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Brewers 24, Dodgers 9: Yes, you read that correctly
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GLENDALE, Ariz. – It was a full-fledged, unabashed cacophony of Cactus cuckooness. The kind of game where you just pray someone’s mom calls “Dinnertime!” and mercifully ends the whole thing. The kind of game that’s such a football score on the scoreboard that the manager started scheming up a run-pass option offense in the eighth inning.
The kind of game that perfectly sums up spring training in mid-March in the valley of the sun.
“Only in the Cactus League,” Pat Murphy said after the Milwaukee Brewers’ 24-9 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 16 at Camelback Ranch-Glendale.
In all there would be 466 pitches thrown, 207 of them balls. Of those 466, 250 were from Dodgers hurlers; only once in the pitch tracking era since 2008 has a team thrown more pitches in a single nine-inning game than that. That game on July 16, 2021, saw the Washington Nationals chuck 258 mostly hapless-pellets toward the plate in, coincidentally, a 24-8 loss.
By the time the Dodgers were walking in a carousel of runs late, Murphy was talking off the ear of coaches Jace Peterson and Daniel Vogelbach about his machinations of an RPO offense. Peterson, a former cornerback at McNeese State, would be a viable quarterback or running back in Murphy’s scheme; it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to determine what position Vogelbach would play.
“My concentration went away from me,” Murphy said.
The pitchers, too, perhaps.
Before the afternoon turned into a live action role play of the Baseball Bugs episode of “Looney Tunes,” it had every semblance of another spring dud for the Brewers, who have their fair share of clunkers in meaningless endeavors.
One day after nearly being on the wrong end of a perfect game against the Giants, the Brewers fell behind, 7-0, as opening day rotation member Chad Patrick got pummeled for a pair of home runs.
Then, the parade began. Dodgers pitchers stopped finding the zone, their fielders stopped gloving the ball and the Brewers bats were scorching hot under the Arizona sun.
First, it was a 10-run fifth that lasted 32 minutes. Then, a nine-run seventh that spanned 29 minutes. Brandon Lockridge hit a grand slam. There was a three-run sacrifice fly. Eleven Brewers walked over the final five innings. Three of those came consecutively with the bases loaded. A pinch runner came back around to bat in the same inning he entered as a runner – and he homered. Nearly four hours elapsed.
Lockridge finished 3 for 5, while Jett Williams and Luis Rengifo also had multi-hit days.
Prospect Brady Ebel was the pinch-runner-turned-batter in the seventh, and homered against the team his dad, Dino, is third base coach for. Ebel, the 32nd overall pick by the Brewers in last summer’s draft, spent his formative years at Dodger Stadium taking grounders and hitting batting practice with his father.
It was the second time that Brady has gotten in a game this spring against his dad’s team, although in both instances Dino, who’s serving as the third base coach for the United State in the World Baseball Classic, wasn’t in the opposing dugout.
Sixty pitches were thrown in the top of the fifth. That was the most in a single inning in the Cactus League this spring …until two innings later when Dodgers pitchers Jack Dreyer, Kelvin Ramirez and Evan Shaw combined to throw 62.
And yet it somehow got even worse.
The real backbreaker for those with dinner plans came in the top of the ninth. Lucas Wepf, a Class AA reliever, started the inning on the mound and went walk, single, single, walk, walk. He was offered clemency by Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, who took the ball from him and handed it to Robby Porco, a 12th rounder a year ago who’s yet to make his professional debut, to inherit another bases-full mess.
Porco walked the first batter he faced. On four pitches.
The real hero of the day wasn’t Lockridge or Ebel or any of the hitters who hung 24 runs on the board, but rather a minor-league free agent signing named Joe Corbett, whose heroics included a three-up, three-down bottom of the ninth, bringing to an end the 3-hour, 54-minute goat rodeo.
At least it was so late that by the time all the patrons got home, mom did, after all, have dinner ready.
Prospect watch
Seeing as it was a full-on circus, just about every last member of the travel roster got into the game. Ebel, Luke Adams, Cooper Pratt, Mike Boeve and Braylon Payne were among the notable prospects to enter the game.
Brewers spring training schedule
Off-day Tuesday.
Brewers (split squad) vs. Angels, 3:10 p.m. Wednesday: Milwaukee LHP Aaron Ashby vs. Los Angeles TBA. Radio – 620 WTMJ.
Brewers (split squad) at Mariners, 3:10 p.m. Wednesday: Milwaukee LHP Kyle Harrison vs. Seattle RHP Emerson Hancock. Broadcast – Brewers.TV.
Ashes, dog stolen in Milwaukee break-in
A Milwaukee woman is asking for help after she said her puppy and a red heart containing her sister’s ashes were stolen during a May 27 apartment break-in.
MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee woman is asking for help after she said someone broke into her apartment and stole several items, including her puppy and her sister’s ashes.
