Sports - Thursday, July 31st, 2014

Its back to the practice field today for the Green Bay Packers.  Another 8:20am workout is set for today.  They will go at it at the same time on Friday before Saturday night’s Family Night Scrimmage at Lambeau Field.  The big news out of camp on Thursday was the team signing General Manager Ted Thompson to a multi-year contract extension on Thursday.

The Wisconsin Badgers will officially open up camp this weekend in Madison.  UW is picked to win the Big Ten’s new Western Division.  They open the season on August 30^th against LSU in Houston. 

The Brewers roughed up Tampa Bay ace David Price in a 5-0 win over the Rays on Wednesday.  Martin Maldonado went 3x4 with 4 RBI in the victory to help make Yovani Gallardo a winner.   The win pushes the Brewers lead in the NL Central to 2 games over Pittsburgh and 2.5 games over St. Louis.  Milwaukee takes today off then opens a big three game series in St. Louis on Friday night. You’ll hear those games on News-Talk 1450 KFIZ.

NL Central

Arizona 5 Reds 4

Col 6 Cubs 4 – 10

SF 7 Pit 5

SD 12 StL 1

The Major League Baseball trading deadline is this afternoon.   The St. Louis Cardinals added a starting pitcher to the roster yesterday dealing for Indians starter Justin Masterson.  He’s expected to start this weekend against the Brewers.  He was an All-Star last year but is just 4-6 with a 5.51 ERA this season.