Hometown Broadcasting Sports Monday 9/9/19
9 September 2019 Sports
Sports for September 9th
Tyler Austin hit a pinch-hit, three-run homer during the Brewers’ five-run fourth inning against Jon Lester, and Milwaukee beat the Chicago Cubs 8-5 Sunday to tighten the NL wild-card race. Milwaukee won the series 3-1 and pulled within two games of the Cubs for the second NL wild card with three weeks left. The Cardinals are 4 1/2 games ahead of Chicago for the NL Central lead. Staked to a 3-1 lead, Lester (12-10) allowed RBI hits to Ryan Braun and Hernan Perez before Austin delivered. Eric Thames added a solo shot off Lester in the sixth, and pinch-hitter Tyrone Taylor added an RBI single off Duane Underwood Jr. for his first major league hit. Milwaukee’s Brent Suter (1-0) followed starter Adrian Houser and pitched scoreless ball across the fifth and sixth innings. Jason Heyward hit a two-run homer off Milwaukee reliever Jimmy Nelson in the top of the ninth. With one out and a runner on, Brewers manager Craig Counsell brought on closer Josh Hader, who pitched the final two innings and got the win Saturday night. Hader struck out the final two batters for his 29th save in 35 chances. Lester allowed eight runs and seven hits, walked three and struck out seven in 5 1/3 innings.
The Brewers are at Miami tonight. Jordan Lyles (10-8, 4.46 ERA) makes his second career appearance and first start against RHP Robert Dugger (0-1, 4.00 ERA) at Marlins Park. First pitch is at 6:10 and the game will be heard on AM1100/98.3FM, WISS.
Elsewhere in the N.L. Central on Sunday, the Cardinals blanked the Pirates 2-0 and the Reds edged the Diamondbacks 4-3.
NFC North
Minnesota 28, Atlanta 12
Detroit 27, Arizona 27 (Tie)
Last night, New England beat Pittsburgh 33-3. Tonight, Houston plays at New Orleans and Oakland hosts Denver.
In tennis, Raphael Nadal won the Men’s U. S. Open Sunday in four sets over Daniil Medvedev, 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. On Saturday, Canada’s Bianca Andreescu beat Serena Williams 6-3, 7-5.
The Wisconsin Badgers (2-0) moved up from no. 17 in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll to no. 14 after the team’s 61-0 win on Saturday against Central Michigan. The Wisconsin defense has posted two shutouts in the first two weeks. Wisconsin beat South Florida 49-0 in its first game. The Badgers will have a bye this week. Its next game is against no. 10 Michigan (2-0) on Sept. 21 at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison at 11 a.m. Clemson is ranked number one again, followed by Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Auburn, Florida and Michigan to round out the top 10.
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