— Spurs 111, Thunder 103
San Antonio is in the NBA Finals for the first time in 12 years.
Spurs were +16 in 38:00 Julian Champagne played, minus-8 in the 10:00 he sat out.
Spurs shot 17-40 behind the arc.
NBA Finals start Wednesday: Knicks at San Antonio.
— A’s 6, New York 4
A’s get a much-needed win, snapping a six-game home losing skid.
JT Ginn allowed four hits, an unearned run in six IP.
Kurtz, Langeliers, Soderstrom all homered for the A’s.
— Phillies 4, Dodgers 3
Edmundo Sosa hit a two-run homer in the top of the 8th.
Jhoan Duran recorded his 12th save, pitching a scoreless 9th inning.
Under is 16-2 in Phillies’ last eighteen games.
— Pirates 10, Twins 9
Pirates led 7-1 in 2nd inning; game was 7-7 after four innings.
Jake Mangum was 3-for-4, scored twice, had two RBI.
Minnesota is 15-14 at home, 12-18 on the road.
— Rangers 7, Royals 6
Texas led 3-0 after six, Royals led 6-3 in the 8th.
Rangers scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth.
Ezequiel Duran had a walk-off single for the Rangers.
— Famous birthdays, May 31st:
Clint Eastwood, 96
Joe Namath, 83
Sharon Gless, 83
Tom Berenger, 77
Susie Essman, 71
Roma Maffia, 68
Chris Elliott, 66
Lea Thompson, 65
Jake Peavy, 45
Andrew Bailey, 42
Nate Robinson, 42
Emerson Hancock, 27
— Carolina Hurricanes are -155 favorites to win the Stanley Cup final over the Vegas Golden Knights. Carolina last won the Stanley Cup 20 years ago; Golden Knights won the Cup three years; they’ve been in the Finals three times in their nine years as an NHL franchise.
— Poinsettia Bowl is making a comeback this fall; Pac-12 champ is going to play one of the teams that bolted from the Pac-12, in San Diego.
— Freddy Peralta has finished the 6th inning in only four of his 12 starts; the Mets’ defense is suspect, which hasn’t helped much, but in his last three starts, Peralta allowed 11 runs in 16.2 IP.
Friday against the Marlins, Peralta threw 94 pitches, but didn’t finish the 5th inning; Marlins fouled off 21 of those pitches, whiffed on 12 of them. Mets need more length from Peralta, but they need to put a better defensive infield behind him.
— Chicago White Sox put 1B Munetaka Murakami on the IL; he is expected to miss 4-6 weeks with a Grade 2 hamstring strain.
— Movie of the Day: Against All Odds (1984)- A gangster hires a retired football player to find his ex-girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love and things get complicated.
Jeff Bridges is the football player, Rachel Ward is the girlfriend, James Woods is the gangster; Alex Karras, Richard Widmark are also in this movie.
— Orioles 6, Blue Jays 5
Baltimore scored five runs in the bottom of ninth inning.
Pete Alonso had a walk-off single for the Orioles.
Toronto pitchers walked 11 Baltimore hitters.
— White Sox 7, Tigers 1
Chicago’s bullpen tossed four scoreless IP, allowing one baserunner.
White Sox have won 15 of their last 18 home games.
Detroit has lost 20 of its last 24 games overall.
— Nationals 9, Padres 4
San Diego led 3-1 in 7th inning, when Nationals scored six runs.
Luis Garcia Jr was 2-for-4, with two RBI.
Fernando Tatis Jr hit his first HR this year, in his 233rd plate appearance.
— Mets 6, Marlins 1
Hayden Senger hit his first major league home run.
Christian Scott is 1-0, 2.97 in seven starts this season.
Marlins are 18-15 at home, 8-18 on the road.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres-Cubs-Arizona
AL: Rays, Guardians, Mariners. Wild Cards: New York-White Sox-Blue Jays
