8/7/23 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Monday
7 August 2023 Sports
Endy Rodriguez and Connor Joe homered to spoil the return of Milwaukee starter Brandon Woodruff after four months, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-1 victory over the NL Central-leading Brewers on Sunday.
Woodruff (1-1) was activated off the 60-day injured list (right shoulder inflammation) on Sunday and was making his first start for the Brewers since April 7. He retired the first six hitters, striking out the first five, before Rodriguez opened the third inning with his second homer.
Joe opened the fourth with his eighth homer of the season to make it 2-0.
Bryan Reynolds had a pinch-hit, two-run homer, his 14th of the season, off Abner Uribe in the eighth to make it 4-0.
Milwaukee scored an unearned run in the ninth off Carmen Mlodzinski when William Contreras walked and Carlos Santana singled. Contreras scored from third on a two-out throwing error by third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes.
Johan Oviedo (6-11) allowed just two hits, both by Contreras, in seven innings and won his third consecutive start after eight straight losses. Oviedo struck out six and walked three.
Contreras singled in the first, but was erased on a double play. He was thrown out at third to end the sixth trying to stretch a double into triple. Oviedo allowed just three other balls out of the infield.
Woodruff, returning after three minor-league rehab starts, allowed two runs on four hits in five innings. He struck out nine with no walks in an 85-pitch outing.
Milwaukee, 12-39 when scoring three runs or fewer, retained its lead in the Central by 1 ½ games over Cincinnati and the surging Cubs. The Reds suffered their sixth straight loss, 6-3 to Washington on Sunday. Chicago defeated Atlanta 6-4 on Sunday for its seventh win in 10 games.
Milwaukee opens a three-game series at home against Colorado on Monday. RHP Freddy Peralta (7-8, 4.460 starts for the Brewers against RHP Peter Lambert (2-2, 5.07). First pitch is at 7:10.
Brewers: Woodruff was reinstated from the 60-day injured list and LHP Clayton Andrews was optioned to Triple-A Nashville.
Elsewhere in the NL Central Sunday the Nationals downed the Reds 6-3, the Rockies shaded the Cardinals 1-0 and the Cubs beat the Braves 6-4. The Brewers lead the Cubs and Reds by 1 ½ games in the division.
In the Midwest League Sunday the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers won 5-2 at South Bend. There are no games scheduled for today.
In the Northwoods League Sunday the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders lost to the Madison Mallards 10-4.
The Dock Spiders will be back in action tonight at Athletic Park as they take on the Wausau Woodchucks. First pitch is slated for 6:05 PM. The Dock Spiders will be back at Herr-Baker Field on Tuesday night as they take on the Wausau Woodchucks. First pitch is at 6:35.
The Green Bay Packers narrowed their backup quarterback competition Sunday by releasing Danny Etling. Etling’s release leaves starter Jordan Love rookie Sean Clifford and reigning USFL MVP Alex McGough as the only three quarterbacks on the roster. Love, a 2020 first-round pick from Utah State, is entering his first season as the Packers’ starting quarterback following the trade of four-time MVP Aaron Rodgers to the New York Jets.
The Packers selected Clifford out of Penn State in the fifth round of this year’s draft. Mcgough signed with the Packers the week before the start of training camp.
Etling was on Green Bay’s practice squad for all of the 2022 season and part of the 2021 season. He played collegiately for Purdue from 2013-14 and for LSU from 2016-17.
Meanwhile, the Packers held Family Night Saturday and 65,000 people were on hand. Family Night included a full practice with a game-like atmosphere and fireworks.
One of the biggest stars of the night was rookie kicker Anders Carlson. He had struggled a bit kicking so far in camp, but was excellent his first time kicking inside Lambeau Field, going 9 of 10 on field goals with a long of 53 yards.
Jordan Love struggled early on with overthrows, but bounced back in red-zone and team drills, finding Aaron Jones on a sidearm throw for a touchdown, and a deep contested TD pass to Christian Watson. He unofficially finished the practice 11 of 18.
The Packers are back on the practice field on Monday at 12:30 before heading to Cincinnati for a joint practice with the Bengals on Wednesday prior to Friday’s preseason opener.
Green Bay starts the season in Chicago, taking on the Bears at Soldier Field Sept. 10. The first home game of the Love era won’t be until Week 3 against the Saints.
Dealing a crushing combination to the Pac-12 on Friday, the Big Ten announced Oregon and Washington would be joining the conference next August, and the Big 12 completed its raid of the beleaguered league by adding Arizona, Arizona State and Utah.
The day began with hope and nine members for the Pac-12. It ended with the Pac-12 — with roots that date back a century and more NCAA championships than any other — down to four schools and facing extinction because it was unable to land a media rights agreement to match its competitors.
The super-conference era has arrived in college sports, and it has swallowed the Pac-12 — the conference the produced Jackie Robinson, John Elway, Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Barry Bonds.
After the Big Ten paved the way Friday morning for the Pacific Northwest rivals to join, the Ducks were first to make it official with a unanimous vote by the school’s 13 trustees. The Big Ten a short time later said its presidents’ council had voted to accept Oregon along with Washington and become an 18-team coast-to-coast conference, with four West Coast members.
The Big Ten’s latest grab from its Rose Bowl partners comes a little more than a year after it landed Southern California and UCLA.. The Big Ten will be the largest conference in major college sports, spanning 15 states from New Jersey to Washington.
In soccer the U.S. Women’s Women’s National World Cup team was eliminated from completion Sunday. Sweden prevailed 5-4 after a goalless 120 minutes. Sunday’s loss sent the Americans home in the round of 16, their earliest exit in a major tournament ever.
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