The Washington Hatchets fell in the championship of the 3A Baseball Sectional last night to Southridge 1-0. The Raiders ace Ethan Bell held the Hatchets to just two hits on the day, but Washington stayed close the whole game. The Hatchets advanced by beating Vincennes in the semi finals earlier in the day 5-2. Washington says goodbye to nine great seniors who left it on the field and ends the year a 18-11. Southridge moves on to the regional next Saturday at 22-7.
The Loogootee Lions claim the 1A Sectional 63 title last night knocking off North Daviess on their hone field in 10 innings 4-3. The Lions advanced by defeating Barr Reeve in the semi-finals in 10 innings 7-6. Loogootee will now face Tecumseh in the Lanesville regional this Saturday. While Borden meets West Washington in the second game. The Lions first pitch is set for 10am.
Javy Baez homered twice, and the Chicago Cubs beat the San Diego Padres Monday 7-2 at Wrigley Field. Kris Bryant went 2-for-4 with a homer and extended his hitting streak to 13 games. The Cubs have won seven out of eight and went 19-8 in May, which was best in the Majors. Elsewhere in the National League Central, Max Schrock was a single away from the cycle and Kyle Farmer drove in five, as the Cincinnati Reds dominated the Philadelphia Phillies 11-1. The Brewers have won five in a row, as Milwaukee beat Detroit 3-2 in ten innings on a walk-off single to deep right field from Luis Urias. In Los Angeles, the Dodgers took control in the sixth inning and went on to beat the Cardinals 9-4.
Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves earned 1.8 million dollars after his record-tying fourth “500” win on Sunday. Castroneves won’t actually see all of that cash, as the prize money will also be split between the driver and his Meyer Shank Racing team. The grand total purse was just over 8.45 million dollars, up from a seven and a half million dollar purse last year. Last year’s winnings were cut in half due to the fact that the race had to be held without fans because of the pandemic. Second place finisher Alex Palou (Puh-low) earned just under 650 thousand dollars for his finish. When Castroneves won his third Indy 500 in 2009, he and Team Penske earned more than three million dollars, which is a record for the 105 runnings of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. The beloved Brazilian became the fourth four-time winner Sunday, joining A.J. Foyt, Al Unser and Rick Mears in one of racing’s most exclusive clubs.
