6/13/23 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Tuesday
13 June 2023 Sports
Tuesday Sports
From Wayne Mausser
The Brewers take a four-game losing streak, including a three-game sweep by the Oakland A’s over the weekend, into Minnesota tonight to play the Twins. Corbin Burnes (5-4, 3.36 ERA) will start against another right-hander Pablo Lopez (3-3, 4.25 ERA). First pitch is at 6:40.
Elsewhere in the NL Central Monday the Giants nipped the Cardinals 4-3 and the Reds shaded the Royals 5-4. The Brewers trail the Pirates by a game in the division while the Reds are 3 ½ out, the Reds 6 ½ and the Cardinals are 8 ½ behind.
There were no games Monday in the Midwest League. Today the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers are at Great Lakes. The T-Rats are 22-33 while Great Lakes is 39-17. First pitch is at 12:05 CDT.
In the Northwoods League theFond du Lac Dock Spiders led 6-4 going into the 9th inning but couldn’t hold on as the Madison Malllards stormed back for an 8-6 win. Both of these teams will be back in action tomorrow night in Madison at Warner Park. First pitch is slated for 6:05 P.M. CT.
Nikola Jokic guided Denver to its first NBA title in team history Monday night, as the Nuggets overcame dreadful shooting and a late flurry from Miami’s Jimmy Butler to squeeze past the Heat for a frantic 94-89 victory in Game 5. Denver is the home of the Larry O’Brien Trophy for the first time in the franchise’s 47 years in the league.
Jokic had 28 points and 16 rebounds for the Nuggets, and earned NBA Finals MVP honors — a trophy certainly more meaningful to him than the two overall MVPs he won in 2021 and ‘22.
He bailed out the Nuggets, going 12 for 16 from the floor on a night when none of his teammates could find the basket. Denver missed 20 of its first 22 3-point attempts and seven of its first 13 free throws, yet somehow figured out how to close out the series on its home floor.
Butler scored eight straight points to help the Heat take an 87-86 lead with 2:45 left after trailing by seven. He made two more free throws with 1:58 remaining to help Miami regain a one-point lead. Then, Bruce Brown got an offensive rebound and tip-in to give the Nuggets the lead for good.
Trailing by three with 15 seconds left, Butler jacked up a 3, but missed it. Brown made two free throws to put the game out of reach and clinch the title for Denver.
Butler finished with 21 points. Bam Adebayo had 20 for the Heat, but Miami shot 34% from the floor and 25% from 3. Until Butler went off, he was 2 for 13 for eight points.
The Nuggets, who came in shooting 37.6% from 3 for the series, shot 18% in this one. They committed 14 turnovers. They only went 13 for 23 from the line, though Brown and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope were 4 for 4 at the end while Denver was salting away the win.
Hortonville is back at the WIAA State Baseball Tournament for the first time in 25 years, after beating Middleton 3-0 Monday night in the D1 quarterfinal. Hortonville ace Thomas Burns pitched a shutout with eight strike outs. Hortonville will face Franklin Wednesday in the semifinals.
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