Every Thursday, we send out the great OnMilwaukee Weekend Preview filled with awesome things to do. Some are sports-related; many are not. So every Monday, we recap what happened in the world of Wisconsin sports while you were doing all those other awesome things.
Friday
Packers hold rookie orientation camp: After selecting seven players in the NFL draft and signing many more undrafted free agents, Green Bay brought them to Lambeau so coaches could get their first look at them. The rookies participated in drills and met with the media during their weekend introduction to the NFL.
Brewers lose to Reds, 5-1: Called up from Triple-A earlier in the day to make his first big-league start of the season, Tyler Cravy gave up five runs in four innings and is now 0-9 in the majors in two seasons. He didn’t get much help from an offense that produced just eight hits, only one of which was for extra bases (Alex Presley’s third homer of the season), as Cincinnati starter Tim Adleman pitched five strong innings and got the win. After Cravy departed, Milwaukee’s bullpen worked four no-hit innings in relief.
Saturday
Marquette lacrosse beats Denver, 10-9: In just their fourth year of existence, the Golden Eagles – who had lost to the Pioneers a week prior – defeated the defending NCAA champions, and the nation’s No. 1-ranked team, in Denver to win the Big East Conference tournament. The next day, Marquette, which has credited its culture for the lacrosse program's rapid rise, learned it would host an NCAA tournament game Saturday against North Carolina.
Milwaukeeans celebrate Kentucky Derby: Nyquist, the horse ridden by Mario Gutierrez, won the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville. In Milwaukee, meanwhile, bettors, revelers and fancy-hat-wearers watched the race at the Iron Horse Hotel. For a photo gallery of the event, click here.
Brewers beat Reds, 13-7: Third baseman Aaron Hill broke out of his season-long slump in a big way, as Milwaukee exploded for seven runs in the 10th inning for a much-needed win in Cincinnati. Hill tied career highs with three home runs and seven RBI, including a grand slam in the 10th, while Ryan Braun and Jonathan Lucroy also homered. The Brewers collected 15 hits and overcame a shaky outing from starter Jimmy Nelson, with the bullpen allowing just one run in five innings.
Sunday
Milwaukee track and field places second in conference championships: At the Horizon League outdoor track and field championships in Valparaiso, Ind., the Panthers won three individual events and finished in second place overall. With 181 total points, Milwaukee was just two points behind champion Youngstown State.
Brewers beat Reds, 5-4: Jonathan Lucroy hit the game-winning home run in the eighth inning and then made the game-clinching throw to help Milwaukee take the series in Cincinnati. After a nearly two-hour rain delay, Ryan Braun started the game off with a home run, Hernan Perez added one of his own and the bullpen bolstered Junior Guerra’s start. Lucroy, who had three hits in the game, belted the winning homer off Ross Ohlendorf and then threw out lightning-fast pinch-runner Billy Hamilton in the ninth inning for the final out.
Born in Milwaukee but a product of Shorewood High School (go ‘Hounds!) and Northwestern University (go ‘Cats!), Jimmy never knew the schoolboy bliss of cheering for a winning football, basketball or baseball team. So he ditched being a fan in order to cover sports professionally - occasionally objectively, always passionately. He's lived in Chicago, New York and Dallas, but now resides again in his beloved Brew City and is an ardent attacker of the notorious Milwaukee Inferiority Complex.
After interning at print publications like Birds and Blooms (official motto: "America's #1 backyard birding and gardening magazine!"), Sports Illustrated (unofficial motto: "Subscribe and save up to 90% off the cover price!") and The Dallas Morning News (a newspaper!), Jimmy worked for web outlets like CBSSports.com, where he was a Packers beat reporter, and FOX Sports Wisconsin, where he managed digital content. He's a proponent and frequent user of em dashes, parenthetical asides, descriptive appositives and, really, anything that makes his sentences longer and more needlessly complex.
Jimmy appreciates references to late '90s Brewers and Bucks players and is the curator of the unofficial John Jaha Hall of Fame. He also enjoys running, biking and soccer, but isn't too annoying about them. He writes about sports - both mainstream and unconventional - and non-sports, including history, music, food, art and even golf (just kidding!), and welcomes reader suggestions for off-the-beaten-path story ideas.
