Thursday Sports 5/23/19
23 May 2019 Sports
Yasmani Grandal’s home run helped the Brewers get back in the game. But it was a bizarre double play the Milwaukee catcher started on a pitch that got past him that really saved the day. The Brewers overcame an early five-run deficit and outlasted the Cincinnati Reds 11-9 Wednesday, with Grandal in the thick of things. In the sixth, Grandal hit a tying, two-run homer. The Brewers then tacked on three more runs in the inning for an 11-8 lead.
The Reds scored once in the seventh and had the bases loaded with one out. Reliever Jeremy Jeffress struck out Phillip Ervin swinging, but the ball zipped past Grandal. Fortunately for the Brewers, the ball caromed off the back wall and right back to Grandal. Curt Casali took off from first, assuming all the runners would advance. Derek Dietrich, however, stayed at third, seeing the ball ricochet to Grandal. Grandal threw down to first and Casali was tagged out after a rundown.
The game had been set up as a pitching duel between the Brewers’ Zach Davies and Luis Castillo. They entered with the second-lowest (Davies, 1.54) and third-lowest (Castillo, 1.90) ERAs in the National League. It turned out to be the shortest outing of the season for both, as Davies gave up six runs in three innings and Castillo allowed four in 2 2/3.
In all, Cincinnati and Milwaukee both used six pitchers. Josh Hader finished it, earning his 12th save in 12 chances. The Brewers, shut out for the first time this season in a 3-0 loss to the Reds on Tuesday, played their second straight game without Christian Yelich. The 2018 NL MVP was out with back spasms, and it isn’t known yet when he’ll return.
Tucker Barnhart’s fourth homer, a second-deck drive to right field, capped a five-run second that put the Reds up, 5-0. Dietrich hit his 12th in the third for a 6-1 lead. The Brewers made it 6-all in the fourth on a two-run single by Eric Thames. Keston Hiura and Mike Moustakas also homered for Milwaukee. Milwaukee reliever Junior Guerra (2-0) earned the win. Wandy Peralta (0-1) took the loss. The Brewers are off today before beginning a weekend series with the Phillies.
Elsewhere in the N.L. Central on Wednesday, the Royals beat the Cardinals 8-2 in the first game of a doubleheader but St. Louis won the second game 10-3, the Rockies beat Pittsburgh 9-3 and the Cubs doubled up on the Phillies, 8-4.
The Bucks host the Toronto Raptors tonight in a pivotal game five of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals. The series is tied at two-games each. Milwaukee lost two straight games on the road, the latest on Tuesday night, 120-102.
Meanwhile, for the first time since 1990-91 the Milwaukee Bucks had a player selected to the All-Defensive NBA First Team. The Bucks had two players selected, forward Giannis Antetokounmpo and guard Eric Bledsoe. It is just the third time in franchise history that Milwaukee had two players selected. The Bucks held opponents to a league-low 43.3 field goal percentage. Antetokounmpo averaged 1.5 blocks per game – the second-highest mark of his career – while Bledsoe added 1.5 steals per contest. Antetokounmpo and Bledsoe are joined on the All-Defensive First Team by Rudy Gobert (Utah Jazz), Paul George (Oklahoma City Thunder) and Marcus Smart (Boston Celtics).
High School Baseball (Regional Games)
Sheboygan Falls @ Ripon
Berlin @ Winneconna
Campbellsport @ Kewaskum
Kiel @ Plymouth
Milwaukee Lutheran @ Kettle Moraine Lutheran
Hustisford/Dodgeland @ Laconia
Omro @ Wittenberg/Birnamwood
Lomira @ Mayville
North Fond du Lac @ St. Mary’s Springs
Horicon @ Winnebago Lutheran
Fond du Lac @ Appleton North
Neenah @ Oshkosh North
Oshkosh West @ Hortonville
Wautoma @ Manawa
Pardeeville @ Westfield
Mauston @ Adams-Friendship
Lourdes Academy/Valley Christian @ Chilton
Sheboygan Lutheran @ Oakfield
Rio @ Cambria-Friesland
Marshall @ Markesan
Reedsburgh @ Beaver Dam
Girls Softball (Regional Finals)
Wautoma @ Campbellsport
Plymouth @ Kettle Moraine Lutheran
Grafton @ Kewaskum
Little Chute @ Waupun
New London @ Winneconne
Wisconsin Dells @ Mayville
Fond du Lac @ Watertown
Neenah @ Oshkosh North
Oshkosh West @ Hortonville
Pardeeville @ Westfield
Marshall @ Markesan
Rio @ Cambria-Friesland
Lourdes Academy/Valley Christian @ Chilton
Sheboyan Lutheran @ Oakfkield
Horicon @ Winnebago Lutheran
Fall River @ Randolph
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