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Australia's World Cup squad started their pre-tournament camp in Brisbane with a scratchy win over a New Zealand XI, while the Australia A tour also edges closer. A number of Australians are playing in overseas competitions in the lead up to the World Cup, Australia A and Ashes tours of the UK. Here is the latest on how they are faring so far.

Who's in form and who's not

James Pattinson was the only member of the Australia A squads playing overseas this week. He only played once though after Nottinghamshire's Royal London One-Day Cup clash with Durham was washed out. Pattinson took 1 for 55 from nine overs and made an important 15 from 10 balls in a thrilling win over Northamptonshire.

Ashton Turner, another Australia A squad member, oddly didn't get selected in Rajasthan Royal's last IPL game against Delhi.

Chris Lynn, who is not in Australia's winter squads, had an excellent finish to the IPL for Kolkata making 46 off 22 against Kings XI and then 41 from 29 in the loss to Mumbai Indians.

Andrew Tye dismissed Lynn but had a very difficult season for Kings XI. After being the IPL's leading wicket-taker in 2018 with 24, and an economy rate of 8.00, he took just three wickets in six games this season with an economy rate of 10.59. In his last two outings he conceded 78 runs in just six overs.

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The Royal London Cup continued in England this week as the County Championship remains on hold with World Cup preparations ramping up. Although 50-over white-ball form may not carry as much weight towards Ashes selection, the Australian selectors are undoubtedly keeping an eye on the players involved.

Cameron Bancroft was starved of opportunity this week due to bad weather. Durham's clash with Notts was abandoned prior to the toss and he was 18 not out when the clash with Yorkshire was washed out after 34.2 overs, a result that eliminated Durham from the competition

Matt Renshaw is putting his hand up for allrounder status in white-ball cricket. He took 2 for 17 from five overs and made 32 not out in Kent's a big win over Surrey. But his returns with bat and ball against Essex weren't as fruitful. Peter Siddle didn't play for Essex.

Marnus Labuschagne has been doing plenty of bowling, taking 2 for 57 from his full quote of 10 overs for Glamorgan against Middlesex, but he would prefer a few more runs after making 16 in the loss and became the first List A wicket for Sam Robson's part-time spin.

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Jake Lehmann made an excellent start at Lancashire as a replacement for Glenn Maxwell. He struck 77 not out from 66 balls in a win over Derbyshire. He then followed up with 23 in a loss to Warwickshire.

Injury list

Turner revealed last week he will need shoulder surgery after the Australia A tour of England. It will be the third procedure he's had on his right shoulder but he hopes it will fix the issue that has restricted his bowling and throwing.

Performance of the week

Callum Ferguson is a forgotten man in Australian cricket. He was in the mix for the ODI tour of India but was dropped from South Australia's Sheffield Shield team late in the season. He made 103 not out from just 95 balls for Worcestershire on Monday as they chased down 352 with ease at Derby. Ferguson had a great season in the Royal London Cup last year with Worcestershire and will be hoping to carry that form forward.

Chris Gayle, set to feature in his final World Cup, has been named West Indies vice-captain for the upcoming 50-over tournament. Cricket West Indies named Gayle as Jason Holder's deputy for the World Cup, while Shai Hope has been appointed vice-captain for the ongoing tri-nation series involving Ireland and Bangladesh.

With 10,151 runs in 289 ODIs, Gayle is by far the most experienced cricketer in West Indies' World Cup squad. His career-best of 215 came during the 2015 edition of the tournament against Zimbabwe, still the highest ODI score by a West Indies batsman. He last captained West Indies in an ODI in June 2010.

"It is always an honour to represent the West Indies in any format and this World Cup for me is special," Gayle said after the announcement. "As a senior player it is my responsibility to support the captain and everyone else in the team. This will probably be the biggest World Cup, so there will be great expectations and I know we will do very well for the people of the West Indies."

On his appointment as deputy for the tri-nation series, Hope said that the decision was taken after he was asked by the management to take the role.

"It's a tremendous honour to be appointed vice-captain for this series here in Ireland," Hope said. "Ahead of this tournament I was asked to take on this role and I was happy to accept. Anything I'm asked to do for West Indies cricket I'm always happy and willing to put my hand up, so this is great."

