Thursday Sports 5/2/19
2 May 2019 Sports
Sports from Wayne Mausser
The Brewers were in scramble mode as Wednesday’s 11-4 loss to the Rockies began to unfold, all beginning with a callus on scheduled starter Chase Anderson’s right ring finger. When that broke open, it set forth a series of events that set back a Milwaukee pitching staff that was just showing signs of forward momentum, and awakened a Rockies offense that had been limited to three earned runs in the last 37 innings against the Brewers dating to last year’s postseason.
Jacob Barnes’ unexpected start did not go particularly well. He walked the first two batters, and after the runners advanced on a strike-three wild pitch to Daniel Murphy, Nolan Arenado blasted a three-run homer to center field.
While fans pondered what had just happened, Mike Moustakas got two of those runs back with a two-run homer in the bottom of the first inning, and Ben Gamel gave the Brewers a lead with a two-out, two-run single in the fifth.
But 24-year-old Corbin Burnes, whose trouble with the long ball prompted his demotion, couldn’t hold it. He kept Colorado in the ballpark but surrendered three runs in a go-ahead sixth inning — the tying run scoring on a wild pitch, then two more on two-out hits for a 6-4 Rockies lead before they broke the game open against Jay Jackson in a four-run eighth inning. Burnes drops to 0-3 on the season. Colorado starting pitcher Antonio Senzatela went the first four innings and gave up two runs on four hits. Carlos Estevez, now 1-0, picked up the win.
The two teams wrap up their four game series this afternoon. Freddy Peralta, who’s coming off the 10-day injured list, starts for the Brewers against the Rockies Jon Gray. First pitch is at 12:10 and the game can be heard on AM1100/98.3FM, WISS.
Elsewhere in the N.L. Central on Wednesday, the Pirates beat the Texans 7-5, the Cubs pounded Seattle 11-0, the Cardinals beat the Nationals 5-1 and the Reds shaded the Mets 1-0.
The Packers have exercised the fifth-year option on defensive lineman Kenny Clark. He confirmed to Fox 11 Sports on Wednesday. Clark, was taken by the team with the 27th pick of the 2016 NFL Draft out of UCLA. He will become only the second first-round pick to have his fifth-year option picked up by the Packers ( Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, (2017). Clark started all 15 games of the 2018 season, he also led the defensive line making 78 tackles. Over the last two seasons. he’s registered 10.5 sacks, 14 tackles for losses and 17 quarterback hits. The option was exercised ahead of the Friday deadline, keeping him under team control through the 2020 season.
The University of Oshkosh Athletics announced Matt Lewis is now the head coach for the Men’s Basketball team. The Cornell College (bachelor’s) and Bethel University (master’s) graduate led the UW-Oshkosh Titans to their first NCAA Division III Title in March 2019. They beat Swathmore College (Pa.) 96-82 Saturday (March 16) at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Ind. Lewis is UW-Oshkosh’s first recipient of NABC Coach of the Year Award. Lewis, who took the reins of the Titans in May after six seasons as the team’s top assistant coach, led UW-Oshkosh to numerous program records in his debut season. The Titans established school marks with 29 wins, 2,715 points, 961 made field goals, 2,018 field goal attempts, 1,308 rebounds, 325 made 3-pointers, 866 3-point attempts, and 148 blocks. The Titans’ totals for made 3-pointers and 3-point attempts are also WIAC records, while their win total ranks fifth in league history. Lewis’ 2018-2019 team had four all WIAC-Team picks for the first time in Titan Men’s Basketball history. Lewis also was named NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
Lewis had served as the interim coach since May of 2018. He was also the Titans’ top assistant for six seasons. He was named Titans interim head coach after former UW-Oshkosh head coach Pat Juckem accepted the top position of the Washington University in St. Louis (Mo.) men’s basketball program. Out of 1,098 active coaches in NCAA Division III, Lewis has the best record. (.906)
It’s almost time to hit the water again. Wisconsin’s inland fishing opener is Saturday, and the state Department of Natural Resources expects most ice to be off the lakes in the northern part of the state by then. The DNR says the late ice-out should make for a short spawning season for Wisconsin’s most popular fish, the walleye. Anglers can find the prognostication for other fish species in this year’s Wisconsin Fishing Report.
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