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AL teams’ records, by starting pitcher:
(thru All-Star break)

— Orioles (43-52)
Eflin 6-6
Morton 8-7 (7-1 last eight; under 8-2 last 10)
Kremer 9-9 (under 11-3 last 14)
Sugano 11-7 (under 12-3 last 15)
Povich 4-8
Young 1-5 (over 4-2)
Gibson 0-4 (over 3-1)
Rogers 4-2
McDermott 0-1
Akin 0-3 (opener)
Blewett 1-0 (opener)

— Red Sox (53-45)
Crochet 13-7 (under 14-6)
Houck 2-7 (over 5-1 last six)
Buehler 9-7 
Pitts 2-6 (under 6-2)
Newcomb 2-3 (over 4-1)
Dobbins 8-3
Bello 8-7 
Giolito 9-4 (over 4-0 last four)
Bernadino 0-1 (opener)

— White Sox (32-65)
Burke 7-10 
Cannon 4-9 (won last 3; over 7-2 last nine)
Smith 4-14 (0-5 last five)
Martin 3-10
Houser 6-3 (4-0 last four; under 9-0)
Wilson 3-2 (over 4-1)
Civale 0-6 (under 4-1-1)
Gilbert 1-2 (opener)
Eisert 1-2 (opener)
Shuster 0-2 (opener)
Vasil 0-3 (opener)
Taylor 0-1 (opener)
Leasure 0-1 (opener)
Perez 2-2

— Guardians (46-49)
Lively 7-2 (under 6-2 last eight)
Williams 9-10 (1-6 last 7; over 12-7)
Bibee 9-10
Ortiz 6-10 (under 9-3 last 12)
Allen 8-9 (under 6-2 last  eight)
Cecconi 5-5 (under 8-2)
Cantillo 2-1
Nikhazy 0-1
Allard 1-0

— Tigers (59-38)
Skubal 13-5  (over 4-1 last five)
Flaherty 6-13 
Olson 6-5
Jobe 9-1
Mize 11-5 (over 9-2 last 11)
Montero 6-1 (under 6-1)
Gipson-Long 1-1
Enns 1-1
Holton 2-3 (opener)
Hurter 2-2 (opener)
Guenther 0-1 (opener)
Brieske 0-1 (opener)

— Astros (56-40)
Valdez 14-5 (under 7-4 last 11)
Brown 13-6 
Arrighetti 1-1
Blanco 5-4 (under 5-1 last six)
Wesneski 2-4 (under 5-1)
Gusto 6-6
McCullers 5-4
Gordon 7-3 (under 7-3)
Walter 2-5
Blubaugh 0-1
Alexander 1-0

— Royals (47-50)
Ragans 5-5 (over 5-1 last six)
Lugo 9-8 (under 5-1 last six)
Bubic 10-8 (under 11-4 last 15)
Lorenzen 10-8 
Wacha 8-11 (1-6 last seven)
Cameron 4-8 (under 9-3)
Lynch 1-1 (opener)
Zerpa 0-1 (opener)

— Famous birthdays, July 16th:
Ron Yary, 79
Ron Brewer, 70
Gary Anderson, 66

Terry Pendleton, 65
Phoebe Cates, 62
Charles Smith, 60

Will Ferrell, 58
Barry Sanders, 57
Aaron Glenn, 53

— Angels (47-49)
Kikuchi 10-10 (over 5-2 last 7)
Soriano 8-12 
TAnderson 12-7 (under 4-1 last five)
Hendricks 9-9 (over 6-2 last eight)
Kochanowicz 8-11

— Twins (47-49)
Lopez 7-4 
Ryan 9-9
Ober 8-9 (over 7-1-1 last nine)
Paddack 5-14
Woods-Richardson 8-6 (under 5-1 last six) 
Matthews 3-1
Festa 5-4 (under 4-1 last five)
Topa 0-1 (opener)
Sands 2-0 )opener)
Coulombe 0-1 (opener)

— New York (53-43)
Rodon 10-10 (over 3-0 last 3)
Fried 14-6
Warren 11-9 (under 5-2 last 7) 
Carrasco 2-4 (under 4-2)
Schmidt 7-7 (under 7-2 last nine) 
Stroman 4-2 (over 6-0)
Yarbrough 4-4
Schimmer 1-0
Winans 0-1

— A’s (41-57)
Severino 5-15 (over 10-3 last 13)
Springs 10-8 (under 5-1 last six)
Bido 4-5 (over 4-1 last five)
Sears 10-9 
Lopez 6-4 (under 6-1 last seven)
Spence 2-5
Hoglund 2-4 
Ginn 2-2 (under 3-1)
Estes 0-2
Sterner 0-1 (opener)
Holman 0-2 (opener)

