Wednesday Sports 5/22/19
22 May 2019 Sports
Sports from Wayne Mausser
Kyle Lowry scored 25 points, Kawhi Leonard had 19 and the Toronto Raptors beat the Milwaukee Bucks 120-102 on Tuesday night to even the Eastern Conference finals at two games apiece. Serge Ibaka had 17 points and 13 rebounds for the Raptors, who improved to 7-2 at home this postseason. Reserve Norm Powell scored 18 points, and Marc Gasol had 17. The home team has won all four games in the series so far. Game 5 is Thursday night in Milwaukee. Giannis Antetokounmpo had 25 points and 10 rebounds for the top-seeded Bucks. Khris Middleton scored 30 points.
Sonny Gray and three Cincinnati relievers held down the Milwaukee Brewers, who were missing Christian Yelich because of back spasms, in the Reds’ 3-0 victory Tuesday night. It was the major league-leading seventh shutout for the Reds as the Brewers were blanked for the first time this season. Yelich was a late scratch from the starting lineup because of the back issue. Gray (1-4) earned his first win of the season with six shutout innings in his first appearance ever at Miller Park. Gray tied his season-high with nine strikeouts. Raisel Iglesias earned his 10th save.
The Brewers showed a lack of punch without Yelich, the 2018 National League MVP. He is batting .325 and has a major league-leading 19 home runs coming into Tuesday night. Without their star, the Brewers didn’t get a runner past second base and struck out 14 times. Nick Senzel led off the first inning with a triple off Brewers starter Gio Gonzalez (2-1) and scored when he threw a wild pitch to Phillip Ervin. Ervin then doubled, scoring Eugenio Suarez, who had walked. And Ervin scored when Kyle Farmer hit into a fielder’s choice.
Gonzalez entered the game with a 1.69 ERA in four starts since the Brewers signed him as a free agent April 27. He did settle down, pitching five innings and not giving up any more runs. After cruising through the first three innings giving up only one hit, Gray walked Ryan Braun and Yasmani Grandal to start the fourth inning. But Braun was thrown out trying to steal third, Eric Thames grounded out and Keston Hiura struck out. The Brewers also put two runners on base in the fifth and sixth innings.
The two teams close out their two-game series this afternoon. Luis Castillo, who’s 5-1 with a 1.90 ERA goes against Brewers ace, Zach Davies, who’s 5-0 with a 1.54 ERA. First pitch is at 12:10 and the game can be heard on AM1100/98.3FM, WISS.
Elsewhere in the N.L. Central on Tuesday, Colorado shut out Pittsburgh 5-0, the Cubs nipped Philadelphia 3-2 and Kansas City at St. Louis was postponed because of rain.
The Packers OTA’s kicked off this week. Quarteerback Aaron Rodgers and new head coach Matt LaFleur seem to be in sync. Rodgers is going into his 2nd year with a lot of young receivers, and those receivers got a lot of reps on Tuesday with Davante Adams held out of practice as a precautionary measure. At the safety position, starting in practice Tuesday were the free agent acquisition Adrian Amos and the 1st-round draft pick Darnell Savage, as former 2nd-round draft pick Josh Jones stayed away, according to ESPN he is requesting a trade after the Packers brought in others at his position this offseason.
High School Baseball (Tues.)
Campbellsport 6, Saint Mary’s Springs 3
Iola-Scandinavia 4, Lourdes Academy/Valley Christian 1
Girls Softball Regionals (Tues.)
Winneconne 8, Ripon 0
Waupun 5, Berlin 0
Campbellsport 13, North Fond du Lac 0
Kettle Moraine Lutheran 3, Port Washington 2
Kewaskum 10, Shorewood 0
Plymouth 10, Kiel 0
Mayville 10, Laconia 0
Wisconsin Dells 3, Lomira 1
Southern Door 13, Omro 1
Fond du Lac 10, Manitowoc Lincoln 0
Oshkosh West 12, Sheboygan South 0
Wautoma 6, Westfield 5
Oakfield 9, Cambria-Friesland 1
Markesan 11, Auburndale 8
Princeton/Green Lake 6, Athens 4
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