The tri-nation series is set to end on May 17 in Malahide before West Indies make their way to England for the World Cup that begins a fortnight later. Their World Cup campaign begins with a trip to Trentbridge to face Pakistan on May 31.

The influence of Australia's players has helped the Gabba reclaim the opening Test of the Australia season, but the ground is under pressure to deliver strong crowds against Pakistan and will need further significant investment if it wants to keep its slot for the marquee fixture.

Australia have not lost a Test at the Gabba since 1988 and the two times since that the opening Test of the season has not been scheduled in Brisbane are the only occasions Australia have been beaten - 2016 against South Africa in Perth and last season against India. Players and coaches were privately fuming at not getting the chance to start the India series at the Gabba, instead opening in Adelaide on a surface with less threatening pace and carry.

After extensive negotiations between Cricket Australia and the Queensland Government, Brisbane will host the opening match of the two-Test series against Pakistan in late November and there will be much focus on how many people come through the turnstiles with another tour by India in 2020-2021 and an Ashes series the following year.

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"We listen to what the players are after, that's something with how the schedule is put together," Belinda Clark, CA's interim high-performance director, said. "There's a lot of complex relationships that need to managed and the players are one of those. The players are thrilled that this result has eventuated for this season."

Max Walters, the Queensland Cricket CEO, said: "It's wonderful news that not only is the international schedule packed to rafters but the spiritual home of the first Test has got the first Test back. A fortress for the Australia, the Gabba is back in November. It's an outstanding result and fingers crossed in years to come with India coming back and also the Ashes."

Brisbane's Test last season was a day-night encounter against Sri Lanka, in the midst of the Big Bash, which was over on the third day and did not really capture the imagination of the public. It is understood that the venue is unlikely to pitch for day-night Tests in the future with Adelaide seen as the natural home for those matches and Perth now also making a strong push having earned a floodlight Test against New Zealand next season.

However, while there will be pressure on the Gabba to get healthy crowds for the visit of Pakistan - what figure would class as a pass mark remains to be seen, but it could be around 20,000 per day - it is accepted that the spectator experience also needs to be improved following work to upgrade the player facilities.

"We've got an expectation that this place is great for fans, great for the team and the endeavor is there to make sure that's the case," Clark said. "When you have a stadium in this city and state that people come to watch sport we just need to make sure it's at the right standard, everything is being done to make sure that's the case. Front and center is the experience for the fans."

Discussions are well advanced for the sale of the naming rights for the ground and the revenue generated from that will be put back into the stadium. The big long-term project which Queensland Cricket hopes will make a major difference is the construction of a train station opposite the ground and associated work outside the stadium, but that remains a number of years away from completion.

"When tickets go on sale I want to encourage every Australian cricket fan to book your ticket to see the return of the first Test at its rightful home of the Gabba," Queensland sports minister Mick de Brenni said. "Queenslanders and Australians were bitterly disappointed that the first test of last year's season wasn't here at the Gabba. Keeping it back here, though, will rely on us continuing to invest at the Gabba to make sure facilities are up to standard, for both players and spectators."

COLUMBUS -- After punching his ticket to the second round, Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask was asked if he thought it was important to be known as a big-game goalie.

"Yeah, well," Rask said. "It's better than sucking."

Rask did not suck at all in Monday night's 3-0 blanking of the Columbus Blue Jackets in Game 6, which brought the Bruins to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2013.

Rask turned away 39 shots in the win, and was under constant siege. The Blue Jackets hit the crossbar or post at least four times.

"He kept us in the game," Bruins coach Brice Cassidy said. "He looks real composed. They couldn't hit him or bump him, and they hit him hard tonight going to the net, got called for it, and he kept his composure. I think there was some gamesmanship most teams go through to try to get a goalie off his game. He was able to play through that."

For the series, Rask posted a sizzling .948 save percentage with a 1.71 GAA. Columbus tended to come out hot in every game, and Rask turned aside 54 of the 56 first-period shots (.964 save percentage). In his four wins against Columbus, Rask allowed just six goals while facing 137 shots. In total, the Blue Jackets had 212 shots and 68 high-danger chances in the series, and mustered only 11 goals.