— Mariners (51-45)
Gilbert 9-3 (over 6-2 last 8)
Castillo 11-8 (over 5-2 last seven)
Miller 4-6 (over 6-0 last six)
Woo 10-8
Kirby 6-4
Hancock 7-8 (over 4-1 last five)
Evans 4-5 (over 7-2)
JFCastillo 1-1 (opener)
Legumina 0-1 (opener)

— Rays (50-47)
Pepiot 8-12 (under 6-3 last nine)
Littell 10-9
Bradley 6-7 
Rasmussen 7-6 (under 11-2)
Baz 12-7 (under 4-0 last four)
Boyle 1-0

— Rangers (48-49)
Eovaldi 9-7 (under 12-4)
Leiter 5-11 
Mahle 7-7 (under 12-2)
deGrom 12-7 (over 5-1 last six) 
Rocker 6-5 (under 6-2 last 8)
Corbin 7-10 (over 5-1 last six)
Armstrong 1-1
Latz 2-0

— Blue Jays (55-41)
Berrios 12-8 
Gausman 11-8
Bassitt 12-7 (over 7-1-1 last nine)
Francis 4-10 (over 7-2 last nine)
Lucas 2-2
Scherzer 3-2 (over 4-1)
Lauer 6-2 (under 6-2)
Urena 1-1
Schultz 2-0 (opener)
Rodriguez 1-0 (opener)
Fisher 1-0 (opener)
Turnbull 0-1 (opener)

Teams’ records by starting pitcher:
(thru All-Star break)

Diamondbacks (47-50)
Gallen 9-11 (over 8-1 last nine)
Kelly 10-10 (1-4 last five home starts)
Burnes 6-5 (under 5-1 last six)
Pfaadt 10-9 (over 9-2 last 11)
Rodriguez 6-10 (over 10-3 last 13)
Nelson 6-4 (under 7-3)
DeSclafani 0-1

— Braves (42-53)
Sale 8-7 (under 8-3 last eleven)
Schwellenbach 12-5 (over 9-4 last 13)
Smith-Shawver 5-4 (under 7-2)
Holmes 7-12 (under 10-4 last 14)
Elder 6-9 (under 9-3 last 12)
Strider 3-8 (under 9-2)
Daniel 0-1
Lopez 0-1
Fuentes 1-3 (over 3-1)
Bummer 1-1 (opener)
Blewett 0-1

— Cubs (57-39)
Imanaga 8-4 (under 9-3)
Steele 3-1 (over 4-0)
Taillon 8-9
Boyd 11-8 (won last four; under 7-2 last nine)
Brown 7-7 (over 11-3)
Rea 12-4 (over 3-1 last four)
Horton 7-4 (under 6-3 last nine)
Flexen 0-1
Pomeranz 2-1 (opener)
Keller 1-0 (opener)

— Reds (50-47)
Greene 6-5 (under 8-2 last ten)
Lodolo 10-9 (under 6-1 last seven)
Abbott 12-4 (over 4-1 last five)
Martinez 7-12 (over 7-2 last nine)
Singer 10-9 (under 12-3 last 15)
Burns 1-3 (under 3-1)
Miley 2-0 (over 2-0)
Petty 0-2
Suter 2-1 (opener)
Spiers 0-2

— Rockies (22-74)
Freeland 3-14 (over 6-2 last 8)
Senzatela 5-13 (under 3-1 last four)
Marquez 6-13
Dollander 4-11 (under 8-1 last nine) 
Palmquist 1-6 (under 5-2)
Gomber 1-5 (under 3-1 last four)
Blalock 0-4
Feltner 1-5 (under 4-0 last four)
Gordon 1-2
Rolison 0-1 (opener)

— Dodgers (58-39)
Yamamoto 11-8 (under 4-1 last five)
Kershaw 7-3 (under 3-0 last three)
May 9-8 
Ohtani 3-2 (opener)
Snell 2-0 (over 2-0)
Glasnow 3-3 (under 3-1 last four)
Sheehan 1-1
Sasaki 6-2 (over 6-2)
Knack 5-2 (over 5-2)
Gonsolin 3-4
Wrobleski 0-2
Miller 1-0
Casparius 1-2 (opener)
Dreyer 4-1 (opener)
Sauer 1-0 (opener)
Trivino 1-1 (opener)

