Hometown Broadcasting Sports Wednesday 9/16/20
16 September 2020 Sports
Christian Yelich broke out of his slump with a home run and three hits, Ryan Braun also went deep and the Milwaukee Brewers romped to an 18-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night. Keston Hiura and Daniel Vogelbach also homered for the Brewers. Well after the game was out of hand, both managers were ejected following a catcher’s interference call on Yadier Molina that led to a tense confrontation in front of the Brewers’ dugout. Milwaukee jumped on St. Louis early, a night after the teams combined for only eight runs in splitting a doubleheader in which both games went to extra innings.
With St. Louis leading 1-0 in the first, Yelich and Braun hit back-to-back solo home runs off Jack Flaherty (3-2). Neither was hit particularly hard. And Flaherty, who had allowed two runs or fewer in five of his six previous starts, showed some dominance, as six of the first seven outs he recorded were strikeouts. But Yelich, who singled, and Braun, who walked, hurt Flaherty again in the third inning. They scored on a double by Vogelbach, a designated hitter claimed off waivers Sept. 3.
The game broke loose in the fourth, after Flaherty gave up two singles and a walk to load the bases. There were still no outs when three runs crossed the plate, giving Milwaukee a 7-1 lead, and Flaherty was pulled. Jake Woodford came on and gave up a three-run homer to Hiura that put Milwaukee up 11-1. The solo shot by Vogelbach came in the seventh, off Nabil Crismatt. Cardinals pitchers entered Tuesday having given up the fewest home runs in the National League.
Milwaukee left-hander Brett Anderson (3-3), scratched from his last scheduled start on Sept. 12 because of a tight right hip, pitched five innings. He gave up an RBI double and a bases-loaded walk, both to Paul Goldschmidt.
The two teams close out their five game series today with a doubleheader. A full slate of pitchers for Wednesday had not been announced. St. Louis RHP Adam Wainwright (4-1, 2.91 ERA) will start the first game of the doubleheader. The 39-year-old has pitched six or more innings, including a complete game, in each of his last five starts. RHP Brandon Woodruff (2-3, 3.40) will start one of the games for Milwaukee. The first game starts at 4:10 and can be heard on AM1100/98.3FM, WISS. The second game will follow.
Elsewhere in the NL Central on Tuesday, the Reds beat the Pirates 4-1 and the Cubs nipped the Indians 6-5.
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In the NBA Western Conference semifinals last night the Nuggets won the deciding game seven over the Clippers, 104-89. Denver will meet the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals. Game one is Friday. In game one of the Eastern Conference Fianls Miami beat Boston 117-114 in overtime. Game two is Thursday night.
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The Packers were off Tuesday but will get back on the practice field today in preparation for Sunday’s game at Lambeau Field against the Detroit Lions. Green Bay opened the season Sunday with a 43-34 win at Minnesota over the Vikings but lost starting right guard Lane Taylor for the season with a torn right ACL. Rookie Jon Runyan filled in and did an adequate job and could start Sunday. Meanwhile, starting left guard Lucas Patrick suffered a shoulder injury in the first half and did not return to the game. However, it appears Patrick will be ready for Sunday. On the defensive side, defensive end Kenny Clark suffered a groin injury and his availability for the Lions in uncertain at this time.
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The Milwaukee Sentinel Journal reports a “proposal has been approved for the league to play its 2020 season this fall.”
The starting date is unclear, but the latest proposal submitted to the Big Ten’s Council of Presidents and Chancellors featured an Oct. 17 kickoff. Each team is to play eight games in a nine-week window, with the league title game tentatively set for Dec. 19. That should allow a Big Ten representative to compete for a spot in the four-team College Football Playoff field. That field is scheduled to be revealed Dec. 20.
The Big Ten postponed all fall sports, including football, on Aug. 11 because of the coronavirus pandemic. At the time, the vote among the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors was 11-3 in favor of a shutdown.
But since then, momentum has been building for the conference to reverse its decision, with Nebraska and Ohio State leading the way.
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