"I think that he was our best player the whole series," Bruins captain Zdeno Chara said. "He was the stone at the back end that we rely on every night, and he deserves a lot of credit for the performance he put in those six games."

It felt like the Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella was trying to rattle Rask earlier on Monday. Tortorella told reporters, "I think we put a dent in Tuukka Rask heading into Game 6 here."

Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy was not amused when he heard of that comment.

"I don't think he's been dented," Cassidy said on Monday morning.

Tortorella was much more complimentary of Rask after the series.

"Rask just took off, he's a big reason," the coach said. "We had some opportunities, but Rask just took off."

The Bruins will play the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference finals. Game 1 has not yet been announced.

When it comes to voluntary workouts, New York Jets running back Le'Veon Bell said on Monday that he knows what "works for me to be the best player I can be."

Bell took to social media to respond to a question about when he's going to attend practice after skipping some voluntary workouts: "When it's time to play football...l got to stick to the formula that I know works for me to be the best player I can be...l'm not just tryna win football games, I want a ring! I want to desperately show everybody what I can what I can REALLY do...I'll take the heat right now, everybody will forget about that once January comes around."

Bell attended the first week of voluntary workouts, which began April 8, but hasn't attended since. Last month, coach Adam Gase appeared unconcerned about Bell's absence at the start of the team's voluntary three-day minicamp.

"It's voluntary," Gase said. "(Bell) was here that first week (of offseason workouts), and we got a lot of good information that week to him."

Gase also said players who don't attend can stay on top of things remotely with their iPad playbooks. The Jets will conduct their first official practice on May 21, but that, too, is voluntary. The first mandatory event is their second minicamp, starting June 4.

The Jets signed Bell this offseason to a four-year, $52.5 million deal that includes $27 million in fully guaranteed money.

Desperate to add playmakers on offense to help second-year quarterback Sam Darnold, the Jets made Bell the focal point of their offseason game plan on offense. They also signed wide receiver Jamison Crowder and traded for former Pro Bowl guard Kelechi Osemele.

The Associated Press and ESPN's Rich Cimini contributed to this report.

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump awarded golfer Tiger Woods the nation's highest civilian honor on Monday, describing the 43-year-old as a "true legend" who transformed golf and then fought through years of injury to return to the sport's summit.

Trump awarded Woods with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Woods is the fourth golfer to earn that distinction and certainly the youngest. While he dominated the sport for more than a decade, he won his first major in nearly 11 years at last month's Masters Tournament, a comeback that captivated the sporting world.

"Tiger was back on top," Trump declared during the Rose Garden ceremony.

Trump described the litany of victories Woods has obtained during his remarkable career and the injuries that almost derailed it.

"This evening, we are in the presence of a true legend, an extraordinary athlete who has transformed golf and achieved new levels of dominance," Trump said during the presentation. "He's also a great person. He's a great guy."

Jack Nicklaus, a previous recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, was among several golfers to congratulate Woods in messages on their Twitter accounts.

Woods was joined at the ceremony by his mother, Kutilda; daughter, Sam Alexis, 11; son, Charlie Axel, 10; and girlfriend, Erica Herman. Woods' father, Earl, passed away more than a decade ago. Woods' longtime caddie, Joe LaCava, also attended.

Woods became emotional as he spoke of his parents, and he thanked those who have supported him over the years, saying, "You've seen the good and bad, the highs and lows, and I would not be in this position without all of your help."

Woods tweeted after the White House ceremony:

President George W. Bush presented the Medal of Freedom to Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer. Obama presented it to Charlie Sifford, sometimes referred to as the "Jackie Robinson of golf." Woods noted that he named his son after Sifford. "He was like the grandpa I never had," Woods recalled.

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is given to individuals who have made "especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors," according to the White House. Presidents have complete discretion over whom they honor with the medal.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

New Wolves prez promises to question norms

Published in Basketball
Monday, 06 May 2019 16:50

MINNEAPOLIS -- Gersson Rosas has firsthand experience with success from unconventional strategy from his 17-year run with the Houston Rockets.

An outside-the-box approach might be necessary if the Minnesota Timberwolves are going to catch up in the cutthroat Western Conference.

