Armadillo Sports

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

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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Saturday’s 6-pack
Six really good NBA players who were 2nd round draft picks:
1976— Dennis Johnson
1976— Alex English
1999— Manu Ginobili
2012— Draymond Green
2014— Nikola Jokic
2018— Jalen Brunson

Quote of the Day
“I get the concerns over the disparity, but I don’t know that those concerns are any different, really, when you get down to the basics of what they were in ’94, because I feel like we argued about the same things.”
Tom Glavine, talking about baseball’s labor situation

Saturday’s quiz
Who was manager of the New York Mets, last time they played in a World Series?  

Friday’s quiz
Jim Zorn was starting QB in the first game in the history of the Seattle Seahawks.

Thursday’s quiz
In 1987, Detroit Tigers made the playoffs because they traded for Doyle Alexander at the trade deadline. Unfortunately, they traded future Hall of Famer John Smoltz to acquire Alexander. 

Trends are thru June 18th

NL East
— Braves (47-27)
Braves lost five of their last six road games.
Atlanta is 11-2 in home series openers.
Over is 13-3-1 in Braves’ last 17 road games.

— Marlins (38-38)
Marlins won 12 of their last 16 games.
Marlins are 24-16 at home, 14-22 on road.
Over is 14-6 in Marlins’ last 20 road games.

— Mets (34-41)
Mets won seven of their last 10 home games.
New York is 6-12 vs lefty starting pitchers.
Mets are 32-4 when they score 4+ runs, 2-37 when they do not.

— Phillies (40-35)
Phillies are 31-16 in their last 47 games.
Under is 15-4 in their last nineteen road games.
Phiilies are 29-18 vs righty starters, 11-17 vs lefties.

— Nationals (39-37)
Nationals are 16-22 at home, 23-15 on the road.
Over is 17-5 in their last 22 home games.
Nationals are 25-30 vs righty starters, 14-7 vs lefties.

NL Central
— Cubs (40-36)
Chicago won six of its last eight games.
Cubs are 23-16 at home, 17-20 on the road.
Under is 7-1 in Cubs’ last eight road games.

— Reds (35-39)
Reds are 4-14 in last 18 games, when winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Under is 5-2 in their last seven games.
Reds are 25-33 vs righty starters, 10-6 vs lefties.

— Brewers (45-28)
Milwaukee is 35-15 in its last 50 games.
Brewers lead NL Central by 5.5 games.
Brewers scored in first inning in nine of their last 16 games.

— Pirates (38-38)
Pirates are 5-10 in their last 15 games.
Pittsburgh is 33-24 vs righty starters, 5-14 vs lefties.
Over is 18-7 in their last 25 home games.

— Cardinals (40-34)
St Louis lost its last three games, giving up 26 runs.
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St Louis is 28-28 vs righty starters, 12-6 vs lefties.
Cardinals are 7-2 in extra-inning games.

NL West
— Diamondbacks (39-36)
Arizona won five of its last seven games.
Diamondbacks are 25-30 vs righty starters, 14-6 vs lefties.
Under is 9-2-1 in their last dozen games.

— Rockies (29-47)
Rockies are 4-1 in last five home series openers.
Colorado is 23-33 vs righty starters, 6-14 vs lefties.
Under is 7-3 in their last ten games.

— Dodgers (49-27)
Dodgers are 25-9 in their last 34 games.
Over is 9-3 in their last 12 games.
Dodgers’ last four wins were all by one run.

— Padres (38-36)
San Diego is 7-16 in its last 23 games.
Over is 6-1 in their last seven road games.
Padres are 18-7 in games when winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Giants (31-44)
Giants won six of their last eight road games.
SF is 23-32 vs righty starters, 8-12 vs lefties.
Under is 4-1-1 in their last six games.

— Famous birthdays, June 20th
Candy Clark, 79
Dave Elmendorf, 77
John Goodman, 74

Dickie Thon, 67
Doug Gwosdz, 66
Gary Varsho, 65

Nicole Kidman, 59
LaVar Arrington, 48
Kendrys Morales, 43

AL East
— Orioles (35-42)
Baltimore lost five of its last six road games.
Orioles are 28-28 vs righty starters, 7-14 vs lefties.
Orioles are 5-11 in one-run games.

— Red Sox (30-43)
Boston is 12-25 at Fenway, worst home record in MLB.
Red Sox are 22-34 vs righty starters, 8-9 vs lefties.
Red Sox are 6-17 against their AL East rivals.

— New York (46-28)
New York is 16-6 in its last 22 games.
Over is 7-2 in their last nine road games.
New York is 28-21 vs righty starters, 18-7 vs lefties.

— Rays (42-30)
Tampa Bay is 25-9 at home, 17-21 on the road.
Rays are 26-23 vs righty starters, 16-7 vs lefties.
Tampa Bay is 17-6 against their AL East rivals.

— Blue Jays (37-39)
Toronto is 25-31 vs righty starters, 12-8 vs lefties.
Blue Jays are 21-18 at home, 16-21 on the road.
Over is 12-7 in their last 19 games.

AL Central
— White Sox (39-35)
White Sox are 33-22 in their last 55 games.
Chicago is 24-12 at home, 15-23 on the road.
White Sox are 14-7 in one-run games.

— Guardians (40-36)
Guardians are 4-9 in their last 13 games.
Guardians are 23-28 vs righty starters, 17-8 vs lefties.
Cleveland is 11-5 against their AL Central rivals.

— Tigers (31-44)
Detroit is 19-16 at home, 12-28 on the road.
Tigers are 7-16 against their AL Central rivals.
Five of their last six games stayed under the total.

— Royals (32-45)
Kansas City is 28-28 vs righty starters, 4-17 vs lefties.
Royals are 19-21 at home, 13-24 on the road.
Over is 7-0 in their last seven road series openers.

— Twins (36-41)
Minnesota won five of its last seven games.
Twins are 7-14 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Over is 24-6-1 in their last 31 road games.

AL West
— Astros (36-41)
Houston is 5-2 in its last seven games.
Astros are 7-2 in last nine games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Astros are 12-16 against their AL West rivals.

— Angels (30-47)
Halos are 8-19 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Angels lost seven of last nine road games.
Angels are 8-17 in series openers.

— A’s (38-38)
A’s won 12-11 Friday, after trailing 11-4 in sixth inning.
A’s are 14-19 in Sacramento, 4-2 in Las Vegas, 20-17 on road.
Over is 10-2-1 in their last 13 games in Sacramento.

— Mariners (39-38)
Mariners are 3-7 in their last ten games.
Seattle is 36-17 when they score 3+ runs, 3-21 when they don’t.
Over is 8-2-2 in their last 12 games.

— Rangers (36-39)
Texas lost five of its last seven games.
Over is 11-3-1 in their last 15 home games.
Rangers are 5-7 in home series openers.

