Monday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports weekend…….

— Thunder 123, Pacers 107
Oklahoma City led 59-41 at halftime.
Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points.
Thunder’s subs were +57, their starters +23. 

Series moves to Indiana; Game 3 is Wednesday. 

— Dodgers have scored 367 runs, the most in baseball; Cubs are second (363)- last time the Cubs led the major leagues in runs scored? 

1929.

— Mets 13, Rockies 5
Pete Alonso, Jeff McNeil both homered twice.
Alonso has 18 RBI in eight games this month.
Mets lead the NL East by 4.5 games over the Phillies.

— Pirates 2, Phillies 1
Andrew McCutchen had the game-winning single in the 8th inning.
Paul Skenes has a 1.88 ERA in 14 starts; Pirates are 6-8 in those games.
Phillies have lost nine of their last ten games.

— Giants 4, Braves 3
San Francisco has won five games in a row.
Braves have lost 14 of their last 17 games.
Giants are first team since the 2005 Twins to have a homestand of 7+ games, with every game decided by one run.

— UFL playoffs:
Panthers 44, Stallions 29
Michigan out-rushed Stallions 144-61; Panthers were +2 in turnovers.
Bryce Perkins threw for 238 yards and a TD.

Defenders 36, Battlehawks 18
Defenders led 20-6 at halftime.
Defenders out-gained St Louis, 388-240.
DC was 7-11 on third down, Battlehawks 2-9

Panthers/Defenders play for the UFL title next week.

— CFL Week 1:
Saskatchewan 31, Ottawa 26
Saskatchewan led 31-14 after three quarters, hung on for the win.
Ottawa had 12 penalties for 126, Roughriders had 5 for 85.
Ottawa QB Dru Brown threw for 413 yards in a long cause.

Montreal 28, Toronto 10
Montreal avenges its loss to Toronto in last year’s playoffs.
Alouettes led 15-3 at halftime.
Montreal outgained the Argonauts, 354-276

Calgary 38, Hamilton 26
Stampeders were the only underdog to win this week.
Calgary led 18-9 at halftime.
Dedrick Mills ran for 94 years, three TD’s for Calgary.

BC Lions 31, Edmonton 14
Edmonton led this game 7-3 at halftime.
Lions outscored Edmonton 28-7 in second half.
Nathan Rourke threw for 324 yards, three TD’s.
BC outgained the Elks, 446-248.

Famous birthdays, June 9th:
Dave Parker, 74
Brian Taylor, 74
Michael J Fox, 64
Aaron Sorkin, 64

Johnny Depp, 62
Gloria Reuben, 61
D’Marco Farr, 54
Peja Stojaković, 48

Udonis Haslem, 45
Natalie Portman, 44
Josh Cribbs, 42
Yuli Gurriel, 41

— Padres 1, Brewers 0
Manny Machado’s home run was the game’s only run.
Neither team got a hit until the bottom of the fifth inning.
Five San Diego relievers got the last 11 outs.

— Rays 3, Marlins 2
In his last five starts, Drew Rasmussen has allowed 2 runs in 29 IP.
Tampa Bay leads the major leagues, with 90 stolen bases.
Teams split their six-game season series this year; Tampa Bay had won the season series the previous six years.

— A’s 5, Orioles 1
Lawrence Butler was 13-32 this week, with 12 runs scored, 22 total bases.
A’s win the series, ending their 9-series losing streak.
Orioles had won six in a row, before losing 2 of 3 in Sacramento.

— Dodgers 7, Cardinals 3
Clayton Kershaw tossed five innings, got his first win this year.
Tommy Edman drove in three runs, with two hits and a sac fly.
In his career, Kershaw is 12-6 against the Cardinals.

— Guardians 4, Astros 2
Go-ahead run scored on a throwing error in the 7th inning.
Cleveland is still only 5-8 in its last thirteen games.
Only fourth loss in 14 games for first-place Houston.

— Red Sox 11, New York 7
New York led this game 3-2 after the fifth inning.
Abraham Toro was 3-5, with a homer and two doubles.
Aaron Judge homered twice, is hitting .396 with a 1.264 OPS

Author: Armadillo Sports

I've been involved in sports my whole life, now just write about them. I like to travel, mostly to Las Vegas- they have gambling there.