— 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.
