Armadillo Sports

September’s Too……..is a good bar
1165 Central Avenue in Colonie, just west of Osborne Road

Tuesday- Open for lunch……..
Wednesday- Live music during lunch……..
Thursday- Open Mike Night, 7:00
Friday- Karaoke at 8:00
Saturday- Live music at 8:00…….

You can order food from them via Door Dash
There’s a pool table, only 25 cents/game.
Check it out, it’s a fun place

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Tuesday’s 6-pack
Teams with the fewest stolen bases this season:
15— Giants
21— Astros
22— Tigers
25— Blue Jays
26— Dodgers
27— Rangers

Quote of the Day
“Rick Adelman’s NBA coaching career has been highlighted by innovation, integrity and excellence. His teams always played to their strengths, and Rick always found subtle ways to reinvent NBA basketball to help his players thrive. His quiet, unassuming nature belies his impact as one of the great NBA coaches of all time.”
Rick Carlisle, talking about the late Rick Adelman, who passed away this week

Tuesday’s quiz
Nolan Ryan pitched in one World Series; who was he pitching for that season?

Monday’s quiz
In his Hall of Fame career, Nolan Ryan threw seven no-hitters; he threw a no-hitter for three different teams.  

Sunday’s quiz
Jeff Van Gundy was the Knicks’ coach, last time they played in the NBA Finals. 

NL East
Trends are thru June 1st
— Braves (40-20)
Braves are 14-7 in their last 21 games.
Atlanta is 22-13 vs righty starters, 18-7 vs lefties.
Over is 10-1-1 in Braves’ last 12 road games.

— Marlins (27-34)
Marlins lost five of their last six games.
Marlins are 18-15 at home, 9-19 on road.
Over is 10-1-1 in Marlins’ last 12 road games.

— Mets (26-34)
Mets won four of their last five games. 
New York is 5-11 vs lefty starting pitchers.
Mets are 24-4 when they score 4+ runs.

— Phillies (30-29)
Phillies are 21-10 in their last 31 games.
Under is 16-3 in their last sixteen games.
Phiilies are 23-15 vs righty starters, 7-14 vs lefties.

— Nationals (31-30)
Nationals are 12-18 at home, 19-12 on the road.
Over is 18-8 in their last 26 games.
Nationals are 18-24 vs righty starters, 13-6 vs lefties.

NL Central
— Cubs (32-28)
Chicago lost 12 of its last 15 games.
Cubs are 9-5 in one-run games.
Under is 4-1 in Cubs’ last five home games.

— Reds (30-29)
Reds are 1-7 in last eight games, when winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Over is 19-6 in their last 25 home games.
Reds are 21-25 vs righty starters, 9-4 vs lefties.

— Brewers (36-21)
Milwaukee is 26-8 in its last 34 games.
Milwaukee is 27-2 when they score 5+ runs.
Under is 9-2-1 in their last 12 home games.

— Pirates (32-28)
Pirates are 6-2 in their last eight games.
Pittsburgh is 27-18 vs righty starters, 5-10 vs lefties.
Over is 14-5 in their last nineteen home games.

— Cardinals (31-27)
St Louis lost six of its last eight games.
St Louis is 15-15 at home, 16-12 on the road.
Cardinals are 11-6 in one-run games.

NL West
— Diamondbacks (32-27)
Arizona won 15 of its last 22 games.
Diamondbacks are 23-24 vs righty starters, 9-3 vs lefties.
Under is 9-2-1 n their last 12 home games.

— Rockies (23-38)
Rockies won three of their last four games.
Colorado is 19-27 vs righty starters, 4-11 vs lefties.
Over is 11-5-1 in their last seventeen road games. 

— Dodgers (38-22)
Dodgers are 14-4 in their last eighteen games.
Under is 13-6 in their last nineteen games.
Dodgers are 34-2 when they score 4+ runs.

— Padres (29-20)
San Diego lost six of its last seven games.
Under is 13-2 in their last fifteen home games.
Padres are 22-5 when they score 4+ runs.

— Giants (23-37)
Giants are 11-24 in their last 35 games.
SF is 18-28 vs righty starters, 5-9 vs lefties.
Over is 7-1 in their last eight home games.

— Famous birthdays, June 2nd:
Jerry Mathers, 78
Lawrence McCutcheon, 76
Joanna Gleason, 76
Dennis Haysbert, 72
Andy McCollum, 56

Earl Boykins, 50
Nikki Cox, 48
Tim Stauffer, 44
Austin Davis, 37
Liam Hicks, 27

AL East
— Orioles (28-32)
Baltimore is 7-3 in its last ten games.
Orioles are 22-19 vs righty starters, 6-13 vs lefties.
Orioles are 5-9 in one-run games.

— Red Sox (23-32)
Boston is 9-19 at Fenway, worst home record in MLB.
Over is 6-2-1 in their last nine games.
Red Sox are 4-8 against their AL East rivals.

— New York (36-23)
New York won 15 of its last 19 home games.
Over is 4-1 in their last five games.
New York is 22-18 vs righty starters, 14-5 vs lefties.

— Rays (36-21)
Tampa Bay lost six of its last eight games.
Rays are 24-17 vs righty starters, 12-4 vs lefties.
Tampa Bay is 14-6 against their AL East rivals.

— Blue Jays (29-31)
Toronto is 8-4 in its last dozen games.
Blue Jays are 17-13 at home, 12-18 on the road.
Toronto is 21-10 if they score 4+ runs.

AL Central
— White Sox (32-28)
White Sox are 26-15 in their last 41 games.
Over is 5-0 in their last five road games.
Chicago is 25-9 when they score 4+ runs.

— Guardians (34-27)
Cleveland is 13-5 in its last 18 games.
Guardians are 19-22 vs righty starters, 15-5 vs lefties.
Guardians are 13-6 in series openers.

— Tigers (23-38)
Tigers are 3-13 in their last sixteen games.
Detroit is 14-14 at home, 9-24 on the road.
Tigers are 4-13 against their AL Central rivals.

— Royals (23-37)
Kansas City lost 16 of its last 20 games.
Royals are 15-17 at home, 8-20 on the road.
Over is 5-1 in their last six games.

— Twins (28-33)
Minnesota lost six of its last eight games.
Twins are 9-6 against their AL Central rivals.
Over is 18-5-1 in their last 24 road games.

AL West
— Astros (27-34)
Houston won seven of its last ten games.
Over is 5-1-1 in their last seven games.
Astros are 9-13 against their AL West rivals.

— Angels (23-38)
Halos are 7-14 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Under is 9-5 in Angels’ last fourteen road games.
Angels are 16-26 vs righty starters, 7-12 vs lefties.

