5/26/23 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Friday
26 May 2023 Sports
Friday Sports
From Wayne Mausser
Michael Conforto went 4 for 4 with a homer, and six San Francisco pitchers combined on a four-hitter as the Giants beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-0 on Thursday night.
In a designed bullpen game, Scott Alexander, Taylor Rogers, Jakob Junis (3-2), Sean Manaea, Tyler Rogers and John Brebbia teamed up to strike out 13 and walk two.
Conforto reached on each of his five plate appearances with three singles, a solo homer and a walk. LaMonte Wade Jr. went 3 for 5 with an RBI and Casey Schmitt was 2 of 4 with two RBIs and two runs scored.
The Giants’ triumph spoiled the return of Brewers starter Julio Teheran who allowed only one run over five innings in his first major league appearance since April 2021, with the Detroit Tigers.
Teheran, an All-Star selection with the Atlanta Braves in 2014 and 2016, had been pitching for the San Diego Padres’ Triple-A affiliate in El Paso, Texas. He opted out of the minor league contract with the Padres and agreed to terms with the Brewers on Tuesday, though the signing wasn’t official until Thursday.
The 32-year-old right-hander struck out five and gave up four hits and a walk. The only run Teheran (0-1) allowed came on Wade’s two-out single up the middle in the fifth. Wade’s hit scored Schmitt, who had reached on a one-out single.
That was the first run the Brewers had allowed since Monday, as they were coming off back-to-back shutout victories over the Houston Astros. The Brewers have three shutout losses and two shutout wins over their last eight games.
The Giants broke the game open by scoring four runs off Tyson Miller in the eighth
Conforto led off the inning with a 424-foot drive over the wall in center on Miller’s first pitch. Two outs later, Schmitt doubled hometwo runs and scored on Patrick Bailey’s double.
Milwaukee’s best scoring chance came in the first inning on a long drive from Darin Ruf, but San Francisco’s Mike Yastrzemski made a leaping catch at the wall in right-center to rob his former teammate of an extra-base hit and possible homer.
Ruf played nine games with the Giants this season before getting designated for assignment.
The Brewers didn’t get a hit until Willy Adames delivered a two-out double to left in the fourth. Christian Yelich followed that with a walk, but the rally ended when Adames was picked off second.
LHP Alex Wood (0-0, 4.05 ERA) starts for the Giants and RHP Freddy Peralta (5-3, 4.15) pitches for the Brewers as the four-game series continues Friday night. First pitch is at 7:10.
Elsewhere in the NL Central Thursday the Cardinals nipped the Reds 2-1 and the Mets pounded the Cubs 10-1.
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says a vote on the Oakland Athletics’ prospective move to Las Vegas could take place when owners meet from June 13-15 in New York.
“It’s possible that a relocation vote could happen as early as June,” Manfred said Thursday at Milwaukee during his tour of major league stadiums to speak with players. “It’s very difficult to have a timeline for Oakland until there’s actually a deal to be considered. There is a relocation process internally they need to go through, and we haven’t even started that process.”
Manfred was in Milwaukee as Wisconsin legislators debate potential funding plans for American Family Field, the Brewers’ home stadium since 2001. Manfred expressed confidence the state would work something out.
The Brewers’ lease, which runs through 2030, calls for the Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District to cover repairs. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and the team have said the district does not have enough money to pay for what is needed, and the state surplus provides a chance to fund it without implementing a new tax or borrowing money.
“This is a gem of a ballpark,” Manfred said. “It’s really important that the existing obligation under the lease be funded so that this great ballpark is maintained on a regular basis. It needs to be done in a timely way.”
Evers proposed spending nearly $300 million in taxpayer money to make improvements at the stadium, a plan that Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos declared to be dead on arrival Republicans who control the Legislature have yet to unveil their own alternative, but talks have been ongoing in private.
Vos has said he wants to work a deal that would look for a commitment from the team to remain in Milwaukee longer and not rely as heavily on money from a one-time budget surplus that’s projected to be around $7 billion.
