Hometown Broadcasting Sports Friday 6/4/21
4 June 2021 Sports
Sports for June 4th
Christian Yelich hit his second home run of the season, a three-run shot in the third inning that helped the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-4 on Thursday night. Jackie Bradley Jr., Luis Urías and Avisaíl García also homered for the Brewers. Urías’ homer was his second in as many games and came on his 24th birthday. Carson Kelly hit a two-run homer for Arizona, which left 14 men on base. The Brewers entered Thursday batting just .211 , ranked 29th out of 30 major league teams – ahead of only Seattle. Milwaukee now has nine homers in its last two games. Their power display Thursday fueled the win despite being outhit 13-7. Yelich and Bradley hit first-pitch homers off Jon Duplantier (0-1) during the Brewers’ four-run outburst in the third inning that opened the scoring. Yelich’s three-run blast barely cleared the wall in right field. His homer Thursday was just his fourth extra-base hit of the season. His other homer came off Brad Brach in the ninth inning of a 9-4 victory at Cincinnati on May 23. It was his first home run at home since September of 2019. After falling behind 4-0, Arizona got back into the game by scoring three runs in the fifth on Kelly’s homer and Nick Ahmed’s two-out RBI double.
Milwaukee extended the lead with two runs in the sixth, including Urías’ leadoff homer to left. The Diamondbacks cut the lead to 6-4 in the eighth and had runners on first and second, but Devin Williams struck out Kelly and Christian Walker to end the threat. García delivered a towering shot to center off Seth Frankoff in the bottom of the eighth. Brent Suter (6-3) struck out three in 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief after Brewers starter Brett Anderson allowed eight hits and three runs in 4 1/3 innings. Josh Hader struck out the side in the ninth for his 13th save in as many chances. Anderson was ejected after the Brewers had already removed him from the game.
Second baseman Kolten Wong left the game in the fourth inning with left oblique discomfort. Wong was on the injured list with a left oblique strain in April.
The Brewers and Diamondbacks continue their four-game series in Milwaukee on Friday. Scheduled starters are RHP Matt Peacock (2-1, 4.50 ERA) for the Diamondbacks and RHP Freddy Peralta (5-1, 2.38) for the Brewers. First pitch is at 7:10 and the game can be heard on AM 1100/98.3 FM, WISS.
Elsewhere in the NL Central on Thursday the Pirates beat the Marlins 5-3, the Reds downed the Cardinals 4-2 and the Giants over the Cubs 7-2. Milwaukee is a half-game behind the Cardinals and three games back of the Cubs in the division.
In North Woods League baseball from Thursday night, the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders won on the road, defeating the Lakeshore Chinooks 9-6. The Dock Spiders (3-1) return home tonight to face the Green Bay Booyah for already the third time this season. First pitch is at 6:35.
In the Midwest League last night, the Wisconsin Timber Rattles won at home over Peoria, 8-7. The teams meet again tonight.
NBA Playoffs (Thurs.)
Denver 126, Portland 115 (Denver wins the series 4-2)
Phoenix 113, Los Angeles Lakers 100 (The Suns win the series 4-2)
(Tonight)
Los Angeles Clippers at Dallas (Dallas leads 3-2)
The Milwaukee Bucks open the Eastern Conference Semifinal Playoff Series Saturday night at Brooklyn. The Bucks are coming off a four-game sweep of the Miami Heat while the Nets beat the Celtics in five games. Tipoff is at 6:30 CDT.
High School Baseball (Thurs.)
Waupun 14, Berlin 4
Kettle Moraine Lutheran 11, Plymouth 1
Oshkosh North 15, Fond du Lac 2
Adams-Friendship 11, Antigo 6
Princeton/Green Lake 8, Lourdes Academy 7
Oakfield 7, Randolph 6
Horicon 12, Rio 2
(Today)
Kettle Moraine Lutheran at Homestead
Fond du Lac at Oshkosh West
Oshkosh North at Neenah
Iola-Scandinavia at Westfield
Wisconsin Dells at Lodi
Pacelli at Adams-Friendship
Nekoosa at Almond-Bancroft
Central Wisconsin Christian at Princeton/Green Lake
Lourdes Academy at Randolph
Montello at Poynette
Palmyra-Eagle at Fall River
Girls Softball (Thurs.)
Waupun 4, Ripon 1
Kewaskum 19, Berlin 9
Campbellsport 3, Kettle Moraine Lutheran 2
Winneconne 2, Plymouth 0
Lomira 8, Saint Mary’s Springs 3
Winnebago Lutheran 14, Mayville 5
Lourdes Academy 7, Omro 4
Oshkosh West 3, Fond du Lac 2
Oakfield 15, Princeton/Green Lake 0
Horicon 16, Rio 0
(Today)
Ripon at Lourdes Academy
Winneconne at Berlin
Campbellsport at Random Lake
Waupun at Mayville
Randolph at North Fond du Lac
Neenah at Fond du Lac
Kaukauna at Oshkosh North
Oshkosh West at Appleton North
Wautoma at Iola-Scandinavie
Westfield at Edgar
Wisconsin Dells at Marshall
Nekoosa at Athens
Deerfield at Horicon
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