Hometown Broadcasting Sports Friday 4/2/21
2 April 2021 Sports
Sports for April 2nd
Lorenzo Cain scored the winning run in the 10th after Travis Shaw sparked a ninth-inning comeback as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Minnesota Twins 6-5 on Thursday in the season opener for both teams in front of 11,740 fans at American Family Field. Closer Josh Hader stranded the Twins’ automatic runner at third base in the top of the 10th inning before the Brewers won it. Cain went to second base to start the inning and advanced on Omar Narváez’s single, then scampered home on Arcia’s bouncer and scored the game-winning run with a headfirst slide that beat the throw to the plate. Travis Shaw hit a two-run, two-out double to cap the Brewers’ three-run, game-tying rally in the ninth inning. Twins closer Alex Colomé blew the save, giving up three unearned runs in his debut with the team. It was the Brewers’ third Opening Day walk-off win in franchise history.
For eight innings, not much went the Brewers’ way. Opening Day starter Brandon Woodruff surrendered three runs in four hard-fought innings — all on two-out, two-strike pitches. Cain stranded runners in scoring position in his first two at-bats coming off a year away, before coming through the third time up — but not driving in a run. New third-base coach Jason Lane made the wrong call in his first critical decision at the position, sending Shaw home in the fifth inning to be an easy out. Reliever Eric Yardley surrendered a 456-foot home run to Byron Buxton in the seventh that might not have landed yet.
The Brewers had 11 hits as Christian Yelich. Avisail Garcia, Travis Shaw and Omar Narvaez each had two. Max Kepler had three of the Twins 10 hits. Reliever Randy Dobnak(0-1) took the loss.
Closer Josh Hader (1-0) picked up the win. The two teams are off today before resuming their series tomorrow night. First pitch is at 6:10 and the game can be heard on AM 1000/98.3 FM, WISS.
Elsewhere in the NL Central Thursday, the Cubs lost their opener at home to the Pirates 5-3 and the Cardinals beat the Reds in Cincinnati 11-6.
After snapping its three-game losing streak against the Lakers on Wednesay night, the Bucks continue their west coast road swing tonight at Portland. Milwaukee is 30-17 and in third place in the Eastern Conference, a half-game behind Philadelphia and three games in back of Brooklyn. Portland is 29-18 and is in sixth place in the Western Conference.
In high school football Thursday night, Campbellsport defeated Waupun 22-9 and in volleyball action, Ripon defeated Green Bay East in straight sets, 25-8, 25-9 and 25-3.
The women’s NCCA Final four gets underway tonight as #1 seed Connecticut meets #3 seed Arizona and two number one seeds square as South Carolina meets Stanford. .
The men’s Final Four gets underway on Saturday as #1 Baylor plays #2 Houston and #1 Gonzaga meets #11 UCLA.
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