Zach Davies

Zach Davies tossed six innings of two run baseball and Ryan Braun homered as the Milwaukee Brewers topped the Chicago Cubs 11-2 in a rainout makeup game Thursday at Wrigley Field.

Milwaukee posted its fourth straight victory and has won six of its last seven.

The Brewers extended its lead in the NL Central to 4 1/2-games over the second-place Cubs and are guaranteed to hold the top spot at the All-Star break.

The Brewers started early putting two runs on the board in the top of the first inning.  Braun’s homer came as part of a seven run explosion in the third before Milwaukee would add two more in the fifth.

Davies improved to 10-4 allowing two runs and five hits in six innings for the win.

Matt Garza – Photo: MLB

The Milwaukee Brewers finished off a series sweep of the Baltimore Orioles Wednesday with a 4-0 shutout victory.

Matt Garza evened his record at 4-4 going 6 1/3 innings, allowing five hits and two walks with four strikeouts.

The Brewers bullpen of Oliver Drake, Jared Hughes and Corey Knebel completed the shutout with 2 2/3 scoreless innings.

Keon Broxton hit a two-run homer, his 14th of the season, in a three run fourth inning that sparked the Brewers win.

The Green Bay Packers have signed third round pick defensive tackle Montravius Adams. The signing was announced Wednesday by Ted Thompson, Executive Vice President, General Manager and Director of Football Operations.

With the signing, the Packers have now signed all 10 members of the 2017 draft class.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Homeruns and strong pitching lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 6-2 victory over Baltimore Tuesday at Miller Park.

Eric Thames popped his 21st and 22nd homers of the season as part of four Brewers dingers on the afternoon.

Jimmy Nelson tossed seven strong innings scattering six hits, not giving up an earned run and struck out eight to earn his seventh victory.

Stephen Vogt and Travis Shaw also went deep for the NL Central-leading Brewers.

Four runs in the first and three in the second powered the Milwaukee Brewers to a 8-1 series opening victory over Baltimore Monday afternoon at Miller Park.

Brent Suter struck out eight over six innings, allowing just four hits and an unearned run in recording his first victory of the season.

Ryan Braun, Domingo Santana and Travis Shaw each scored twice for the Brewers.  Manny Pina went three for four and drove in three runs.

First-place Milwaukee moved 2½ games ahead of the Cubs in the National League Central race.

The Milwaukee Brewers could not finish the series sweep of the Miami Marlins falling 10-3 in the series finale at Miller Park Sunday.

Marcell Ozuna hit two home runs and Dan Straily pitched six innings of three run ball to lift Miami.

Junior Guerra took the loss for the Brewers. Eric Thanmes smashed his 21st homer of the year while Orlando Arcia added his eighth.

Giannis Antetokounmpo – Copyright 2016 NBAE (Photo by Mark Blinch/NBAE via Getty Images)

Giannis Antetokounmpo was named the NBA’s Most Improved Player, the league announced tonight at the inaugural NBA Awards show. Antetokounmpo is the first player in Bucks history to be named Most Improved Player.

“I’m honored and humbled to be named the NBA’s Most Improved Player and grateful to so many people for helping me reach this point in my young career,” said Antetokounmpo. “Thank you to my family whose love and support means the world to me. Thank you to my teammates, coaches and staff with the Bucks who push me to succeed every day. Thank you to our fans who never stop cheering for us. Thank you.”

In his fourth season, Antetokounmpo set career highs in scoring (22.9 ppg), rebounding (8.8 rpg), assists (5.4 apg), blocks (1.9 bpg) and steals (1.6 spg), as well as field goal percentage (.521). He became just the fifth player in NBA history to lead his team in points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks for a season, and was the first player in NBA history to rank in the top-20 for total points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks. Despite playing nearly the same number of minutes per game in 2016-17 (35.6) as he did in 2015-16 (35.3), Antetokounmpo increased his scoring average from 16.9 points per game, to 22.9 points per game this season. [Read more…]

File Photo: Malcolm Brogdon (Photo by Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images)

Malcolm Brogdon was named the NBA’s Rookie of the Year, the league announced tonight at its inaugural NBA Awards show. Brogdon joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1969-70) as the only players in team history to win Rookie of the Year. He is the first player not drafted in the first round to win Rookie of the Year since 1966.

“I am both humbled and honored to win this award,” said Brogdon. “As the oldest rookie to win this award in decades, I know it is the culmination of many special people who believed in me, starting with my mother, and continuing with my owners, my teammates, Coach Kidd and the entire Bucks’ staff. My five years at Virginia truly prepared me for the NBA and for life after the NBA. Thanks to Coach Bennett for a great education in basketball and for making me better. Thanks to the great fans of Milwaukee. Their work ethic truly inspires me every night.”

A second round pick (36th overall) from Virginia, Brogdon played in 75 games (28 starts) during a stellar rookie season that saw him lead all rookies in assists (4.2) and steals (1.1) per game, while ranking second in 3-point field goal percentage (.404) and free-throw percentage (.865). He also ranked third in field goal percentage (.457) and fourth in points per game (10.2) among rookies, and became one of just five rookies in NBA history to shoot over 40 percent from beyond the arc while averaging at least four assists per game. Brogdon recorded the first rookie triple-double in team history when he scored 15 points with 12 assists and 10 rebounds at Chicago on Dec. 31. [Read more…]

Trailing by three at the start of the final round, Fred Couples birdied six of his first 11 holes en route to a final round 66 and a two-stroke victory.

It is Couples’ 13th career win on PGA TOUR Champions, and it is his second win of the season.

Tournament host Steve Stricker finished three shots behind Couples and tied for third.

Madison’s Jerry Kelly fired a final round 70 to finish at eight under par in a tie for 13th.