The Milwaukee Brewers and Green Bay Booyah were able to fight off their opponents in one-run victories on Wednesday, but the Timber-Rattlers didn’t have the same fate.
Milwaukee Brewers
The Milwaukee Brewers built up a 3-0 lead on Wednesday which proved to be just enough, as they held on for a 3-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Milwaukee scored one in the top of the fifth inning on a Brandon Woodruff RBI single that scored Jace Peterson. In the seventh inning the Brewers tacked on two more runs, getting an RBI single from Avisail Garcia which scored Luis Urias. Jackie Bradley brought Tyrone Taylor home on a sac fly. The Diamondbacks scored a run in the seventh and eighth inning but Milwaukee would fend off the D-Backs in the ninth. Brandon Woodruff went seven innings on the mound, punching out nine batters, giving up just three hits and an earned run. Josh Hader came in to collect his nineteenth save of the season. The Crew won the series two games to one.
Milwaukee gets a day off before beginning a three-game series on Friday with the Colorado Rockies. The Brewers are now 42-33 this season and a half game ahead of the Chicago Cubs in the NL Central standings.
Timber Rattlers
Though the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers were looking to continue their momentum from their win on Tuesday, they fell to the Peoria Chiefs by seven runs. The game was tight, with the Rattlers down 3-1 heading into the eighth inning, the Chiefs blew the doors open with six runs in the top half. The Rattlers answered with five of their own, including a two-run home run from Kekai Rios. Peoria put the game out of reach with a grand slam in the top of the ninth inning, and won 13-6. Wisconsin’s record this season is now 19-24, and the next game with Peoria takes place on Thursday. The Timber-Rattlers will host the contest with first pitch slated for 7:05 PM.
Green Bay Booyah
The Green Bay Booyah waved goodbye to their six game losing streak and will hope to start a new one in the other direction. The Booyah defeated the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters by a 5-4 final score. The Booyah outhit the Rafters ten hits to three. Brendan Ryan had two hits for Green Bay and Kaden Hollow hit a home run. Will Semb, the De Pere product turned Iowa Hawkeye got the win on the mound. Semb pitched six innings and gave up just two hits and two earned runs, and sat down eleven batters on strikes. The Booyah will head to the state capital on Thursday for a matchup with the Madison Mallards that begins at 6:35 PM.
