Spencer Steer hit a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the top of the 7th inning Sunday that broke a 3-all tie, and the Reds went on to beat the Brewers in Milwaukee, by a final score of 4-3. The Brew Crew took the series 2 games to 1, but Cincy finishes its 7-game road trip positively, with 4 wins versus 3 losses. Santiago Espinal initially put the Reds on the scoreboard in the 3rd inning with a 2-run single, and threw out a Brewers runner at home plate. Tyler Stephenson put the 3rd run up, when he homered in the top of the 5th inning.
The Reds open their next series, 3 games hosting the Cardinals, tonight. That action will come to you right after the 24-25 debut of Coaches’ Corner on WRBI. Terrance Arney will be back, previewing high school football with Coaches Wes Anderson of Greensburg, Ryan Langferman from Milan, and Franklin County’s Wes Gillman. It’s an all-new Coaches’ Corner, this evening at 6:00 on the Sports Voice, 103.9 WRBI.
The Paris Olympics closed with elaborate ceremonies Sunday night, after the United States dominated the 2 ½ weeks of events with 126 total medals, 40 of those gold. China wound up becoming the top rival to the US, also earning 40 gold medals in its total count of 91.
Indiana was well represented at the Paris games. Muncie-born Elkhart resident Annie Drews, who attended Purdue, got a silver medal as part of the USA women’s volleyball squad, losing the final match to Italy in 3 sets. Drews scored 6 points in the match.
Notre Dame’s Jackie Young, from Princeton, was on the American women’s basketball team that went undefeated to take the gold medal, beating France 67-66. Jackie only scored 2 points in the final game, but put in 15 in the quarterfinals, and 14 in the semis for the USA. Notre Dame’s Jewell Loyd was also on the American squad.
In NASCAR Cup series racing Sunday night, Austin Dillon won for the first time in almost 2 years, when he sent Joey Logano’s car into a spin on the final lap, at Richmond, Virginia. Dillon had previously had only 2 top-10 finishes this season.
The Colts lost to the Denver Broncos in their NFL pre-season opener 34-30, and in the Bengals’ first pre-season contest, Tampa Bay’s Buccaneers got by Cincinnati, 17-14.