— A’s (28-31)
A’s lost seven of their last nine games.
A’s are 11-17 at home, 17-14 on road.
Under is 8-2 in their last ten road games.

— Mariners (32-29)
Mariners won nine of their last eleven games.
Seattle is 30-12 when they score 3+ runs, 2-17 when they don’t.
Mariners are 14-9 vs their AL West rivals.

— Rangers (29-31)
Texas won its last four games, scoring 24 runs.
Over is 7-0-1 in their last eight home games.
Rangers are 3-6 in home series openers.

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres-Cardinals-Arizona
AL: Rays, Guardians, Mariners. Wild Cards: New York-White Sox-Tor/Tex

— Bronx 13, A’s 8
Bronx scored all 13 of its runs in the third inning.
A’s pitchers threw 74 pitches in that inning.
Bronx didn’t have any other hits, except for the third inning.
A’s have lost seven of their last eight home games.

— White Sox 2, Tigers 1
Chicago scored both its runs in the seventh inning.
White Sox have won five games in a row.
Detroit has lost 21 of its last 25 games

— AL Central standings…….
Cleveland 34-27
Chicago 32-27
Minnesota 27-33
Kansas City 22-37
Detroit 22-38

— Mariners 3, Diamondbacks 2 (10)
Victor Robles’ infield hit drove in the game-ending run.
Bryce Miller/Luis Castillo both threw five innings for Seattle.
Mariners have won six games in a row.

— AL West standings…….
Seattle 31-29
A’s 28-31
Texas 28-31
Houston 27-34
LA Angels 23-37

— Oklahoma City Thunder were 4-8 against San Antonio this season, which just beat them in seven games in the playoffs. Against the rest of the NBA, Thunder was 71-14 this year.

— Nationals 4, Padres 2
James Wood, Luis Garcia hit solo homers for Washington.
Zack Littell is 4-0, 1.96 in his last four starts.
Keibert Ruiz had two hits, threw out three Padres trying to steal a base.

— Nationals’ SS CJ Abrams has challenged seven pitches at the plate this year; all seven were changed from a strike to a ball, best record by a hitter so far this year.

— Famous birthdays, June 1st
Brian Cox, 80
Larry Centers, 58
Tony Bennett, 57

Teri Polo, 57
Derek Lowe, 53
Santana Moss, 47

Nick Young, 41
Andrew Abbott, 27
Ivan Herrera, 26

Monday would’ve been Andy Griffith’s, Marilyn Monroe’s 100th birthday.

— Teams who have hit the most home runs this year:
86- Bronx
82- Braves
80- Dodgers
79- White Sox, Astros
75- Nationals

— Teams who have hit the fewest home runs this year:
39- Brewers
43- Red Sox
46- Marlins
47- Rays
49- Diamondbacks

— Cardinals 5, Cubs 1
St Louis led 5-0 after three innings.
Matthew Liberatore got 16 outs, didn’t allow a run.
Hunter Dobbins got the last 11 outs, earned his first MLB save.

— Brewers 2, Astros 0
Jacob Misiorowski threw seven shutout IP.
Jake Bauers hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning.
Milwaukee has won five of its last six games.

— Pirates 9, Twins 3
Braxton Ashcroft struck out 11 Twins in six IP.
Ryan O’hearn, Nick Gonzales homered for the Pirates.
Minnesota has lost five games in a row, giving up 46 runs.

— NL Central standings……..
Milwaukee 35-21
St Louis 31-26
Pittsburgh 32-28
Cubs 32-28
Cincinnati 30-28

— Orioles 9, Blue Jays 5
Colton Cowser homered, had five RBI
Orioles went 7-3 on their homestand.

Toronto OF Jesus Sanchez left the game in the sixth inning; someone in the stands threw a baseball on the field, and it hit Sanchez on his right wrist.

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres-Cardinals-Arizona
AL: Rays, Guardians, Mariners. Wild Cards: New York-White Sox-Blue Jays

— 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

— Don’t want to write a lot about this right now, mainly because thinking about it makes me want to puke, but the players’ union and owners exchanged their opening economic proposals this week. The results weren’t promising.

MLB proposed a salary floor of $171.2M, a salary cap of $245.3M; they  also called for a 50/50 revenue split and the centralization of all television revenue. Right now, teams share 48% of all local TV revenue.

It seems doubtful that the players’ union would ever accept a salary cap.

People around the sport expect a long fight leading up to the December 1st expiration of the CBA; the start of next season could be in jeopardy. Not freakin’ good.

— Rockies 8, Giants 6
Colorado scored five runs in bottom of the 9th inning.
Ezequiel Tovar hit two homers, including a walk-off two-run blast.
Giants are 10-22 in their last 32 games.

— White Sox 4, Tigers 3 (10)
Miguel Vargas hit a two-run, walk-off HR for Chicago.
White Sox are 24-14 in their last 38 games.
Detroit lost 19 of its last 23 games.

— Mets 9, Marlins 7 (10)
MJ Melendez, who was 2 for his previous 35 at-bats, hit a walk-off homer.
Mets led this game 6-2 after four innings.
Marlins are 18-15 at home, 8-17 on the road.

— Mets TV analyst Keith Hernandez was a fine-fielding 1B in his playing days; he was saying the other night how he used two gloves a season. Something I never thought about much, how often guys switch gloves.

— Pirates 6, Twins 5
Bryan Reynolds hit a two-run, walk-off homer in the 9th inning.
Pirate bullpen got the last 14 outs, allowing one hit.
Minnesota led 5-4 after three innings; it stayed that way until Reynolds’ HR.

— Dodgers 4, Phillies 2
Dodgers hit four solo home runs off of Zack Wheeler.
Phillies didn’t get a hit until the sixth inning.
Under is 15-2 in the Phillies’ last seventeen games.

— Famous birthdays, May 30th:
Lydell Mitchell, 77
Mike LaCoss, 70
Billy Donovan, 61
Manny Ramirez, 54

Je’Rod Cherry, 53
Rasho Nesterovic, 50
Zach Wheeler, 36
Harrison Barnes, 34

— Ten years ago, starting pitchers finished the 6th inning in 54% of their starts; so far this year, starting pitchers have finished the 6th inning in only 36% of their starts.

— Brewers 5, Astros 4 (10)
Brewers bullpen threw six scoreless IP, allowing two hits.
Houston led 4-1 after four innings.
Milwaukee is 24-7 in its last 31 games.

— Guardians 4, Red Sox 3
Cleveland scored all four of its runs in the first inning.
Cade Smith got his 20th save, most in the majors.
Red Sox have lost six of their last seven games.

— Rays 8, Angels 5
Yandy Diaz homered twice for Tampa Bay.
Trailing 2-1, Rays scored seven runs in the bottom of the 7th.
Nick Martinez improved to 5-1, 1.62 this season.

