— Phillies 10, Nationals 5
Washington led 5-0 after five innings.
Bryce Harper hit the game-winning home run in the 9th inning.
Last three games, Phillies scored 15 runs in the 9th inning.
— A’s 9, Giants 6
A’s trailed 6-2 after the sixth inning.
Lawrence Butler had the game-winning hit in ninth inning.
Giants have lost Landen Roupp’s last 10 starts.
— Shohei Ohtani breakdown, by catcher:
Will Smith as catcher: 10 games, 0.74 ERA
Dalton Rushing as catcher: 3 games, 4.34 ERA
— Miami Marlins are 16-5 in June, the best record in the majors this month.
— Atlanta Braves have lost their last nine games in San Diego.
— Cubs 4, Mets 3 (10)
Pete Crow-Armstrong had the game-winning hit in 10th inning.
Cubs went 7-0 against the Mets this season, outscoring them 51-24.
Mets have lost six games in a row, are 34-47, 9.5 games out of a playoff spot.
— Mets traded lefty starter David Peterson to the Cubs, for 1B/DH prospect Cole Mathis. Cubs put two starters (Brown/Cabrera) on the injured list this week.
— They were talking on TV the other night how restricting base coaches to the coaching boxes at 1B/3B has hurt offenses; coaches used to slide down towards the outfield- they could see how the pitcher was gripping the ball, and that tipped pitches, which helped the hitters.
Now they can’t do that, and offense is down this year.
— Famous birthdays, June 26th
Edd Hargett, 79
Shannon Sharpe, 58
Chris O’Donnell, 56
Jason Kendall, 52
Chad Pennington, 50
Michael Vick, 46
Deron Williams, 42
Raymond Felton, 42
Ariana Grande, 33
Eli White, 32
— NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves acquired G LaMelo Ball from Charlotte, for Naz Reid and four draft picks (one 1st round, three 2nd round), plus three first round pick swaps.
— Detroit Pistons traded C Isaiah Stewart to Memphis, for three 2nd round picks.
— Lakers signed G Austin Reaves to a four-year deal worth $185M, which is $46.25M/year. Reaves scored 23.3 ppg ;last year; he is a career 36.8% shooter behind the arc.
— Iowa State G Sam Hoiberg, who played for his dad with the Cyclones, signed a free agent deal with the Phoenix Suns; his future is probably more as a coach/broadcaster.
— Astros 2, Tigers 1
Tatsuya Imai struck out 10 in six scoreless IP.
Troy Melton allowed two hits in 6 IP; one of the hits was a HR.
Houston has won seven of its last nine games.
— Rangers 6, Blue Jays 5
Wyatt Langford hit a three-run homer for Texas.
In his last two starts, Kevin Gausman gave up 13 runs in 8 IP.
Toronto is 10-17 in series openers.
— Red Sox 6, New York 3
Caleb Durbin put Boston ahead with a 5th inning home run.
Red Sox flight home Wednesday night didn’t land in Boston until 6am.
Cam Schlittler lowered his ERA to 1.62.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Cardinals-Phillies-Cubs
AL: Bronx, White Sox, Mariners. Wild Cards: Rays-Guardians-Astros
