Monday Sports 6/10/19
10 June 2019 Sports
Sports from Wayne Mausser
Mike Moustakas launched a homer that won a new car for a fan, NL MVP Christian Yelich hit his major-league leading 24th home run on his bobblehead day and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 Sunday for a three-game sweep.
Moustakas connected for his 20th homer off Francisco Liriano (1-1), a tiebreaking, two-run drive in the eighth inning that hit a promotional car perched above the right-center field fence. One lucky fan got a new auto to go along with their Yelich bobblehead. Orlando Arcia hit a sacrifice fly off Geoff Hartlieb to finish the scoring in the eighth.
Jeremy Jeffress (1-0) pitched the eighth. Josh Hader struck out the side in the ninth for his 16th save and moved the Brewers a season-high 10 games over .500.
The sellout crowd cheered each time Yelich came to the plate, but had little to celebrate until the sixth. Yelich kept the ballpark rocking when he hit the first pitch from starter Steven Brault into the party porch in right.
Brault went a career-best 6 1/3 innings and struck out five. He turned over a 2-1 lead with one out in the sixth to Richard Rodriguez, and pinch-hitter Ben Gamel greeted him with an RBI single that made it 2-all.
Jung Ho Kang, reinstated on Saturday from the 10-day injured list after being out with a left side strain, hit a two-run homer in the first off Chase Anderson. The 457-foot drive was Kang’s fifth home run of the season. Anderson allowed two runs on four hits over six innings in his first start since a 16-0 drubbing by the Miami Marlins on Tuesday. In that game, he allowed four runs on seven hits, including three home runs, in four innings.
The Brewers are off today before opening an eight-game, nine day road trip at Houston, followed by series at San Francisco and San Diego.
Elsewhere in the N.L Central Sunday, the Reds edged the Phillies 4-3, the Marlins beat the Pirates 5-2 and the Cubs over the Cardinals 5-1. The Cubs lead the Brewers by two percentage points in the division.
In tennis, Raphael Nadal won his 12th French Open, beating Dominic Thiem. It was Nadal’s 18th Grand Slam title, leaving him two behind Roger Federer on the all-time list.
Oshkosh North completed an unbeaten season with a 4-2 win over Sun Prairie in nine innings Saturday night to win the State Division 1 softball title. It was the number one Spartans first-ever softball title as they finished the season at 31-0.
In men’s golf, Rory McIlroy won the Canadian Open, shooting a final round 61 to win by seven strokes over Shane Lowry and Webb Simpson. It was McIlroy’s 16the PGA tournament win.
The NBA Finals continue tonight at Toronto where the Raptors will try to wrap up the series against the Golden State Warriors. The Raptors lead 3-1 after winning on the road Friday night, 105-92.
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