7/14/23 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Friday
14 July 2023 Sports
The Brewers return to action tonight after the All-Star break with a big weekend series at Cincinnati against the Reds. Cincinnati leads Milwaukee by a game in the NL Central. The Brewers are 49-42 while the Reds are 50-41. Corbin Burnes (7-05, 3.94 ERA) with 102 strikeouts starts against another right-hander Graham Ashcraft (4-6, 6.28 ERA) who’s struck out 61. First pitch is at 6:10 CDT.
The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers(34-45) resume play tonight with at Beloit (43-38). First pitch is at 6:35.
The Dock Spiders snapped the Rafters five game winning streak at Witter Field on Thursday night with a 2-1 victory. Dock Spiders starting pitcher Mason Weckler (Wisconsin-Stevens Point) hurled seven innings of one run ball in his second start of the season.
The Dock Spiders improve to 18-28 on the season and will be back in action tonight in Wisconsin Rapids as they take on the Rafters again. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35.
Lucas Glover has the first round lead in the Barbasol Championship. Glovre shot a 9-under 63 and leads Ryan Armour and Ryan Moore by one stroke. Four other golfers are two shots back. The NFL is expected to announce on Friday morning that the New York Jets and quarterback Aaron Roders will be featured on the HBO training camp series, Hard Knocks, in 2023.
This would mark the second time Gang Green has appeared on the Hard Knocks show. The 2010 iteration involving then-Jets coach Rex Ryan is among the show’s most popular seasons.
More details on this season of Hard Knocks are expected to be revealed on Friday.
The Wisconsin Glo (5-2) hosts Indy Saturday night. The theme is Hawaiian Day and the game giveaways are water bottles and beach balls. Tipoff is at 7:00 at the Oshkosh Areana.
The recent 2023 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft in which 10 Dock Spiders were selected, broke the Dock Spiders franchise record for the most selections in a single draft (8, 2022). The first Dock Spider selected this year was Ryan Lasko (Rutgers). Lasko, a member of the 2021 Dock Spiders team, was selected in the second round with the 41st pick by the Oakland Athletics. Lasko’s selection marked the highest ever for a Dock Spider, surpassing shortstop Chandler Simpson, who was selected in the second round with the 70th overall pick by the Tampa Bay Rays in 2022. Kemp Alderman (Ole Miss) was also taken in the second round with the 47th overall pick by the Miami Marlins, making Alderman the second-highest Dock Spider ever drafted.
In addition to Lasko and Alderman, Alberto Rios (2021-22), Carlson Reed (2021), Tavian Josenberger (2021), Calvin Harris (2021), Jay Harry (2021), Jake Brooks (2020), Riley Frey (2021), and Ryan Ignoffo (2021) were all selected. Of the ten draft picks, two former Dock Spiders received Northwoods League All-Star honors. Carlson Reed was named to the 2021 NWL All-Star Game and Kemp Alderman was named a 2022 NWL Post Season All-Star.
Fond du Lac’s 10 draft selections this year ranked second in the Northwoods League, behind only the La Crosse Loggers (11). The Dock Spiders ranked first in draft picks through the first six rounds of the draft, while the league saw 90 former league players selected over the three-day draft. Since 2017, the first year of the Dock Spiders, 38 former players have been drafted including current Miami Marlins catcher Nick Fortes. Since the draft was shortened from 40 rounds to 20 during the 2021 season, the ten selections mark the most in a draft since the change. Eight of the Dock Spiders taken in this year’s draft were a part of the 2021 team, while two members were taken from the 2022 team, and one was selected from the 2020 team.
Round Overall Player MLB Team College Year(s) with FDL
2 41 OF Ryan Lasko Oakland Rutgers (NJ) 2021
2 47 OF Kemp Alderman Miami Ole Miss 2022
3 79 C Alberto Rios Los Angeles-AL Stanford (CA) 2021, 2022
3 100 OF Tavian Josenberger Baltimore Arkansas 2021
4 104 RHP Carlson Reed Pittsburgh West Virginia 2021
4 116 C Calvin Harris Chicago-AL Ole Miss 2021
6 177 INF Jay Harry Minnesota Penn State 2021
11 323 RHP Jake Brooks Miami UCLA 2020
19 579 RHP Riley Frey Atlanta Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2021
20 593 RHP/INF/OF Ryan Ignoffo Miami Eastern Illinois 2021
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