Monday Sports 5/6/19
6 May 2019 Sports
Christian Yelich homered in his return to the lineup and Zach Davies pitched into the eighth inning to lead the Milwaukee Brewers past the New York Mets 3-2 on Sunday for a sweep of their three-game series. The teams were coming off an 18-inning game on Saturday night, the longest in Miller Park history, that lasted 5 hours, 22 minutes.
Yelich, the NL MVP, was back in the starting lineup after missing five consecutive games with low back soreness. He lined out as a pinch-hitter in the 10th inning of Saturday’s marathon game. Yelich hit a two-run, 440-foot homer off Jason Vargas (1-2) that caromed off the third deck in right and gave Milwaukee a 3-0 lead in the third inning. The Brewers had scored the game’s first run earlier in the inning on Lorenzo Cain’s sacrifice fly.
With its bullpen depleted, the Brewers got a much-needed performance from Davies (4-0), who gave up six hits and two runs in 7 2/3 innings while throwing a season-high 118 pitches.
Josh Hader struck out the side in the ninth for his ninth save.
The Mets got a run in the fifth on Tomas Nido’s run-scoring single and added another in the seventh when Juan Lagares hit a two-out, solo home run off Davies.
Vargas gave up three hits and three runs in four innings but left for a pinch-hitter in the fifth after experiencing mild hamstring tightness.
The Brewers continue their home stand tonight against the Nationals. Max Scherzer, who’s 1-4 goes against fellow right hander Jhoulys Chacin, who’s 3-3. First pitch is at 6:40 and game can be heard on AM1100/98.3FM, WISS.
In roster moves, the Brewers selected RHP Burch Smith from Triple-A San Antonio and optioned RHP Taylor Williams, who pitched four innings and was the winning pitcher on Saturday, to San Antonio. The Brewers also designated RHP Jay Jackson for assignment.
Meanwhile, Lorenzo Cain left the game in the sixth after being hit on the left hand by a pitch from reliever Tim Peterson. Cain was diagnosed with a contusion. X-rays were negative. RHP Jimmy Nelson, who has been out since having shoulder surgery in September 2017, pitched in a rehab outing at San Antonio on Sunday. He surrendered two runs and three hits in 3 1/3 innings with four walks and three strikeouts. … RHP Aaron Wilkerson (left foot injury) is expected to pitch in a rehab assignment for San Antonio on Tuesday.
Elsewhere in the N.L Central on Sunday, Pittsburgh beat Oakland 5-3, the Giants slipped past the Reds 6-5 and the Cubs pounded St. Louis 13-5.
The Bucks will try to take a 3-1 lead over the Celtics tonight in their best of seven game Eastern Conference semifinal series. Milwaukee won Saturday night 123-116 to take a 2-1 lead. Giannis Antetokounmpo score 32 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead the way for Milwaukee while George Hill added 21.
Former Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson was inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame inside the Lambeau Field Atrium on Saturday.
Thompson, who was with the Packers as general manager for 13 seasons, was the only individual inducted into this year’s hall of fame. Thompson was introduced into the hall of fame by long-time friend and teammate, Mike Reinfeldt.
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