8/22/24 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Thursday
22 August 2024 Sports
Nolan Arenado hit a grand slam in the 10th inning to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 10-6 comeback victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night.
Arenado’s fifth career walk-off homer and sixth career grand slam gave the Cardinals their second win in their last eight games and snapped the Brewers’ six-game winning streak.
The Brewers led 6-4 after Joey Ortiz’s two-run double in the eighth inning.
But the Cardinals capitalized on Devin Williams’ control issues as the Brewers’ closer suffered his first blown save of the season. Williams hit Willson Contreras to start the ninth and St. Louis tied the game at 6-all with bases loaded walks to Matt Carpenter and Tommy Pham.
Ryan Helsley (5-4) pitched a scoreless 10th. Cardinals starter Kyle Gibson pitched 5 1/3 innings, while allowing two runs on seven hits, striking out five and walking two.
Brewers starter Tobias Myers allowed two runs on six hits in four innings. He struck out five and walked two. Trevor Megill (0-3) took the loss.
Pham’s sacrifice fly scored Arenado to break a scoreless tie in the fourth. Masyn Winn followed with an RBI single to make it 2-0 Cardinals.
Arenado had three hits and a walk to extend his on-base streak to 20 games.
Ortiz had a sacrifice fly in the fifth and William Contreras’ RBI double for the Brewers in the sixth tied the game at 2-all.
Jackson Chourio’s two-run single in the seventh gave Milwaukee a 4-2 lead. The rookie went 4 for 5 with 2 RBIs, scored a run and stole his 18th base of the season. At 20 years, 163 days, he became the youngest player with a four-hit game since Juan Soto on June 20, 2018, according to MLB.com.
Luken Baker’s two-run homer in the seventh tied the game at 4-all. It was Baker’s first career pinch hit homer and the third straight game that a Cardinals pinch hitter has gone deep. St. Louis is also the last team to turn the feat in a stretch from April 29-May 1, 2021.
The Brewers will start RHP Freddy Peralta (8-7, 4.00 ERA) on Thursday against Cardinals RHP Miles Mikolas (8-10, 5.41 ERA). First pitch is at 1:15.
Elsewhere in the NL Central Wednesday the Rangers shutout the Pirates 1-0, the Reds beat the Rays 11-7 and the Tigers over the Cubs 8-2. The Brewers lead the Cardinals by 11 games, the Cubs and the Reds by 11 ½, and the Pirates by 14 games.
In the Midwest League Wednesday Great Lakes won at home over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 5-4.. They meet again tonight with the first pitch at 6:05 CDT.
The Packers held a jog through practice on Wednesday ahead of the big joint practice with Baltimore today.
Green Bay coming off a lackluster performance in their first joint practice of Training Camp a week ago. Still head coach Matt LaFleur is not making any major changes, and sticking with the predetermined practice format he and Ravens head coach John Harbaugh worked out beforehand.
One difference between the two practices will be a total lack of one-on-one periods. A week ago the Packers and Broncos did hold one-on-ones between offensive linemen and the pass rush.
Jeff Hafley’s defense will have their hands full in a different way as they get set to face reigning MVP Lamar Jackson on the practice field.
This morning’s practice begins at 10:30 and is the final practice open to the public.
The Milwaukee Bucks are hitting the road, visiting more than a dozen cities this month on their Deer Crossing Statewide Tour.
Bucks alumni T.J. Ford and Steve Novak, Bucks mascot Bango and members of Bucks Entertainment will make over 15 stops in 11 communities across Wisconsin between Aug. 22-23 and Aug. 29-30.
The tour will feature Back to School Bashes, Bucks Bar Network visits, Bango’s Kids Club visits and two Bucks Takeover Nights.
The Back to School Bashes will be held at Boys & Girls Club locations and will include youth basketball clinics, with appearances by Ford and Novak, performances by Bucks Entertainment, dinner and giveaways.
Bucks Bar Network visits will feature Bucks-themed trivia and prizes.
Bango’s Kids Club visits will take place at local BMO branches and will include appearances by Bango along with kid-friendly activities.
Bucks Takeover Nights will be held in partnership with the Lake Country DockHounds for their Aug. 22 game, and the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers for their Aug. 29 game. Paid admission is required.
All events are open to the public, except for the Back to School Bashes.
Iowa Hawkeyes coach Kirk Ferentz and assistant Jon Budmayr will be suspended one game for a violation related to the recruitment of transfer quarterback Cade McNamara, according to multiple reports.
Ferentz is the nation’s longest tenured FBS coach, having led Iowa since the 1999 season. Budmayr serves as the team’s wide receivers coach after working as a special assistant to Ferentz in 2023 and offensive analyst in 2022. According to media reports, the suspensions are related to an NCAA investigation. Iowa is set to open the season Aug. 31 at home against Illinois State..
Ferentz is scheduled to speak with reporters Thursday afternoon to wrap up preseason training camp. The Athletic first reported the suspensions for Ferentz and Budmayr.
In NFL football tonight, Indianapolis is at Cincinnati and the Bears play at Kansas City.
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