3/6/24 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Wednesday
6 March 2024 Sports
After a having Monday off the Brewers were back in action Tuesday in Cactus League baseball, but the Giants prevailed 13-8. Milwaukee took a 4-0 first- inning lead and scored one more in the third but San Francisco came up with 4 of their own in the bottom half of the innings and then put the game away with 6 runs in their half of the 4th. Rhys Hoskins hit a solo home run in the third inning, his first of the spring and Wes Clarke hit a solo homer in the 9th, his third of the spring.
Brewers’ starter Jakob Junis started for the Brewers and went two innings, giving up 4 runs, all earned, on 5 hits. Devin Williams took the loss, pitching 1/3 of an inning, while giving up 4 runs on 2 hits.
Milwaukee drops to 3-7 and they’ll play the Reds this afternoon. First pitch is at 1:05.
The Milwaukee Bucks begin a 4-game road trip tonight at Golden State. On Monday night the Bucks rallied for a 113-106 home victory against the Clippers. After a slow start under new head coach Doc Rivers, Milwaukee (41-21) has won 8 of 10 and moved into second place ahead of the Cavaliers, but 7 ½ games behind the first place Boston Celtics.
On Tuesday night, the Celtics blew a 22-point 4th quarter lead and lost at Cleveland to the Cavaliers, 105-104, which snapped their league-leading 11-game winning streak.
Brats and cheese curds are apparently appetizing to rival NFL fans, according to one survey.
Green Bay Packers fans were rated the fourth-best in the league for tailgate parties by opposing fans. That’s according to a survey of 1,000 fans by Betway. The Packers came in behind the Dallas Cowboys and the New York teams, the Jets and Giants.
Which opposing tailgate would Packers fans most like to visit? That was split between Dallas and the Kansas City Chiefs.
Tailgating is a popular pastime, with 89% of fans in the survey saying they would visit at least one party during the season. Hamburgers topped the list of fans’ favorite food choices. Chicken wings and pizza were next.
The Seattle Seahawks released safeties Jamal Adams and Quandre Diggs and tight end Will Dissly on Tuesday, the team announced.
Adams, a three-time Pro Bowl selection, was set to make a non-guaranteed $16.5 million in 2024 and count $26.9 million against the salary cap — untenable amounts for a player who has been unable to stay on the field or get to the quarterback since his stellar Seattle debut in 2020.
Adams’ release wipes the $16.5 million off the Seahawks’ books as well as the $17.5 million (also non-guaranteed) he was scheduled to make in 2025, the final year of his contract.
Josh Donaldson says he’s retiring after a 13-year career in which he was voted the 2015 AL MVP and was selected to three All-Star Games.
The 38-year-old announced his plans Monday during an appearance on “The Mayor’s Office,” a podcast hosted by former major league first baseman Sean Casey. Donaldson is a free agent after splitting last season between the New York Yankees and Milwaukee.
Donaldson was among the top third basemen from 2013-17 with Oakland and Toronto.
He finished fourth in the AL MVP balloting with Oakland in 2013 and won the award with Toronto two years later. During that 2015 season, Donaldson hit .297 with 41 homers and an AL-leading 123 RBIs. Donaldson also led the AL in total bases (352) and topped the majors in runs (122) that season while helping the Blue Jays reach the AL Championship Series, where they lost to Kansas City.
Donaldson earned three straight All-Star appearances from 2014-16 and was fourth in the AL MVP balloting in 2016. After injuries limited him to 113 games in 2017 and 52 games in 2018, Donaldson signed a $23 million, one-year contract with Atlanta and was 11th in the NL MVP voting after batting .259 with a .379 on-base percentage, 37 homers and 94 RBIs.
He signed a $92 million, four-year contract with Minnesota at age 34 but his play tailed off. Donaldson hit .222 with 60 homers, 171 RBIs, a .748 OPS and a 24.3% strikeout rate over that deal.
Minnesota dealt Donaldson to the Yankees ahead of the 2022 season. Donaldson hit .142 with 10 homers and 15 RBIs in 33 games with the Yankees last year, then was released last Aug. 29. He signed a minor league deal with the Brewers two days later, was called up Sept. 11 and hit .169 with three homers and 11 RBIs in 17 games.
Donaldson finishes hwith a .261 batting average, .358 on-base percentage, 279 homers and 816 RBIs in 1,383 regular-season games with Oakland (2010, 2012-14), Toronto (2015-18), Cleveland (2018), Atlanta (2019), Minnesota (2020-21), New York (2022-23) and Milwaukee (2023).
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