"We're going to question the norm with everything that we do," Rosas said.

The first Latino to lead an NBA front office has landed with a 30-year-old franchise defined by bad-luck setbacks and self-induced dysfunction as much as any accomplishments on the court. The hiring of Rosas as president of basketball operations was greenlighted by Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor as the remedy to one of the latest backfires, the hiring of Tom Thibodeau three years ago for the dual role of president and coach.

As Taylor and chief executive officer Ethan Casson narrowed their search, they couldn't help but notice Rosas appeared as confident and eager about joining them as they were about offering the job to him. The Timberwolves used an outside search firm to hire Thibodeau. This time, Casson directed an interview process that included several members of the organization from various levels and departments.

"I wanted someone that could work with the entire staff," Taylor said. "Not only the players, but the whole organization. Somebody that felt like they were part of the team and knew what teamwork meant."

The Timberwolves averaged the third-smallest crowd in the league last season, an announced figure of 15,305 fans per game, while missing the playoffs after a spirited postseason return in 2018 that ended a 13-year absence. The midsize market of the Twin Cities is as crowded as ever for attention and revenue. There's just as steep of a climb facing the business side, then, as the basketball operations.

One of the reasons Rosas stood out among the four finalists -- Chauncey Billups, Trajan Langdon and Calvin Booth were the others -- was his holistic vision of a collaborative and innovative culture. During the Thibodeau era, the environment was more fractured than not.

"The organizations that have figured that out, and we hope to be one of them, I think will in fact not just win, but win at a high level," Casson said.

Rosas briefly left the Rockets in 2013 to become the general manager of the Dallas Mavericks only to return because he decided the fit was not ideal. This time, with his wife, Susana, and 3-year-old fraternal twins, Giana and Grayson, in tow, the opportunity felt right.

"When the resources are in place, this is a great market not only for the organization and the players, but for my family," said Rosas, who was introduced at a news conference in the Target Center lobby on Monday. He added: "Not only were they interviewing me, but I was interviewing them. And as I've talked to different organizations in this league, they stood out."

Rosas moved with his family from Bogota, Colombia, to Houston, where learned to love basketball in high school and began coaching after college. He started with the Rockets as an intern, immersed himself in the scouting world and worked his way up to executive vice president of basketball operations, the title he largely held for the past seven seasons.

"He's been way overqualified for his job for a while here," Rockets general manager Daryl Morey said. "He's more than earned his shot, although I wish he would've gone East. We're going to have an extremely tough competitor in the West."

The first order of business for Rosas will be to determine whether Ryan Saunders, whom Taylor has wholeheartedly endorsed, will remain as coach. General manager Scott Layden, who also added responsibility when Thibodeau was fired on Jan. 6, has been in limbo, too. Rosas said there were no preconditions established by Taylor about their status.

Rosas credited Thibodeau for leaving behind a competitive roster, a team led by center Karl-Anthony Towns with plenty of young talent and unrealized potential. The greatest immediate challenge to improvement, beyond the competition in the West, will be the salary cap. Maximum contracts for Towns and enigmatic sidekick Andrew Wiggins have helped push the Timberwolves close to the luxury tax threshold.

The most practical changes, then, could first come in the playbook. The MIT-educated Morey led a data-driven overhaul of the Rockets more than a decade ago, with current coach Mike D'Antoni more recently steering the innovation on the court in the pace-and-space era of the NBA. The Rockets have led the league in 3-point attempts for three straight seasons, with the Wolves ranking 26th this season after finishing last in each of the previous two years.

"We want to be strategic, and we want to play to our strengths," Rosas said. "A lot of it has to do with the players we have on our roster and how we can operate out of that, but I think you're going to see a lot of similarities with how the modern game is being played."

Bucks lean on bench en route to 3-1 series lead

Published in Basketball
Monday, 06 May 2019 22:53

BOSTON -- Celtics fans roared with delight when Giannis Antetokounmpo bumped Marcus Morris, causing a referee to blow his whistle. Just eight minutes into the third quarter Monday night, Antetokounmpo had picked up his fourth foul. Khris Middleton followed shortly after, crashing into Kyrie Irving.

