— Twins 3, Marlins 0
Bailey Ober threw a 89-pitch, two-hit, complete game shutout
It is only the third complete game in the majors this year.
First run scored on a double steal where the Marlins IF screwed up, and then the batter who was up hit a two-run homer.
— Pirates 3, Rockies 1
Paul Skenes didn’t allow a hit until the 7th inning.
Skenes is 6-2, 1.98 so far this season.
Colorado drops to 16-26, 8-15 on the road.
— Rays 7, Blue Jays 6 (10)
Tampa Bay led 5-0 in the seventh inning.
Rays have won 16 of their last 18 games.
In his last four starts, Shane McClanahan hasn’t allowed a run in 21.2 IP.
— Nationals 10, Reds 4
Daylen Lile, Luis Garcia both his two home runs for Washington.
Nationals are 14-9 on the road, 6-13 at home.
Cincinnati has lost nine of its last 11 games.
— Mariners 10, Astros 2
Dominic Canzone hit his first career grand slam.
Seattle has won its last nine games against the Astros.
Houston has lost 10 of its last 12 home games.
— Mets 10, Tigers 2
Rookie AJ Ewing’s first MLB hit was a triple, the first Met ever to do that.
Freddy Peralta survived a shaky start, gave up two runs in 6 IP.
Detroit is a MLB-worst 7-17 on the road.
— Braves 5, Cubs 2
Dom Smith went 4-for-4, scored two runs.
Chicago’s only hit was an Alex Bregman home run.
Cubs lost their last three games, scoring total of two runs.
— Famous birthdays, May 13th:
Harvey Keitel, 87
Bobby Valentine, 76
Dennis Rodman, 65
Stephen Colbert, 62
Jose Rijo, 61
Trajan Langdon, 50
Barry Zito, 48
Mike Bibby, 48
Rob Havenstein, 34
William Contreras, 34
Nico Hoerner, 29
Mickey Moniak, 28
Jaxson Dart, 23
Roman Anthony, 22
— Tampa Bay Rays have 17 sacrifice bunts so far this year, most in the big leagues.
— Detroit Tigers have 17 players on the injured list, which seems like a lot.
— NFL schedule gets released Thursday night; they leak some games out early. Here is what I know right now:
Week 1 (Thursday)- Rams vs 49ers, in Australia
(Sunday night)- Cowboys @ Giants
(Monday)- Chiefs vs Broncos
Week 2 (Thursday)- Lions @ Bills (Bills open their new stadium)
Thanksgiving Day- Eagles @ Cowboys
— RIP Craig Morton, a QB who played 18 years in the NFL, mostly with Denver/Dallas. He was 83. Morton had a 81-62-1 career record as an NFL starter, 5-5 in playoff games.
Morton was first QB to start a Super Bowl for more than one team; he started for the Cowboys in Super Bowl V, Broncos in Super Bowl XII. He was a backup on the Dallas team that won Super Bowl VI.
He was elected into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1992.
RIP, sir.
— Ohio State football coach Ryan Day played college ball at New Hampshire, where his coach was Chip Kelly, who went to be a head coach in the NFL and college ball. Ryan Day was a QB who set four school records at UNH.
Fast forward to this year; Ryan Day’s son RJ committed to play college ball at Northwestern this week, where his offensive coordinator will be…..Chip Kelly.
— Odd fact I had no idea about until this week: Remember the old movie The Bad News Bears, with Walter Matthau’s character coaching a bunch of kids in Little League??
Funny movie; turns out it was written by Bill Lancaster, whose father was the great actor Burt Lancaster, who won an Oscar and a Golden Globe award.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Cubs, Padres. Wild Cards: Brewers, Dodgers, Cardinals
AL: Rays, Guardians, A’s. Wild Cards: Bronx, Mariners, White Sox
