— Saturday night, Dodgers acquired Tarik Skubal from Detroit, for three prospects:
OF Zyhir Hope
P River Ryan
P Brady Smith
Most people on the Interweb are saying the Dodgers underpaid.
— White Sox are buyers at the trade deadline; they acquired P Luis Castillo from Seattle, in exchange for a relief pitcher, a journeyman OF and a minor league catcher.
Castillo is 33 years old; he is 3-9, 5.06 in 20 games this year, 2-5, 5.07 in 11 starts away from Seattle’s pitcher-friendly ballpark.
— Rays 1, White Sox 0
Drew Rasmussen pitched six shutout IP, struck out 10 guys.
Nick Fortes knocked in the only run, with a 5th-inning single.
Tampa Bay leads the AL East by 3.5 games.
— Marlins 6, Mets 2
Liam Hicks reached base four times, had two RBI.
Marlins have stolen 2+ bases in a game 35 times this year.
Mets honored the 1986 World Series championship team before the game.
— Red Sox 3, Dodgers 2
Ceddanne Rafaela homered his first two times up.
Peyton Tolle allowed 11 baserunners in 6 IP, but only two runs.
Red Sox are 22-4 in their last 26 games.
— Phillies 5, Orioles 0
Cristopher Sanchez threw six shutout IP, struck out 11 guys.
Sanchez threw 99 pitches; only nine were hit in fair territory, only two were hits.
Phillies lead San Diego by a game for the NL’s last Wild Card slot.
— Padres 6, Giants 5
Jake Cronenworth had a walk-off single to end the game.
Giants are 26-27 at home, 21-36 on the road.
San Diego is 19-15 against its NL West rivals.
— Rockies 12, Royals 6
Hunter Goodman homered twice, had four hits, five RBI.
Top four hitters in Colorado’s lineup went 11-20, with 8 runs scored, 10 RBI
Royals OF Lane Thomas was pulled from this game in 4th inning; he got traded to Atlanta
— Famous birthdays, August 2nd:
Joanna Cassidy, 81
Butch Patrick, 73
Perry Tuttle, 67
Cedric Ceballos, 67
Mary-Louise Parker, 62
Mike Venafro, 53
Grady Sizemore, 44
Paul DeJong, 33
Kristaps Porzingis, 31
College football knowledge
— Under Kirby Smart, Georgia Bulldogs are:
22-36-1 ATS as a home favorite.
22-16 ATS as a road favorite.
— In his career, Texas coach Steve Sarkisian is:
10-5 ATS as a home underdog.
10-20 ATS as a road underdog.
— Last six years, Alabama is 28-10-1 ATS as a home favorite.
In his career, Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer is 7-1 ATS as an underdog.
— Since 2016, Oklahoma is 7-1 ATS as a road underdog.
Sooners lost their last four bowl games, giving up 32 ppg.
— Under coach Elko, Texas A&M is 7-17 ATS as a favorite.
Last four years, Aggies are 4-15 ATS in non-conference games.
— Last three years, Tennessee is 9-14-1 ATS in SEC games.
In his career, Josh Heupel is 25-11 ATS in non-conference games.
— Home team won/covered last six LSU-Ole Miss games.
New LSU coach/former Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin brings his Tigers back to Oxford September 19th, which should be good theater.
— Under Shane Beamer, South Carolina is 16-9 ATS as a favorite.
Road team covered last eight Georgia-South Carolina games.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
AL: Rays, White Sox, Astros. Wild Cards: Bronx, Red Sox, Clev/Minn
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Cubs, Phillies, Arizona