What we know:
The break-in happened May 27 at a first-floor apartment near 45th and Hampton.
Treneicia Baker said she got her puppy to help her grieve after her older sister, Keisha, died of heart failure in early March. Baker said she and her sister lived together and never spent a day apart.
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She said the puppy, a teddy bear bichon, had become a major source of comfort.
“I got her because the house was too quiet. I was lonely,” Baker said. “She kept me company, and she kept my mind at ease when things were rough when I was missing my sister.”
Baker said the person who broke into her apartment stole several items, including a laptop, towels, credit cards, a gaming system and food from her kitchen.
The Milwaukee Police Department said no one is in custody.
What they’re saying:
“They tore up the whole house literally from the front door to the bathroom was tore up,” she said.
But Baker said the biggest losses were her puppy and a red heart containing her sister’s ashes.
“I just want my sister’s ashes back and my puppy,” Baker said. “What would you want with someone’s ashes? That’s irreplaceable. You can’t get that back.”
As Milwaukee police investigate, Baker is asking for help getting back what she says cannot be replaced.
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“It would mean everything to me,” she said. “Literally everything.”
Baker said she believes the break-in was random.
What you can do:
Anyone with any information is asked to contact MPD at 414-935-7360 or to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 414-224-TIPS or use the P3 Tips app.
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Johnson pleas for “something” to be done about gun violence
Mayor Cavalier Johnson makes a plea for “something” to be done about gun violence after a Milwaukee shooting that left police and suspect injured.
One person was injured in a shooting Tuesday morning, June 9, near a day care center and two schools, Milwaukee police said.
The shooting occurred just before 8 a.m. on the 2700 block of North 44th Street. A 31-year-old suffered unspecified injuries in the incident and was transported to a local hospital, police said.
No additional information about the victim was immediately available. Police are seeking unknown suspects.
The location of the shooting is blocks away from Washington High School of Information Technology, Milwaukee Math and Science Academy and Gregory’s Little Helpers child care center.
Washington High School did not go into lockdown, according to a WISN-TV (Channel 12) report. However, principal Jose Frias sent a note to families saying the school was safe and classes would continue normally, the news station reported.
The circumstances leading up to the shooting remain under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact Milwaukee Police at (414) 935-7360 or, to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at (414) 224-Tips or P3 Tips.
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee tenants react after landlord makes first public remarks since being sued by city, Common Ground
MILWAUKEE — Leaking ceilings, cracked walls and big holes are the conditions Carolyn Ferguson has been living in for years at the home she rents from Highgrove Holdings, LLC.
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“It rains in here, it rains in the dining room in there,” Ferguson said.
Ferguson is one of several tenants working with community nonprofit Common Ground and the city of Milwaukee to sue her landlord over alleged neglect, code violations, vacancy and unpaid property taxes.
The mother of 17 is raising her last daughter and is fighting cancer. The condition of her home is another burden.
“I’ve got to worry about that, and worry about the surgery, and all this other stuff and I mean he’s just making it even worse for me than it is,” Ferguson said.
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On Monday, during an unrelated press conference by Common Ground, Highgrove Holdings owner David Tomblin made a surprise appearance and faced questions from TMJ4 chief investigative reporter Jenna Rae. While he didn’t answer many of them, he did say the group has made progress.
Watch: Milwaukee tenants react after landlord makes first public remarks since being sued by city
Milwaukee tenants react after landlord makes first public remarks since being sued
When asked about the city of Milwaukee’s lawsuit over issues at his properties that he is not addressing, Tomblin responded.
“Well, we are addressing them, but in the proper time,” Tomblin said.
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Ferguson said she has not seen any of those fixes.
“He hasn’t fixed anything, like I said, out of the nine years I’ve been here, he’s had at least seven years and nothing, nothing at all,” Ferguson said.
The issues are impacting multiple generations of the Ferguson family. Carolyn’s daughter used to live at the property until she moved out after poor conditions were never addressed. More than a year later, that unit is still boarded up.
“When is he going to fix my momma’s ceiling? When is he going to do something about the roof? When are you going to do something about that basement downstairs? I would ask him a lot of questions,” Edwina Ferguson said.
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TMJ4 reporter Brendyn Jones called Tomblin Monday night. He picked up and requested to know the names of the tenants who were interviewed. Jones said that information would be available after the story was published, so he declined to answer questions.
While Tomblin said there will be a press conference with tenants soon, he did not commit to a date or time.
Common Ground’s Kevin Solomon said the pressure on Tomblin is working.
“It’s political, and it shows that our pressure is clearly getting under his skin. The lawsuit will play out; Common Ground will stay on it,” Solomon said.
The next court date for the lawsuit is at the end of July.
This story was reported on-air by Brendyn Jones and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.
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