— Bronx 13, A’s 8
Bronx scored all 13 of its runs in the third inning.
A’s pitchers threw 74 pitches in that inning.
Bronx didn’t have any other hits, except for the third inning.
A’s have lost seven of their last eight home games.
— White Sox 2, Tigers 1
Chicago scored both its runs in the seventh inning.
White Sox have won five games in a row.
Detroit has lost 21 of its last 25 games
— AL Central standings…….
Cleveland 34-27
Chicago 32-27
Minnesota 27-33
Kansas City 22-37
Detroit 22-38
— Mariners 3, Diamondbacks 2 (10)
Victor Robles’ infield hit drove in the game-ending run.
Bryce Miller/Luis Castillo both threw five innings for Seattle.
Mariners have won six games in a row.
— AL West standings…….
Seattle 31-29
A’s 28-31
Texas 28-31
Houston 27-34
LA Angels 23-37
— Oklahoma City Thunder were 4-8 against San Antonio this season, which just beat them in seven games in the playoffs. Against the rest of the NBA, Thunder was 71-14 this year.
— Nationals 4, Padres 2
James Wood, Luis Garcia hit solo homers for Washington.
Zack Littell is 4-0, 1.96 in his last four starts.
Keibert Ruiz had two hits, threw out three Padres trying to steal a base.
— Nationals’ SS CJ Abrams has challenged seven pitches at the plate this year; all seven were changed from a strike to a ball, best record by a hitter so far this year.
— Famous birthdays, June 1st
Brian Cox, 80
Larry Centers, 58
Tony Bennett, 57
Teri Polo, 57
Derek Lowe, 53
Santana Moss, 47
Nick Young, 41
Andrew Abbott, 27
Ivan Herrera, 26
Monday would’ve been Andy Griffith’s, Marilyn Monroe’s 100th birthday.
— Teams who have hit the most home runs this year:
86- Bronx
82- Braves
80- Dodgers
79- White Sox, Astros
75- Nationals
— Teams who have hit the fewest home runs this year:
39- Brewers
43- Red Sox
46- Marlins
47- Rays
49- Diamondbacks
— Cardinals 5, Cubs 1
St Louis led 5-0 after three innings.
Matthew Liberatore got 16 outs, didn’t allow a run.
Hunter Dobbins got the last 11 outs, earned his first MLB save.
— Brewers 2, Astros 0
Jacob Misiorowski threw seven shutout IP.
Jake Bauers hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning.
Milwaukee has won five of its last six games.
— Pirates 9, Twins 3
Braxton Ashcroft struck out 11 Twins in six IP.
Ryan O’hearn, Nick Gonzales homered for the Pirates.
Minnesota has lost five games in a row, giving up 46 runs.
— NL Central standings……..
Milwaukee 35-21
St Louis 31-26
Pittsburgh 32-28
Cubs 32-28
Cincinnati 30-28
— Orioles 9, Blue Jays 5
Colton Cowser homered, had five RBI
Orioles went 7-3 on their homestand.
Toronto OF Jesus Sanchez left the game in the sixth inning; someone in the stands threw a baseball on the field, and it hit Sanchez on his right wrist.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres-Cardinals-Arizona
AL: Rays, Guardians, Mariners. Wild Cards: New York-White Sox-Blue Jays
