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Sports : Tuesday, 8/8/17
Northwoods League (South):
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–Eric Gilgenbach went 2
for 5 with a double, a triple and a pair of RBI in the loss for the Dock
Spiders. Fondy is off today and will have two players take part in the NWL’s
Major League Dreams Showcase today at Warner Park in
Nick Fortes will participate in workouts in front of major league scouts and
play in the second game of a doubleheader tonight. Fondy hosts
Bay
Lakeshore 7, Wisconsin 5
2 (Game 1)
2 (Game 2)
Rapids
Rapids
Northwoods League (North):
Major League Baseball:
Interleague:
–Eddie Rosario doubled in the tying run, then
scored what would be the winning run on a balk by Brewers reliever Oliver Drake
as the Twins rallied to take game one of the border battle series with
Broxton doubled and homered, and Ryan Braun went 3 for 4 with a double in the
loss for the Brewers, who saw a 4-1 lead slip away. Game two of the series is
tonight, Matt Garza goes for
while the Twins counter with Adalberto Mejia. Pregame coverage at 6:35, first pitch
at 7:10 on KFIZ.
National League:
–The Cubs go 1 & ½ games up on the Brewers
in the NL Central
Minor League Baseball:
Wisconsin 7,
NFL:
The Packers returned to
the practice field Monday as they begin to prepare for their first preseason
game Thursday against
at Lambeau Field. Cornerback Davon House sat out with a hamstring injury on
Monday. It’s unclear when House suffered
the injury, but its presumed that it happened during the Family Night scrimmage
on Saturday. The Packers will practice
at 11:45 this morning and will not hold a public practice tomorrow. Kickoff for
Thursday’s game is 7pm.
NBA:
The Wisconsin Herd has named Jordan Brady its first head coach in franchise history. Brady spent last season as an assistant for the Salt Lake City Stars, the NBA G-League affiliate of the Utah Jazz. He was previously an assistant coach for