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Thames Hits Game Winner In 9th, Brewers Win 4th In A Row
by Tom King
PHOTO: Milwaukee Brewers
MILWAUKEE, Wi (WSAU) The Milwaukee Brewers coughed up a late lead and Josh Hader blew a save again but Eric Thames picked them up hitting a game-winning walk-off homer with two outs in the 9th inning as the Brewers beat Texas 6-5 on Friday night at Miller Park.
Milwaukee had a 5-2 lead but newly acquired pitcher Jake Faria gave up a two run homer to Logan Forsythe in the 8th and Elvis Andrus took Josh Hader deep in the 9th to tie the game.
Yasmani Grandal had two RBI's for Milwaukee. Keston Hiura, Ryan Braun and Manny Pina drove in the other runs. Gio Gonzales started and pitched five innings giving up two runs.
The Brewers are 2 1/2 behind the Cubs heading into tonights game...you can hear it on WSAU, pre game show at 5:35.
The Brewers also made a roster move bringing back Hernan Perez from AAA and optioning Travis Shaw to San Antonio.
Tom King
Tom grew up in Wausau listening to sports on WSAU and music on our sister stations WRIG and WIFC and decided early on that that was where he wanted to be. After graduating from Wausau East in the mid 70's Tom headed to UWSP. He worked at the college radio station WWSP and weekends on WIFC while earning a degree in Communication.
After college he worked a year at WKAU radio in the Fox Valley before returning to Wausau and moving into radio sales. He missed the on-air work and returned to the air when WOFM went on the air and when it was purchased by Midwest Communications was asked to take on the sports position on WSAU. He has spent the last 13 years as part of the WSAU morning team while also broadcasting Wausau East sports and contributing to the morning show on WIFC.
If you listen to the show you know that Tom is the coach of the Wausau American Legion Baseball team. He's married (Sandy) with two sons (Wade & Cory) and spends his spare time reading, listening to music, watching movies and tv shows and following most of the major sports.
