Hometown Broadcasting Sports Thursday 4/29/21
29 April 2021 Sports
Sports for April 29th
Jesús Aguilar’s hot bat helped the injury-riddled Miami Marlins win a series against his former team. Aguilar homered for the fifth time in six games in a 6-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday. His tiebreaking three-run shot off Eric Yardley with two outs in the fourth inning put Miami for good. Aguilar, who played for the Brewers from 2017-19, went 4 of 11 with two homers, four runs and five RBIs in Milwaukee this week to help the Marlins win two of three from the Brewers. His three-run homer increased his RBIs total to an NL-leading 22.
With the score 2-2, Miami had runners on first and second when Miguel Rojas hit a comebacker to Yardley, who attempted to start a inning-ending double play. The Brewers got the out at second, but second baseman Kolten Wong lost control of the ball before he could attempt to throw to first. Miami capitalized when Aguilar drove a 2-1 pitch over the left-field wall. Sandy Alcantara (1-2) struck out four and gave up five hits and two runs in seven innings. Wong’s two-run homer in the third accounted for all of the Brewers’ scoring.
Milwaukee called up Zack Godley from the Brewers’ alternate site to make the start in place of left-hander Brett Anderson, who went on the injured list Saturday with a strained right hamstring. Godley (0-1) walked five, threw two wild pitches, committed a balk and hit a batter in an eventful Brewers debut. He was charged with four runs, three earned. He walked the bases loaded but got out of the jam in the third. He appeared to hurt himself on a bunt attempt in the bottom of the third but returned to pitch the fourth, only to leave the game with a bruised right index finger after walking the leadoff batter and hitting the next one. Brewers manager Craig Counsell said after the game that Godley is heading to the injured list. Godley also was at the center of a bizarre play in the second inning. Miami had runners at the corners with one out when Isan Díaz hit a slow roller up the first-base line. As Corey Dickerson scored from third, Godley easily threw out Díaz at first. But Díaz was awarded first base when first-base umpire Marty Foster called Godley for obstruction on the play, a decision that brought Counsell out of the dugout to argue. “There was no interference that ever happened,” Counsell said. “Zack never got to the dirt. He was on the grass the whole time, and, like, clearly on the grass.” Foster told the pool reporter after the game that it was “clear-cut obstruction.”
The Brewers begin a four-game home series Thursday with the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, who swept a first-round playoff series with Milwaukee last year. Scheduled starters are 2020 NL Cy Young Award winner Trevor Bauer (3-0, 2.53) for the Dodgers and Eric Lauer (0-0, 0.00) for the Brewers. First pitch is at 6:40 and the game can be heard on AM 1100/98.3 FM, WISS.
Elsewhere in the NL Central on Wednesday, the Dodgers blanked the Reds 8-0, the Royals downed the Pirates 9-6, the Braves pounded the Cubs 10-0 and the Phillies topped the Cardinals 5-3.
The first round of NFL draft gets underway at 7:00. As to what needs the Packers will prioritize in their first-round pick at number 29 overall is anybody’s guess. The draft, which consists of seven rounds and 259 picks, continues on Friday and concludes on Saturday.
The Milwaukee Bucks are back in action tonight at Houston as they play the Rockets. The Bucks are coming off a 114-104 win over the Hornets Tuesday night. Giannis Antetokounmpo Milwaukee with 29 points and added 12 rebounds, six assists and three steals. Brook Lopez added 22 points. The Bucks (38-23) remain in third place in the Eastern conference, behind Philadelphia and Brooklyn, while Houston (15-47) is in last place in the Western Conference.
The Denver Broncos are acquiring quarterback Teddy Bridgewater in a trade with the Carolina Panthers, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported. Denver is sending a sixth-round pick (No. 191) to Carolina, per Pelissero. The teams later announced the swap.
Carolina is paying $7 million of Bridgewater’s $10 million in guaranteed money for 2021, NFL Network’s Michael Silver reported, meaning the Broncos are acquiring a legitimate option under center for just a late-round pick and $3 million this season. Bridgewater isn’t merely a reliable backup option, at least not yet. The quarterback is headed to the Broncos to compete for the starting job, NFL Network’s James Palmer reported.The trade comes a little over 24 hours before the start of the 2021 NFL Draft, a selection process in which the Broncos were seen as a potentially strong candidate to choose a quarterback in the first round. The deal for Bridgewater does not preclude Denver from taking a quarterback Thursday night in Cleveland, per Palmer, but it does provide the Broncos with an option other than third-year signal-caller Drew Lock.
Boys Soccer scores from Wed, April 28th
Ripon 3, Mayville 0
Waupun 3, Campbellsport 0
Boys Baseball for Thursday, April 29th
Kewaskum @ Berlin
Winneconne @ Plymouth
Montello @ Green Lake/Princeton
NFDL @ St Mary’s Springs
Wautoma @ Mauston
Girls Softball for Thursday, April 29th
Ripon @ Berlin, Riverside Park, 4:45 pm
Winneconne @ Waupun
Cambria-Friesland @ Montello
Princeton/Green Lake @ Markesan
Laconia @ Omro
St Mary’s Springs @ NFDL
Wautoma @ Adams-Friendship
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