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

— You get the idea that baseball night look a lot different, starting next year. 

This week, Major League Baseball proposed making high school players ineligible for the amateur draft, while creating an international draft.

Making players ineligible for the draft until they’re 20 would be a big help to college baseball, but it would probably also signal that some lower-level minor leagues would be eliminated. 

Not surprisingly, the players’ union reacted negatively to the plan; you get the idea these two sides couldn’t agree on what day it is.

Could be a long winter for baseball fans.

— Angels’ star Mike Trout went on the IL with a hamstring injury; he was 6-for-16 in his last four games, before getting hurt.

— SS Zack Short has had an interesting last three years:
2024- 10 games with the Mets
2 games with the Red Sox
30 games with the Braves. 

2025- 22 games with the Astros

2026- 23 games with the Tigers
2 games with the Mets. 

— 50 years ago this week, the ABA/NBA merged; actually, the NBA absorbed four ABA teams and the ABA went away. Nuggets, Pacers, Nets, Spurs survived the purge; the Kentucky Colonels went away, because the NBA promised their owner he could eventually buy the Boston Celtics if he folded the Colonels, who had a really good team.

— Phoenix Suns’ star Devin Booker is switching his uniform number from #1 to #15 next year, honoring his USA Basketball uniform and the college number of his father, Melvin, who wore #15 in his college days at Missouri;.

— Former NFL quarterback and Fox’s No. 2 analyst Brock Huard announced he was leaving the network to coach his son’s high school football team. He’ll continue to co-host his weekday morning radio show.

Brock Huard played high school ball for his father, and wound up playing for the Seahawks and Colts in the NFL, after playing in college at Washington.

— Jacksonville Jaguars signed long snapper Ross Matiscik to a 2-year contract extension worth $3.8M, making him the NFL’s highest paid long snapper. He’s made the Pro Bowl the last three seasons.

— RIP to Tom Dreesen, a well-known comedian who spent years as Frank Sinatra’s opening act- he passed away this week, at age 86. 

Dreesen made over 500 appearances on network talk shows, including 60 on The Tonight Show.

He was a funny man. RIP, sir.

— Famous birthdays, June 19th:
Jerry Reuss, 77
Duane Kuiper, 76
Kathleen Turner, 72

Mike Renfro, 71
Mia Sara, 59
Patrick Surtain, 50

Zoe Saldana, 48
Jacob deGrom, 38
Joe Noteboom, 31

— Apparently, in soccer, you can bet that the game will end in a tie; there were four games Monday, and all four ended in ties, which is very unusual.

If you had placed a $10 bet on a parlay with all four games ending in ties, you would’ve collected the tidy sum of $6,563. No one would’ve won, but you.

— Mariners 3, Orioles 0
Seattle scored all three of its runs in the first inning.
Brian Woo tossed seven shutout innings.
Baltimore lost four of its last five games.

— Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 3
Brandon Valenzuela had the game-winning hit in the 9th inning.
Red Sox tied the game on back/back homers in 8th inning.
Boston slipped to 12-25 at home.

— Guardians 4, Brewers 2
Travis Bazzana hit the go-ahead homer in 7th inning.
Kyle Manzardo, David Fry also homered for Cleveland.
Milwaukee still leads the NL Central by five games.

— Twins 9, Rangers 3
Twins scored nine first inning runs in the three-game series.
Joe Ryan needed 97 pitches fo finish five scoreless IP.
Texas has lost five of its last six games. 

— White Sox 5, Bronx 1
Andrew Benintendi hit a pinch-hit grand slam in the 8th inning.
White Sox had lost their previous nine games in the Bronx.
Chicago won for only fifth time in their last 17 road games.

— Mets 6, Phillies 4
Juan Soto hit home runs his first two times up.
It was the 30th multi-home run game for Soto.
Marcus Semien was 2-for-4, with two RBI. 

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

Some secrets of happy people………

— Have fun.

Leave yourself some time every to do stuff that is fun. Experts say that regularly having fun is one of the five most important factors in leading a happy life.

— Believe in yourself

In order to do something, we have to believe that we can do it; if you don’t believe in yourself, life becomes a lot tougher.

— Pay attention; you may already have what you want.

People tend to always want more; it is important to remember where you started and appreciate all the good things you’ve done.

— Be positive.

We gravitate to people who approach life with positive expectations; seeing the bright side of things makes people want to be around you more.

— Money does not buy happiness.

Few years ago, a guy won $13M in the lottery; a month later, his wife filed for divorce, and she got half the money. No bueno.

— Have realistic expectations.

People who are happy don’t get everything they want, but they want most of what they get. Try to make things better, not necessarily perfect.

— Accomplish something every day.

Make sure that every day, do something that moves you towards achieving a goal(s). At the end of the day, write down the positive things you accomplished that day. It helps.

— Famous birthdays, June 18th:
Isabella Rossellini, 74
Tom Clements, 73
Andres Galarraga, 65

Dave Leiper, 64
Bruce Smith, 63
Sandy Alomar Jr., 60

Jeff Saturday, 51
Alana De La Garza, 50
Antonio Gates, 46

— Be open to new ideas.

Never stop learning; the world keeps changing. If you’re willing to adapt to new things/ideas, you’ll wind up happier.

— Give yourself time to adapt to change.

If you move into a new situation, give yourself time to adjust. Easing yourself to new circumstances makes it easier to deal with changes that happen down the road.

— Keep a pen and paper nearby.

People who take notes when they get an idea feel more in control of things; it is frustrating to have a good idea, they forget about it because you didn’t write it down.

— Have a purpose

Have a reason why you do the things that you do. When you define what you want, it is easier to track what what you’re doing, and decide if they’re helping or not.

— Do what you say what you’re going to do

Staying focused and committed to your goals make them easier to accomplish, and achieving goals makes us happier. Starting things, then not finishing them is deflating.

— Busy is better than bored.

Having a lot of stuff to do is more interesting/fun that feeling like we have nothing to do. We won’t all run out of money, but eventually, we’ll all run out of time. 

Spend your time wisely, doing things that matter to you.

— Focus on what really matters to you.

Figure out what matters the most to you, then work like hell to get it. It is more fun competing in game if you really want to win it. 

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

— QB Brendan Sorsby is done with semi-pro/college football, and will apply to the NFL supplemental draft. He had been given a temporary injunction by a Texas judge June 8th that appeared to clear the way for him to play for Texas Tech this fall.

He had placed more than 9,000 bets, totaling at least $90,000, on professional and college sports over four years while enrolled at Indiana, Cincinnati, Texas Tech.

First held in 1977, the supplemental draft allows teams to bid future draft picks on players. The league hasn’t had a supplemental draft since 2023, and no one has been picked in one since 2019.

Very curious which NFL team, if any, will draft him.

