— Astros 10, Royals 8
This game was 9-5…….after the first inning.
Yordan Alvarez had two homers, six RBI, in that first inning.
Josh Hader recorded his second save of the year.
Alvarez is first Astro since Jeff Bagwell in 1994 to hit two homers in the same inning.
— Brewers 6, Phillies 0
Jacob Misiorowski threw a 95-pitch, one-hit shutout, stoking out 15.
Jake Bauers hit a three-run home run.
Phillies put RF Adolis Garcia on the 60-day IL, with a right lat tear.
— A’s 6, Rockies 4
Game was scoreless after four innings.
Langeliers/Kurtz hit back/back homers in the 5th inning.
A’s are 3-1 in Las Vegas this week; last three games stayed under the total.
— AL West standings:
37-34 Seattle
34-35 A’s
34-35 Texas
32-39 Houston
28-42 LA Angels
— Mets 7, Braves 5
Bo Bichette hit two HR’s in first two innings, had six RBI.
Devin Williams got his first four-out save since 2023.
Spencer Strider left in the fourth inning (elbow/shoulder soreness)
— Twins 9, Cardinals 8
St Louis led 3-2 after five innings; rough night for both bullpens.
Royce Lewis/Brooks Lee homered in bottom of the 8th.
Alec Burleson homered for the fourth game in a row.
— AL Central standings:
37-31 White Sox
38-33 Cleveland
32-39 Minnesota
29-41 Detroit
28-42 Kansas City
— Famous birthdays, June 13th:
Marcel Lachemann, 85
Happy Feller, 77
Richard Thomas, 75
Tim Allen, 73
Ally Sheedy, 64
Sarunas Marciulionis, 62
Jason Thompson, 55
Jonathan Lucroy, 40
Drew Smyly, 37
Paul Lynde, center square on the Hollywood Squares, was born on this day in 1926.
— Denver Broncos signed coach Sean Payton to a contract extension thru 2030; Payton is 33-21 in three years as Denver’s coach, making the playoffs the last two seasons. He obviously won a Super Bowl with New Orleans, in 2009.
— Only comeback in an NBA playoff game that was bigger than the Knicks’ 29-point comeback the other night was in 2019, when the Clippers came back from down 31 points to beat Golden State, who won that series in six games anyway.
— Guardians 3, Tigers 2
Tanner Bibee won his 2nd straight start; Cleveland was 2-11 in his first 13 starts.
Win snaps the Guardians’ four-game losing skid.
Cade Smith got his 22nd save, most in the majors.
— Red Sox 10, Rangers 1
Sonny Gray allowed five hits and a run in 6 IP.
Ceddanne Rafaela homered, hit two doubles.
Wilyer Abreu/Willson Contreras also homered for Boston.
— Diamondbacks 5, Reds 2
Go-ahead run scored when the Reds’ LF dropped a fly ball in 9th inning.
Cincinnati has lost 11 of its last 14 games.
Arizona starter Eduardo Rodriguez got only 8 outs, throwing 85 pitches.
— White Sox 8, Dodgers 2
Chase Meidroth had three hits, two RBI
White Sox are 19-3 in their last 22 home games.
Shohei Ohtani (left knee inflammation) sat this game out.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Cardinals-Phillies-Padres
AL: Rays, White Sox, Mariners. Wild Cards: Bronx-Guardians-A’s/Tex
