The Pittsburgh Pirates take on the Milwaukee Brewers after Jake Mangum had four hits against the Braves on Thursday.Pittsburgh is 47-47 overall and 24-24 in home games. Pirates hitters are batting a collective .262, which ranks second in the NL. Milwaukee has a 59-34 record overall and a 30-16 record on the road. The Brewers have gone 17-7 in games when they hit two or more home runs. Friday’s game is the fourth time these teams match up this season. Pregame at 5:05pm. First pitch at 6:35pm on AM1240 & 96.5FM
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — New Wisconsin athletic director Shawn Eichorst spent the last eight years at Texas, and he believes his new and old schools have much in common. Both are well-regarded research universities in state capitals that belong to major conferences and have relatively similar enrollments. Wisconsin now will try to replicate the success Texas has enjoyed the last several years, particularly in football. Eichorst most recently worked as a deputy athletic director at Texas. He came to Texas after Nebraska fired him as athletic director during the 2017 football season. Eichorst is a Wisconsin native.
The Los Angeles Angels take on the Minnesota Twins after Nolan Schanuel had four hits against the Rangers on Thursday. Minnesota has a 46-48 record overall and a 24-24 record in home games. The Twins have hit 118 total home runs to rank fourth in the AL. Los Angeles is 37-57 overall and 16-32 on the road. The Angels have an 18-7 record in games when they hit at least two home runs. Friday’s game is the first meeting between these teams this season.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gavin Williams pitched seven dominant innings, Gabriel Arias, Chase DeLauter and Patrick Bailey hit home runs and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Minnesota Twins 5-2 to avoid a three-game sweep. Williams (gave up two runs on three hits with a walk, and he tied his season high with 11 strikeouts. Hunter Gaddis pitched a scoreless eighth inning, and Cade Smith earned his 27th save with a perfect ninth. Twins starter Bailey Ober gave up one run on three hits with a walk and five strikeouts in his first appearance since May 30. He was activated from the injured list on Thursday after recovering from right elbow inflammation. Kendry Rojas took the loss.
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Kayla McBride scored 23 points, and Minnesota beat the Connecticut Sun 86-80 to give Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve the WNBA record for career wins. Reeve has 380 regular-season wins, one more than Mike Thibault, whose son Eric Thibault is Minnesota’s associate head coach. Reeve was hired by the Lynx in 2010 and has led the franchise to each of its four championships. The Lynx had lost their first two games since Reeve tied the record. Natasha Howard had 12 points and 10 rebounds for Minnesota. Standout Minnesota rookie Olivia Miles missed Wednesday night’s game with a calf strain.
(Milwaukee, WI) — The Bucks picked up veteran wing Caris LeVert and two second-round draft picks as part of a six-team trade involving 10 players. The deal was announced Wednesday. LeVert came off the bench for the Detroit Pistons last season, scoring seven points a game. He put up more than 16 points per game in the playoffs. As part of the transaction, Milwaukee sent Taurean Prince and Gary Harris to Detroit.
(Madison, WI) — Two Madison groups are questioning the process used by the University of Wisconsin when it hired Shawn Eichorst to be the new athletic director. The Madison Urban League and UW-Madison alumni submitted an open records request. Two black candidates, interim AD Marcus Sedberry and Northern Illinois AD Sean Frazier, applied for the position and weren’t interviewed. Frazier had served as a deputy athletic director at the Madison university in the past. The groups say the university hasn’t responded to the open records request yet.
(Green Bay, WI) — The Notre Dame football team will pay tribute to the Green Bay Packers by wearing unique uniforms for the 2026 college season opener at Lambeau Field. The special Shamrock Series uniforms were unveiled Wednesday. The blue and gold colors resemble the NFL team’s most recent 1923 throwback uniforms. The September 6th game between the Badgers and Fighting Irish has a 6:30 p-m scheduled kickoff.
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St. Louis 5, Milwaukee 1
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–NL Central Division
Milwaukee @ St. Louis