— Phillies 3, Padres 2
Bryce Harper hit his 377th career home run.
Jhoan Duran recorded his 13th save.
Gavin Sheets hit a two-run homer for San Diego.
— Marlins 7, Nationals 3
Marlins hit back-back-back homers in the fifth inning
Heriberto Hernandez hit two home runs for Miami.
Washington didn’t get a hit until the sixth inning.
Marlins played last weekend at CitiField in Queens; they took the train to get from Queens to Washington, which must’ve been interesting.
— Braves 4, Blue Jays 3
Matt Olson hit the game-winning HR in the 6th inning.
Raisel Iglesias has 11 saves in 11 opportunities this year.
Braves are 15-7 in their last 22 games.
— A’s 2, Cubs 1
Gage Jump allowed three hits in 7 IP, got his first MLB win.
Cubs had first two runners on base in 9th inning, but didn’t score.
A’s are 18-14 on the road, 11-17 at home.
— Pirates 10, Astros 6
Brandon Lowe, Oneil Cruz both hit three-run homers.
Houston led 4-2 after five innings.
Astros are 27-35; their last losing season in a full year was 2014.
— Reds 4, Royals 3 (10)
Kansas City led 3-1 after seven innings.
Spencer Steer homered twice for the Reds.
Will Benson tied the game with a 9th inning HR.
Blake Dunn had the walk-off, game-winning single.
— Twins 6, White Sox 4
Bottom three guys in Twins’ order went 6-for-12, with five RBI
Minnesota 3B Brooks Lee has 11 RBI in his last 11 games.
White Sox lost eight of their last ten road games.
— Vegas 5, Carolina 4
Hurricanes scored a goal 0:25 into the game.
Carolina scored again, led 2-0 with 7:30 left in first period.
Vegas scored the winning goal with 3:24 left in the game.
Golden Knights lead Stanley Cup final, 1-0
— Famous birthdays, June 3rd:
Billy Cunningham, 83
Az-Zahir Hakim, 49
Al Horford, 40
Rafael Nadal, 40
Imogen Poots, 37
Otto Porter, 33
Harrison Bader, 32
Eric Lauer, 31
— Atlanta Braves’ (win/loss record, with each starting pitcher:
Sale 8-3
Holmes 8-3
Elder 8-5
M. Perez 4-4
Strider 5-1
Lopez 4-1
Ritchie 3-2
Suarez 0-1
Fuentes 1-0
— Quick breakdown for their current rotation:
Sale- Braves are 4-1 in his home starts, 4-2 road starts
Under 6-4-1 starts, 3-1-1 at home
allowed run in first inning: 2 of 11 starts
Holmes- 3-3 home starts, 5-0 road starts
Under 4-2 home starts
allowed run in first inning: 2 of 11 starts
Elder- 5-3 home starts, 3-2 road starts
Under 6-5-2 starts
allowed run in first inning: 2 of 13 starts
M. Perez- 1-2 home starts, 3-2 road starts
Under 6-1 last seven starts
allowed run in first inning: 2 of eight starts
Strider- 1-0 home starts, 4-1 road starts
Over 5-1 starts (Braves scored 41 runs)
allowed run in first inning: 3 of 6 starts
— Couple of big NFL trades this week: Eagles traded WR AJ Brown to New England, for a 5th round draft pick in 2027, and a first round pick in 2028.
Brown has had 1,000+ receiving yards in six of his seven NFL seasons; he caught 78 passes for the Eagles last year, scoring seven TD’s. He has caught 56 TD passes in his career.
— Rams acquired DE Myles Garrett from Cleveland, trading Jared Verse to the Browns, along with a first, second and third-round draft pick in future drafts.
Garrett had a record 23 sacks last year, was defensive Player of the Year. Verse is really good and three high draft picks makes this a good haul for a rebuilding Cleveland team.
— Russell Wilson signed on with CBS to be a game analyst this fall; Wilson played 14 years in the NFL, 10 years for the Seahawks. He led Seattle to a Super Bowl title after the 2013 season.
Wilson was 130-88-1 as an NFL QB, 9-8 in playoff games.
— RIP Raymond Berry, an excellent receiver who played 13 years for the Colts in the Johnny Unitas era, passed away this week. Berry caught 631 passes for 14.7 yards/catch and 68 TD’s, in an era where teams didn’t throw as much as they do now.
Berry later coached in the NFL; he played college football at SMU.
Raymond Berry had a great career. RIP, sir
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres-Pirates-Arizona
AL: Rays, Guardians, Mariners. Wild Cards: New York-White Sox-Rangers