— One reason that hitting now is harder than it used to be: Washington Nationals 1B James Wood won’t be 24 until September, but he has already faced 447 different pitchers in his career, which is the same amount of pitchers Hall of Famer Ted Williams faced in his entire 19-year career.

American League had eight teams when Williams played; there was no interleague play, so he only played against the other seven AL teams.

Williams was one of the greatest hitters ever, if not THE best, but he faced five different pitchers 100+ times in his career.

By way of comparison, the most times Wood has faced any pitcher is 19 (David Peterson).

— By the way, if you’re voting for this year’s All-Star Game, Wood deserves to be a starter.

— Monday night against the Royals, Washington’s catcher challenged two of the first 13 pitches and lost both challenges, so they were out of challenges for the rest of the game. Not ideal.

In fairness, it didn’t look like the catcher tapped his head on the 2nd challenge, but the umpire said he did. 

Tuesday night in Cincinnati, Mets ran out of challenges in the bottom of the 2nd inning. Oy.

— Mets are the only major league team this year who only have two pitchers with 10+ starts. Lot of injuries and ineffective pitchers.

— Chicago Cubs have nine walk-off wins this season, most in the major leagues.

— A wish for college basketball season this fall: former Florida/NBA coach Billy Donovan as a TV analyst. Think we could learn a lot listening to him during games.

— Famous birthdays, June 17th:
Dave Concepcion, 78
Mickey Brantley, 65
Greg Kinnear, 63

Mike Magnante, 61
Jason Hanson, 56
Kyle Boller, 45

Cory Harkey, 36
Andrew Chafin, 36
Shane Baz, 27

— Giants-Braves game was suspended by rain in the second inning; it will resume at 2:00 Wednesday, creating a day/night doubleheader.

— Cardinals 3, Padres 2
Andre Pallante allowed four hits in seven IP.
Rookie 2B JJ Wetherholt went 3-for-4; he has a .764 OPS
San Diego lost eight of its last ten road games.

— Astros 4, Tigers 2
Hunter Brown got 17 outs, allowed one run in his return from the IL.
Raynel Delgado had the game-winning hit in his second MLB game.
Framber Valdez gave up an unearned in 6 IP against his old team.

— Dodgers 1, Rays 0
Shohei Ohtani’s 15th sixth-inning homer was the game’s only run.
Juston Wrobleski improved to 8-2, 2.72 this season.
Tampa Bay lost six of its last seven road games.

— Blue Jays 6, Red Sox 1
Dylan Cease needed 108 pitches to finish 5 IP, but didn’t allow a run.
George Springer hit his 300th career home run.
Red Sox slipped to 12-23 in their home games.

— Angels 7, Diamondbacks 0
Mike Trout homered, had three RBI
Reid Detmers gave up three hits in 7 IP.
Bottom three guys in Angels’ batting order went 7-for-12, scored three runs.

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

— There are only nine head coaches this season who are starting their 5th+ season as that team’s head coach.

— There are 10 new head coaches this coming season; six of those 10 coaches have never been NFL head coaches before. NFC North is only division that didn’t have a coaching change.

— Six of the 14 fourteen teams that made the playoffs in 2024 didn’t make the playoffs last year.

— Of the 32 quarterbacks expected to start in Week 1 this year, 24 were picked in the first round of the draft, three more were taken in the second round.

The other five:
Jacoby Brissett, 3rd round
Malik Willis, 3rd round
Kirk Cousins, 4th round
Dak Prescott, 4th round
Brock Purdy, 7th round……three of those five do not play for the team that drafted them.

— Long time ago (2017-20) Deshaun Watson went 38-37 as QB of the Houston Texans, starting three playoff games (1-2). He was traded for six draft picks (three first round picks) and then signed a huge contract with Cleveland (fully guaranteed $260M) but the wheels came off.

In the last five years, Watson was 9-10 as Cleveland’s starter; 19 games in five years, not great, but he still has one year left on that contract, and his salary cap hit would be $80M if they cut him.

Last year, Browns started 40-year old Joe Flacco four games and two rookie QB’s six/seven games; going to be very interesting where Watson fits in on the team this season.

— Baltimore Ravens are 3-5 in playoff games in eight years with Lamar Jackson at QB, playing in only one AFC title game, which is why John Harbaugh is coaching the Giants now.

— Harbaugh is Giants’ fifth head coach in the 11 years since Tom Coughlin left; Mike McCarthy is the Steelers’ 4th head coach since 1969.

McCarthy/Aaron Rodgers won a Super Bowl together with Green Bay, but that was 16 years ago, in 2010.

— Famous birthdays, June 16th:
Al Cowlings, 79
Frank Corral, 71
Laurie Metcalf, 71
Darrell Griffith, 68

Wally Joyner, 64
Calvin Schiraldi, 64
Kerry Wood, 49
Justin Jefferson, 27

— There are 20 new offensive coordinators this season, which doesn’t include Buffalo’s Joe Brady, who moved up from offensive coordinator to head coach.

— In 2004, only two NFL quarterbacks ran the ball for 300+ yards; Michael Vick, Daunte Culpepper. Last year, 12 quarterbacks ran the ball for 300+ yards.

— Dallas Cowboys had losing seasons the last two years, their first back/back losing seasons in 23 years. They gave up 59 touchdowns last year in 17 games.

— Kyler Murray was 38-49-1 as the QB in Arizona, losing his only playoff game; now he plays for the Vikings, a team that went 14-3 with Sam Darnold at QB two years ago, but they let him walk and Seattle won a Super Bowl. JJ McCarthy was 6-4 as Minnesota’s QB last year. 

Coach Kevin O’Connell is 43-27 in four years with the Vikings, but 0-2 in playoff games; he needs one of the QB’s to emerge as a star so he can get off his playoff schneid.

— NFL has had a 17-game season for the last five years; in only one of those five years has the NFC South champ won 10+ games. Last year, three teams tied for first place, at 8-9.

— Before the Buffalo Bills hired Sean McDermott as their coach, they had missed the playoffs 17 years in a row. They made the playoffs eight of the last nine years but didn’t get to a Super Bowl, so they told McDermott to take a hike and promoted offensive coordinator Joe Brady. 

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Cardinals-Phillies-SD/Wsh/Chi
AL: Bronx, White Sox, Mariners. Wild Cards: Rays-Guardians-A’s

— Happy Armadillo Day!!!!

25 years ago today, we started this blog— typing that made me feel old……lol

It is fun doing this every day; hope you enjoy reading it.

— Hurricanes 3, Golden Knights 0
Carolina wins its second Stanley Cup, first one in 20 years.
37-year old Jordan Staal won the Conn Smythe trophy, MVP of the playoffs.
Vegas has been in the NHL for nine years, has already been in the finals three times (1-2).