In came George Hill and Pat Connaughton to replace the Milwaukee Bucks' two All-Stars. Two minutes later, Eric Bledsoe, who also had four fouls, checked out and took his place next to Antetokounmpo and Middleton on the bench.

The crowd inside TD Garden, where Milwaukee lost to Boston four times in the playoffs last season, was deafening. Marcus Smart, Boston's emotional leader, was back. The Celtics, trailing 2-1 in this best-of-seven series, were desperate.

"If we're honest, you see Giannis and Khris go to the bench, you're concerned," Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said.

All of this, all at once, left the Bucks facing the one question that had hung over them all season long: When Antetokounmpo, the likely MVP, has been neutralized, can the Bucks survive?

Then the Bucks proceeded to answer that question affirmatively -- and in the most emphatic way possible. With Milwaukee stars sitting with foul trouble, the Bucks -- led by Hill -- went on a 17-7 run to end the third quarter. They gained a lead they would never relinquish and went on to beat the Celtics 113-101. The Bucks now lead the Eastern Conference semifinal 3-1.

"Some nights the starters might not have it going," Connaughton said. "The effort and the energy when we check into the game. That's something George, me, everybody on the bench prides ourselves in. That is the 'Bench Mob.'"

To understand the significance of that run, one must understand that third quarters have been big this series. The third quarters have been so big, they've dictated who wins every game. The Celtics outscored the Bucks by 15 points in Game 1. The Celtics won that game. Milwaukee outscored Boston by 21 in the third quarter of Game 2 and went on to win. The Bucks bested the Celtics by nine points in the third quarter in Game 3. Who won that game? The Bucks.

But all of that was with Antetokounmpo or Middleton playing at least eight minutes. On Monday, they sat watching. The Bucks have maintained all season long that their depth is a key factor, but the timing was not ideal.

"Whoever we have on the floor, it's not like, 'Oh damn, we're stuck with these guys,'" Lopez said.

When Bledsoe sat in the third quarter of Game 4, the Celtics led by two. Hill scored 9 of his 15 point in the third. Not only did the Bucks guards find ways to score, they limited Irving to just five points -- all from the free throw line.

From the bench, Middleton leaned over to Malcolm Brogdon and said, "This is a great spot to be in."

"I mean we are on the road and playing in a hostile environment," Middleton said after the game, recalling the conversation. "Most of our starters are in foul trouble and we're still in this game. It's still a winnable game."

Budenholzer said he contemplated bringing Antetokounmpo and Middleton back earlier to end the third quarter. Instead, because the bench was building the Bucks' lead, he sat them for longer. At the end of the quarter, the Bucks led 80-72.

It isn't the first game in the series that Milwaukee has leaned on its bench. In Game 3, the Bucks got a heavy offensive boost from Connaughton and Hill. Hill scored 21 points in that game, helping the Bucks to get offensive rhythm on a night that Bledsoe struggled to make shots. Connaughton had 14 points.

"They've been the difference-maker in this series," Antetokounmpo said. "It's great to have guys who can step up like that from the bench."

For the Celtics to win this series now, they would have to beat the Bucks in three straight games. Milwaukee has not lost three consecutive games this season.

Kyrie mired in career worst 3-game playoff slump

Published in Basketball
Monday, 06 May 2019 21:18

BOSTON -- As the final seconds ticked off the clock at TD Garden on Monday night, Kyrie Irving marched off the court well ahead of his Celtics teammates. He got off the court and down the long hallway outside of Boston's home locker room so fast that by the time he ducked in the door and disappeared from view, none of his teammates had even reached it.

It's understandable why Irving would want to leave the court so quickly. The past three games of this Eastern Conference semifinal -- including Games 3 and 4 at home -- have been ones for him to forget.

And after his latest dud Monday night -- going 7-for-22 while scoring 23 points in Boston's 113-101 Game 4 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks -- the Celtics find themselves on the brink of going home for the summer.

"I missed shots," Irving said. "Shots just didn't go in. You go out and prepare, like I said. Sometimes they go in, sometimes they don't.

"They do a great job of loading, too. They're making the paint look crowded whenever I'm driving or wherever I'm going on the court, seeing two or three bodies, sometimes four.

