— NBA Game 2
Knicks 105, Spurs 104
Knicks outscored San Antonio 31-18 in the second quarter.
New York was +11 in the 10:00 Jose Alvarado played off the bench.
Knicks have won 13 games in a row (12-1 ATS)
New York leads NBA Finals 2-0; Game 3 is Monday night.
— Phillies 8, White Sox 6
Brandon Marsh hit his first HR off a lefty since 2022.
Kyle Schwarber went 4-for-5, scored two runs.
Phillies have won eight of their last ten games.
— Braves 6, Pirates 3
Mauricio Dubon homered for the third game in a row.
Atlanta leads AL East by 8.5 games.
Braves are 9-1 in home series openers.
— Giants 18, Cubs 3
Matt Chapman homered twice, had eight RBI.
Willie Adames homered twice, had four RBI.
Casey Schmitt went 4-for-6, scored 3 runs, had 3 RBI.
— Giants scored 12+ runs in their last two games, first time they’ve done that since 2000, only the fourth time they’ve done it since they moved to San Francisco.
May 1958
July 1993
June 2000
June 2026
— Famous birthdays, June 6th:
Chuck Williams, 80
Ollie Mack, 69
Paul Giamatti, 59
Mark Ellis, 49
Rodger Saffold, 38
Anthony Rendon, 36
DeAndre Hopkins, 34
Kenny Pickett, 28
Missed a birthday yesterday; Mark Wahlberg turned 55.
— As recently as 1984, Boston Celtics flew from Boston to Los Angeles after Game 2 of the NBA Finals on a commercial flight. Safe to say that doesn’t happen anymore, and hasn’t for a long time.
— Fairleigh Dickinson’s basketball team signed transfer Pavle Stosic, who started 12 games for Pepperdine last year, after sitting on the bench for a year at Gonzaga. Moving from Malibu to New Jersey is a major weather downgrade; hope they’re giving him a lot of $$$$.
— Green Bay Packers signed WR Christian Watson to a four-year, $110.5M contract that includes a $31M signing bonus.
— Movie of the Day: Good Will Hunting (1997)- A therapist counsels a young man who has a genius IQ, but works as a custodian at MIT.
Matt Damon is the young man, Robin Williams is the counselor, Ben Affleck is one of Damon’s friends. Very good movie.
— Brewers 9, Rockies 7 (10)
Colorado led 3-1 after eight innings.
Brewers scored four runs in the 9th, Rockies scored twice.
Jake Bauers went 3-for-5, scoring three runs, with three RBI.
— Mets 5, Padres 0
Christian Scott threw five IP, giving up 3 hits, 2 walks.
Luis Torrens doubled and homered.
Jared Young also homered for the Mets.
— Red Sox 5, Bronx 3
Willson Contreras homered, had three RBI
Red Sox have won 10 of their last 13 road games.
New York is 1-3 since Aaron Judge has been out of the lineup.
— I posted this Thursday; things have since changed:
“Colorado Rockies 1B TJ Rumfield hit a home run Tuesday night in Anaheim; it was a fly ball that bounced off RF Jo Adell’s glove, hit him in the head, then bounced over the fence.”
Whoever reviews such things has changed this from a home run a four-base error by Adell.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Pirates-Cardinals-Phillies
AL: Rays, Guardians, Mariners. Wild Cards: New York-White Sox-Rangers