— Marlins 4, Pirates 2
Max Meyer improved to 7-0, 2.75 this season.
Marlins are 10-2 so far in June.
In his last six starts, Paul Skenes is 0-4, 4.22.

— Mets 8, Braves 1
Mets scored four runs in the first inning.
Juan Soto batted 25 times this week, reached base 14 times.
Braves lost last two series, after going 18-3-1 in their first 22 series.

—  Diamondbacks 5, Reds 3
Gabriel Moreno hit a tie-breaking homer in the 8th inning.
Arizona manager Torey Lovullo got his 700th career win.
Cincinnati lost eight of its last ten games.

— White Sox 6, Dodgers 4
Down 1-0, White Sox hit three home runs in the 6th inning.
Chicago has won its last eight home series.
White Sox used five pitchers; none of them got more than 8 outs.

— Rockies 23, A’s 9
For some stupid reason (the hockey game???) they started this game at noon in Las Vegas, when it was 101 degrees outside (the new stadium will be covered).

A’s went 4-2 in Las Vegas this week; they scored 23 runs in the two losses. Now they go back “home” to Sacramento now, for the rest of the season. Pitching in Sacramento might seem like a cake walk after a week in the dry heat of the desert.

— Famous birthdays, June 15th:
Dusty Baker, 77
Jim Belushi, 72
Wade Boggs, 68
Helen Hunt, 63

Courtney Cox, 62
Andy Pettitte, 54
Michael Doleac, 49
Derek Anderson, 43

Tim Lincecum, 42
Cooper Kupp, 33
Dominic Smith, 31
Christian Scott, 27

— Dawned on me the other night that I was in 8th grade the last time the Knicks won an NBA title……I was freakin’ 13 years old. My dad would’ve loved watching this team play.

— When I was a kid, loved game shows- Hollywood Squares was my favorite. Was watching some re-runs the other night of Match Game 74, with Gene Rayburn hosting and six famous people trying to match contestants answers. Pretty good show, but damn that was a long time ago. Richard Dawson was one of the celebrities, before he hosted Family Feud.

— Royals 4, Astros 0
Stephen Kolek pitched 7.1 IP, gave up five hits.
Maikel Garcia was 3-for-4, with three RBI.
Astros are 33-40, three games out of the last playoff spot.

— Brewers 4, Phillies 0
Kyle Harrison allowed three hits in his six IP.
Jackson Chourio hit his fifth home run in five games.
Milwaukee leads the NL Central by five games.

— Nationals 10, Mariners 1
Miles Mikolas tossed seven shutout IP as the bulk reliever.
James Wood, Keibert Ruiz homered for Washington.
Seattle lost four of its last five games.

— Rangers 6, Red Sox 4
Wyatt Langford hit the first pitch of the game for a home run.
Kyle Higashioka homered, has three RBI.
Willson Contreras homered twice for the Red Sox. 

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

— Knicks 94, Spurs 90
Knicks win their first NBA title since 1973.
Knicks outscored San Antonio 29-18 in 4th quarter.
Jalen Brunson scored 45 points.
Last two games, Victor Wembanyama shot 16-44 from the floor.

— Dodgers 7, White Sox 1
Yamamoto had a perfect game going, until an error by the SS in 8th inning.
Guy on White Sox homered leading off the 9th, breaking up the no-hitter.
Max Muncy hit two home runs, had four RBI.

— Phillies 9, Brewers 8
JT Realmuto went 3-for-4, with four RBI.
Game was 3-3 after five innings; Phillies scored five runs in the sixth.
Jhoan Duran recorded his 18th save.

— Braves 3, Mets 1
Eli White went 3-for-4, with a home run.
Braves’ bullpen got the last 11 outs, allowing only two hits.
Bo Bichette is hitting 14-36 (.389) over his last nine games.

— Guardians 3, Tigers 1
Daniel Schneemann hit a two-run homer for Cleveland.
Guardians’ star Jose Ramirez broke his left hand, is headed to the IL.
Tarik Skubal threw 80 pitches in his return from the injured list.

— Red Sox 6, Rangers 3
Ceddane Rafaela’s two-run single in the 7th was a game-winning hit.
Jarren Duran hit a two-run homer for Boston.
Boston wins this series; they were 0-7-1 in their previous 8 home series.

— Louisville 27, DC Defenders 20
Kings win the UFL in their first year in the league, after an 0-3 start.
Defenders led 16-7 at halftime.
Louisville’s only first half TD was scored by their defense.
Louisville’s coach is former NFL QB Chris Redman; this was his first year as a coach.

— Famous birthdays, June 14th:
Vince Evans, 75
Sam Perkins, 65
Eric Murdock, 58
Yasmine Bleeth, 58

David Gamble, 55
Rick Brunson, 54
Gabe Vincent, 30
Bobby Witt Jr, 26

Happy birthday to my friend Gary Van Vranken, who picks NFL games on here, and is very good at it.

— Cardinals 9, Twins 6
Ivan Herrera ht two home runs for St Louis.
Blaze Jordan hit his first major league homer.
Game was 4-4 after six innings; Cardinals scored 5 runs in the 7th.

— Pirates 3, Marlins 2
Winning run scored on hit-by-pitch with bases loaded in 8th inning.
It is June 14, and the Pirates are over .500 (36-35).
Loss ends the Marlins’ six-game winning streak. 

— Padres 9, Orioles 3
San Diego hit five home runs, two in the first inning.
Samad Taylor’s home run was his first in the major leagues. 
Orioles had eight guys bat with two out, no one on base; those eight guys went 6-for-6 with two walks. That hadn’t happened in the major leagues since 1974.

— Nationals 8, Mariners 3
Washington scored three unearned runs in the first inning.
CJ Abrams went 3-for-4, scored twice, had two RBI
Four Nationals relievers got the last 12 outs, didn’t allow a run.

— Reds 2, Diamondbacks 1
Noelvi Marte hit the game-winning homer in 8th inning.
Mike Soroka allowed only two hits in seven IP.
Just second win for Cincinnati in their last nine games.

— Astros 8, Royals 7
Kansas City led 7-5 after seven innings.
Yordan Alvarez was 3-for-5; his OPS is freakin’ 1.093.
Royals are 28-42, tied with Angels for worst record in the AL. 

— Astros 10, Royals 8
This game was 9-5…….after the first inning.
Yordan Alvarez had two homers, six RBI, in that first inning.
Josh Hader recorded his second save of the year.

Alvarez is first Astro since Jeff Bagwell in 1994 to hit two homers in the same inning.

— Brewers 6, Phillies 0
Jacob Misiorowski threw a 95-pitch, one-hit shutout, stoking out 15.
Jake Bauers hit a three-run home run.
Phillies put RF Adolis Garcia on the 60-day IL, with a right lat tear.

