— Dodgers 8, New York 5
Judge, Ohtani both homered in first inning.
Ohtani added a second homer in the 6th inning.
Dodgers improve to 20-8 at home.
— Astros 2, Rays 1
Yainer Diaz hit a walk-off home run for Houston.
Tampa Bay led 1-0 after seven innings.
Framber Valdez threw an 83-pitch complete game.
— Nationals 9, Diamondbacks 7
Game was 6-6 after the third inning.
Washington won 10 of its last 13 games.
— Twins 12, Mariners 6 (10)
Minnesota tied game with three runs in 9th inning.
Seattle led 4-2 after the sixth inning.
Mariners lost seven of their last ten games.
— Padres 3, Pirates 2
San Diego beat the Pirates for the 10th time in a row.
Pittsburgh left the bases loaded in top of the 8th.
Nick Pivetta is 6-2, 2.74 for San Diego this year.
— Brewers 6, Phillies 2
Christian Yelich homered twice, had four RBI
Milwaukee won its fifth game in a row.
Quinn Priester pitched six innings in relief for the win.
— Mets 4, Rockies 2
Francisco Lindor homered from both sides of the plate.
Mets won the last 25 games that Lindor homered in.
Colorado has lost six in a row, is 9-48 this season.
Famous birthdays, May 31st:
Clint Eastwood, 95
Joe Namath, 82
Sharon Gless, 82
Tom Berenger, 76
Susie Essman, 70
Chris Elliott, 65
Lea Thompson, 64
Brooke Shields, 60
Kenny Lofton, 58
Duane Causwell, 57
Dave Roberts, 53
Matt Harpring, 49
Jake Peavy, 44
Nate Robinson, 41
Spencer Schwellenbach, 25
— Stanley Cup Finals don’t start until Wednesday in Edmonton; pretty long layoff for the two teams.
Edmonton Oilers are -115 favorites against the Florida Panthers. It has been 32 years since a Canadian franchise won the Stanley Cup.
— Indiana Pacers lead the Knicks 3-2 in the NBA’s Eastern Conference final; Knicks are 0-14 in playoff series when they trailed 2-0. They need a road win Saturday to force a Game 7 in Madison Square Garden.
— Denver Nuggets hired interim coach David Adelman as their new full-time coach, but this week he fired four assistants, all of whom were with the Nuggets two years ago, when they won the NBA title.
Nuggets made headlines when they fired their coach/GM three games before the end of this year’s regular season, highly unusual for a team with a winning record.
— On a typical game night, the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder use around 500 towels; that’s a lot of freakin’ towels. Lot of laundry to do after every game.
— Los Angeles Dodgers have $102M in payroll on the injured list; Mookie Betts missed Friday’s game after he injured the 2nd toe on his left foot during an off-the-field incident Wednesday. He was supposed to have x-rays before Friday’s game.
— The other night in Anaheim, Angels walked Aaron Judge intentionally in both the first/second innings, which almost never happens. Angels lost the game 1-0.
— Was reading some stuff about the Red Sox, and their 2024 budget, which aired on a Netflix series about the team:
In 2024, the Red Sox……..
Spent $150,000 to buy 120 bats for each player.
Spent $19,000 on custom batting helmets.
Spent nearly $500,000, just on baseballs. Thats a lot of baseballs.
They also spent $500 on mud from the Delaware River in New Jersey, which is what they use to rub up the baseballs before each game.
