Tuesday Sports 5/7/19
7 May 2019 Sports
Sports From Wayne Mausser
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 39 points and 16 rebounds to lead the Bucks to a 113-101 victory over the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of their second-round playoff series on Monday night and move Milwaukee within one win from its first trip to the Eastern Conference finals since 2001. The Bucks have won three straight since losing the opener of the best-of-seven series at home and can eliminate the Celtics in Game 5 at home on Wednesday night. They have not reached the East finals since the `01 team of Ray Allen and Glenn Robinson fell to Philadelphia’s Allen Iverson and Dikembe Mutombo in seven games.
Boston beat Milwaukee in seven games in the first round last year and went on to lose to LeBron James and the Cavaliers in seven games in last year’s conference finals. They will have to win three straight — two of them on the road — to return.
One game after Antetokounmpo was two assists shy of a triple-double, he scored 17 points with seven rebounds in the fourth quarter to help the Bucks pull away. Reserves George Hill, who scored 15 points, and Pat Connaughton, who had nine points and 10 rebounds, again led the Bucks bench, which outscored Boston’s 32-7.
In what might be his last home game for the Celtics, Kyrie Irving scored 23 points with 10 assists. But he was 7 for 22 from the floor, including 1 for 7 from 3-point range; after leading all scorers with 26 points in Boston’s Game 1 blowout, he has made 19 of 62 shots and just 4 of 20 from 3-point range.
Milwaukee has won four straight road playoff games. It was Antetokounmpo’s eighth career 30-point playoff game, tying Marques Johnson for second in franchise history.
A long night and day of travel for the Washington Nationals got even worse when they wasted a pair of leads, made four errors and lost to the Milwaukee Brewers 5-3 Monday night. The Nationals’ charter flight was delayed eight hours as the plane sat on the tarmac at Philadelphia because of mechanical problems Sunday night after a 7-1 defeat to the Phillies. They finally got off the plane about 3 a.m. and returned to their hotel, then headed to Milwaukee on Monday and arrived after noon.
Washington led 2-0 in the first and 3-2 in the seventh, but Milwaukee rallied to extend its winning streak to four. Catcher Kurt Suzuki made two errors, and shortstop Carter Kieboom and pitcher Tony Sipp made one each. Ben Gamel, Christian Yelich and Yasmani Grandal hit consecutive singles off Dan Jennings (0-2) starting the seventh, with Grandal driving in the tying run. Jesus Aguilar hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly off Wander Suero. Gamel, who had three hits, added a run-scoring single against Sipp in the eighth. Junior Guerra struck out two in a perfect ninth for his second save.
Washington’s Max Scherzer reached double digits in strikeouts for the third time this season and increased his total to 72 in eight starts. He allowed two runs — one earned — and six hits in six innings, striking out 10 and walking one. Scherzer threw a season-high 112 pitches, escaping a bases-loaded, one-out jam in his final inning when he struck out Orlando Arcia on a foul tip, then got pinch-hitter Ryan Braun to ground out. Milwaukee starter Jhoulys Chacin allowed two runs and three hits in five innings, including Howie Kendrick’s two-run homer in the first for the Nationals.. Mike Moustakas hit an RBI single in the bottom half on a line drive off the glove of leaping Kieboom, and Milwaukee tied the score in the second when Kieboom allowed Gamel’s two-out grounder to bounce off him for an error that let Aguilar score from third.
The series continues tonight at Miller Park as Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg, 3-1, goes against Brewers right-hander Freddy Peralta, (1-1). First pitch is at 6:40 and the game can be heard on AM1100/98.3FM, WISS.
High School Baserball from Monday
Oshkosh Lourdes 6, Oakfield 5
Mayville 13, Laconia 0
Iola-Scandinavia 7, Weyauwega-Fremont 2
West Depere 11, Fox Valley Lutheran 5
Seymour 18, 8 , Green Bay East 5, 5
West Depere 5, New London 1
The Green Bay Packers continue to add to their roster. The team announced two signings on Monday. Cornerback Chandon Sullivan is a second-year player who appeared in five games, starting one, for the Philadelphia Eagles in 2018. He registered 11 tackles and one pass defensed. Wide receiver Darrius Shepherd participated in the Packers’ rookie orientation camp over the weekend. An undrafted free agent, Shepherd caught 188 passes for 2,841 yards and 20 touchdowns in his college career at North Dakota State. He carried the ball 31 times for 219 yards and one touchdown, and returned 44 punts for 578 yards and a touchdown.
The Green Bay Packers have released RB Lavon Coleman. General Manager Brian Gutekunst announced the transaction Monday. Coleman was signed to the Packers’ practice squad on Oct. 31, 2018, and promoted to the active roster on Dec. 22, 2018, appearing in one game last season. He was originally signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent on May 11, 2018. After being released by the Texans on Sept. 1, Coleman spent some time on the practice squad of the Seattle Seahawks.
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