— A’s 6, Rockies 4
Game was scoreless after four innings.
Langeliers/Kurtz hit back/back homers in the 5th inning.
A’s are 3-1 in Las Vegas this week; last three games stayed under the total.

— AL West standings:
37-34 Seattle
34-35 A’s
34-35 Texas
32-39 Houston
28-42 LA Angels

— Mets 7, Braves 5
Bo Bichette hit two HR’s in first two innings, had six RBI.
Devin Williams got his first four-out save since 2023.
Spencer Strider left in the fourth inning (elbow/shoulder soreness)

— Twins 9, Cardinals 8
St Louis led 3-2 after five innings; rough night for both bullpens.
Royce Lewis/Brooks Lee homered in bottom of the 8th.
Alec Burleson homered for the fourth game in a row.

— AL Central standings:
37-31 White Sox
38-33 Cleveland
32-39 Minnesota
29-41 Detroit
28-42 Kansas City

— Famous birthdays, June 13th:
Marcel Lachemann, 85
Happy Feller, 77
Richard Thomas, 75

Tim Allen, 73
Ally Sheedy, 64
Sarunas Marciulionis, 62

Jason Thompson, 55
Jonathan Lucroy, 40
Drew Smyly, 37

Paul Lynde, center square on the Hollywood Squares, was born on this day in 1926.

— Denver Broncos signed coach Sean Payton to a contract extension thru 2030; Payton is 33-21 in three years as Denver’s coach, making the playoffs the last two seasons. He obviously won a Super Bowl with New Orleans, in 2009.

— Only comeback in an NBA playoff game that was bigger than the Knicks’ 29-point comeback the other night was in 2019, when the Clippers came back from down 31 points to beat Golden State, who won that series in six games anyway.

— Guardians 3, Tigers 2
Tanner Bibee won his 2nd straight start; Cleveland was 2-11 in his first 13 starts.
Win snaps the Guardians’ four-game losing skid.
Cade Smith got his 22nd save, most in the majors.

— Red Sox 10, Rangers 1
Sonny Gray allowed five hits and a run in 6 IP.
Ceddanne Rafaela homered, hit two doubles.
Wilyer Abreu/Willson Contreras also homered for Boston.

— Diamondbacks 5, Reds 2
Go-ahead run scored when the Reds’ LF dropped a fly ball in 9th inning.
Cincinnati has lost 11 of its last 14 games.
Arizona starter Eduardo Rodriguez got only 8 outs, throwing 85 pitches.

— White Sox 8, Dodgers 2
Chase Meidroth had three hits, two RBI
White Sox are 19-3 in their last 22 home games.
Shohei Ohtani (left knee inflammation) sat this game out. 

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

Trends are thru June 11th

NL East
— Braves (45-23)
Braves lost their last three road games.
Atlanta is 10-1 in home series openers.
Over is 11-2-1 in Braves’ last 14 road games.

— Marlins (34-35)
Marlins won eight of their last nine games.
Marlins are 23-16 at home, 11-19 on road.
Over is 11-3 in Marlins’ last 14 road games.

— Mets (30-38)
Mets won 10 of their last 14 road games.
New York is 5-11 vs lefty starting pitchers.
Mets are 28-4 when they score 4+ runs, 2-34 when they do not.

— Phillies (37-31)
Phillies are 28-12 in their last 40 games.
Under is 13-3 in their last sixteen road games.
Phiilies are 27-16 vs righty starters, 10-15 vs lefties.

— Nationals (35-34)
Nationals are 12-20 at home, 23-14 on the road
Over is 9-3 in their last 12 home games.
Nationals are 21-27 vs righty starters, 14-7 vs lefties.

NL Central
— Cubs (35-34)
Chicago lost 18 of its last 24 games.
Cubs are 20-15 at home, 15-19 on the road.
Under is 7-3-1 in Cubs’ last eleven games.

— Reds (32-35)
Reds are 3-13 in last 16 games, when winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Over is 12-4-1 in their last 17 road games.
Reds are 22-30 vs righty starters, 10-5 vs lefties.

— Brewers (41-25)
Milwaukee is 31-12 in its last 43 games.
Brewers lead NL Central by four games.
Brewers scored in first inning in seven of their last ten games.

— Pirates (35-34)
Pirates lost six of their last eight games.
Pittsburgh is 30-21 vs righty starters, 5-13 vs lefties.
Over is 17-5 in their last 22 home games.

— Cardinals (37-29)
St Louis won six of its last seven games.
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St Louis is 27-24 vs righty starters, 10-5 vs lefties.
Cardinals are 7-2 in extra-inning games.

NL West
— Diamondbacks (34-34)
Arizona lost 10 of its last 13 games.
Diamondbacks are 24-29 vs righty starters, 10-5 vs lefties.
Under is 13-4-1 in their last 18 home games.

— Rockies (26-43)
Rockies lost 14 of their last 20 home games.
Colorado is 21-31 vs righty starters, 5-12 vs lefties.
Over is 13-4-1 in their last eighteen road games.

— Dodgers (44-25)
Dodgers are 20-7 in their last 27 games.
Over is 5-0 in their last five games.
Dodgers scored 42 runs in those five games.

— Padres (35-32)
San Diego lost 12 of its last 16 games.
Over is 3-0-1 in their last four games.
Padres are 18-7 in games when winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Giants (28-41)
Giants lost five of their last six home games.
SF is 21-29 vs righty starters, 7-12 vs lefties.
Over is 9-2 in their last 11 home games.

— Famous birthdays, June 12th
Rory Sparrow, 68
Tim DeKay, 63
Rick Hoffman, 56
Ryan Klesko, 55

Kerry Kittles, 52
Antawn Jamison, 50
Dallas Clark, 47
Andre Davis, 47

Jrue Holliday, 36
Avisail Garcia, 35
Sean Newcomb, 33
Aaron Civale, 31

AL East
— Orioles (33-37)
Baltimore is 12-6 in its last 18 home games.
Orioles are 26-23 vs righty starters, 7-14 vs lefties.
Orioles are 5-10 in one-run games.

— Red Sox (27-39)
Boston is 10-21 at Fenway, worst home record in MLB.
Red Sox are 19-30 vs righty starters, 8-9 vs lefties.
Red Sox are 6-14 against their AL East rivals.

— New York (41-26)
New York is 11-4 in its last fifteen games.
Under is 6-2-1 in their last nine home games.
New York is 25-20 vs righty starters, 16-6 vs lefties.

— Rays (37-25)
Tampa Bay won its last three games, scoring 17 runs.
Rays are 25-21 vs righty starters, 15-4 vs lefties.
Tampa Bay is 17-6 against their AL East rivals.

— Blue Jays (33-36)
Toronto lost four of its last five road games.
Blue Jays are 20-16 at home, 13-20 on the road.
Over is 9-3 in their last 12 games.

