MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Simeon Woods Richardson struck out a career-high 11 over six innings and Austin Martin drove in four runs to lead the Minnesota Twins over the New York Yankees 7-0. New York dropped five games back of AL East-leading Toronto with its second straight loss. The Yankees’ lead for the top AL wild card was cut to one game over Boston. Woods Richardson walked three and gave up two hits against the AL’s highest-scoring team. Kody Funderburk, Travis Adams and Pierson Ohl each threw a scoreless inning.
Tonight the Milwaukee Brewers open a three game series at home vs the LA Angels. Pregame at 6:05pm. First pitch at 6:40pm on AM1240 & 96.5FM.
(Green Bay, WI) — The Packers-Commanders NFL game on Thursday Night Football set a new record for viewership. An average audience of 17-point-76 million watched the contest on Amazon Prime. The Journal Sentinel reports the audience, as measured by Nielsen, peaked at 20-point-35 million viewers between 8:15 and 8:29 pm. The record-breaking audience figures topped the previous high mark, which was also for a Packers game – last December when they played the Detroit Lions.
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy will likely miss the next game with a sprained ankle, according to coach Kevin O’Connell. McCarthy didn’t miss any game time during Minnesota’s 22-6 loss to Atlanta. He passed an initial medical evaluation and got his foot taped for extra support after the injury occurred late in the third quarter. The ankle pain worsened overnight, O’Connell said, and the decision to sideline McCarthy for the game against Cincinnati this Sunday was not performance-related. Carson Wentz, who joined the Vikings two weeks ago, will start against the Bengals.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Bengals coach Zac Taylor has confirmed that quarterback Joe Burrow will have surgery on his injured left toe. Taylor didn’t have a timeline Monday for when Burrow will have surgery or how long the franchise quarterback might be out. The turf toe injury is expected to sideline Burrow a minimum of three months. It is Burrow’s third major injury in his six seasons since being the top overall pick in the 2020 draft. It’s a major blow to Cincinnati, which is off to its first 2-0 start since 2018 and has postseason aspirations after missing the playoffs the past two seasons.
(Madison, WI) — Badgers defensive back Nyzier Fourqurean will miss at least one more game. The NCAA asked the court to let it take another deposition in the case. Its attorneys have until this Friday to submit a reply. Fourqurean is asking the judge for an injunction that would let him play. The main case has been delayed until February so there will be no final decision until after the season.
(Madison, WI) — Two-time All-American defenseman Caroline Harvey will serve as the captain for this season’s Wisconsin women’s hockey team. The announcement was made last week. Harvey was a co-captain last season. The Badgers have also announced the names of four alternate captains – Lacey Eden, Laila Edwards, Kelly Gorbatenko, and Marianne Picard. Wisconsin opens the season September 26th at Bemidji State.
(Milwaukee, WI) — Fox Sports baseball analyst Ken Rosenthal has apologized for a mishap after a Brewers-Cardinals game last weekend. Yahoo Sports reports that Rosenthal appeared to be angry when he accidentally knocked over Brewers team photographer, Scott Paulus. Rosenthal was interviewing the star of the game, Andrew Monasterio, at the time. He says he was surprised that he looked so upset when he saw the video. Rosenthal has also apologized to Paulus.