Wednesday Sports 5/8/19
8 May 2019 Sports
Sports from Wayne Mausser
Lorenzo Cain’s three-run double with two outs in the seventh inning broke a scoreless tie and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Washington Nationals 6-0 Tuesday night for their fifth straight win. Nationals star Anthony Rendon had a rough and frustrating return to the lineup after missing 14 games because of a bruised left elbow caused when he was hit by a pitch. His first time up, he was plunked in the upper ribcage by a pitch from Adrian Houser, with the pitch barely missing Rendon’s left elbow. With two on and two outs in the seventh, Rendon was called out on strikes and immediately turned to argue with plate umpire CB Bucknor. Rendon pointed with his bat to a spot in the dirt off the plate before being ejected.
Houser, making his second spot start of the season, pitched two innings before giving way to Freddy Peralta (2-1), who didn’t allow a run over five innings. Burch Smith finished it off by shutting out the Nationals for the final two innings. Stephen Strasburg (3-2) struck out 11 before the Brewers struck for six runs in the seventh. Cain’s drive down the first base line finished Strasburg and reliever Dan Jennings gave up an RBI single to Mike Moustakas. Milwaukee added two more runs in the inning on Ben Gamel’s bases-loaded walk and Jesus Aguilar’s RBI single off Justin Miller.
The two teams wrap up their three-game series this afternoon at Miller Park. Brandon Woodruff, who’s 4-1 will start for Milwaukee against the Nationals Jeremy Ellickson, who’s 2-0. First pitch is at 12:10 and the game can be heard on AM1100/98.3FM, WISS. The Brewers are off tomorrow before continuing their homestand against the Cubs on Friday.
In other Brewers’ news, Lorenzo Cain returned to the lineup after missing a game with a bruised left hand. He was hit by a pitch in Sunday’s game against the Mets. .RHP Aaron Wilkerson (left foot injury) pitched five scoreless innings in a rehab assignment for Triple-A San Antonio on Tuesday night. He gave up three hits and one walk, while striking out three.
Elsewhere in the N.L. Central on Tuesday, Pittsburgh edged Texas 5-4, the Phillies pounded the Cardinals 11-1, the Cubs beat the Marlins 5-2 and Oakland blanked Cincinatti 2-0 as the A’s Mike Fiers threw his second career no-hitter. His first came against the Astros in 2015.
The Bucks will try to wrap up their Eastern Conference semi final series with the Boston Celtics tonight as the series returns to Milwaukee. The Bucks lead three games to one. Monday night, Milwaukee won 113 to 101, behind Giannis Antetokunmpo’s 39 points and 16 rebounds.
The Fox Valley has added a new professional basketball team, the Wisconsin Glo, wnich will play at the Menominee Nation Arena in Oshkosh. The team will feature a number of Wisconsin standouts including former Badger Jolene Anderson, Green Bay’s Julie Wojta, Mehryn Kraker and Jessica Lindstrom.
The team is a part of the Global Women’s Basketball Association (GWBA) and will play a 12-game season throughout May to July with eight home games at the Menominee Nation Arena in Oshkosh, Wis.
The Wisconsin Glo held its first practice on Wednesday and will play its first game on Friday, May 10th against the Flint Monarchs at 7 p.m.
The complete schedule is as follows.
Wisconsin Glo 2019 Schedule
Friday, May 10 at 7 p.m. – Home vs. Flint Monarchs
Saturday, May 11 at 7 p.m. – Home vs. Flint Monarchs
Saturday, May 18 at 7 p.m. – Home vs. St. Louis Surge
Saturday, June 1 at 7 p.m. – Away @ Music City Icons
Saturday, June 8 at 7 p.m. – Home vs. Chicago Breeze
Saturday, June 15 at 3:05 p.m. – Away @ St. Louis Surge
Sunday, June 16 at 3 p.m. – Home vs. Indianapolis bandits
Saturday, June 22 at 7 p.m. – Home vs. Music City Icons
Sunday, June 23 at 3 p.m. – Away @ St. Louis Surge
Saturday, July 13 at 7 p.m. – Home vs. Flint Monarchs
Saturday, July 27 at 7 p.m. – Away @ Flint Monarchs
The Green Bay Packers claimed WR Jawill Davis off waivers from the New York Giants on Tuesday. Davis, a 6-foot-1, 191-pound, second-year player out of Bethune-Cookman, was originally signed by the Giants as an undrafted free agent on May 11, 2018. After starting the season on the Giants’ practice squad, he was promoted to the active roster on Sept. 28. Davis played in seven games and recorded four receptions for 40 yards (10.0 avg.), returned 12 punts for 89 yards (7.4 avg.) and seven kickoffs for 171 yards (24.4 avg.) before being placed on injured reserve on Dec. 29. He will wear No. 1 for the Packers.
Boys Baseball (Tuesday)
Ripon 7, Waupun 6
Kewaskum 11, Berlin 0
Oshkosh North 3, Appleton North 1
Wisconsin Dells 10, Wautoma 1
Markesan 7, Princeton/Green Lake 0
Girls Softball (Tuesday)
The top-ranked Oshkosh North Spartans softball team scored 10 runs in the first inning en route to a 14-0, 5-inning win over #5 Hortonville. Sophomore Brooke Ellestad hit a grand slam off the scoreboard in the first inning. The Spartans improve to 21-0 on the season; the Polar Bears fall to 18-4.
Winneconne 10, Ripon 3
Campbellsport 19, Berlin 0
Waupun 4, Kewaskum 2
Oshkosh West 4, Fond du Lac 3
Wautoma 3, Wisconsin Dells 0
Markesan 4, Princeton/Green Lake 3 (9 innings)
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