— Marlins (44-51)
Alcantara 7-11 (over 3-0 last three)
Quantrill 10-8 (under 10-2 last 1)
EPerez 5-2 (3-0, 0.50 last three)
Cabrera 8-8 (under 11-5)
Junk 4-1 (under 4-1)
Weathers 2-3
Mazur 0-1
Bellozo 1-4
Meyer 5-7 (over 7-1 last eight)
Gillispie 1-5 (over 5-1)
Gibson 1-0 (opener)
Veneziano 0-1 (opener)

— Brewers (56-40)
Peralta 13-7 (won last six; over 5-0 last five)
Woodruff 2-0
Patrick 5-13 (under 13-5)
Quintana 8-3 (under 9-2)
Priester 6-6 (under 8-4)
Misioroski 4-1
Myers 2-3
Rodriguez 0-2 (over 2-0)
Alexander 2-2 (over 3-1)
Henderson 3-1 (over 3-1)
Hall 3-0
Zastryzny 1-0 (opener)
Civale 3-2
Cortes 1-1

Famous birthdays, July 15th:
Billy Truax, 82
Jesse Ventura, 74
John Stallworth, 73
Lolita Davidovich, 64

Brigitte Nielsen, 62
Carnell Lake, 58
Khalid Reeves, 53
Damian Lillard, 35

Tobias Harris, 33
Masataka Yoshida, 32
Ramon Laureano, 31
Landon Knack, 28

— Mets (55-42)
Holmes 12-7 (over 3-1 last four)
Megill 6-8 (over 9-2 last 11)
Senga 10-4 (under 12-2)
Peterson 10-8 (home team 17-1)
Montas 2-2 (over 3-1)
Canning 12-4 (over 5-2 last seven)
Blackburn 1-3 (under 3-1)
Tidwell 0-2
Brazoban 1-2 (opener)
Devenski 0-1 (opener)
Haberman 1-0 
Waddell 0-1 (opener)

— Phillies (55-41)
Wheeler 13-6 (under 3-1 last four)
Luzardo 11-8 (over 6-2 last eight)
Suarez 8-5 (under 10-3)
Sanchez 14-5 (under 6-0 last six)
Walker 4-5 (under 4-1 last five)
Nola 3-6 (under 6-3)
Abel 3-3
Ross 0-1 (opener)
Banks 1-0 (opener)

— Pirates (39-58)
Skenes 9-11 (under 12-4 last 16)
Keller 6-16 (2-0, 2.11 last four; under 10-3 last 13)
Falter 10-9
Heaney 6-12 (over 3-1 last four) 
Burrows 3-5 (over 3-1 last four)
Mlodzinski 3-6 (under 4-1 last five)
Harrington 0-1
Ashcraft 1-0

— Cardinals (51-46)
Gray 15-4 (under 7-2 last nine)
Fedde 5-14 (2-9 last 11; under 5-2 last seven)
Mikolas 9-9 (over 6-2 last 8)
Liberatore 9-9 (over 7-2 last nine)
Pallante 9-9
Matz 2-0
McGreevy 2-1 (over 3-0)

— Padres (52-44)
Cease 9-10 (0-3, 7.88 last three)
Vasquez 12-7 (under 12-7)
Pivetta 12-7 (2-0, 0.71 last four)
Darvish 1-1
Bergert 5-1 (under 5-1)
Hart 3-3 (over 4-2)
Kolek 4-8 (under 5-2 last seven)
Waldron 0-1
Reynolds 0-1
King 5-5 (1-5 last six) (over 3-0-1 last four)
Morgan 1-0 (opener)

— Giants (52-45)
Ray 15-5 (under 12-4 last 16)
Webb 11-9 (under 6-2 last eight)
Verlander 4-11 (2-9 last eleven)
Roupp 11-8 (under 9-2 last eleven)
Birdsong 4-5 (over 5-1 last six)
Harrison 3-1 (under 3-1)
Hjelle 0-1 (opener)
Hicks 4-5 (over 7-2)

— Nationals (38-58)
Gore 8-11
Irvin 10-10 (over 5-1 last six)
Parker 9-10 (over 5-1 last six)
Williams 6-11 (under 4-1 last five)
Soroka 4-9 (over 5-0 last five)
Okasawaga 0-2
Lord 2-4

If the baseball playoffs started today (they do not):
AL: Blue Jays, Tigers, Astros. Wild Cards: New York, Red Sox, Mariners
NL: Phillies, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Brewers, Mets, Padres

Trends for major league teams
(thru All-Star break)

— Arizona (47-50)
Arizona is 4-8 in its last 12 games.
Over is 15-6 in their last 21 home games.
Arizona hasn’t scored in first inning in its last nine games.
Arizona is 8-19 in last 27 games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Braves (42-53)
Braves is 5-12 in its last 17 games.
Atlanta is 9.5 games out of the last Wild Card spot.
Atlanta is 24-22 at home, 18-31 on the road.
Under is 25-11 in their last 36 home games.