AL Central
— White Sox (36-31)
White Sox are 30-18 in their last 48 games.
Over is 8-2 in their last ten road games.
Right now, White Sox are in first place in AL Central.

— Guardians (37-33)
Guardians are 14-8 in series openers.
Guardians are 22-26 vs righty starters, 15-7 vs lefties.
Over is 9-3 in their last n12 home games.

— Tigers (40-39)
Tigers won seven of their last nine games.
Detroit is 18-16 at home, 11-24 on the road.
Tigers are 6-14 against their AL Central rivals.

— Royals (28-41)
Kansas City is 25-26 vs righty starters, 3-15 vs lefties.
Royals are 16-19 at home, 12-22 on the road.
Under is 10-5 in their last 15 home games.

— Twins (31-39)
Minnesota lost 12 of its last 15 games.
Twins are 5-13 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Over is 21-5-1 in their last 27 road games.

AL West
— Astros (31-39)
Houston is 5-7 in its last 12 games.
Over is 9-5-2 in their last sixteen games.
Astros are 12-16 against their AL West rivals.

— Angels (27-42)
Halos are 8-17 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Over is 8-3-1 in Angels’ last 12 games.
Angels are 7-15 in series openers.

— A’s (33-35)
A’s are 7-11 in their last 18 games.
A’s are 11-17 in Sacramento, 2-1 in Las Vegas, 20-17 on road.
Over is 7-1 in their last eight games in Sacramento.

— Mariners (36-34)
Mariners are 3-5 in their last eight games.
Seattle is 33-15 when they score 3+ runs, 3-19 when they don’t.
Mariners lead AL West by a game over Texas.

— Rangers (34-34)
Texas won nine of its last 12 games.
Over is 8-2-1 in their last eleven home games.
Rangers are 4-6 in home series openers.

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Cardinals-Phillies-Padres
AL: Rays, White Sox, Mariners. Wild Cards: Bronx-Guardians-Rangers

— Knicks 107, Spurs 106
San Antonio led 76-49 at halftime…….and they lost.
Down 29 at one point, Knicks had the biggest comeback ever in a Finals game.
New York shot 15-32 behind the arc.
Knicks were minus-12 in the 4:00 Jalen Brunson sat on the bench.
Game 5 is Saturday in San Antonio; Knicks lead series, 3-1.

— Giants 11, Nationals 10
Washington led 9-1 in the 8th inning…….and they lost.
Bryce Eldridge hit a walk-off grand slam to send the fans home happy.
Major league teams trailing by 8+ runs in the 8th inning had lost 4,291 consecutive games, with the last comeback as big as this one back in 2009 (Cleveland).

— White Sox 2, Braves 1
Chicago is in first place for first time since the end of the 2021 season.
Davis Martin threw six scoreless IP; he is 9-2, 2.41 this year.
White Sox have won seven home games in a row.

— Cardinals 9, Mets 2
Jordan Walker homered, drove in four runs.
Cardinals have won six games in a row.
St Louis won first two games of this series by a combined 16-2.

— A’s 4, Brewers 3
Carlos Cortes/Lawrence Butler homered in the 7th inning.
A’s bullpen got 15 outs, didn’t allow any runs.
A’s hit 15 home runs in this three-game series.

— Rockies 3, Cubs 2
Cubs led 1-0 after seven innings.
Sterlin Thompson had a walk-off single for Colorado.
Cubs have lost seven of their last nine games.

— Angels 3, Astros 2 (10)
Jose Siri had a walk-off single for the Halos.
Reid Detmers didn’t allow a baserunner until the sixth inning.
Mike Trout, Logan O’Hoppe homered for the Angels.

— Famous birthdays, June 11th
Adrienne Barbeau, 81
Dave Cash, 78
Gary Fencik, 72
Joe Montana, 70

Hugh Laurie, 67
Jose Reyes, 43
Brock Holt, 38
Jorge Alfaro, 33

— Brendan Sorsby is going to play QB for Texas Tech this fall; he will miss Tech’s first two games, against a I-AA team followed by Oregon State, then he’ll be good to go. A Texas judge granted Sorsby a preliminary injunction; by the time that is resolved, the season will be over.

Sorsby was ruled ineligible by the NCAA after they found out he had bet approximately $90,000 on pro and college sports over four years, including 40 bets involving Indiana football when he was a freshman with the Hoosiers in 2022.

— Dodgers 1B Freddie Freeman got his 2,500th career hit Tuesday night, one of the quieter great careers in modern baseball.

— Milwaukee Brewers signed 21-year old OF prospect Luis Lara for seven years, with $31M in guaranteed money, maxing out with a possible $79M.

— Pirates 9, Dodgers 8
Dodgers led this game 6-1 in the 7th inning.
Rookie Tyler Callihan hit his first two big league homers.
Just the Pirates’ second win in their last eight games.

— Rangers 6, Royals 4 (10)
Elias Diaz had the game-winning hit for Texas.
Seth Lugo got hit in the forehead with a line drive, left in 4th inning.
Jake Burger didn’t start, but he was 2-for-2 with a walk.

— Rays 7, Red Sox 5
Drew Rasmussen tossed 7 shutout IP, struck out 13 guys.
Red Sox are 6-14 against their AL East rivals.
Yandy Diaz has reached base in 24 straight games, longest active streak in MLB

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

— White Sox 6, Braves 5 (10)
Braden Montgomery hit a walk-off HR in his first big league game.
Atlanta led 4-0 in the third inning.
White Sox have won 17 of their last 20 home games.

— A’s 7, Brewers 5
Monday night, the total here was 11, game ended 15-14.
This game, the total was up to 13.5; it stayed under.
Five different players homered for the A’s; they had seven on Monday.

— Monday night in Las Vegas, the home plate umpire wasn’t very good; 15 of his pitch calls were challenged, 11 of them were overturned. No bueno.

— Speaking of ABS challenges, Miami Marlins’ catchers/pitchers have challenged more pitches than any other team.

— Rays 4, Red Sox 3
Nick Martinez got thru seven innings on only 73 pitches.
Martinez is 6-2, 2.43 this season.
Boston is 6-13 against its AL East rivals.

— Tigers 10, Twins 4
Dillon Dingler homered twice, had four RBI.
Minnesota hit four solo homers in the first five innings.
Five Detroit relievers got the last 12 outs, giving up two hits, no runs.

— Carolina 5, Vegas 3
Jordan Staal scored two goals for the Hurricanes.
He is first player in 44 years to score a goal in Games 1-4 of a Final.
Stanley Cup finals are now tied, 2-2.
Game 5 is Thursday night at Carolina.

— Famous birthdays, June 10th:
Ken Singleton, 79
Larry Brooks, 76
Elias Sosa, 76

Dan Fouts, 75
Floyd Bannister, 71
Jay Vincent, 67

Gina Gershon, 64
Jeff Teague, 38
Kate Upton, 34

— Marlins 10, Diamondbacks 6
Marlins scored four runs in the bottom of the 8th.
Rookie catcher Mack was 4-for-4, scored three runs.
Miami has won six of its last seven games.

