8/25/22 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Thursday
25 August 2022 Sports
Sports for Thursday
From Wayne Mausser
The Dodgers made Adrian Houser miserable in his emergency return from the injured list and handed the Brewers a 12-6 loss at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday night.
Houser (4-9) was supposed to start for Triple-A Nashville on Sunday in Jacksonville, but his Minor League rehabilitation assignment was cut short after lefty Aaron Ashby reported shoulder discomfort while playing catch that day at Wrigley Field. Houser instead joined the Brewers in Los Angeles for what was supposed to be a short start in front of a well-rested bullpen. Willy Adames even spotted Houser a 1-0 lead with his 25th home run in the top of the first inning.
Houser’s start was indeed short. He needed 81 pitches for seven outs and was charged with five earned runs on five hits and four walks with four strikeouts. Four of the runs scored in a 39-pitch first inning marred by three walks.
The Dodgers kept rolling. They scored in five of the first six innings to deny the Brewers any hope of a comeback. After Victor Caratini pitched a mop-up inning on Tuesday, it was utility man Pablo Reyes’ turn on Wednesday.
Hunter Renfro also went deep for Milwaukee, hitting his 23rd of the season, a two-run shot in the ninth.
Dodgers’ starter Andrew Heaney (2-1) picked up the win. He went six innings, giving up two runs on four hits, while striking out 10 and walking one.
The Brewers haven’t had a winning season against the Dodgers since 2014 and this won’t be the year they break the streak. Wednesday’s result gave L.A. a 4-3 edge in what amounted to a seven game “series” over the past 10 days, with the Dodgers bouncing back from a shutout loss against Lauer & Co. on Monday by thumping the Brewers by a 22-7 margin over the final two games.
Milwaukee’s 13th in 21 games this month, came on a night the Cardinals and Padres also lost, so the Brewers remained 5 1/2 games behind St. Louis in the National League Central standings and 1 1/2 games behind the Padres in the race for the NL’s final Wild Card.
The Brewers are off today before returning to American Family Field to open a weekend series against the Cubs Friday night.
Elsewhere in the NL Central Wednesday the Cubs beat the Cardinals 7-1, the Braves pounded the Pirates 14-2, and the Phillies downed the Reds 7-5. Milwaukee trails St. Louis by 5 ½ games in the division.
In the Midwest League Wednesday the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers pounded Lansing 13-2 at Fox Cities Stadium. The team’s meet again tonight with the first pitch at 6:40.
The Packers (1-1) wrap up their preseason tonight in Kansas City against the Chiefs (1-1). Green Bay will rest its starters. Packers ‘ coach Matt LaFleur said Tuesday that Rodgers and the other Packers who hadn’t played in the first two exhibition games also will be held out of Green Bay’s preseason finale tonight.
The Packers want to make sure they kept their key players healthy for the Sept. 11 regular-season opener at Minnesota. Most of the regulars got plenty of reps last week when the Packers held two days of joint practices with the New Orleans Saints.
“Just the risk vs. reward, knowing it’s a long season, having 17 games,” LaFleur said. “I think early in we get stressed with travel in the season, as well. … You factor in everything.”
According to the Packers’ unofficial depth chart, the only first-teamers on offense and defense to play in the first two preseason games are rookie linebacker Quay Walker and offensive linemen Yosh Nijman, Jon Runyan Jr., Josh Myers, Jake Hanson and Royce Newman.
Kickoff from Kansas City is at 7:00 with the pregame starting at 5:00 on FM 102.3 FM, The Bug.
In the other Thursday night game San Francisco (2-0) is at Houston (2-2).
The Green Bay Packers remain in a strong position heading into the 2022 season.
“I can’t emphasize enough how solidly the Packers are run,” St. Norbert College Economics Professor Kevin Quinn said. “They’re run as a — not quite a public utility — but they don’t have to worry about dividends. They can plow all of the money right back into the team.”
Quinn says the Forbes values suggest the Packers, like the rest of the NFL, have rebounded well from the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the value comes from stock sales, which is unique for a professional sports team. The most recent sale was in November 2021. Forbes says the Packers overall value increased from $3.5 billion in 2021 to $4.3 billion this year. Quinn says it’s a testament of a balanced approach to management. Every team in the league saw their value increase from 2021.
The highest valued team on the ranking is the Dallas Cowboys, who Forbes estimates is worth $8 billion. That’s over $1.5 billion more than the second place Patriots.
Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson, whose unmistakable swagger in helping the Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl title earned him the nickname “Lenny the Cool,” died Wednesday. He was 87. The MVP of the Chiefs’ victory over the Vikings in January 1970, Dawson had entered hospice care on Aug. 12.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced changes to the 2022 hunting season, including new regulations for open-water waterfowl hunting. Those who are hunting can do so in open waters of the Great Lakes, Green Bay and Big Green Lake. The only requirement is that they must be a minimum distance of 500 feet from the shore.
Along with those changes comes the extension of the 2022-23 squirrel season. Instead of closing on the last day of January, the season will now go to Feb. 28. Archery and Crossbow deer season opens Sept. 17 and run through Jan. 8.
In metro sub-units, this season is extended through Jan. 31.
Many counties will be offering the antlerless-only holiday hunt between the Christmas and New Year holidays, the DNR says. Bonus antlerless deer harvest authorizations are still available to purchase in select counties. The DNR also announced their 2022 combine Wisconsin Hunting Regulations pamphlet is now available online. It will soon also be available at license agents and open service centers around the state.
The combined regulations pamphlets let hunters know of season date, shooting hours, and regulations. The Wisconsin Trapping Regulations is also available online.
The 2022 deer season is as follows, according to the DNR.:
· Gun Hunt For Hunters With Disabilities: Oct. 1-9
· Youth Deer Hunt: Oct. 8-9
· Gun Deer Hunt: Nov. 19-27
Muzzleloader: Nov. 28-Dec. 7
· Statewide Antlerless Hunt: Dec. 8-11
· Farmland Zone Holiday Hunt: Dec. 24-Jan. 1, 2023
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