WRCO Evening Sports

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WRCO Evening Sports

WRCO Sports · Sun Aug 4, 2024

WRCO Sports, I'm Tim Thede, WRCO Sports Disponsored by the WRCO Sports Boosters Club.

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Home Talent League All-Star Games were held last night, and in the first game at

Chase's Athletic Park, held in Sox City, the western section beat the northern section by a score

of 15-12, and then at Jones Park in Fort Abkinson, it was the Southeast section, defeating the East

section 5-4. Also, underway this weekend is American Legion Baseball Tournament Action,

and Class A Action, Baroquewa, and Waspie are taking part in that tournament, and Baroquewa

did play Waspie yesterday, and Baroquewa came away victorious 11-1. Also, other games being held

yesterday was Stratford. They shut out Baldwin by a score of 5-0, and Lumira defeated Little

Shoot 2-1 in 8 innings, and Fondelac St. Mary Spirit beat Asio by a score of 4-1.

And in the games that were played today, it was Waspie taking on Asio, and Waspie beat Asio

17-5, and Little Shoot beat Baldwin 15-0. A game that's going on right now is Lumira taking

on Stratford, and in tonight's game it will be Baroquewa taking on Fondelac St. Mary Spirit.

Well, in Major League Baseball in the game hurt earlier on WRC-107.7, and AM-1450,

the Milwaukee Brewers were looking to make a two in a row against the Nationals after it

8-3 win yesterday, and the game just got completed, and unfortunately the Nationals beat the

Brewers by a score of 6-4. So the Brewers will be wrapping up their series against the Nationals

tomorrow, and they will play game three of that series, hoping not to sweep, but to take the series,

and it'll be the Brewers against the Nationals with a first pitch at 1235, and you'll be able to

hear that broadcast on WRC-107.7 and AM-1450, and the pregame will start around noon after a 12-35

first pitch. A couple other finals in Major League Baseball today, the Yankees BWJs by a score of 8-3,

and the Cardinals defeated the Cubs, 5-4. The Houston Astros have claimed right-hander

pitcher. Janssen Junk off waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers, the 28-year-old Junk has gone on

all with a 6.75 ERA and five relief appearances for the Brewers. He was 3-3, was at 2.55 ERA,

at AAA Nashville in 18 appearances. Junk is 1-3, was a 5.18 ERA in 14 career Major League games

with the Los Angeles Angels back in 21 and 22, and with the Brewers. He has made sub-and-starts.

Steve McCullough couldn't make it to the Profitball Hall of Fame, so the Sarah Monink came to him,

battling ALS and Vabridden in the advanced stages of the neurological disease. The 66-year-old

two-time all-pro defensive tackle was the second player enshrined in the Profitball Hall of Fame

among seven members of the class of 2024 today. McCullough was surrounded by several of his

Chicago Bear teammates and his wife, Misty, at his home in Homer, Glenn Illinois. Dwight Freeney,

Randy Greta-Shar, Devon Hester, Andre Johnson, Julius Pepper, and Patrick Willis were also going

into the Hall of Fame. And Katie Ladecki has capped off another stellar Olympics by becoming

only the second swimmer to win the same event at four straight summer games, holding off Arianne

Taipmus to win the 800-meter freestyle. It was Ladecki's second gold medal in Paris and her

ninth of her remarkable career, which marked another milestone. She became only the sixth Olympian

to reach that figure, joining swimmer Mark Spitz, Crackstar Carl Lewis, Soviet gymnast,

Larissa Latina, and Finnish runner, Pavo Nermi, in a tie for second place. The only athlete to win

more gold, swimmer Michael Phelps, with 23. This report has been sponsored by the WRCL Sports

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