Hometown Broadcasting Sports Wednesday 5/12/21
12 May 2021 Sports
Sports for May 12th
Paul Goldschmidt and Tyler O’Neill homered off Brad Boxberger in the 11th inning to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-1 on Tuesday night for their fourth straight victory. Goldschmidt broke a 1-all tie when he sent the first pitch he saw from Boxberger (0-1) well over the wall in left-center field for a two-run blast. After Nolan Arenado doubled and Andrew Knizner was hit by a pitch, O’Neill delivered a three-run shot. St. Louis has won 10 of its last 12 and is tied with San Francisco for the best record in the majors. The Brewers wasted a brilliant effort from starter Freddy Peralta, who struck out eight and gave up just one hit and one walk in seven shutout innings.
Cardinals reliever Alex Reyes (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings, wiggling out of trouble both times. Reyes struck out Tyrone Taylor in the 10th to strand runners on third and second. The Brewers loaded the bases with one out in the 11th, but Reyes struck out Jackie Bradley Jr. and Billy McKinney to end the game.After Peralta shut them down, the Cardinals tied the game in the eighth by snapping reliever Devin Williams’ string of six consecutive scoreless appearances. Harrison Bader singled and Matt Carpenter walked to start the rally. Bader advanced to third on Tommy Edman’s flyball and scored on Dylan Carlson’s sacrifice fly. The Brewers broke a scoreless tie in the sixth off Cardinals starter Kwang Hyun Kim when Lorenzo Cain hit a leadoff double and scored on Travis Shaw’s ground-rule double. Kim struck out six, walked one and allowed five hits in 5 1/3 innings. He has given up just two runs in 17 1/3 career innings against the Brewers.
John Gant (2-3, 2.15) starts for the Cardinals and Brandon Woodruff (2-1, 1.73) pitches for the Brewers in a matchup of right-handers as this three-game series continues Wednesday. 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 Tuesday, the Indians nipped the Cubs 3-2, and the Pirates beat the Reds 7-2.
Brewers officials also announced that as of Saturday they would start allowing fans to fill half of American Family Field’s seating capacity, rather than the current maximum of 25%.
In other Brewers news,RHP Corbin Burnes will get activated from the injured list in time to start the final game of this series Thursday. Burnes has a 1.53 ERA with 49 strikeouts and no walks through 29 1/3 innings this season. The Brewers haven’t specified why Burnes went on the injured list, with president of baseball operations David Stearn.
LHP Brent Suter was reinstated from the bereavement list Tuesday. Manager Craig Counsell said RHP Eric Lindblom (knee) will probably be activated later this week and that catcher Omar Narváez (hamstring) should get activated at some point during this six-game homestand.s only saying that “we’re following Major League Baseball health and safety protocol.”
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 27 points and the Milwaukee Bucks kept up their chase of the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference with a 114-102 victory over the Orlando Magic on Tuesday night. The Bucks (44-25) remained a game behind Brooklyn (45-24) for the second spot in the East. The Nets defeated Chicago 115-107 on Tuesday night. Milwaukee, which holds the tiebreaker over the Nets, plays two of its final three games on the road, while Brooklyn finishes with three at home. Brooklyn is two games behind Philadelphia, which lost at Indiana. Donte DiVincenzo added 19, Brook Lopez 17 and Jrue Holiday 15 for the Bucks, coming off a 146-125 loss at San Antonio on Monday. Bobby Portis had 10 points and 15 rebounds. Cole Anthony had 18 points and Mo Wagner 17 for the Magic.
Wendall Carter Jr. hit two free throws to pull the Magic within 92-85, but the Bucks responded with a 9-2 run on six free throws and Holiday’s 3-pointer to make it 101-87 with 5:40 remaining. Antetokounmpo capped a 10-3 run with two free throws to put the Bucks up 75-61 with just under four minutes left in the third quarter. Donta Hall hit a free throw with to pull the Magic within 79-71
The Bucks are off today before playing at Indiana Thursday.
The Bucks also announced Tuesday they will increase fan capacity at Fiserv Forum to 50%, or approximately 9,000 fans, for the playoffs under new guidelines from the Milwaukee Health Department, the team announced Tuesday. Capacity has been limited to about 3,300.tering the final period.
Jordan Zimmerman is ending his professional baseball career in the same state he grew up playing it in. Zimmerman has announced his retirement from Major League Baseball, according to the Milwaukee Brewers. Zimmerman was born in Marshfield and resides in Auburndale, and became the 11th Wisconsin-born player to play for the Brewers. Zimmerman made two relief appeareances with Milwaukee after signing as a free agent on Feb. 9.
Over his 13 seasons in the MLB, Zimmerman started 275 games and had a career record of 95-91. He pitched in 1,614 innings and had 1,271 strikeouts. Zimmerman ends his career with an ERA of 4.07. Zimmerman made two All-Star games over his career and played for the Washington Nationals, Detroit Tigers and the Milwaukee Brewers. Zimmerman played collegiately at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and was drafted in the second round of the 2007 MLB draft.
Zimmerman made over $140 million over his MLB career, according to Baseball Reference.
The Green Bay Packers are holding a job fair for gameday employees. On-site interviews will be held Wednesday, May 12, from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. Applicants should report to the Johnsonville Tailgate Village on the east side of Lambeau Field. Employees are needed for guest services and security at home games and events. Applicants must be at least 16. Employees will be needed at all home games, Family Night, potential playoff games and other events. Applicants must wear a mask. The interviews will be set up to allow for social distancing. Those who cannot attend in person should apply online at https://www.packers.com/lambeau-field/employment
High School Basetball (Tues.)
Plymouth 6, Ripon 2
Kewaskum 7, Waupun 2
Kettle Moraine Lutheran 3, Winneconne 2
Wautoma 4, Wisconsin Dells 2
Nekoosa 5, Westfield 0
Adams-Friendship 13, Mauston 5
Kimberly 6, Oshkosh North 5
Lourdes Academy 6, Shiocton 4
Oakfield 23, Wayland Academy 1
A Mississippi state auditor confirmed on Tuesday that Brett Favre has not paid back $600,000 in welfare funds he promised after his company was accused of accepting $1.1 million for no-show speaking engagements.
A 2020 audit found that the state’s Department of Human Services oversaw more than $94 million in improperly spent federal funds that was intended for at-need Mississippi residents. According to the audit, $1.1 million of that money went to Favre Enterprises for 2017 and 2018 speaking engagements that Favre did not make. The money was provided through the federal government’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. It’s not clear why the $1.1 million was earmarked for appearances by the Pro Football Hall of Famer and former Southern Miss quarterback to begin with. After the news went public, Favre denied that he failed to show up for appearances, but was properly paid for endorsements and public service announcements. Regardless, he vowed to pay the money back, citing the source of the funds.
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