"Now it's time to get ready for Game 5."

Over the past three games, Irving has gone 19-for-62 (31 percent) from the field. Those 43 missed field goal attempts are the most Irving has ever missed over a three-game stretch in the playoffs, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.

Not surprisingly, Boston's fortunes have cratered along with Irving's faulty jumper. The Celtics went from winning Game 1 in convincing fashion to take home court in this series -- and, in doing so, seemingly exposed every Bucks flaw observers around the league had been wondering if someone would exploit in the playoffs all season -- to dropping the past three in a row to find themselves, shockingly, on the brink of elimination.

Irving, though, remained defiant afterward that his shot, eventually, would start falling.

"Who cares?" Irving said in response to a question about his shooting woes. "I'm a basketball player. Prepare the right way. Like I said, it's a little different when your rhythm is challenged every play down. You're being picked up full court. They're doing things to test you.

"The expectations on me are going to be sky-high. I try to utilize their aggression against them and still put my teammates in great position while still being aggressive. I'm trying to do it all.

"For me, the 22 shots? I should have shot 30. I'm that great of a shooter."

He certainly wasn't Monday. Then again, neither were his teammates. The Celtics combined to shoot 37.8 percent from the floor and 9-for-41 (22 percent) from 3-point range. On uncontested jumpers, the Celtics were 14-for-39 overall, and they were 6-for-26 from 3-point range -- while Irving himself was 1-for-7 and 0-for-4, respectively.

The Celtics were aggressive early in the game attacking the basket -- getting away from the steady diet of jump shots that doomed them in Game 3 and scoring 44 points in the paint after putting up just 24 in Game 3. They even managed to get both Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton -- Milwaukee's two All-Stars -- to pick up their fourth fouls midway through the third quarter, seemingly giving Boston a chance to take control of the game.

Instead, the Celtics allowed the Bucks to outscore them 22-13 over the final 8:18 of the third while Antetokounmpo watched from the bench with four fouls to all but put the game away. Although Boston made a couple of runs in the fourth to make things interesting, at one point pulling back within five, the Celtics never seriously threatened again.

"I'm sorry to say it, but our offense is dictating our defense," Marcus Morris said. "We're not making shots. We're not getting back.

"I feel like we've been pretty soft a little bit."

The Celtics will be hoping that changes Wednesday, when they return to Milwaukee with a daunting task in front of them: having to win three straight games against a team that has yet to lose three games in a row all season.

It is a scenario Irving has been in before -- when he was playing alongside LeBron James with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016, and he and the Cavaliers came back from down 3-1 against the defending champion Golden State Warriors to win the NBA title.

Irving, of course, hit the game-winning shot in Game 7 of that series. And, despite his own play, and that of his teammates, being not nearly good enough through the past three games, he said he remains confident that the Celtics have what it takes to turn this series around.

"It's unwavering," he said, when asked where his confidence level in the Celtics stands at this point. "It's the game of basketball. At this point, we obviously understand the X's and O's. It's just going out and trying to manage the game better."

If the Celtics fail to do so Wednesday, Boston's season will end in Milwaukee -- and, with it, so could Irving's time with the Celtics. He is set to be an unrestricted free agent this summer, and that long walk down the hallway Monday night could've been the final time Irving makes it as a Celtic if he chooses to head elsewhere come July.

Irving was asked, as he walked off the court and down that hallway, what was going through his mind.

"The game was over," Irving said.

Nationals' Gomes, Stevenson injured vs. Brewers

Published in Baseball
Monday, 06 May 2019 19:42

Washington Nationals catcher Yan Gomes and outfielder Andrew Stevenson both left Monday night's game against the Milwaukee Brewers with injuries.

Gomes, who has two homers and 10 RBIs this season, exited with a left forearm contusion. Gomes' left arm was hit by a pitch from Brewers' starter Jhoulys Chacin in the first inning.

Stevenson left the game with back spasms in the fourth inning.

Due to mechanical issues with the Nationals' charter plane in Philadelphia on Sunday, the team didn't arrive in Milwaukee until just after 12:30 p.m. ET on Monday, about seven hours before first pitch.

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