Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a busy Saturday…….

— Guardians 6, Rangers 0
Jose Ramirez/Brayan Recchio homered for Cleveland.
Tanner Bibee gets his first win in 14 starts this year.
In his first 13 starts, Cleveland scored a total of 30 runs, going 2-11.

— Cubs 3, Giants 2 (10)
Game was 1-1 after eight innings.
Pete Crow-Armstrong tied the game 2-2 with a 9th inning HR.
Cubs won for only the 7th time in their last 26 games.

— Best records in one-run games this year:
14-5 Phillies
9-3 Rays
12-6 White Sox
12-6 Cardinals
10-6 Marlins

— Worst records in one-run games this year:
5-12 Royals
6-13 Tigers
5-12 Mets
6-11 Angels
7-12 Bronx

— Cardinals 6, Reds 5
Lars Nootbaar hit the go-ahead homer in the 8th inning.
St Louis bullpen got 14 outs, didn’t give up a run.
Jordan Walker also homered for the Cardinals.

— White Sox 6, Phillies 3
 Chicago led 6-0 in the third inning.
Jacob Gonzalez hit his first major league home run.
Phillies starter Andrew Painter threw 42 pitches in 1st inning, giving up 4 runs.

— Game 3, Stanley Cup finals:
Golden Knights 5, Hurricanes 4 (2 OT)
Vegas scored four goals in a 6:26 span of 2nd period, led 4-0 .
Mitch Marner scored three of those four goals.
Carolina scored three goals in 0:39 span of 3rd period, tied game with 1:42 left.
Vegas leads the series, 2-1.

— Chicago Bears are talking about building a new stadium in northwest Indiana, which would only be 19 or 20 miles from Soldier Field, albeit in a different state.

Famous birthdays, June 7th:
Cazzie Russell, 82
Don Money, 79
Liam Neeson, 74
Terrell Buckley, 55

Allen Iverson, 51
Kellen Clemens, 43
Michael Cera, 38
Jordan Clarkson, 34

— Texas Rangers are the only major league team that has used only five starting pitchers so far this season.

— Nationals 6, Diamondbacks 1
Curtis Mead, Dylan Crews homered for the Nationals.
Zach Littell improved to 5-0, 1.93 in his last five starts.
Washington is 21-12 on the road, 12-20 at home.

— Marlins 4, Rays 3
Javier Sanoja homered, singled twice for the Marlins.
Tyler Zuber recorded his first career save.
Tampa Bay didn’t get a hit until the sixth inning.

— Mariners 4, Tigers 0
Bryce Miller allowed one hit in six IP.
Dominic Canzone went 3-for-4, with a home run.
Seattle has won nine of its last 11 games.

— Blue Jays 6, Orioles 4
Ernie Clement hit a three-run homer, scored three runs.
Louis Varland got his 10th save in 10 chances this year.
Orioles are 31-34; in nine of those losses, they hit 2+ home runs.

— Royals 3, Twins 2
Kansas City scored twice in the top of the ninth.
Bobby Witt Jr had the game-winning hit.
Carter Jensen led off the game with a HR for the Royals. 

— 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

Author: Armadillo Sports

I've been involved in sports my whole life, now just write about them. I like to travel, mostly to Las Vegas- they have gambling there.

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