WRCO Evening Sports

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WRCO Evening Sports

WRCO Sports · Sun Jul 21, 2024

Sports time, I'm Phil Nees, sports-sponsored by members of WRCOs Sports Booster Club.

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Today in local baseball at Casanovia, the Casanovia Legion team won two games, 2-to-1.

It was the first score in eight innings and 10-nothing in five, the second score, the

wins came against the Canners Legion team from the Beaver Dam area.

And today the Voroqua American Legion team was playing a double header against Wasa,

post-10, and it was a 9-6 win in the opener for Voroqua, they won the night camp by

a score of 2-to-1.

The Milwaukee Brewers played the Minnesota twins, after Willie Adams's four hit game

on Sunday, Minnesota is 27-18 in home games, and 54-42 overall.

The twins have a 22-6 record in games when they did not allow a home run.

Milwaukee has gone 26-25 in road games, and 55-42 overall.

Brewers hitters have a collective 3-33 on base percentage, the highest in the major leagues.

The team square off tonight for the third time this season, Adamus leads the Brewers

with 15 home runs, while slugging up 4-30 percentage.

Kyle Freelich is 11-4-36 with three doubles, a triple and three RBI over the last 10 games.

Brewer baseball got underway shortly with a pre-game time, first pitch time, 6-10 tonight,

on WRC E-FM 107.7 and AM 14-15.

The Minnesota twins have placed all star shortstop Carlos Corea on the injured list for treatment

of planter faciitis in his right foot, starting pitcher Chris Paddock also landed on the

injured list with a right forearm strain, utility player Austin Martin was reinstated from the injury

list, and second baseman Eduardo Julien was recalled from Tripoli St. Paul to fill the roster spots.

LeBron James saved the U.S. from a stunning loss. James lay up with 18 seconds left, let the

go ahead basket go through in the U.S. Olympic team escaped with a 101-100 win over South Sudan

in London, rallying from a 16-point deficit to avoid what would have been a massive upset.

South Sudan who gained its independence just 13 years ago had a chance to win it.

Carlic Jones had a decent look off the glass with about four seconds left, but it missed.

Cheryl Miller will coach the WNBA All-Stars against Team USA during All-Star Weekend.

The Women's Hoops Trailblazer was one of the game's early stars in the 1980s.

At USC, she was a two-time national champion and a four-time All-American selection.

Now the 60-year-old is relishing a role as one of the game's ambassadors. She's enjoyed the

basketball rivalry between Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark, saying it's good for the sport as it

continues to grow. Reese and Clark will both be on Miller's team for the game.

Caitlin Clark made her first appearance at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Josh Berry's number

Ford. The rookie driver took his steward-hoss racing entry the traditional 2.5 mile oval on Friday

with an image of the WNBA's rookie star plastered across the hood of his scar. Speedway officials

had hoped to get the top overall pick in the draft to the facility for maze Indianapolis 500,

but the Indiana Feevers spent most of that time playing road games.

Tim Lester has had nearly six months to come up with potential fixes for the tough Iowa

offense, but the key for the Hawkeyes new offensive coordinator might be just having a healthy

starting quarterback. That should be Cade McNamara, who started five games last season before a knee

injury and subsequent surgery sideline him for the rest of the year. It's why McNamara made sure to

emphasize this week that he is 100% healthy during summer workouts as he and the rest of the Hawkeyes

go through the process of learning Lester's new offense. I'm Phil Ne, with an update on sports.

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