MILWAUKEE (AP) — Joey Ortiz homered twice and Caleb Durbin added a three-run shot as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-3 on Tuesday. Durbin and Ortiz went a combined 4 of 8 with four runs and seven RBIs as the No. 8 and No. 9 hitters in Milwaukee’s lineup. They hit back-to-back, two-out homers off Andrew Heaney in the fourth inning to extend the Brewers’ lead to 6-0. Ortiz also broke a scoreless tie with a two-run shot in the third as the Brewers won for the fifth time in six games.
The series finale is this afternoon. Pregame at 12:35pm. First pitch at 1:10pm on AM1240 and 96.5FM.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Garrett Mitchell is seeking a second opinion on his injured left shoulder after getting a recommendation to undergo surgery. Mitchell has been on the injured list since April 28 with an oblique issue. He aggravated an old shoulder injury while on a rehabilitation assignment last week. Brewers manager Pat Murphy said surgery likely would cause Mitchell to miss about another eight to 10 weeks. The possibility of another surgery represents the latest injury-related setback for the 2020 first-round pick from UCLA. Mitchell has played a total of 141 games since reaching the majors in 2022.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Julio Rodríguez drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning after Jhoan Duran hit a pair of batters with pitches, lifting the Seattle Mariners over the Minnesota Twins 6-5 for their eighth win in 11 games. Minnesota, which fell behind 5-0 before tying the score in the fourth, has lost five straight and 15 of 18. Andrés Muñoz pitched a perfect eighth. Matt Brash a 1-2-3 ninth for his first save since 2023. Donovan Solano and Young had two hits apiece for the Mariners, who were hit by pitches three times.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Shakira Austin scored 19 points and the Washington Mystics scored the last six points of the game to hand the Minnesota Lynx, without All-Star Napheesa Collier, their second loss, 68-64. Austin’s putback tied the game at 64 with 32 seconds left. After a timeout to advance the ball, Bridget Carleton’s inbounds pass went off Courtney Williams’ hands, Sug Sutton scooped up the loose ball and raced in for the winning basket. Sonia Citron secured the win with two free throws with 6.4 seconds remaining. Washington didn’t make a basket after the 5:12 mark when Kiki Iriafen’s short jumper on the baseline gave Washington a 62-61 lead until Austin’s tying basket. Alanna Smith scored a career-high 26 points for Minnesota. Collier missed her second-straight game with a lower back injury.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The $1.5 billion sale of the Minnesota Timberwolves from Glen Taylor to an investment group led by e-commerce entrepreneur Marc Lore and former baseball star Alex Rodriguez has gained unanimous approval by NBA owners more than four years after the deal was reached. The transfer that Taylor tried to stop last year includes the four-time WNBA champion Minnesota Lynx. Taylor is 83. The Minnesota native owned the Timberwolves for 31 seasons after buying them for $88 million after a deal to move them to New Orleans fell through. The estimated value of the Timberwolves has doubled since the initial agreement.
Aaron Rodgers is “pretty sure” the 2025 season will be his last in the NFL. The 41-year-old quarterback signed a one-year deal with Pittsburgh earlier this month after two injury-marred seasons with the New York Jets. In an appearance Tuesday on “The Pat McAfee Show,” Rodgers said, “I’m pretty sure this is it. That’s why we just did a one-year deal.” Rodgers agreed to sign with Pittsburgh after regular conversations with coach Mike Tomlin over a few months. He says he can’t think of a better place to finish his career.