— Marlins 4, Mets 1
Liam Hicks hit two home runs.
Max Meyer allowed one hit in seven shutout IP.
Mets lost four of their last five games, are in last place.
— NL East standings:
Braves —
Phillies 9.5 GB
Nationals 10 GB
Marlins 12 GB
Mets 13.5 GB
— Astros 3, Cubs 0
Christian Walker hit two home runs.
Kai-Wei Teng allowed two hits in his six IP.
Cubs have lost seven in a row, 11 of last 13 games.
— Cardinals 8-6, Reds 1-7 (10)
Teams split a twin bill caused by Friday’s rainout.
Jordan Walker knocked in seven runs in the two games.
Bryan Torres homered in his MLB debut for St Louis.
— NL Central standings:
Brewers —
Cardinals 2 GB
Cubs 2.5 GB
Reds 4.5 GB
Pirates 5.5 GB
— Phillies 3, Guardians 0
Zack Wheeler pitched six shutout innings.
Phillies are 6-0 in Wheeler’s starts this season.
Start of the game was delayed two hours by rain.
Loss snaps Cleveland’s seven-game winning streak.
— Twins 4, Red Sox 2
Trevor Larnach was 4-for-5, scored twice.
Taj Bradley allowed three hits in 5 IP, in his return from the IL.
Minnesota has won nine of its last 13 games.
— Famous birthdays, May 24th:
Gary Burghoff, 83
Mitch Kupchak, 72
Kristin Scott Thomas, 66
Pete Metzelaars, 66
Joe Dumars, 63
John C Reilly, 61
Jerry Dipoto, 58
Jeff Zgonina, 56
Bartolo Colon, 53
Dash Mihok, 52
Tracy McGrady, 47
Aaron Ashby, 28
— Knicks 121, Cavaliers 108
Jalen Brunson scored 30 points, had six assists.
Knicks have won 10 in a row, nine of them by 10+ points.
Cleveland was only 12-41 behind the arc.
New York leads series, 3-0.
— Blue Jays 5, Pirates 2
George Springer hit his 65th career leadoff home run.
Toronto has won four in a row, seven of last ten games.
Blue Jays are 15-11 at home, 10-16 on the road.
— AL East standings:
Rays —
Bronx 5.5 GB
Blue Jays 10.5 GB
Red Sox 13 GB
Orioles 13 GB
— Giants 10, White Sox 3
Harrison Bader hit his second grand slam in a week.
Giants had scored total of 12 runs in their previous four games.
San Francisco bullpen got the last 13 outs, not allowing a run.
— AL Central standings:
Guardians —
White Sox 3.5 GB
Twins 5 GB
Royals 9 GB
Tigers 10 GB
— They’ve been talking on Mets’ TV broadcasts this week how official scorers give out a lot more hits now on marginal scoring decisions. Teams have their lowest batting averages since 1968, the year before they lowered the pitching mounds (and added four new teams).
There was a play Saturday night in Miami where Xavier Edwards was gifted a hit, when it was obviously an error. Official scoring needs to get better.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres-Cardinals-Cubs
AL: Rays, Guardians, A’s. Wild Cards: New York-Min/Tor