— Mariners 6, Orioles 5 (10)
Randy Arozarena hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning.
Orioles had tied the game with two runs in the ninth.
Seattle has won 11 of its last 14 games.

— Blue Jays 3, Phillies 2
Brandon Valenzuela had a walk-off hit for Toronto.
Good pitching duel between Zack Wheeler/Dylan Cease.
Blue Jays are 2015 at home, 13-20 on the road.

— Cardinals 7, Mets 0
Dustin May allowed four hits in six shutout IP.
Ivan Herrera got on base five times, scored three runs.
Freddy Peralta is struggling; he is 4-5, 4.04 this season.

— Rockies 7, Cubs 3
Colorado led 7-0 in the third inning.
Loss snaps Rockies’ four-game losing skid.
Edouard Julien was 2-for 4, had three RBI

— Royals 5, Rangers 3
Jax Caglianone went 3-for-3, with two home runs.
Trailing 2-1, Royals scored four runs in the sixth inning.
Kansas City has won five of its last six games. 

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

— Spurs 115, Knicks 111
For first time since 1993, road team won first three NBA Finals games.
San Antonio outscored the Knicks 58-47 in the second half.
Spurs were +14 in the 17:00 Keldon Johnson played off the bench.
Spurs were 25-32 on foul line, New York was 18-22.

— Brewers 15, A’s 14 (12)
If a pitcher on your fantasy team is scheduled to pitch in Las Vegas, you might want to bench him that week. A’s led this game 8-4 in the third inning.

Both teams scored four runs in the 10th inning.

441 pitches, 34 hits, 11 home runs. A’s have five more games there this week.

Hopefully, when the new stadium opens in 2028, where the field will be covered with an open-air dome, it’ll be a little more pitcher-friendly.

— Umpire Clint Vondrak had the plate for this game; when he went to college at Nevada-Reno, he played in the Wolf Pack’s marching band.

— Phillies 5, Blue Jays 2
Cristopher Sanchez allowed five hits in his seven IP, striking out ten.
Jhoan Duran is 16-for-16 in save chances this season.
Phillies have won six of their last seven games.

— Major League leaders in hits:
86- Otto Lopez, Mia
82- Luis Arraez, SF
79- Ernie Clement, Tor
75- Yandy Diaz, TB/Yordan Alvarez, Hst/Jung Hoo Lee, SF

— Astros 5, Angels 4 (10)
Christian Walker tied the game with a 9th inning single.
Houston is 11-6 in its last 17 games.
Angels are 7-17 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Nationals 4, Giants 3
Washington scored three runs in the ninth inning.
Daylen Lile had the game-winning hit.
Logan Webb allowed 5 baserunners in 8 IP (99 PT); bullpen let him down.

— Famous birthdays, June 9th:
Brian Taylor, 75
Craig Colquitt, 72
Michael J Fox, 66

Aaron Sorkin, 65
D’Marco Farr, 55
Tedy Bruschi, 52

Peja Stojakovic, 49
Natalie Portman, 45
Nikola Jovic, 23

— Tuesday is June 9th; Mets haven’t played their division rivals Phillies or Braves yet.

— Angels’ backup C Sebastian Rivero went 5-for-5 Sunday, with six RBI. He’s only played in 68 major league games, with a .188 career batting average.

— Rays 3, Red Sox 1
Yandy Diaz led off the bottom of the first with a home run.
Red Sox had only four hits against six Tampa Bay pitchers.
Rays won for just second time in their last seven games.

— New York 7, Guardians 5 (10)
Cody Bellinger hit a two-run single in the 10th inning.
New York is 1-3 in extra inning games.
Over is 8-2 in Cleveland’s last ten home games.

— Major League leaders in home runs:
23- Kyle Schwarber, Phil
22- Yordan Alvarez, Hous
20- Munetaka Murakami, CWS
18- Byron Buxton, Minn
Ben Rice, NYY

— Padres 6, Reds 2
Cincinnati led 2-1 in the seventh inning.
Reds misplayed three consecutive San Diego bunts in the bottom of the 7th.
C Freddy Fermin homered for the third game in a row.

— NFL’s Washington Commanders haven’t posted a shutout since 1991, when they beat the Eagles 23-0. Every other NFL team has had at least one shutout in the last 16 years.

— Random trivia: Frank Gorshin, the actor who played the Riddler in ten episodes of the classic TV show Batman, he also appeared in one episode of CSI, and 67 episodes of the old soap opera The Edge of Night. 

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

Trends are thru June 7th
NL East
— Braves (45-21)
Braves are 19-8 in their last 27 games.
Atlanta is 10-1 in home series openers.
Over is 10-1-1 in Braves’ last 12 road games.

— Marlins (31-35)
Marlins won five of their last six games.
Marlins are 20-16 at home, 11-19 on road.
Over is 11-3 in Marlins’ last 14 road games.

— Mets (29-36)
Mets won seven of their last ten games. 
New York is 5-11 vs lefty starting pitchers.
Mets are 27-4 when they score 4+ runs.

— Phillies (35-30)
Phillies are 26-11 in their last 37 games.
Under is 11-2 in their last thirteen road games.
Phiilies are 26-15 vs righty starters, 9-15 vs lefties.

— Nationals (33-33)
Nationals are 12-20 at home, 21-13 on the road.
Over is 9-3 in their last 12 home games.
Nationals are 19-27 vs righty starters, 14-6 vs lefties.

NL Central
— Cubs (34-32)
Chicago lost 16 of its last 21 games.
Cubs are 20-15 at home, 14-17 on the road. 
Under is 5-2-1 in Cubs’ last eight games.

— Reds (31-33)
Reds are 2-11 in last 13 games, when winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Over is 10-4 in their last 14 road games.
Reds are 21-28 vs righty starters, 10-5 vs lefties.

— Brewers (40-23)
Milwaukee is 30-10 in its last 40 games.
Brewers lead NL Central by five games.
Over is 7-3 in their last ten games.

— Pirates (34-32)
Pirates lost four of their last five games.
Pittsburgh is 29-21 vs righty starters, 5-11 vs lefties.
Over is 14-5 in their last nineteen home games.

— Cardinals (35-28)
St Louis won its last four games, scoring 26 runs.
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St Louis is 25-23 vs righty starters, 10-5 vs lefties.
Cardinals are 12-6 in one-run games.

NL West
— Diamondbacks (34-31)
Arizona lost seven of its last ten games.
Diamondbacks are 24-26 vs righty starters, 10-5 vs lefties.
Under is 13-4-1 in their last 18 home games.

