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  • Posted March 20, 2020
    MILWAUKEE -- With the Milwaukee Brewers clinging to a one-run lead with one out in the ninth, Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo drove a ball to deep center field off closer Tyler Thornburg. Cheap Jerseys .Drifting back, outfielder Keon Broxton timed his leaped and stretched above the wall to make the catch.Broxton pumped his fist as he landed and Thornburg then got the final out to preserve Milwaukees 2-1 victory Wednesday night.Jonathan Villar homered from both sides of the plate to account for the Brewers runs.I honestly didnt think it was going to go that far off the bat, Broxton said. I just jogged to where I thought it was going to be and tracked it all the way to the wall. I saw it coming down and I had a good chance to jump up and catch it.Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell described Broxtons catch with the game on the line as every outfielders dream.You could tell by the way Keon reacted. You dont get opportunities like that (very often), Counsell said.Chicago manager Joe Maddon said he knew that ball would carry to the fence as soon as it was hit.But that kid, Broxton, hes so athletic that he was able to go over it, Maddon said.Milwaukee, which took two of three in the series, got its first hit when Villar homered leading off the fourth. Villar homered again off Joe Smith (1-1), the sixth Chicago pitcher, leading off the eighth.I dont feel happy for me. I feel happy for the team because we won, Villar said. Thats Broxtons game. If he didnt take the ball away its a tie game.Corey Knebel (1-2) pitched a scoreless inning in relief to get the win. Thornburg notched his ninth save in 13 chances.Chicago starter Mike Montgomery faced the minimum number of batters through three innings.The Cubs loaded the bases with one out in the first against Milwaukee starter Matt Garza, but failed to score.Garza, facing his former team for the second time this season, retired 14 of 15 batters at one point before giving up a solo home run to Rizzo with two outs in the sixth.Garza gave up one run and three hits in six innings.I made one mistake, Garza said. You cant get sour or you ruin the rhythm you are in right now.Garza has given up just two earned runs in 18 1/3 innings over his last three starts.Hes understood that he had to make adjustments, and hes understanding that this is the new him, Counsell said. Now hes at the point where he can have success being this guy.Montgomery lasted five innings, allowing one run and two hits.Montgomery, acquired by the Cubs on July 20 from Seattle in an effort to bolster their bullpen, gained a spot in the starting rotation when John Lackey went on the disabled list with a shoulder problem. He remained in the rotation after the Lackeys return on Sunday as the Cubs have temporarily opted to go with a six-man rotation.Milwaukee won for just the sixth time in the last 28 games against the Cubs.SLIDING BYRyan Braun tried to stretch a single into a double in the fourth but slid past second base and was called out when Cubs second baseman Ben Zobrist applied the tag.TRAINERS ROOMCubs: Reliever Justin Grimm left the game with an undisclosed illness after facing one batter in the sixth. ... Maddon thought about resting Rizzo but reconsidered. Watching him yesterday, he didnt look tired so I put him back in. I thought the day before (Monday) his bat looked a little bit off, Maddon said. But with the night game after the day game he got some good rest. We have a day off (Thursday) so I chose to play him today.UP NEXTCubs: Jon Lester (15-4, 2.61 ERA) gets the start as Chicago opens a three-game series at Houston on Friday. Lester took a no-hitter into the seventh inning in his last start on Friday against San Francisco and finished with a complete game three-hitter. He will make his second career start against Houston and first since June 2008.Brewers: Junior Guerra (7-3, 2.85 ERA) will take the mound as Milwaukee opens a four-game series at St. Louis on Thursday. Guerra is 0-2 with a 4.50 ERA in two career starts against St. Louis, both coming this season. China Jerseys 2022 . U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield in Manhattan agreed that lawyers on both sides could make their formal requests by Nov. 8. A hearing is scheduled for a day earlier. Jordan Siev, a lawyer for Rodriguez, wrote in a joint letter to the judge from lawyers on both sides that MLB lawyers planned to ask that the lawsuit be dismissed. China Jerseys 2020 .C. at the helm of the top team in the Eastern Conference. His tenure as the GM in Vancouver was all too brief. Though he led the Canucks to what was then a franchise record-shattering campaign in just his second season, Nonis was gone and replaced one year later. https://www.chinasjerseys.com/ . How great will be revealed in the next couple of days at the board of governors meeting in Pebble Beach, Calif. Quarterback Andrew Luck is sore and beat up and the Indianapolis Colts are winless.There wont be any sympathy forthcoming from the San Diego Chargers.Luck and the Colts attempt to begin digging themselves out of a 0-2 hole when they host the San Diego Chargers on Sunday.Indianapolis is winless after two games for the third straight season. The Colts recovered to reach the AFC Championship Game two seasons ago but ended up 8-8 last year.You can control what you can control, Indianapolis coach Chuck Pagano said. If a couple plays go a little bit different in each of those games, you are sitting at 2-0. But that is not the case. That has never been the case. It is what it is.Last seasons struggles were partially due to Luck missing nine games with various injuries. The 27-year-old is aching again and missed Wednesdays practice with soreness in his passing shoulder stemming from being sacked five times in last Sundays 34-20 loss to the Denver Broncos.Luck, who has thrown five touchdown passes this season, insisted hell be on the field when the Colts face the Chargers and said there is no cause for alarm.I dont think so, but I dont raise the alarms, Luck said. Thats you guys. I would not be concerned.Meanwhile, quarterback Philip Rivers of the Chargers (1-1) keeps losing key weapons from an offense averaging 32.5 points, second best in the NFL. Star receiver Keenan Allen was lost to a torn ACL in Week 1 and running back Danny Woodhead went down with the same type of season-ending knee injury last Sunday.Despite the attrition, Rivers has thrown five touchdown passes without an interception and has a stellar 120.3 quarterback rating. Rivers had four passing scores in last Sundays 38-14 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars.Rivers has a 5-1 career record against the Colts, who have allowed a league-worst 73 points through the first two weeks.We have had some memorable, fun games against Indy, Rivers said. But I dont think any of those factor in this week.We know that we are going to face a team that has a lot of passion and pride and thats going to fight like crazy to get its first win.San Diego mmay choose to rely more on second-year running back Melvin Gordon against a Colts defense ranked 29th against the run (125. China Jerseys Wholesale. .0 yards per game). Gordon rushed for 102 yards vs. the Jaguars for the first 100-yard game of his NFL career.Hes running with authority, Pagano said. Hes big, powerful and he looks like hes a one-cut guy who can make people miss. He gets in the secondary and he has the speed to go the distance.San Diegos defense is about to receive a boost due to the likely availability of first-round draft pick Joey Bosa. The No. 3 overall pick was a holdout until late August and then injured a hamstring and could make his NFL debut against the Colts.Ill let you guys know when we have an update on whether hes going to cut it loose or not, Chargers coach Mike McCoy said. But Ill keep saying hes day-to-day until we know he can truly go full-go.Adding Bosas pass-rushing abilities to team with linebacker Melvin Ingram (two sacks last week) should aid a defense ranking 23rd in total defense (400.5) and 29th in defending the pass (324.0). Cornerback Casey Hayward had two interceptions last week but the secondary has been a weak link.Indianapolis beleaguered defense hopes to have Pro Bowl cornerback Vontae Davis (ankle) on the field for the first time this season.The Colts have been decimated with injuries in the secondary and the list of ailing players include cornerbacks Darius Butler (hamstring), Antonio Cromartie (ribs) and Patrick Robinson (concussion) plus safeties Clayton Geathers (foot) and T.J. Green (knee).Indianapolis also suffered a key offensive loss on Wednesday when it was announced receiver Donte Moncrief will miss four-to-six weeks with a fractured left shoulder blade.The Chargers have won four of the past five meetings, including a 19-9 victory in 2013 when they controlled the ball for 38:31 and held Luck and the Colts out of the end zone.San Diego defensive coordinator John Pagano is the younger brother of the Colts head coach. ' ' '