— Padres 7, Nationals 5
Jackson Merrill hit a two-run homer in the 7th inning.
Mason Miller got his 17th save (4th with getting 4 outs)
Washington is 10-17 at home, 19-12 on the road.

— Craig Kimbrel recently signed with Tampa Bay; he’s had an interesting 17-year career:
2010-14- Braves
2015- Padres
2016-18- Red Sox
2019-21- Cubs

2021- White Sox
2022- Dodgers
2023- Phillies
2024- Orioles

2025- Braves
2025- Astros
2026- Mets
2026- Rays…….If he gets into the Hall of Fame, which hat goes on his plaque?

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres-Cardinals-Arizona
AL: Rays, Guardians, Mariners. Wild Cards: New York-White Sox-Blue Jays

NL East
Trends are thru May 28th
— Braves (38-19)
Braves are 12-6 in their last 18 games.
Atlanta is 20-13 vs righty starters, 18-6 vs lefties.
Over is 8-0-1 in Braves’ last nine road games.

— Marlins (26-31)
Marlins are 18-15 at home, 8-16 on road.
Miami is 19-17 vs NL teams, 7-14 vs AL teams.
Over is 7-0-1 in Marlins’ last eight road games.

— Mets (26-31)
Mets lost seven of their last nine games. 
New York is 4-11 vs lefty starting pitchers.
Mets are 13-1 when they score 5+ runs, 13-30 when they don’t.

— Phillies (29-27)
Phillies are 20-8 in their last 28 games.
Under is 14-2 in their last sixteen games.
Phiilies are 22-14 vs righty starters, 7-13 vs lefties.

— Nationals (29-28)
Nationals are 10-16 at home, 19-12 on the road.
Over is 15-7 in their last 22 games.
Nationals are 16-22 vs righty starters, 13-6 vs lefties.

NL Central
— Cubs (31-26)
Chicago won its last two games, after an 0-10 skid.
Cubs are 9-4 in one-run games.
Over is 6-0-1 in Cubs’ last seven road games.

— Reds (29-26)
Reds are 1-7 in last eight games, when winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Over is 17-5 in their last 22 home games.
Reds are 20-23 vs righty starters, 9-3 vs lefties.

— Brewers (33-20)
Milwaukee is 23-7 in its last 30 games.
Milwaukee is 25-2 when they score 5+ runs.
Under is 16-5-2 in their last 23 games.

— Pirates (29-28)
Pirates are 8-11 in their last 19 games.
Pittsburgh is 24-18 vs righty starters, 5-10 vs lefties.
Over is 11-5 in their last sixteen home games.

— Cardinals (29-25)
St Louis lost its last four games, scoring eight runs.
St Louis is 13-13 at home, 16-12 on the road.
Cardinals are 10-5 in one-run games.

NL West
— Diamondbacks (31-24)
Arizona won 14 of its last 18 games.
Diamondbacks are 22-21 vs righty starters, 9-3 vs lefties.
Under is 9-2-1 n their last 12 home games.

— Rockies (20-37)
Rockies are 6-20 in their last 26 games.
Colorado is 16-27 vs righty starters, 4-10 vs lefties.
Over is 10-5-1 in their last sixteen road games. 

— Dodgers (36-20)
Dodgers are 12-2 in their last fourteen games.
Under is 10-5 in their last fifteen games.
Dodgers are 32-2 when they score 4+ runs.

— Padres (29-20)
San Diego lost its last four games, scoring fine runs.
Under is 13-2 in their last fifteen home games.
Padres are 21-4 when they score 4+ runs.

— Giants (22-34)
Giants are 10-21 in their last 31 games.
SF is 17-26 vs righty starters, 5-8 vs lefties.
Over is 7-1 in their last eight home games.

— Famous birthdays, May 29th:
Blue Moon Odom, 81
Annette Bening, 68
Sam Clancy, 68
Eric Davis, 64
Raef LaFrentz, 50

Shaun King, 49
Carmelo Anthony, 42
Steven Matz, 35
Puka Nacua, 25
Paul Skenes, 24

AL East
— Orioles (26-31)
Baltimore is 5-2 in its last seven games.
Orioles are 20-19 vs righty starters, 6-12 vs lefties.
Orioles are 4-8 in one-run games.

— Red Sox (23-32)
Boston is 9-19 at Fenway, worst home record in MLB.
Over is 4-1-1 in their last six games.
Red Sox are 4-8 against their AL East rivals.

— New York (34-22)
New York won 15 of its last 19 home games.
Under is 6-1 in their last seven games.
New York is 21-17 vs righty starters, 13-5 vs lefties.

— Rays (34-19)
Tampa Bay lost its last four games, outscored 28-10.
Rays are 22-16 vs righty starters, 12-3 vs lefties.
Tampa Bay is 14-6 against their AL East rivals.

— Blue Jays (28-29 )
Toronto is 7-2 in its last nine games.
Blue Jays are 17-13 at home, 11-16 on the road.
Toronto is 20-8 if they score 4+ runs.

AL Central
— White Sox (29-27)
White Sox are 23-14 in their last 37 games.
Over is 5-2-1 in their last eight games.
Chicago is 23-8 when they score 4+ runs.

— Guardians (33-25)
Cleveland won 12 of its last 16 games.
Guardians are 19-21 vs righty starters, 14-4 vs lefties.
Guardians are 12-6 in series openers.

— Tigers (22-35)
Tigers are 14-14 at home, 8-21 on the road.
Detroit is 16-23 vs righty starters, 6-12 vs lefties.
Tigers are 4-10 against their AL Central rivals.

— Royals (22-34)
Kansas City lost 13 of its last 16 games.
Royals are 15-17 at home, 7-17 on the road.
Under is 17-9-2 in their last 28 games.

— Twins (27-30)
Minnesota is 18-18 vs righty starters, 9-12 vs lefties.
Twins are 15-14 at home, 12-16 on the road.
Over is 15-5-1 in their last 21 road games.

AL West
— Astros (26-32)
Houston won six of its last seven games.
Over is 3-0-1 in their last four games.
Astros are 9-13 against their AL West rivals.

— Angels (22-35)
Halos won five of their last six games.
Eight of Angels’ last ten road games stayed under the total.
Angels are 15-25 vs righty starters, 7-10 vs lefties.

— A’s (27-29)
A’s lost five of their last six games.
A’s are 10-15 at home, 17-14 on road.
Under is 8-2 in their last ten road games.

— Mariners (28-29)
Mariners won five of their last seven games.
Seattle is 26-12 when they score 3+ runs, 2-17 when they don’t.
Mariners are 14-9 vs their AL West rivals.

