— Reds 10, Giants 9
Cincinnati scored seven runs in the ninth inning.
Eugenio Suarez had the big hit, a grand slam.
This is the first time since 1958 the Reds won a game they trailed by 6+ runs in the last inning.
— Braves 6, Dodgers 5
Ha-Seong-Kim had the walk-off hit for Atlanta.
Matt Olson hit his 37th home run for the Braves.
Atlanta leads the Phillies by 4.5 games in the NL East.
— Phillies 6, Mariners 0
Kyle Schwarber hit his 40th home run this season.
Jesus Luzardo struck out nine guys in 7 IP.
Seattle is 64-70, but only 2.5 games out of first in the AL West.
— Diamondbacks 2, Cubs 0
Eduardo Rodriguez struck out nine guys in seven IP.
Game was scoreless after five innings.
Arizona is one game out of the NL’s last playoff spot.
— Marlins 4, Red Sox 0
Otto Lopez had two hits, scored two runs.
Ryan Gusto allowed four hits, got 17 outs.
Red Sox had five hits, made four errors.
— A’s 7, Twins 4
Minnesota led 3-0 in the fourth inning.
Tommy White had three hits, scored twice.
Twins are 64-69, 3.5 games out of the AL’s last Wild Card spot.
— Orioles 8, Cardinals 7
Christian Encarnacion-Strand had game-winning hit in the 9th inning.
Orioles led this game 7-0 in the second inning.
Baltimore bullpen got 14 outs, didn’t allow a run.
— Famous birthdays, August 27th
Buddy Bell, 75
Scott Studwell, 72
Mike Maddux, 65
Jim Thome, 56
Darren McFadden, 39
Kevin Huerter, 28
— Modern college sports:
Basketball player AJ Storr transferred from Ole Miss to UNLV for this season; he’s had an interesting college career:
2022-23- St John’s
2023-24- Wisconsin
2024-25- Kansas
2025-26- Ole Miss
2026-27- UNLV
— 6-7 F Nick Townsend transferred from Yale to Stanford; he scored 11.3 ppg in his career at Yale, grabbing 5.6 rebounds/game.
— Minnesota Timberwolves signed Jonathan Kuminga for two years, $13M; he has scored 12.5 ppg in his NBA career. Last year, he played for the Warriors/Hawks.
— Rookie IF Sal Stewart is the first major leaguer to knock in 100 runs this year; he is the first rookie with 100 RBI since Pete Alonso, in 2019.
— Sale of the Seattle Seahawks was approved by the NFL; they sold for $9.6B, that’s billion with a B.
Baseball owners should take note; in a sport with a salary cap, a team in Seattle sold for $9.6B, which is a lot of cabbage.
— QB Thomas Castellanos committed to play this year at Texas Tech; he played five games for Central Florida in 2022, then started 20 games at Boston College in 2023-24 and 12 games for Florida State last year.
Texas Tech hasn’t had a QB start all of its games in a season, since Patrick Mahomes in 2016.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers Wild Cards: Cubs, Phillies, Padres
AL: Rays, White Sox, Astros Wild Cards: New York, Red Sox, Guardians
