Sports – Thursday, May 15th, 2014

The Pittsburgh
Pirates scored three times in the 9^th off of Francisco Rodriguez to
grab a 4-1 win last night at Miller
Park.  The Brewers only mustered six hits last night
with their lone run coming in the 5^th on a sac fly by Jeff
Bianchi.  Wily Peralta was solid giving
up just 1 run and 5 hits through seven innings but settles for the no
decision.  The series wraps up this
afternoon as Yovani Gallardo takes on Wandy Rodriguez.  Coverage begins at 11:35am with the first
pitch at 12:10pm on News-Talk 1450 KFIZ

 

Carlos Gomez
dropped his appeal of a three game suspension for the fight with the Pirates a
few weeks back.  MLB has not ruled on his
appeal and he has been suffering from back spasms.  Gomez will use the next two days to finish
out the suspension and rest his back.

 

NL Central

St. Louis @ Cubs  – ppd

Padres @  Reds – ppd

 

Reports say the
Packers have agreed to a 4-year, $2.36 million dollar contract with WR Jared
Abbrederis.  The former Badger WR was
taken in the 5^th round last weekend’s NFL Draft.  The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that Green Bay could have all
of their draft picks but #1 pick Ha Ha Clinton-Dix signed by the time the
rookie mini-camp starts on Friday.

 

NBA Playoffs

Miami 96
Brooklyn 94 – Heat win 4-1

San Antonio 104 Portland
82 – Spurs win 4-1

 

ESPN is
reporting that the Bucks sale to billionaire’s Wesley Edens and Marc Lasry is
expected to be approved today.  They will
pay Senator Herb Kohl $550 million dollars for the franchise.  The league wanted to get the deal done before
next Tuesday’s NBA Draft Lottery as the Bucks have the best chance to get the
#1 overall pick.

 

TV analyst Steve
Kerr has taken the head coaching job with the Golden State Warriors. He was
being courted by the New York Knicks, but chose to stay on the west coast where
he has family.

 

NHL Playoffs

Montreal 3 Boston
1 – Habs win 4-3

Los Angeles 2 Anaheim
1 – Series tied 3-3

 

Boys Golf

The Fond du Lac boys golf team beat Oshkosh West 157-181 at Rolling Meadows on
Wednesday night.  Fondy’s Matt Dilling
was meet medalist with a 38.  Marcus Ruch
had a 39, while Joe Wright and Jack Nejedlo each had 40s for Fondy.

 

Boys Golf

Sheboygan Falls won the Eastern Wisconsin Conference
meet in Quit Qui Oc.  Campbellsport was 2^nd.
Waupun was 4^th and New Holstein 5^th.  Campbellsport’s Jake Adams was the meet
medalist with a 36.

 

Softball

Neenah 17 Fond
du Lac 7 – Taylor Rushing 3×4, Caroline Wagner 2×4, 2B

 

Today is a big
day for high school sports on KFIZ weather permitting.  This afternoon, we’ll have a softball
doubleheader as WLA hosts St. Mary’s Springs out in St. Peter.  Coverage begins at 3:35pm with the first
pitch of game 1 set for 4pm.  After the doubleheader
wraps up, we’ll have high school girls soccer as Fond du Lac plays Appleton North at 7pm.   That game has been moved to North
Fond du Lac.