Hometown Broadcasting Sports Friday 9/3/21
3 September 2021 Sports
Sports for September 3rd
hairo Estrada hit a three-run homer during San Francisco’s four-run eighth inning, and the Giants beat the Brewers 5-1 on Thursday to avoid a four-game sweep. A day after falling out of first place for the first time since May 30, the Giants (85-49) moved into a tie atop the NL West with the idle Los Angeles Dodgers. The archrivals face off in a three-game series beginning Friday night. The Brewers still lead the Reds by 10 games.
Austin Slater also connected, and Logan Webb pitched seven sparkling innings, matching his career high with 10 strikeouts. San Francisco had dropped four in a row. Milwaukee (82-53) wasted a terrific performance by Eric Lauer, who tossed seven innings of three-hit ball, striking out four and walking one. The NL Central leaders had won four in a row. Darin Ruf put the Giants ahead to stay with a two-out RBI double off Devin Williams in the eighth. Estrada followed with a drive to left for his fourth homer. Williams (7-2) got two outs and was charged with four runs. The 2020 NL Rookie of the Year allowed one unearned run over his previous 22 appearances, striking out 31 in 21 innings.
Slater put San Francisco in front when he drove Lauer’s first pitch over the wall in left-center for for his second career leadoff drive. Slater also became the 10th Giant to reach 10 homers this season, the most in franchise history.
The Brewers tied the game in the fourth on an RBI double by Jace Peterson, scoring Luis Urías.
Tyler Rogers (5-1) got the win, striking out the side in the top of the eighth to lower his ERA to 1.80.
Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell was ejected with two outs in the ninth for arguing a foul ball that was initially ruled a two-run homer for Willy Adames.
HP Brett Anderson was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left shoulder contusion after getting hit by a 103 mph line drive in Wednesday’s game. RHP Alec Bettinger was recalled from Triple-A Nashville.
RHP Freddy Peralta (9-3, 2.45 ERA) will come off the IL and open a three-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals tonight.. Peralta (right shoulder inflammation) last pitched on Aug. 18, also against the Cardinals. The Cardinals will send ace Adam Wainright (13-7, 2.97 ERA) to the mound. First pitch is at 7:10 from American Family Field and the game can be heard on AM 1100/98.3 FM, WISS.
In the only other game played in the NL Central Thursday, the Cubs nipped the Pirates 6-5.
In the Midwest League Thursday night, the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers beat Beloit 4-3. The teams meet again tonight at Fox Cities Stadium.
The Packers are off until Monday when they will start practice for their season opener at Jacksonville against the New Orleans Saints next Sunday. The game was moved from New Orleans because of Hurricane Ida.
Coach Matt LaFleur was asked Thursday how his special teams unit is coming along. He says coaches feel they’re in a good spot with some veterans back and just have to go out and show it. As for the offense LaFleur says there’s a lot of veteran’s coming back who know the offense and said they understand the expectations for the season and are doing a great job approaching it.
Former Green Bay players Charles Woodson and Al Harris are now the latest inductees in the Packers Hall of Fame. Right now there are 164 players with that honor. However, there are only 27 who are in both the Packers Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and you can now count Woodson among them. The 2009 NFL Defensive Player of the Year and 2010 Super Bowl champion went into the hall in Canton, Ohio, earlier this summer.
Thursday, the Packers hosted a banquet to celebrate Woodson and Harris in Green Bay’s hall of fame.
College Football (Sat.)
(#19 (Penn State at (#12) Wisconsin-Kickoff is at 11:00 at Camp Randall and can be heard on AM 1600/93.1 FM, WRPN with the pregame starting at 9:00.
Augsburg University at Ripon College-6:00 p.m. kickoff. Rally Time Pepfest for Ripon students begins at 4:30.
UW-Oshkosh at Huntingdon College (Alabama). Kickoff is at noon (CDT).
High School Football (Fri.)
Ripon at Berlin-The game can be heard on AM 1600/93.1 FM WRPN, with the pregame around 6:50 and the kickoff at 7:00.
Wautoma at Wisconsin Dells-Pregame at 6:45 with the kickoff at 7:00 on FM, 102.3, The Bug.
Kettle Moraine Lutheran at Kewaskum
Plymouth at Sheboygan Falls
Port Washington at Waupun
Campbellsport at Lomira
Omro at Laconia
Saint Mary’s Springs at Mayville
North Fond du Lac at Winnebago Lutheran
Fond du Lac at Appleton East
Oshkosh West at Neenah
Kimberly at Oshkosh North
Kaukauna at Appleton North
Luxenburg-Casco at Winneconne
Fox Valley Lutheran at Waupaca
New London at Shawano
Seymour at Xavier
Mauston at Westfield
Montello/Princeton/Green Lake at Adams-Friendship
Poynette at Prairie du Chien
Lourdes Academy at Randolph
St. John’s Northwestern Academies at Cambria-Friesland
Appleton West at Stevens Point
Hortonville at Marshfield
Little Chute at Freedom
Waterloo at Markesan
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