— Mariners 12, White Sox 8
Luke Raley homered twice, had seven RBI
Munetaka Murakami has homered in his last eight series openers.
Last person to HR in seven straight series openers? Eddie Murray, in 1997.
— Nationals 3, Marlins 2
First two Marlin batters scored; they didn’t score again.
Foster Griffin struck out nine guys in his seven IP.
Washington’s Nasim Nunez has 16 stolen bases, most in the majors.
— Rockies 9, Phillies 7 (11)
Colorado blew a 7-2 lead in 7th inning.
Pinch-hitter Troy Johnston had the game-winning hit.
Justin Crawford hit his first MLB home run for the Phillies.
— Cardinals 6, Padres 0
Michael McGreevy allowed one hit in six IP.
Ivan Herrera went 4-for-5, scored a run.
In their last seven home games, San Diego scored a total of seven runs.
— Blue Jays 2, Angels 0
Dylan Cease struck out 10 guys in 7 IP.
Toronto won despite getting only three hits.
Angels have lost 14 of their last 18 games.
— A’s 4, Orioles 3
Nick Kurtz hit a two-triple in a three-run 5th inning.
Hogan Harris got the last out, recorded his second save.
Baltimore is 0-9 vs left-handed starters this season.
— Mets 3, Diamondbacks 1 (10)
Both teams scored in the second inning.
Mark Vientos’ double was the game-winning hit.
Arizona is 4-12 in its last sixteen games.
— Famous birthdays, May 9th:
Candice Bergen, 80
Calvin Murphy, 78
Wendy Crewson, 70
Bill Hawkins, 60
Doug Christie, 56
Aaron Harang, 48
Brandon Webb, 47
Prince Fielder, 42
Luis Perdomo, 33
Samson Ebukam, 31
Tommy Edman, 31
Tatsuya Imai, 28
— 2026 NFL schedule gets released Thursday night, so that’s what we’ll be talking about on Friday. It is fun to be in a casino’s sportsbook when the schedule is announced- you can watch the big gamblers scurry to the betting windows to get their wagers in, before the spreads move.
The next day, the casino should have all the spreads for the whole season posted, except for the Week 18 games.
— Rumor has it that the Week 1 Rams-49ers game in Australia, which is going to be Thursday night, is going to be shown on Netflix.
— Good news; NFL Referees Association ratified a new 7-year agreement Friday with the NFL, ending a multi-year negotiation with the league.
— Tigers’ P Framber Valdez was suspended five games for drilling Trevor Story earlier this week, nearly inciting a fracas. It doesn’t seem like much when a starting pitcher gets suspended for five games, but it is the $$$ that hurts.
A five-game suspension is going to cost Valdez $848,765.43. Yikes.
— Angels-White Sox game the other night was the first major league game in the last 70 years where three batters were hit with the bases loaded.
— Modern baseball: During the week, Milwaukee P Brandon Sproat pitched four shutout innings against St Louis, giving up only one hit to the 16 batters he faced. Why did they take him out after he threw only 76 pitches?
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Cardinals-Padres-Pirates
AL; Bronx, Guardians, A’s. Wild Cards: Rays-Tigers-Mariners
