(San Diego, CA) — Three San Diego Padres pitchers shut out the Brewers on four hits Tuesday night, 7-0. San Diego scored four times in the bottom of the first, and Milwaukee never threatened. Bruce Zimmerman started and took the loss in his first Major League start of the 2025 season. The Brewers will try to salvage the last game of the three-game series tonight (Wednesday) behind right-hander Quinn Priester, who will be looking for his 14th victory.
Pregame at 2:35pm. First pitch at 3:10pm on AM1240 & 96.5FM.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Zebby Matthews allowed his only run on a leadoff homer while pitching seven innings for the Minnesota Twins in a 4-1 win at Texas. The Rangers lost their eighth game in a row to fall to 79-78 and were eliminated from the playoff chase. Joc Pederson’s ninth homer of the season gave Texas the early lead Tuesday night. Matthews allowed only three singles after that and struck out six without a walk while matching the longest of his 25 career starts. The Rangers’ longest losing streak this season dropped them 5 1/2 games behind Houston for the last playoff spot with five games to play.
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee has approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in the major leagues in 2026. Human umpires will still call balls and strikes, but teams can challenge two calls per game. Challenges must be made by a pitcher, catcher or batter. A team retains its challenge if successful. Reviews will be shown as digital graphics on outfield videoboards. Adding robot umps could reduce ejections, as most are related to balls and strikes. The Automated Ball/Strike System has been tested in the minor leagues since 2019. The challenge system allows for ABS without eliminating pitch framing, a skill for catchers. This is MLB’s first major rule change since 2024.
(Green Bay, WI) — The Packers have released veteran wide receiver Mercole Hardman. There was some thought that Green Bay might activate the three-time Super Bowl champion with the injury to Jayden Reed. Hardman was on the team’s practice squad. Taking his place will be undrafted rookie free agent wide receiver Jakobie Kenney-James, who had been with the Detroit Lions previously.
Sacking Dak Prescott would be bittersweet for Micah Parsons. The two-time All-Pro pass rusher downplayed his upcoming return to Dallas and expressed his feelings about potentially taking down his friend and former teammate in a conversation with The Associated Press on Tuesday. Parsons and the Green Bay Packers face off against Prescott and the Cowboys in front of a national television audience on Sunday night. Parsons plans to treat it like an ordinary game, though it’ll be his first time inside AT&T Stadium as a visitor.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Satou Sabally scored 11 of her 24 points in the fourth quarter and Alyssa Thomas had 19 points and 13 assists to help the Phoenix Mercury erase a 20-point deficit and beat the Minnesota Lynx 89-83 in overtime. The WNBA semifinal series is tied at one game apiece. Sami Whitcomb’s 3-pointer for Phoenix with 4 seconds left in regulation evened the game at 79. Thomas had a three-point play with 3:32 left in the fourth quarter that ended a 33:28 stretch during which the Lynx had the lead. The Mercury host Game 3 of the best-of-five series on Friday night.
(Milwaukee, WI) — He still says he hopes it never happens, but Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo says he “expects” to be traded someday. Sports Illustrated reports that the former NBA Most Valuable Player was interviewed by the media in his native Greece. Antetokounmpo points out that team presidents change, and the Bucks will always do what’s best for the team. He repeated that he prefers to stay in Milwaukee rather than be traded, but he doesn’t feel fully secure that it won’t ever happen.
(Madison, WI) — A commitment from three-star cornerback Donovan Dunmore is part of the reason Wisconsin’s 2026 recruiting class is currently ranked 60th nationwide. That’s according to an update from 247 Sports. The Badgers have commitments from two four-star prospects and 13 three-star prospects. Wisconsin coaches are said to be still looking for edge rushers and someone to play safety.