— Spurs 115, Knicks 111
For first time since 1993, road team won first three NBA Finals games.
San Antonio outscored the Knicks 58-47 in the second half.
Spurs were +14 in the 17:00 Keldon Johnson played off the bench.
Spurs were 25-32 on foul line, New York was 18-22.
— Brewers 15, A’s 14 (12)
If a pitcher on your fantasy team is scheduled to pitch in Las Vegas, you might want to bench him that week. A’s led this game 8-4 in the third inning.
Both teams scored four runs in the 10th inning.
441 pitches, 34 hits, 11 home runs. A’s have five more games there this week.
Hopefully, when the new stadium opens in 2028, where the field will be covered with an open-air dome, it’ll be a little more pitcher-friendly.
— Umpire Clint Vondrak had the plate for this game; when he went to college at Nevada-Reno, he played in the Wolf Pack’s marching band.
— Phillies 5, Blue Jays 2
Cristopher Sanchez allowed five hits in his seven IP, striking out ten.
Jhoan Duran is 16-for-16 in save chances this season.
Phillies have won six of their last seven games.
— Major League leaders in hits:
86- Otto Lopez, Mia
82- Luis Arraez, SF
79- Ernie Clement, Tor
75- Yandy Diaz, TB/Yordan Alvarez, Hst/Jung Hoo Lee, SF
— Astros 5, Angels 4 (10)
Christian Walker tied the game with a 9th inning single.
Houston is 11-6 in its last 17 games.
Angels are 7-17 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
— Nationals 4, Giants 3
Washington scored three runs in the ninth inning.
Daylen Lile had the game-winning hit.
Logan Webb allowed 5 baserunners in 8 IP (99 PT); bullpen let him down.
— Famous birthdays, June 9th:
Brian Taylor, 75
Craig Colquitt, 72
Michael J Fox, 66
Aaron Sorkin, 65
D’Marco Farr, 55
Tedy Bruschi, 52
Peja Stojakovic, 49
Natalie Portman, 45
Nikola Jovic, 23
— Tuesday is June 9th; Mets haven’t played their division rivals Phillies or Braves yet.
— Angels’ backup C Sebastian Rivero went 5-for-5 Sunday, with six RBI. He’s only played in 68 major league games, with a .188 career batting average.
— Rays 3, Red Sox 1
Yandy Diaz led off the bottom of the first with a home run.
Red Sox had only four hits against six Tampa Bay pitchers.
Rays won for just second time in their last seven games.
— New York 7, Guardians 5 (10)
Cody Bellinger hit a two-run single in the 10th inning.
New York is 1-3 in extra inning games.
Over is 8-2 in Cleveland’s last ten home games.
— Major League leaders in home runs:
23- Kyle Schwarber, Phil
22- Yordan Alvarez, Hous
20- Munetaka Murakami, CWS
18- Byron Buxton, Minn
Ben Rice, NYY
— Padres 6, Reds 2
Cincinnati led 2-1 in the seventh inning.
Reds misplayed three consecutive San Diego bunts in the bottom of the 7th.
C Freddy Fermin homered for the third game in a row.
— NFL’s Washington Commanders haven’t posted a shutout since 1991, when they beat the Eagles 23-0. Every other NFL team has had at least one shutout in the last 16 years.
— Random trivia: Frank Gorshin, the actor who played the Riddler in ten episodes of the classic TV show Batman, he also appeared in one episode of CSI, and 67 episodes of the old soap opera The Edge of Night.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Cardinals-Phillies-Ariz/SD
AL: Rays, Guardians, Mariners. Wild Cards: New York-White Sox-Rangers