— Rangers (25-31)
Texas lost five of its last six games.
Under is 10-4-1 in their last 15 home games.
Rangers are 2-6 in home series openers.

— 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

— Dodgers 4, Rockies 1
Shohei Ohtani led off the first inning with a home run.
Ohtani also pitched six innings, didn’t allow a hit.
Rockies have lost their last ten games in Dodger Stadium.

— Brewers 2, Cardinals 1
Dustin May no-hit Milwaukee for the first seven innings.
Brewers scored the winning run on an error by the St Louis SS.
St Louis has lost seven of its last nine games.

— Phiilies 3, Padres 0
Cristopher Sanchez pitched seven shutout innings.
Sanchez has thrown 44.2 consecutive scoreless IP, the all-time Phillies’ record.
Phillies are 20-7 in their last 27 games.

— Astros 4, Rangers 3
Yordan Alvarez homered twice for the second night in a row.
Joc Pederson also hit two home runs, scored three runs.
Texas is 9-13 against its AL West rivals.

— Umpire Emil Jimenez had a rough night behind the plate at the Reds-Mets game Tuesday night. Teams challenged nine of his pitch calls; seven of the nine calls were overturned.

— Mets 4, Reds 2
Juan Soto homered for second day in a row, Mets snap a five-game skid.
In their last seven games, Mets have scored a total of 12 runs.
In this game, Cincinnati left 17 men on base, was 3-15 with RISP.

— In 2022, Aaron Judge hit 62 home runs; here are the counts he hit them on:
0-0- 10 home runs
1-0- 8 home runs
2-0- 3 home runs

0-1- 4 home runs
1-1- 6 home runs
2-1- 6 home runs
3-1- 4 home runs

0-2- 2 home runs
1-2- 5 home runs
2-2- 5 home runs
3-2- 9 home runs

— Famous birthdays, May 27th:
Tom Blanchard, 78
Steve Watson, 69
Bill Doran, 68
Ed Rubbert, 64

Glen Rice, 59
Michael Oher, 40
Craig Kimbrel, 38
Rafi Gavron, 37

— Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end Travis Kelce became part of the Cleveland Guardians’ ownership group as a minority investor; Kelce grew up in Cleveland. Must be nice to be really rich.

— Northern Arizona is playing a basketball game at New Mexico November 10th; Lumberjacks are getting a check for $88,000 from New Mexico for making the trip to Albuquerque.

— Guardians 3, Nationals 2
Gavin Williams tossed 7 IP, retired last 13 batters he faced.
Cade Smith recorded his 19th save of the season.
James Wood went 8-for-12 in this series, scoring fine runs.

— Tigers 4, Angels 0
Five Tiger pitchers combined on a two-hit shutout.
Detroit’s win snapped their seven-game home losing skid.
Loss snapped the Angels’ four-game winning streak. 

— Cubs 10, Pirates 4
Ian Happ hit a three-run homer, had five RBI.
Cubs snapped their ten-game losing skid.
This was the 2,000th regular season game at PNC Park (Pirates 1003-996-1)

— Blue Jays’ C Tyler Heineman threw out four Marlins runners trying to steal a base Tuesday, the first time any major league catcher has done that since 2011.

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres-Cardinals-Arizona
AL: Rays, Guardians, Mariners. Wild Cards: New York-White Sox-Min/Tor

— Pirates 12, Cubs 1
Pirates scored five runs in the first inning.
Esmeryn Valdez hit his second HR in his 4th MLB game.
Cubs have now lost ten games in a row.

— It is still May; the Cubs have two ten-game winning streaks and a ten-game losing streak. Only other team to do that over a full season; the 2017 Dodgers. 

— Reds 7, Mets 2
Reds got six runs, 11 hits, 3 walks in five innings off of David Peterson.
Cincinnati bullpen got the last 11 outs, giving up one hit.
Mets have lost five in row, scoring six runs on 25 hits in those games.

— At one point last year, the Mets were 45-24, at the time the best record in the National League. Since then, they are 60-88.

— Rangers 10, Astros 7
Monday night, Texas didn’t get any hits, lost 9-0.
Tuesday night, Texas scored eight runs in the first inning.
Yordan Alvarez homered twice, had four RBI for Houston.

— Angels 10, Tigers 6
Detroit led 6-4 after seven innings.
Vaughn Grissom hit a grand slam, had six RBI.
Tigers have lost 12 of their last 14 games.

— Kyle Schwarber has 21 home runs; here are the counts he hit them on:
0-0- 5 home runs
1-0- 2 home runs
0-1- 3 home runs
1-1- 1 home run

2-1- 3 home runs
3-1- 1 home run
1-2- 2 home runs
3-2- 4 home runs

— Famous birthdays, May 26th:
Lee Meriwether, 91
Jackie Slater, 72
Richard Schiff, 71
Allen Leavell, 69

Peri Gilpin, 65
John Jaha, 60
George McCloud, 59
Frank Thomas, 58

Jeff Bagwell, 58
Garrett Richards, 38
Yoan Moncada, 31
Daniel Jones, 29

— Thunder 127, Spurs 114
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points, had nine assists.
Thunder were +29 in the 31:00 Cason Wallace played.
Alex Caruso scored 22 points in 28:00 off the bench.
Oklahoma City leads the series, 3-2. 

— Chargers gave S Derwin James a three-year deal worth $75.6M, making him the highest-paid safety in the NFL.

— Braves 7, Red Sox 6
Michael Harris was 4-for-4, homered, had three RBI.
First two batters of the game for Boston hit home runs.
Atlanta leads the NL East by 8.5 games.

— Twins 5, White Sox 3 (11)
Brooks Lee hit a bases-loaded double in the 11th inning.
Munetaka Murakami hit his 19th homer for the White Sox.
Minnesota has won seven of its last nine games.

— Chances are, umpire Chris Segal isn’t enjoying the ABS challenge system. He’s had 51 pitches challenged this season, which is a lot, and 35 (68.6%) of those calls were overturned.

— RIP Bob Horner, who passed away this week. Horner played for the Braves from 1978-86; he was the first Atlanta Brave to hit four home runs in a game. He hit 218 home runs, was Rookie of the Year in 1978.

Bob Horner was 68 years old. RIP, sir.

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres-Cardinals-Arizona
AL: Rays, Guardians, A’s. Wild Cards: New York-White Sox-Twins

— Astros 9, Rangers 0
Tatsuya Imai, two relievers combined to pitch a no-hitter.
Christian Walker hit his 4th home run in his last three games.
Texas falls to 24-29, in third place in a bad AL West.

— That was the 18th no-hitter in Astros’ history; five of the 18 were combined no-hitters.