“The choices that are made between the various ways that public funds can be spent are choices that legislators have to make,” Manfred said. “What I can say is that this ballpark is an asset. The Brewers are interested in a long-term relationship, an extension of the lease that keeps them here.”
Manfred noted that Milwaukee’s situation is “really the antithesis of what happened in Oakland.”
“This is an A-plus facility when it’s built,” Manfred said. “It’s been well maintained. Ownership has made a commitment not only to put a competitive team on the field, but to do its share in terms of keeping this stadium. And most important, the fans here have supported the tam enthusiastically. I think the real decision that needs to be made here is what we can do to maintain that really great dynamic.
“Oakland, unfortunately, it’s a facility that was never as good as this one when it started. They made some unfortunate decisions not to maintain the ballpark in the way that it needed to be maintained. It resulted in a decline in the attendance, which had an impact on the quality of product the team could afford to put on the field.”
In the NBA Eastern Conference Finals last night the Celtics won at home over the Miami Heat 110-97. Miami still leads 3-2 in the series. Boston had four players with 20 or more points, led by Derrick White’s 24 points and Marcus Smart[s 23. Duncan Robinson led the Heat with 18. Game six is back in Miami Saturday night.
In the Midwest League Thursday the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers won at Cedar Rapids 8-4. The teams play again tonight with the first pitch at 6:35.
The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders begin their seventh season on Memorial Day (May 29) against the Green Bay Rockers at 1:05 p.m. at Marian University’s Herr-Baker Field. Season tickets, packages, and group tickets are currently available at dockspiders.com or by calling the ticket office at (920) 907-9833.
Girls Regional Softball (Thurs.)
Kettle Moraine Lutheran 9, Kewaskum 7
Winneconne at Waupun 3, Winneconne 2
Campbellsport 4,Winnebago Lutheran Academy 3
Mayville 3, Lomira 2
Algoma 8, Saint Mary’s Springs 7
Neenah 4, Beaver Dam 1
Amherst 7, Weyauwega-Fremont 6
Pacelli 14, Wild Rose 1
Green Bay Preble 4, Hortonville 0
Oshkosh West 13, Menasha 0
Freedom 12, Denmark 2
West Salem 7, Wisconsin Dells 2
Barneveld 5, Cambria-Friesland 1
Auburndale 7, Markesan 0
Oakfield 6, Johnson Creek 2
Baseball (Wed.)
Hartford 2, Beaver Dam 1
(Thursday)
Wautoma 6, Ripon 4
Xavier 10, Berlin 0
Plymouth 5, New London 2
Kewaskum 12, Milwaukee Lutheran 0
Campbellsport 7, Winneconne 2
Laconia 7, Ozaukee 0
Lomira 11, Sheboygan Lutheran 0
Horicon 5, Mayville 3
Fox Valley Lutheran 14, North Fond du Lac 0
Brillion 6, Omro 3
Saint Mary’s Springs 3, Winnebago Lutheran 2
Oconto 7, Weyauwega-Fremont 9
Lena 6, Wild Rose 1
Appleton West 2, Neenah 0
Hortonville 4, Oshkosh North 1
Oshkosh West 7, Appleton East 4
Freedom 3, Two Rivers 2
Waupaca 11, Sheboygan Falls 1
Adams-Friendship 2, Wisconsin Dells 0
Westby 9, Nekoosa 2
Westfield 12, Melrose-Mindoro 0
Reedsville 4, Cambria-Friesland 1
Central Wisconsin Christian 11, Heritage Christian 1
Green Lake/Princeton 4, Cedar Grove-Belgium 2
New Holstein 7, Lourdes Academy/Valley Christian 1
Marion 11, Markesan 4
Whitehall 10, Montello 0
Pardeeville 12, Necedah 0
Randolph 9, Rio 2
(Fri.)
Oakfield at Waupun
Fond du Lac at Watertown
Oshkosh North at Hortonville
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