— Rockies (24-42)
Rockies lost 12 of their last 17 home games.
Colorado is 20-30 vs righty starters, 4-12 vs lefties.
Over is 13-4-1 in their last eighteen road games. 

— Dodgers (42-24)
Dodgers are 18-6 in their last 24 games.
Under is 7-3 in their last ten road games.
Dodgers are 37-3 when they score 4+ runs.

— Padres (33-31)
San Diego lost 11 of its last 13 games.
Under is 15-3 in their last eighteen home games.
Padres scored total of 36 runs in their last 15 games.

— Giants (27-39)
Giants won four of their last five games.
SF is 21-29 vs righty starters, 6-10 vs lefties.
Over is 7-1 in their last eight home games.

— Famous birthdays, June 8th
Britt Burns, 67
John Gibbons, 64
Julianna Margulies, 60
Tom Nutten, 55

Mark Feuestein, 55
Bryant Reeves, 53
Connor Norby, 26
Tyson Bagent, 26

The great Jerry Stiller was born on this day, in 1927.

AL East
— Orioles (31-35)
Baltimore is 10-6 in its last sixteen games.
Orioles are 24-21 vs righty starters, 7-14 vs lefties.
Orioles are 5-9 in one-run games.

— Red Sox (27-36)
Boston is 10-21 at Fenway, worst home record in MLB.
Red Sox are 19-28 vs righty starters, 8-8 vs lefties.
Red Sox are 6-11 against their AL East rivals.

— New York (38-26)
New York is 3-4 in its last seven games.
Under is 6-2-1 in their last nine home games.
New York is 23-20 vs righty starters, 15-6 vs lefties.

— Rays (37-25)
Tampa Bay lost 10 of its last 13 games.
Rays are 25-21 vs righty starters, 12-4 vs lefties.
Tampa Bay is 14-6 against their AL East rivals.

— Blue Jays (32-34)
Toronto won 4 of its last 5 home games, lost 4 of last 5 on the road.
Blue Jays are 19-14 at home, 13-20 on the road.
Over is 8-1 in their last nine games.

AL Central
— White Sox (34-31)
White Sox are 28-18 in their last 46 games.
Over is 8-2 in their last ten road games.
If the season ended now, White Sox would be in the playoffs.

— Guardians (37-30)
Guardians are 14-7 in series openers.
Guardians are 22-24 vs righty starters, 15-6 vs lefties.
Over is 7-2 in their last nine home games.

— Tigers (27-39)
Tigers won five of their last six games.
Detroit is 16-15 at home, 11-24 on the road.
Tigers are 4-13 against their AL Central rivals.

— Royals (27-39)
Kansas City is 24-25 vs righty starters, 3-14 vs lefties.
Royals are 15-17 at home, 12-22 on the road.
Under is 8-4 in their last 12 home games.

— Twins (30-37)
Minnesota lost 10 of its last 14 games.
Twins are 11-10 against their AL Central rivals.
Over is 18-5-1 in their last 24 road games.

AL West
— Astros (30-37)
Houston is 10-6 in its last 16 games.
Over is 8-4-1 in their last thirteen games.
Astros are 11-14 against their AL West rivals.

— Angels (25-41)
Halos are 7-16 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Over is 7-2 in Angels’ last nine games.
Angels haven’t been in the playoffs since 2014.

— A’s (31-34)
A’s lost 10 of their last 15 games.
A’s are 11-17 at home, 20-17  on road.
A’s have six home games this week, but in Las Vegas, not Sacramento.

— Mariners (34-32)
Mariners won 11 of their last 16 games.
Seattle is 32-14 when they score 3+ runs, 2-18 when they don’t.
Mariners lead AL West by a game and a half.

— Rangers (32-33)
Texas won seven of its last nine games.
Over is 8-2-1 in their last eleven home games.
Rangers are 4-6 in home series openers.

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

— Guardians 6, Rangers 0
Jose Ramirez/Brayan Recchio homered for Cleveland.
Tanner Bibee gets his first win in 14 starts this year.
In his first 13 starts, Cleveland scored a total of 30 runs, going 2-11.

— Cubs 3, Giants 2 (10)
Game was 1-1 after eight innings.
Pete Crow-Armstrong tied the game 2-2 with a 9th inning HR.
Cubs won for only the 7th time in their last 26 games.

— Best records in one-run games this year:
14-5 Phillies
9-3 Rays
12-6 White Sox
12-6 Cardinals
10-6 Marlins

— Worst records in one-run games this year:
5-12 Royals
6-13 Tigers
5-12 Mets
6-11 Angels
7-12 Bronx

— Cardinals 6, Reds 5
Lars Nootbaar hit the go-ahead homer in the 8th inning.
St Louis bullpen got 14 outs, didn’t give up a run.
Jordan Walker also homered for the Cardinals.

— White Sox 6, Phillies 3
 Chicago led 6-0 in the third inning.
Jacob Gonzalez hit his first major league home run.
Phillies starter Andrew Painter threw 42 pitches in 1st inning, giving up 4 runs.

— Game 3, Stanley Cup finals:
Golden Knights 5, Hurricanes 4 (2 OT)
Vegas scored four goals in a 6:26 span of 2nd period, led 4-0 .
Mitch Marner scored three of those four goals.
Carolina scored three goals in 0:39 span of 3rd period, tied game with 1:42 left.
Vegas leads the series, 2-1.

— Chicago Bears are talking about building a new stadium in northwest Indiana, which would only be 19 or 20 miles from Soldier Field, albeit in a different state.

— Famous birthdays, June 7th:
Cazzie Russell, 82
Don Money, 79
Liam Neeson, 74
Terrell Buckley, 55

Allen Iverson, 51
Kellen Clemens, 43
Michael Cera, 38
Jordan Clarkson, 34

— Texas Rangers are the only major league team that has used only five starting pitchers so far this season.

— Nationals 6, Diamondbacks 1
Curtis Mead, Dylan Crews homered for the Nationals.
Zach Littell improved to 5-0, 1.93 in his last five starts.
Washington is 21-12 on the road, 12-20 at home.

— Marlins 4, Rays 3
Javier Sanoja homered, singled twice for the Marlins.
Tyler Zuber recorded his first career save.
Tampa Bay didn’t get a hit until the sixth inning.

— Mariners 4, Tigers 0
Bryce Miller allowed one hit in six IP.
Dominic Canzone went 3-for-4, with a home run.
Seattle has won nine of its last 11 games.

— Blue Jays 6, Orioles 4
Ernie Clement hit a three-run homer, scored three runs.
Louis Varland got his 10th save in 10 chances this year.
Orioles are 31-34; in nine of those losses, they hit 2+ home runs.

— Royals 3, Twins 2
Kansas City scored twice in the top of the ninth.
Bobby Witt Jr had the game-winning hit.
Carter Jensen led off the game with a HR for the Royals. 

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