The Milwaukee Brewers blew a 7-4 lead in the ninth inning Sunday night against the St. Louis Cardinals as Tevor Hoffman served up a 2 run homer to Albert Pujols and a solo shot to Matt Holliday, but Casey McGehee saved the day by lacing a one out, walk off home run against Kyle McLellan in the bottom of the ninth for an 8-7 victory. The Brewers built a 7-2 lead against Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter. Rickie Weeks led off the game with a home run, Corey Hart and Ryan Braun also went deep making life easy for starter Randy Wolf. He lasted until the 7th when Pujols hit the first of his two home runs. Despite the second blown save of the weekend, Hoffman got the win for the Brewers (3-3) who hit the road for the first time, opening a series in Chicago against the Cubs Monday afternoon.
T-Rats Win
The Wisconsin TimberRattlers are off to a 3-1 start after beating Clinton Sunday 8-2 at Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium. The Rattlers ripped 12 hits including five doubles in the victory. The teams play a matinee (12:05 PM) this afternoon.
Hockey Highlights
The Green Bay Gamblers swept Waterloo in the first round of the Clark Cup playoffs for the second year in a row, winning 5-2 at Young Arena in Waterloo Saturday night. The Gamblers finished off the Blackhawks with three goals in the third period. Green Bay will meet the winner of the Cedar Rapids-Indiana series in the semifinal round. The Wisconsin Badgers bid for a 7th national title fell flat Saturday night at Ford Field in Detroit, losing to the Boston College Eagles 5-0. BC broke open the game with 4 goals in the third period for their 4th national title. Blake Geoffrion received the Hobey Baker award as the best college player in the country, becomming the first Badger to win the honor. The De Pere Deacons defeated Wright Homes of Minneapolis Sunday 6-5 in overtime to win the USA National adult amateur championship. Andy Cote scored a hat trick including the game winning goal in overtime.
Snow In LaCrosse
The Green Bay Blizzard improved to 5-1 on the season by beating the LaCrosse Spartans for the second time this season, 43-30 Sunday afternoon. The Blizzard scored three touchdowns on returns, a fumble recover, blocked punt and kickoff return.
