Elly De La Cruz stole his 50th base of the season, Santiago Espinal was 2 for 3 at the plate and drove in 3 runs, Will Benson hit his 3rd homer of the season and batted 2 teammates in, and Cincinnati scored 4 in the 6th inning… and the Reds managed to beat the Phillies at Great American Ballpark last night– the final Reds 7, Phils 4. Cincy and the Phillies wrap this series up this afternoon, and you’ll hear the game right here, the broadcast beginning at 12:40, only on the radio, on the Sports Voice, 103.9 FM WRBI.
Your local high school diamond lives got these kinds of results Wednesday– in softball, Jac-Cen-Del got swamped by Southwestern of Hanover 14-3, Greensburg edged Franklin County 3-2, and Lawrenceburg topped East Central, 5-3.
Baseball finals included Rushville hammering North Decatur 15-0, Jac-Cen-Del knocking off Southwestern from Hanover 8-5, and Shawe Memorial just getting by Milan at Shawe, 9-8.
Games today include, in softball, South Decatur hosting Waldron, South Ripley visiting North Decatur, Franklin County hosting Rushville, and Greensburg going to Batesville.
In today’s planned baseball action, North Decatur tries again, going to Tri, Trinity Lutheran visits Jac-Cen-Del, South Decatur hosts Waldron, Shawe Memorial returns the favor, visiting Milan, South Dearborn visits Franklin County, Greensburg hosts Batesville, and Rushville is at East Central.
And you might’ve missed this Wednesday– IndyCar has lowered the boom in a nearly unprecedented way, on rules violations in last month’s Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Florida. The Number 2 & 3 cars, driven by Josef Newgarden and Scott McLaughlin, have been disqualified from that race, the number 12 of Will Power has gotten a 10-point penalty, and each has been fined $25,000. The organization says the 3 cars, all with Team Penske, broke the rules on so-called “Push to Pass” technology. That electronic system can only be used at certain times in a race, and not on restarts, but IndyCar says that’s exactly what those cars changed the system to do. Newgarden and McLaughlin were found to have gained a competitive advantage, but Power didn’t. With Newgarden’s disqualification after an apparent win, that title now goes to the Number 5 McLaren, driven by Pato O’Ward.