Sports – Monday, April 25th, 2016

The Brewers used the long
ball to beat Philadelphia 8-5 on Sunday
afternoon at Miller
Park.  Ryan Braun, Scooter Gennett and Alex Presley
all went deep in the win.  Wily Peralta
gave up 4 runs and 7 hits in six innings to pick up his first win of the season.  Jeremy Jeffress picked up his 6^th
save of the season.  The Brewers take
today off and open up a three game set at Wrigley Field against the Cubs on
Tuesday night.

 

NL Central

Cubs 9 Reds 0

Pirates 12 Diamondbacks 10

Cardinals 8 Padres 5

 

NHL Playoffs

Washington 1 Philadelphia
0 – Caps win series 4-2

NY Islanders 2 Florida 1 –
2OT – NY wins series 4-2

Dallas 4 Minnesota
2 – Stars win series 4-2

 

NBA Playoffs

San Antonio 116 Memphis 95 – Spurs win series 4-0

Golden State 121 Houston 94 –
Warriors lead series 3-1

Boston 104 Atlanta 95 – Series tied 202

Cleveland 100 Detroit 98 – Cavs win series 4-0.

 

The Packers continue to get
ready for this weekend’s NFL Draft.  Green Bay has the 27^th
pick in Thursday’s 1^st round.

 

The Wisconsin Badgers wrapped
up their spring practice with their Spring Game at Camp Randall Stadium. 

 

Charley Hoffman’s birdie on
the 72^nd hole gave him a one shot win at the Texas Open on the PGA
Tour with a four round total of -12. 
Patrick Reed was one shot off the pace. Wisconsin
native Mark Wilson tied for 25^th. 
Madison’s
Jerry Kelly tied for 65^th.

 

Carl Edwards won the NASCAR
Sprint Cup race at Richmond.  Kyle Busch was 2^nd.  As for the Wisconsin
drivers, Matt Kenseth was 7^th and Paul Menard was 22^nd. 

 

Edgewood swept the Marian
baseball on Sunday 3-2, and 6-4 in Madison.  The Sabres host Ripon on Wednesday.

 

The Marian softball team
split a doubleheader with Aurora
on Sunday.  The dropped the opener 14-4
but bounced back in game two to pick up a 6-5 win.  Tony Draves’ squad is 20-14 on the
season.  They host UW-Oshkosh on Tuesday.