— Orioles 9, Rays 7 (13)
Colton Cowser hit his second walk-off HR in Baltimore’s last three games.
Rays lost on a walk-off homer for the second day in a row.
Tampa Bay’s bullpen allowed seven runs in the last three innings.
Only second MLB games this season that reached the 13th inning.

— Reds 7, Mets 2
Nolan McLean gave up seven runs in 3.2 IP.
Mets lost their last four games, outscored 17-4.
With the 2nd-highest payroll in MLB, Mets are 22-32, 3-11 vs lefty starters.

— Mets are 21-9 when they score 3+ runs, 1-23 when they score less than three.

— Pirates 2, Cubs 1
Henry Davis had the go-ahead homer in the 7th inning.
Pittsburgh bullpen allowed one baserunner in four IP.
Cubs have lost nine games in a row, and 13 of last 15.

— Major League leaders in hits:
70- Otto Lopez, Mia
64- Luis Arraez, SF/Xavier Edwards, Mia
63- Bobby Witt Jr, KC
61- Ernie Clement, Tor
60- Riley Greene Det/Shea Langeliers A’s/Elly De La Cruz Cin

— Famous birthdays, May 26th:
Darrell Evans, 79
Pam Grier, 77
Dan Pastorini, 77
Philip Michael Thomas, 77
Tom McMillen, 74

Wesley Walker, 71
Margaret Colin, 68
Travis Lee, 51
Ben Zobrist, 45
Paul Sewald, 36

— Knicks 130, Cavaliers 93
Knicks are in the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999.
New York made 19 of its 43 three-point shots.
Knicks have won 11 games in a row, ten of them by 10+ points.
Knicks now have nine days off until the NBA finals start June 3rd.

— Vanderbilt missed the NCAA baseball tournament for the first time since 2005. LSU is the 7th defending national champ to miss the baseball tournament the next year.

— White Sox 3, Twins 1
Munetaka Murakami hit his 18th home run.
Anthony Kay allowed one run, five hits in six IP (94 PT)
Twins have lost their last seven games against Chicago.

— Last three years, White Sox lost 102-121-101 games; this year, they’re 27-26. Will Venable is your early leader for AL Manager of the Year.

— Bronx 4, Royals 3
Anthony Volpe hit a two-run single in the 9th inning.
Bobby Witt Jr had put the Royals ahead with an 8th inning homer.
Kansas City has lost 12 games in a row against Bronx.

— Nationals 10, Guardians 2
Washington hit six home runs, two by Luis Garcia Jr.
Zack Littell pitched seven IP, after an opener pitched the first 2 innings.
Nationals are 18-11 on the road, 10-16 at home.

— Phillies 3, Padres 0
Kyle Schwarber hit his 21st home run, most in MLB.
Jesus Luzardo allowed four hits in his six IP.
Phillies are 3-4 in last seven games, scoring total of 17 runs.

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres-Cardinals-Arizona
AL: Rays, Guardians, A’s. Wild Cards: New York-White Sox-Twins

— Monday is Memorial Day, a national holiday, but there are only 13 major league games, so four teams have a national holiday off. You’d think that attendance would be better on a holiday but the schedule makers have a different idea. 

Plus, Toronto is playing at home, even though Memorial Day isn’t a holiday in Canada.

— Astros 8, Cubs 5
Cubs have already had two ten-game winning streaks this season; now, they have an 8-game losing streak.

Christian Walker hit a three-run homer for the Astros.
Houston has won four of its last five games.

— Marlins 4, Mets 0
Heriberto Hernandez hit a grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning.
It was the first walk-off grand slam in the major leagues since 2013.
Mets got swept in Miami, going 11-88 at the plate, scoring 2 runs in the three games.

— A’s 5, Padres 2
Carlos Cortes led the game off by hitting a home run.
Nick Kurtz extended his 0n-base streak to 47 consecutive games; the record is 84.
4-3 road trip to southern California this week for the first place A’s.

— Dodgers 5, Brewers 1
Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one run in seven IP.
Kyle Tucker put LA ahead for good with a two-run triple.
Dodgers wound up their three-city road trip with a 7-2 record.

Dodgers’ bullpen hasn’t allowed a run in its last 36 innings pitched.

— Angels 2, Rangers 1
Reid Detmers allowed one hit, struck out 14 in eight IP.
Jake Burger’s 2nd inning home run was the only hit he gave up.
Winning run scored in bottom of 9th on a throwing error.

— Major league RBI leaders:
45- CJ Abrams, Wsh/Andy Pages, LA
44- Liam Hicks, Mia
42- Jordan Walker StL/Matt Olson Atl
38- Drake Baldwin Atl/Jonathan Aranda, TB

— Famous birthdays, May 25th:
Leslie Uggams, 83
Karen Valentine, 79
Bob Knepper, 72
Mike Myers, 63

Todd Walker, 53
Miguel Tejada, 52
Brian Urlacher, 48
Chris Young, 47

Kevin O’Connell, 41
Michael King, 31
Jake Fraley, 31
Cam Ward, 24

Missed two birthdays yesterday; the great musician Bob Dylan turned 85, and Buck Showalter turned 70. We could use more Buck Showalter on TV analyzing baseball games.

— Spurs 103, Thunder 82
San Antonio led 50-38 at halftime.
Victor Wembanyama scored 33 points, had five assists.
Series is now tied, 2-2.

— UFL standings:
7-2- Orlando
6-3- St Louis
5-4- DC Defenders
5-4- Louisville
4-5- Birmingham
3-6- Houston
3-6- Dallas
3-6- Columbus

— Twins 6, Red Sox 5
Minnesota has won 10 of its last 14 games.
Red Sox fell to 8-17 at home on a rainy, cruddy day.
Boston 1B Willson Contreras got his 1,000th career hit this weekend.

— Bronx 4, Rays 0
Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth.
Good pitching duel between Drew Rasmussen/Ryan Weathers.
Tampa Bay still leads the AL East by 4.5 games.

— Nationals 2, Braves 1
Foster Griffin allowed three hits in six scoreless IP.
Washington is 17-11 on the road, 10-16 at home.
This was only second series Atlanta (14-2-1) has lost this year.

— Major league leaders, runs scored:
45- James Wood, Wash
41- Brice Turang Mil/Aaron Judge NYY
39- Drake Baldwin Atl/Mike Trout LAA
38- Xavier Edwards, Mia

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres-Cardinals-Cubs
AL: Rays, Guardians, A’s. Wild Cards: New York-White Sox-Twins

— Marlins 4, Mets 1
Liam Hicks hit two home runs.
Max Meyer allowed one hit in seven shutout IP.
Mets lost four of their last five games, are in last place.

