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Jumpin’ Jack Flash.
The Packers reared up, behind the team’s new ‘madman’ leader and beat the Colts, 16-10, last Sunday. The Packers went with a run-heavy game plan Sunday without QB Jordan Love, and with “Jumpin Jack’ Malik Willis who executed perfectly in a 16-10 triumph in the home opener at Lambeau Field. As a team, the Packers rushed for 261 yards and dominated time of possession by roughly 20 minutes, but the game still came down to a Hail Mary try on the last play for the Colts, which Green Bay rookie Evan Williams intercepted. Both teams left key points on the field, as the Packers fumbled at the goal line when going in for an early touchdown. Both kickers also missed one field goal each. For the Packers, Willis was 12-of-14 for 122 yards with a TD and 126.8 passer rating. RB Josh Jacobs rushed 32 times for 151 yards, with Willis adding 41 yards on six attempts. WR Romeo Doubs had three catches for 62 yards, and WR Dontayvion Wicks had three catches for 26 yards and a score.
The Packers recovered the onside kick and needed one first down to clinch the win, but three carries by Jacobs came up short. The Packers punt from the Colts 43 and Indianapolis has to go 95 yards in 43 seconds with no timeouts. Quay Walker has a chance to intercept a pass to end it, but the ball goes off his hands and to Pearce for a first down. Richardson overthrows Mitchell on the next play and scrambles for 21 yards to set up an end zone throw or two. With 5 seconds left, Richardson throws the ball to the 10-yard line and the ball is intercepted by Evan Williams at the horn. The Packers won, 16-10. The Packers ran 53 running plays during the game, the most running plays the team’s run since 1978.
The Milwaukee Brewers.
The team goes for a sweep as it wraps up a three-game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field. Eugenio Suárez hit a game-ending single off the right-field wall, just a few feet shy of a grand slam, capping a three-run 10th inning that led Arizona Diamondbacks over the Milwaukee Brewers 11-10 on Sunday to avoid a series sweep. The normally steady Brewer’s bullpen repeatedly faltered late, failing to cash in on Jackson Chourio’s clutch triple, and the Arizona Diamondbacks walked it off for a crazy 11-10 win in 10 innings at Chase Field. Chourio capitalized on a baffling decision by the Diamondbacks in the top of the 10th to intentionally walk the batter in front of him, slicing a two-run triple to right that put Milwaukee ahead, 10-8. Jared Koenig remained in the game for the 10th after throwing a scoreless ninth inning and allowed three singles and hit a batter to tie the game back up. He remained in the game for Eugenio Suarez, who hit a walk-off single off the fence in right.
All the while, Brewers closer Devin Williams remained in the bullpen. Brewers’ manager Pat Murphy indicated after the game he only wanted to use Williams for a batter or two due to workload management. Williams, though, was sitting in the bullpen seemingly ready and eager to enter the game, growing in frustration alongside observers at home as one batter after another reached and he remained stationary. Chourio officially has more home runs than years lived. With two on in the fifth inning, Chourio took a 1-2 curveball at the knees from Zac Gallen from golfed it out to left field at an exit velocity of 105.5 mph. The 20-year-old now has 21 homers to go along with his 20 steals. The Brewers drew within 5-3 on Chourio’s swing. The homer was Chourio’s 69th batted ball over 100 mph since July 1, which ranks in the top 10 in all of baseball and is the same amount as Yankees slugger Aaron Judge has.
