Cedar Rapids pair shine in Brewers clubhouse at Milwaukee
Cedar Rapids Washington product Ben Ford, relief pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers, and Vinton’s Wes Obermueller greet hometown ribbing as Ford makes his Opening Day in the majors amid a spring surge. Ford, 28, arrived after a long climb through nine minors and four majors, including stints with Arizona and the Yankees.
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Obermueller Starts Strong Then Fades In Brewers Loss
Obermueller and Miller struggled as Milwaukee fell 52-32 in the pitcher’s career tally. Miller walked none in six innings of two run ball. Obermueller issued three walks with two scoring. Yost praised Wes for staying aggressive and battling to reach the 85 pitch mark. Obermueller will start again Wednesday at San Francisco after being acquired from Kansas City last July.
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Masters Palmer bows out as youth rises at Augusta
The final rounds center on Palmer's emotional exit at Augusta National with a 4 foot miss sealing an 84. Nicklaus offered support on the 16th as Palmer bowed to fans, while a new generation led by Choi Howell and Love chase the title with Rose rising as a British star.
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Rose extends Masters lead amid Palmer farewell and Weir struggle
Justin Rose held a two stroke edge at Augusta after a 71 as Arnold Palmer played his 50th Masters with an 84 and Mike Weir faltered on the final hole. Tiger Woods shot 69 to surge back into contention while others chased lead in warm, partly sunny conditions.
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Danville Wings advance to East Division finals in playoff win
Danville defeats Cedar Rapids 4 1 to clinch the best of five series as Andrew Panchenko Tomas Klempa and Josef Fojtik score with Justin Tobe making 25 saves. Danville led 2 1 after two periods and Klempa sealed it with an empty net goal. Cedar Rapids pressed hits the post twice but could not score.
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Jepsen returns as Kernels fall to Peoria in 5 run rally
Jepsen Kernels comeback hobbled by an injury as Peoria's two doubles and a single in the second drive two runs. Cody Haerther belts a 400 foot homer in the third. Jepsen exits after five with a runner aboard as Peoria frames four late runs. Peoria reliever Hindman and Parker deliver in the fifth. Kernels tally five hits across four pitchers.
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Haerther Leads Peoria Past Kernels with Three-Run Blast
Matt Dryer and Matt Pagnozzi opened the top of the second with doubles for Peoria as Pagnozzi scored on Milko Jaramillo's single. Peoria 2 Kernels 0. In the bottom of the second Bobby Wilson doubled and scored on Caleb Maher's single to cut the gap. Peoria 2 Kernels 1. Cody Haerther started the third with a homer to right-center as Peoria moved ahead 3 1. Haerther and John Santor scored on Tyler Parker's two run homer in the fifth to push Peoria to 7 1. Sean Rodriguez started the sixth with a single and scored on a wild pitch making it 7 2.
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Madrigal Day to Day with Wrist Injury for Kernels
Kernels left fielder Warn er Madrigal missed last night due to a wrist sprain suffered on a swing in Thursday’s game. Pitcher Michel Simard delivered a scoreless inning in relief though he is slated to start Monday against Clinton. Magallanes noted Simard pitched a planned pregame bullpen, so he worked an inning in relief today.
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