— NL East standings:
Braves —
Phillies 9.5 GB
Nationals 10 GB
Marlins 12 GB
Mets 13.5 GB

— Astros 3, Cubs 0
Christian Walker hit two home runs.
Kai-Wei Teng allowed two hits in his six IP.
Cubs have lost seven in a row, 11 of last 13 games.

— Cardinals 8-6, Reds 1-7 (10)
Teams split a twin bill caused by Friday’s rainout.
Jordan Walker knocked in seven runs in the two games.
Bryan Torres homered in his MLB debut for St Louis.

— NL Central standings:
Brewers —
Cardinals 2 GB
Cubs 2.5 GB
Reds 4.5 GB
Pirates 5.5 GB

— Phillies 3, Guardians 0
Zack Wheeler pitched six shutout innings.
Phillies are 6-0 in Wheeler’s starts this season.
Start of the game was delayed two hours by rain.
Loss snaps Cleveland’s seven-game winning streak.

— Twins 4, Red Sox 2
Trevor Larnach was 4-for-5, scored twice.
Taj Bradley allowed three hits in 5 IP, in his return from the IL.
Minnesota has won nine of its last 13 games.

— Famous birthdays, May 24th:
Gary Burghoff, 83
Mitch Kupchak, 72
Kristin Scott Thomas, 66
Pete Metzelaars, 66

Joe Dumars, 63
John C Reilly, 61
Jerry Dipoto, 58
Jeff Zgonina, 56

Bartolo Colon, 53
Dash Mihok, 52
Tracy McGrady, 47
Aaron Ashby, 28

— Knicks 121, Cavaliers 108
Jalen Brunson scored 30 points, had six assists.
Knicks have won 10 in a row, nine of them by 10+ points.
Cleveland was only 12-41 behind the arc.
New York leads series, 3-0.

— Blue Jays 5, Pirates 2
George Springer hit his 65th career leadoff home run.
Toronto has won four in a row, seven of last ten games.
Blue Jays are 15-11 at home, 10-16 on the road.

— AL East standings:
Rays —
Bronx 5.5 GB
Blue Jays 10.5 GB
Red Sox 13 GB
Orioles 13 GB

— Giants 10, White Sox 3
Harrison Bader hit his second grand slam in a week.
Giants had scored total of 12 runs in their previous four games.
San Francisco bullpen got the last 13 outs, not allowing a run.

— AL Central standings:
Guardians —
White Sox 3.5 GB
Twins 5 GB
Royals 9 GB
Tigers 10 GB

— They’ve been talking on Mets’ TV broadcasts this week how official scorers give out a lot more hits now on marginal scoring decisions. Teams have their lowest batting averages since 1968, the year before they lowered the pitching mounds (and added four new teams).

There was a play Saturday night in Miami where Xavier Edwards was gifted a hit, when it was obviously an error. Official scoring needs to get better.

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres-Cardinals-Cubs
AL: Rays, Guardians, A’s. Wild Cards: New York-Min/Tor

— Guardians 1, Phillies 0
Kyle Manzardo hit a pinch-ht home run in 9th inning.
Quite a pitching duel; Cristopher Sanchez-Gavin Williams.
Game took only 2:05 to play, on a drizzly night.

— Rays 4, New York 2
Tampa Bay scored four runs in the 8th inning.
Gerrit Cole threw six scoreless IP in his return from the IL.
Tampa Bay leads the AL East by 5.5 games.

— Marlins 2, Mets 1
Eury Perez gave up two hits in a strong 6.1 IP.
Owen Caissie knocked in both of the Marlins’ runs.
Juan Soto was 2-for-3 with a HR; rest of the Mets were 1-for-25.

— Brewers 5, Dodgers 1
William Contreras hit a three-run homer in the first inning.
Six of the first seven Milwaukee batters in the game got hits.
Logan Henderson threw five shutout IP for the first-place Brewers.

— Rockies 3, Diamondbacks 2
Arizona led 2-1 after seven innings.
TJ Rumfield tied the game with an 8th inning double.
Chad Stevens won the game with a 9th inning single.
Colorado improves to 10-17 on the road.

— Famous birthdays, May 23rd
Joan Collins, 93
Drew Carey, 68
Rich Karlis, 67

Jay Feely, 50
Kirk Saarloos, 47
Jordan Zimmerman, 40

Chad Hall, 40
Aaron Donald, 35
Jonathan Aranda, 28

— Cubs catcher Carson Kelly has challenged 26 called balls this season; 22 of the 26 pitches were changed to strikes, that’s the best percentage of any catcher this season.

— Payroll for USC’s football team this fall is scheduled to be $37M; QB Jayden Malava is going to be paid $2.5M.

— LSU’s football team hired its former head coach Ed Orgeron as an assistant coach who will work in recruiting/defense. As a head coach, Orgeron led LSU led to the 2019 national title. He is a great recruiter.

— Thunder 123, Spurs 108
San Antonio started the game on a 15-0 run.
Thunder’s bench outscored San Antonio’s subs, 76-23.
Oklahoma City was +28 in 24:00 Alex Caruso played.
Thunder leads series, 2-1

— Knicks 109, Cavaliers 93
Jalen Brunson scored 19 points, had 14 assists.
Knicks outscored Cleveland 32-21 in third quarter.
Cavaliers shot only 9-35 on the arc.
Knicks have won their last nine games, lead this series, 2-0.

— In the history of the NBA, teams leading a best-0f-7 series 2-0 won 336 of 365 series.

— Movie of the Day: A Few Good Men (1992)- A military lawyer intends to prove that two US Marines charged with murdering a fellow Marine were only following their base commander’s orders.

Tom Cruise is the lawyer, Kevin Pollak/Demi Moore are lawyers helping him on the case. Kevin Bacon is the opposing lawyer; Kiefer Sutherland, JT Walsh, Noah Wyle, Joshua Molina are also in this epic cast, but the biggest star is Jack Nicholson, who plays Colonel Jessup- his testimony on the witness stand is one of the best scenes in movie history. 

Aaron Sorkin wrote the film, Rob Reiner directed it. An excellent movie.

— Mariners 2, Royals 0
Mitch Garver hit a two-run homer in the 7th inning.
Logan Gilbert got 17 outs, allowing only two hits.
Royals scored nine runs in their last six games.

— Astros 4, Cubs 2
Spencer Arrighetti threw 5 scoreless IP; he is 6-1, 1.32 this season.
Christian Vazquez homered, had two RBI.
Cubs have lost six in a row, 10 of last 12 games.

— Angels 9, Rangers 6
Zach Neto hit two home runs for the Halos.
Wade Meckler hit the first pitch he saw in the majors for a three-run homer.
Jacob deGrom took the loss, giving up six runs in three IP.

