Hometown Broadcasting Sports Thursday 6/24/21
24 June 2021 Sports
Sports for June 24th
Trae Young scored 48 points, Clint Capela converted a go-ahead putback with 29.8 seconds left and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Milwaukee Bucks 116-113 on Wednesday night to open the Eastern Conference finals. Young was two points off his career high.The Hawks improved to 6-2 in road playoff games this year and handed the Bucks their first home loss of the postseason. Giannis Antetokounmpo had 34 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists for the Bucks. Jrue Holiday added 33 points and 10 assists.
John Collins added 23 points and 15 rebounds for the Hawks. Capela had 12 points and 19 rebounds. Khris Middleton missed a potential tying 3-pointer in the closing seconds. Although Middleton scored 15 points, he shot 6 of 23 and missed all nine of his 3-point attempts. Antetokounmpo scored the first six points in a 9-0 run that turned a 98-96 deficit into a 105-98 advantage with 4:18 left. Holiday capped that spurt by sinking a 3-pointer after Antetokounmpo got the rebound on his own missed free throw. But the Hawks scored the next five points, and the game went back and forth from there.
Middleton missed a pull-up jumper with about 43 seconds left with Milwaukee up 111-110. Young missed a driving layup attempt, but Capela grabbed his 19th rebound and scored to put the Hawks ahead for good.
After Milwaukee’s Pat Connaughton shot an air-ball on a 3-pointer, Young made two free throws with 17.3 seconds remaining. Antetokounmpo made a pair of free throws with 5.3 seconds left, but Young brought the lead back to three and closed the scoring by sinking two free throws of his own with 4.6 seconds remaining.
Game 2 is Friday night in Milwaukee.
NBA Western Conference Finals (Thurs.)
Phoenix at LA Clippers (Suns lead 2-0)
Brandon Woodruff continued his terrific season on the mound and added an RBI single at the plate to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-2 win over the skidding Arizona Diamondbacks.
The hard-throwing Woodruff (6-3) gave up just three hits and one run. He walked two, struck out nine and also had a single in the fifth inning that scored Jace Peterson to give the Brewers a 1-0 lead. Milwaukee would never trail. So far this season Woodruff has given up just 51 hits in 95 innings. His ERA improved to 1.89. The 28-year-old overpowered many of the D-backs batters with fastballs and hard sinkers that were consistently around 95 to 98 mph. Josh Hader worked a scoreless ninth for his 19th save.
Left-hander Caleb Smith (2-3) took the loss despite a good outing, giving up just one run over six innings. He gave up four hits, walked four and struck out six. He’s been one of the team’s better pitchers since re-joining the rotation, giving up eight runs over 26 1/3 innings over five starts.
Christian Walker and Eduardo Escobar both hit solo homers for the D-backs. Escobar’s was his 16th of the season and the first of his career as a pinch-hitter. It was a no-doubter into the right-center seats and cut Milwaukee’s lead to 3-2 in the eighth.
Elsewhere in the NL Central Wednesday the White Sox beat the Pirates 4-3 and the Tigers downed the Cardinals 6-2. The Cubs and Reds did not play.
The Brewers are off today before returning to American Family Field to host the Rockies in an afternoon game. The Brewers will send RHP Corbin Burnes (3-4, 2.62 ERA) to the mound.
Milwaukee pushed into sole possession of first place in the NL Central with a 42-33 record, one-half game in front of the Chicago Cubs. The Reds are 4 ½ games out, the Cardinals 5 ½ and the Pirates 14 ½ games behind.
In other Brewers news Keston Hiura was called up from Triple-A Nashville to replace Daniel Vogelbach, who went on the 10-day injured list with a strained hamstring suffered on Tuesday. Hiura was in the Brewers’ lineup on Wednesday, batting sixth and playing first base. He was hitless in three plate appearances and drew a walk.
NHL Stanley Cup Finals
New York Islanders 3, Tampa Bay 2 OT (Series tied at 2-2-)
(Thurs.)
Vegas at Montreal (Montreal leads 3-2)
Camp Randall will once again have fans packing the stands this fall. Late Wednesday afternoon, Wisconsin Football announced Camp Randall will be back at full capacity on Twitter. A news release on the University of Wisconsin – Madison’s website says there will be no capacity limits at Badger home events this season, saying t6he decision was made by UW Athletics officials after discussing the matter with campus officials. UW Athletics will be using CDC guidelines and guidance from campus health officials at the time of the event to inform others of policies, but currently, they are not planning to require masks at events within its facilities.
In addition, the school says fans who have already bought tickets, or those who are planning to, should remember that all Badger home events will use electronic ticketing. According to the team, you have until July 1 to request group tickets, while general public season tickets go on sale starting July 12, as well as the Badgers football mini pack. Meanwhile, home and away single game tickets go on sale starting July 20. Juniors and seniors were able to get their tickets Monday, while freshmen and sophomores claimed the rest of the tickets Tuesday morning. The Badgers will host Penn State for their first home game at 11 a.m. on September 4th.
On the Men’s PGA Tour, the Travelers Championship starts today in Cromwell, Connecticut and The KPMG Woman’s PGA Championship gets underway today in Georgia.
Softball Sectional Finals (Wed.)
Beaver Dan 3, Oshkosh West 1
Lomira 6, Chilton 4
Kaukauna 6, Green Bay Preble 1
Oakfield 7, Barneveld 5
Blair-Taylor 6, Horicon 5
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