s in WNBA history, doing so in her 34th game.
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