7/20/23 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Thursday
20 July 2023 Sports
William Contreras hit a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 on Wednesday night for their fifth win in six games.
Contreras had three hits and two RBIs for the NL Central leaders, and Blake Perkins also drove in two runs. Five of Milwaukee’s 10 hits were doubles. Contreras also got a key out in the ninth, throwing out Bryson Stott trying to steal second.
Nick Castellanos homered for the Phillies, whose four-game winning streak was stopped.
Hoby Milner (2-0), Elvis Peguero, Joey Payamps and Devin Williams each pitched an inning of scoreless relief, combining for seven strikeouts and no walks.
Bryce Harper singled leading off the ninth and took third on Stott’s one-out single. Contreras threw out Stott trying to steal second and Williams struck out Alec Bohm for his 24th save in 26 chances.
Brewers starter Colin Rea allowed three runs — two earned — and five hits in five innings. Philadelphia’s Cristopher Sánchez gave up three runs — one earned — and six hits in five innings.
Perkins walked against Jeff Hoffman (3-2) leading off the seventh, stole second and scored on Contreras’ two-out double off Matt Strahm for a 4-3 lead. Contreras added an RBI double in the ninth.
Blake Perkins hit a two-run, two-out double in the second and scored on Christian Yelich’s opposite-field, RBI double.
Castellanos hit his 14th home run of the season in the fourth and Kyle Schwarber had a two-run single in the fifth — shortstop Willy Adames was shifted up the middle and bumped into second-base umpire Brennan Miller as he ranged to his right.
Schwarber’s streak of consecutive games with home runs ended at four.
Brewer RHP Corbin Burnes (8-5, 3.73) opposes Philadelphia RHP Taijuan Walker (11-3, 4.00) in the finale of the three-game series on Thursday. First pitch is at 11:35.
Elsewhere in the NL Central Wednesday the Pirates downed the Indians 7-5, St. Louis beat the Marlins 6-4, the Reds edged the Giants 3-2 and the Cubs beat the Nationals 8-3. The Brewers lead the Reds by 2 ½ games in the division.
In the Midwest League Wednesday the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers won at Dayton 8-5. They play again tonight with the first pitch at 6:05.
In the Northwood’s League Wednesday the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders beat the Kenosha Kingfish, 7-4.
The Dock Spiders are back in action tonight as they host the Lakeshore Chinooks with the first pitch set for 6:05.
Brewers starting pitcher Brandon Woodruff is scheduled to make a pair of rehab starts with the Timber Rattlers over the coming weeks.
Woodruff, who has been out since mid-April with a shoulder injury, will leave the big league club on Thursday to meet up with the Timber Rattlers in Dayton. He will then make a rehab start on Saturday on the road, and return to the Brewers afterwards.
He is tentatively schedule to make another start with the Timber Rattlers in Grand Chute on Thursday July 27th as well.
This is Woodruff’s second rehab stint with the Timber Rattlers in his Brewers career. He picked up a win in June of 2022 in a rehab start against the Quad Cities Rvier Bandits after allowing one run on two hits with seven strikeouts over five innings of work.
Woodruff has pitched in multiple bullpen sessions in recent weeks to begin his build up for an eventual return to the Brewers rotation.
The Green Bay Packers signed QB Alex McGough and TE Luke Musgrave, and released C DJ Scaife. General Manager Brian Gutekunst announced the transactions Wednesday.
McGough (6-3, 214), a first-year player out of Florida International University, was originally selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the seventh round (No. 220 overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft. He has spent time on the practice squads of the Seahawks (2018, 2020) and Houston Texans (2019-20) and was on the active roster for the Texans from Weeks 2-6 in 2019 but was a gameday inactive for all five weeks. In 2023, McGough played for the Birmingham Stallions of the United States Football League, earning league MVP honors and leading his team to the USFL title.
The Green Bay Packers once again increased spending while bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. The team released its 2023 fiscal year report Wednesday morning, a week before training camp open.s..
During the 2023, fiscal year, which ran from April 2022 until March 2023, the organization recorded a net income of $35.6 million.
While not as high as the $61.6 million the organization made in 2022, which was a record year, the Packers says they are still in really good financial shape. President/CEO,Mark Murph says, “It was another strong financial year for the Packers. Kind of the second dyear now after the pandemic with normal operations.”
According to the organization’s financial report, the Packers brought in more than $610 million in revenue, a 5.4% increase from the year before. The organization credited national revenue and the NFL’s television contracts along with the collective bargaining agreement for the majority of that increase.
“I think the TV deals are obviously very positive for the league, the ratings have been extremely strong, and I think the league has been smart with the movement to streaming and Amazon and that was very positive, the Thursday night package,” adds Murphy.
Local revenue also increased over the previous year. The organization brought in $235.9 million, nearly 2% more than fiscal 2022.
Officials believe that number could have been at least $9 million higher had the Packers not played in London, losing out on hosting a home game. Revenue wasn’t the only increase; the Packers also saw expenses rise. Overall, the Packers spent $541.6 million.
Player and team costs, along with one-time expenses and stadium improvement projects — including the construction of the new football facility on the east side of the stadium, as well as improvements to the concourse concession stands and the replacement and expansion of the north and south end video boards — led to the 8% increase in spending.
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