Hometown Broadcasting Sports Tuesday 9/21/21
21 September 2021 Sports
Sports for September 21st
Aaron Jones caught three of Aaron Rodgers’ four touchdown passes and rushed for a fourth score as the Packers rallied in the second half to beat the Lions 35-17 at Lambeau Field. The win was a bounce-back from an embarrassing opening-game loss to the Saints, as Green Bay won its ninth straight home opener. Aaron Rodgers went 22 of 27 for 255 yards and surpassed John Elway for 10th all-time in passing yards.with 51,633. Rodgers also threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to tight end Robert Tonyan.
Jones became the first Packers running back to catch three touchdown passes in a game since Andy Uram against the Chicago Cardinals in 1942. He had 17 carries for 67 yards and six catches for 48 yards.
The Lions (0-2) led at halftime at division rival Green Bay, but the Packers dominated the second half on the way to a 35-17 victory.
Detroit’s Jared Goff completed 13 of his first 14 passes but struggled the rest of the way as the Lions (0-2) blew a 17-14 halftime lead. Goff finished 26 of 36 for 246 yards. He connected on touchdown passes to Quintez Cephus and T.J. Hockenson but also threw an interception and lost a fumble.
Green Bay scored touchdowns on its first three second-half possessions to seize control.
On the injury front, TE Josiah Deguara was out with a concussion.
The Packers play at San Francisco against the 49ers Sunday night.
While celebrating one of his four touchdowns, Aaron Jones lost a necklace he wears with a little black football containing some of the ashes of his late father. That was just about the only thing that went wrong for Jones and the Green Bay Packers against the Detroit Lions. Jones’ father, Alvin Jones Sr., died on April 8.As for the missing necklace, he was hopeful he’d see it again. The grounds crew went out to look for the necklace after the game.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jon Lester notched his 200th career win, Nolan Arenado hit a two-run homer and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 Monday night for their ninth consecutive win.
The Cardinals have won nine straight for the first time since 2004 to solidify their grip on the second NL wild card. They remained three games ahead of Cincinnati for the final postseason spot, with San Diego four games back and Philadelphia 4 1/2 games behind. The longest winning streak in franchise history is 14 games, set in 1935. Milwaukee’s magic number over the Cardinals to clinch the division title remained at three.
Lester (7-6) is the third active pitcher with 200 wins, joining Houston teammates Justin Verlander (226) and Zack Greinke (219). He’s the 30th left-hander in major-league history to reach the mark.
St. Louis got on the board in the first on Arenado’s homer, his 33rd of the season, off Freddy Peralta (9-5). Peralta retired 11 of 12 until allowing the first two batters to reach in the sixth. The Cardinals took a 3-2 lead on Yadier Molina’s run-scoring single. Peralta gave up seven hits and three runs in six innings. He struck out nine and walked one.
St. Louis tacked on a run in the seventh when Matt Carpenter, batting for Lester, hit a leadoff double and scored on Paul Goldschmidt’s sacrifice fly. Molina drove in another run in the eighth to extend the lead to 5-2.
Milwaukee clawed right back in the second. Avisaíl García , who returned to the starting lineup after missing four games with lower back spasms, led off with a homer off Lester. Luis Urias followed two batters later with a solo shot of his own to tie it.
Lester retired 10 straight until giving up a single to Jackie Bradley Jr. with two outs in the fifth. Lester surrendered three runs and seven hits in six innings. He struck out two and didn’t walk a batter in an efficient, 77-pitch outing. Lester has worked five innings or more in 19 of 26 starts this year, including nine of 10 since joining St. Louis at the trade deadline. Cardinals’ relievers Kodi Whitley, T.J. McFarland and Luis García held the Brewers scoreless over the final three innings. García got his first save of the season.
RHP Jake Woodford (2-3, 4.30 ERA) will take the mound for the Cardinals in the second game of the series while RHP Brandon Woodruff (9-9, 2.55) goes for the Brewers. Woodford will be making his second career start against Milwaukee. Woodruff is 3-2 with a 3.32 ERA in eight career games (six starts) vs. St. Louis. 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 Monday the Reds beat the Pirates 9-5.
The 18th ranked Wisconsin Badgers face former teammate Jack Coan in a highly anticipated showdown with No. 12 Notre Dame at Chicago’s Soldier Field. Wisconsin ranks second in the nation in total defense but believes it can still improve. The next step is getting the ball back by producing turnovers. Wisconsin has only one takeaway through its first two games.
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