— White Sox 9, Giants 4
Chicago scored all nine of its runs in the 4th inning.
Davis Martin got the win; he is 7-1, 2.04 this year.
Last three years, White Sox lost 324 games; they’re 26-24 this year.

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres-Cardinals-Cubs
AL: Rays, Guardians, A’s. Wild Cards: New York-White Sox-Mariners

NL East
Trends are thru May 21st
— Braves (35-16)
Braves are 9-3 in their last dozen games.
Atlanta is 20-12 vs righty starters, 15-4 vs lefties.
Braves’ last five games went over the total.

— Marlins (22-29)
Marlins are 15-15 at home, 7-14 on road.
Miami is 1-6 in last seven series openers.
Marlins’ last nine games went over the total.

— Mets (15-25)
Mets won seven of their last ten games. 
New York is 3-10 vs lefty starting pitchers.
Mets are 13-1 when they score 5+ runs.

— Phillies (25-25)
Phillies are 16-6 in their last 22 games.
Under is 8-2 in their last ten games.
Phiilies are 18-13 vs righty starters, 7-12 vs lefties.

— Nationals (25-26)
Nationals are 10-16 at home, 15-10 on the road.
Over is 12-4 in their last sixteen games.
Nationals are 14-20 vs righty starters, 11-6 vs lefties.

NL Central
— Cubs (29-21)
Chicago lost five in row, nine of last 11 games.
Cubs scored 31 runs in those eleven games.
Under is 8-4 in their last dozen games.

— Reds (26-24)
Reds lost their last seven games, when winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Over is 16-4 in their last 20 home games.
Reds are 18-21 vs righty starters, 8-3 vs lefties.

— Brewers (29-18)
Milwaukee is 19-5 in its last 24 games.
Milwaukee is 22-2 when they score 5+ runs.
Under is 11-4-2 in their last 17 games.

— Pirates (26-24)
Pirates are 5-7 in their last 12 games.
Pittsburgh is 22-15 vs righty starters, 4-9 vs lefties.
Four of their last five games stayed under the total.

— Cardinals (28-21)
St Louis is 14-8 in its last 22 games.
St Louis is 13-13 at home, 15-8 on the road.
Cardinals are 10-3 in one-run games.

NL West
— Diamondbacks (26-23)
Arizona won nine of its last twelve games.
Diamondbacks are 18-20 vs righty starters, 8-3 vs lefties.
Arizona is 2-7 in road series openers.

— Rockies (19-32)
Rockies are 5-15 in their last 20 games.
Colorado is 15-23 vs righty starters, 4-9 vs lefties.
Over is 7-3 in their last ten road games. 

— Dodgers (31-19)
Dodgers are 7-1 in their last eight games.
Under is 6-3 in their last nine games.
Dodgers are 27-2 when they score 4+ runs.

— Padres (29-20)
San Diego is 13-4 in games when winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Under is 8-1 in their last nine home games.
Padres are 20-4 when they score 4+ runs.

— Giants (20-30)
Giants are 8-17 in their last 25 games.
SF is 17-23 vs righty starters, 3-7 vs lefties.
Under is 12-5 in their last 17 road games.

— Famous birthdays, May 22nd:
Richard Benjamin, 88
Tommy John, 83
Michael Kelly, 58

Randy Brown, 58
Dre Bly, 49
Eric Sogard, 40

Lauri Markkanen, 29
Ezequiel Duran, 27
Jordan Walker, 24

AL East
— Orioles (21-29)
Baltimore is 6-14 in its last 20 games.
Orioles are 18-18 vs righty starters, 3-11 vs lefties.
10 of their last 13 games stayed under the total.

— Red Sox (22-27)
Boston is 12-10 since they changed managers.
Under is 9-2 in their last eleven games.
Red Sox are 4-8 against their AL East rivals.

— New York (30-21)
New York won 11 of its last 14 home games.
Over is 8-3 in their last eleven home games.
New York is 19-16 vs righty starters, 11-5 vs lefties.

— Rays (33-15)
Tampa Bay won 21 of its last 25 games.
Rays are 21-13 vs righty starters, 12-2 vs lefties.
Tampa Bay is 13-2 against their AL East rivals.

— Blue Jays (23-27)
Toronto is 7-10 in its last seventeen games.
Blue Jays are 13-11 at home, 10-16 on the road.
Toronto is 16-8 if they score 4+ runs.

AL Central
— White Sox (25-24)
White Sox are 19-11 in their last 30 games.
Over is 6-2-1 in their last nine games.
Chicago is 20-7 when they score 4+ runs.

— Guardians (30-22)
Cleveland won nine of its last ten games.
Guardians are 18-18 vs righty starters, 12-4 vs lefties.
Guardians are 11-5 in series openers.

— Tigers (20-31)
Tigers are 13-12 at home, 7-19 on the road.
Detroit is 15-20 vs righty starters, 5-11 vs lefties.
Tigers are 4-10 against their AL Central rivals.

— Royals (20-30)
Kansas City lost nine of its last ten games.
Royals are 13-13 at home, 7-17 on the road.
Under is 13-7-2 in their last 22 games.

— Twins (23-27)
Minnesota is 3-10 in games when winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Twins are 15-14 at home, 8-13 on the road.
Over is 11-4 in their last 15 road games.

AL West
— Astros (20-31)
Houston is 5-12 in its last 17 home games.
Under is 9-2-1 in their last twelve games.
Astros are 6-12 against their AL West rivals.

— Angels (17-34)
Halos lost 24 of their last 29 games.
Six of Angels’ last eight road games stayed under the total.
Angels are 11-24 vs righty starters, 6-10 vs lefties.

— A’s (26-24)
A’s won six of their last eight road games.
A’s are 19-16 vs righty starters, 7-8 vs lefties.
50 games into the season, A’s are in first place in AL West.

— Mariners (24-27)
Mariners lost eight of their last 12 games.
Seattle is 23-11 when they score 3+ runs, 1-16 when they don’t.
Mariners are 18-18 vs righty starters, 6-9 vs lefties.

— Rangers (24-25)
Texas is 7-4 in its last eleven games.
Under is 9-2 in their last 11 home games.
Rangers are 2-5 in home series openers.

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres-Cardinals-Cubs
AL: Rays, Guardians, A’s. Wild Cards: New York-White Sox-Rangers

— Nationals 8, Mets 4
CJ Abrams homered, had three RBI.
Juan Soto homered twice, his 29th multi-homer game.
Andrew Alvarez earned the Nationals’ first four-inning save in 20 years.

— Red Sox 4, Royals 3
Jarren Duran hit an opposite field, two-run HR in 7th inning.
Aroldis Chapman converted his 26th consecutive save opportunity.
Royals lost nine of their last ten games.

— Guardians 3, Tigers 2 (10)
Tanner Bibee allowed 4 hits, one run in 8 IP.
Cleveland had lost his previous nine starts.
Detroit has lost five in row, 13 of last 15 games.

— Braves 9, Marlins 1
Austin Riley, Dominic Smith both hit three-run homers.
Chris Sale allowed a run and four hits in 7 IP.
Miami’s last eight games went over the total.

— Reds 9, Phillies 4
Nathaniel Lowe hit two doubles, had three RBI.
Sal Stewart was 4-for-5, scored three runs.
Phillies slipped to 16-6 since they changed managers.

— Famous birthdays, May 21st:
Pete Banaszak, 82
Foots Walker, 75
Lisa Edelstein, 60
Ricky Williams, 49

Jamaal Magliore, 48
Matt Wieters, 40
Josh Allen, 30
Tyler Freeman, 27

— From May 7-15, Kyle Schwarber hit nine home runs in eight games; he sat out the last three days with an illness.

— Atlanta Braves are 13-1-1 in series this year; they’re the first team since 1939 to win 13 of their first 15 series.

— Minnesota Twins already have eight pitchers who’ve recorded a save this season.

— Super Bowl is headed to Nashville at the end of the 2029 season; they’re building a new stadium for the Titans. 

— Thunder 122, Spurs 113
Oklahoma City was +12 (21-9) in turnovers.
Stephon Castle had as many turnovers as the Thunder’s whole team.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 points, had nine assists.
Series heads to San Antonio, tied 1-1.

— Movie of the Day: Double Jeopardy (1999)— Unjustly jailed for her husband’s murder, a woman does six years in jail, until she gets paroled and realizes that the husband isn’t dead, so she sets out to find him and her son, who it turns out have moved to New Orleans.

Ashley Judd is the woman, Tommy Lee Jones is her parole officer, Bruce Greenwood is the grifter husband, Roma Maffia is a woman in jail who advises the woman on the best way to get paroled. Movie is a little intense, but it is very good.

— Dodgers 4, Padres 0
Shohei Ohtani hit a leadoff home run, pitched five shutout IP.
Teoscar Hernandez also hit a home run.
Dodgers lead NL West by 1.5 games.

— Rays 5, Orioles 3
Tampa Bay scored four runs in the 8th inning.
Hunter Feduccia hit his first major league home run.
Rays are 9-0 at home against their AL East rivals.

— Diamondbacks 6, Giants 3
Ketel Marte homered for the second day in a row.
Arizona has won five of its last six games.
Giants lost six of their last eight games. 

— Pirates 7, Cardinals 0
Carmen Mlodzinski allowed four hits in his five IP.
Rookie SS Konnor Griffin was 4-for-5, scored three runs.
Pirates are 25-24, 3.5 games out of the last Wild Card slot.

— Blue Jays 2, Bronx 1
Game was scoreless after six innings.
Toronto’s two runs scored on a bases loaded walk and a sac fly.
Tampa Bay now leads AL East by four games. 

— Cardinals 9, Pirates 6 (10)
Ivan Herrera hit a walk-off homer for St Louis.
Pirates had tied the game with two runs in the ninth.
Cardinals are 7-1 in extra-inning games.

— Nationals 9, Mets 6
James Wood hit an inside-the-park grand slam.
Mets led this game 5-0 in the second inning.
Bo Bichette homered twice, had four RBI.

— Brewers 5, Cubs 2
Jacob Misiorowski allowed three hits in six shutout IP.
Brice Turang homered, was 3-for-4, scored twice.

— Rays 4, Orioles 1
Yandy Diaz had a home run and a double.
Griffin Jax allowed one run in his five IP.
Tampa Bay is 12-2 against its AL East rivals.

— Major League leaders in runs scored:
49- James Wood
40- Aaron Judge
39- Brice Turang, Drake Baldwin

— Famous birthdays, May 20th:
Leroy Kelly, 84
Cher, 80
Dave Thomas, 77
Terry Nelson, 75
Wendell Tyler, 71

Bill Willoughby, 69
David Wells, 63
Timothy Olyphant, 58
Jayson Werth, 47
JT Ginn, 27

— Mets have already played 10 extra inning games; they’re 6-4 in extra inning games, 5-9 in one-run games.

— Nationals are 14-20 vs righty starting pitchers, 10-5 vs lefties.

NBA conference finals:
— Spurs 122, Thunder 115, 2OT’s
Victor Wembanyama had 41 points, 24 rebounds.
Dylan Harper had 24 points, seven steals.
Spurs are 5-1 vs Oklahoma City this season.
San Antonio leads series, 1-0

— Knicks 115, Cavaliers 104, OT
Cleveland led 93-71 with 7:52 left in the game.
Very bad beat if you had the Cavaliers, +6.5.
Knicks were +25 in the 17:00 that Landry Shamet played.
Knicks lead the series, 1-0.

— Movie of the Day: Fast Break (1979)- Gabe Kaplan plays a guy who runs a New York City deli, but he really wants to be a basketball coach. He writes a lot of letters trying to get a job coaching; finally, an obscure school in Nevada hires him.

Former NBA star Bernard King is one of the players he recruits, as is former UCLA player Michael Warren. Former UCLA coach Jim Harrick is the basketball advisor for this movie; he has a non-speaking role during the climactic game at the end.

— Managing a fantasy baseball team is more fun than rooting for a team, because I have a say about what goes on with my team. Rooting for the A’s, a team that doesn’t really try to win, is aggravating on many levels. At least in fantasy baseball, if my team loses it is my fault.

Problem is, sometimes you wake in the morning and see that the catcher you traded for went on the Injured List with an oblique injury; not good. First game he played for my team, he got hurt, second time that happened in the last week.

Oy. 

— White Sox 2, Mariners 1
White Sox scored two runs in the top of the 9th.
Chicago has won eight of its last ten games.
Seattle didn’t have a hit after the first inning. 

— Dodgers 5, Padres 4
Freddie Freeman homered twice, had three RBI.
Six Dodger relievers combined to throw five shutout IP.
Dodgers take over first place by half a game over the Padres.

— Diamondbacks 5, Giants 3
Ketel Marte hit a walk-off three-run homer.
Arizona is 24-23, 8-7 in one-run games.
Giants slip to 20-29, 10-17 on the road.

— Reds 4, Phillies 1
Chase Burns struck out nine guys in six IP.
Burns is 6-1, 1.83 this year; he was 0-3, 4.57 last year.
Kyle Schwarber (illness) sat out his second straight game.

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Padres. Wild Cards: Padres-Cardinals-Cubs
AL: Rays, Guardians, A’s. Wild Cards: New York-White Sox-Rangers