— Cubs (57-39)
Chicago is 11-6 in its last 17 games.
Cubs lead NL Central by a game over Milwaukee.
Over is 8-2 in its last ten home games.
Cubs are 44-24 vs righty starters, 13-15 vs lefties.

— Reds (50-47)
Cincinnati is 4-1 in its last five games.
Terry Francona won his 2,000th game as a manager Sunday,
Reds are 37-30 vs righty starters, 13-17 vs lefties.
Under is 7-2 in their last nine games.

— Rockies (22-74)
Colorado is 5-16 in its last 21 games.
Under is 13-7 in Rockies’ last 20 games.
Rockies are 3-23 vs lefty starters, 19-51 vs righties. 
Colorado is 6-3 in last nine games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Dodgers (58-39)
Dodgers lost seven of their last nine games.
LA leads San Diego by 5.5 games in NL West.
Dodgers are 42-26 vs righty starters, 16-13 vs lefties.
Under is 12-5 in their last 17 games.

— Marlins (44-51)                                                                       )
Marlins are 21-13 in their last 34 games.
Miami is 20-27 at home, 24-24 on the road.
Under is 16-3 in Marlins’ last 19 home games.
Over is 8-4 in Marlins’ last 12 road games.

— Brewers (50-40)
Brewers won their last seven games, scoring 40 runs.
Milwaukee is 33-17 at home, 23-23 on the road.
Over is 7-0 in their last seven series openers.
Milwaukee would be the #1 NL Wild Card team right now.

— Mets (55-42)
Mets are 7-4 in their last eleven games.
Mets are 33-14 at home, 22-28 on the road.
Over is 19-9 in their last 28 games.
Mets are #2 Wild Card team right now, trail Philly by half-game in NL East.

— Phillies (55-41)
Phillies are 4-8 in their last 12 road games.
Phillies are 44-25 vs righty starters, 11-16 vs lefties.
Under is 14-5 in their last nineteen games.
Phillies are 11-4 in home series openers.

— Pirates (39-58)
Pirates had a 1-8 road trip the last three series.
Pittsburgh is 26-21 at home, 13-37 on the road.
Under is 10-2 in their last 12 games.
Pirates are 10-5 in last 15 games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— St Louis (51-46)
St Louis lis 5-8 in its last 13 games.
Cardinals are 11-5 in home series openers.
St Louis is 29-20 at home, 22-26 on the road.
Over is 8-1 in their last nine games.

— Padres (52-44)
Padres are 8-8 in their last 16 games (starting pitchers have one win).
San Diego is 2-8 in its last ten series openers.
Under is 16-8 in their last 24 games.
San Diego leads Giants by half-game for the last Wild Card slot.

— Giants (52-45)
Giants ware 7-4 in their last 11 games.
Giants are 42-29 vs righty pitchers, 10-16 vs lefties.
Under is 6-2 in their last eight games.
SF is 21-10 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Washington (37-53)
Nationals are 1-5 since they fired their general manager/manager.
Washington is 3-12 in its last fifteen home games.
Over is 18-3 in their last 21 games.
Washington is 17-7 last 24 games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Notes for the Cincinnati Bengals:
Bengals were 9-8 LY, 4-7 in games decided by 8 or fewer points.
Bengals were 1-3 in games decided by 3 or fewer points.

Cincinnati is 22-14 ATS in last 36 games as a favorite.
Bengals are 17-9 ATS on the road.

Last two years, over is 21-13 in Bengal games.

Bengals are #3 in NFL in $$$ spent on offense, #1 on WR’s, #26 on OL.
Bengals are #25 in NFL in $$$ spent on defense, #26 on DL

— Famous birthdays, July 14th:
Ken Willard, 82
Steve Stone, 78
Ken Burrough, 73
Robin Ventura, 58
Tim Hudson, 50

Erick Dampier, 50
Darrelle Revis, 40
Carson Kelly, 31
Lucas Giolito, 31
Alaric Jackson, 27

— Orioles (43-52)
Baltimore is 8-5 in its last 13 games.
Orioles are 7-2 in their last nine series openers.
Orioles are 13-13 vs AL East foes, 30-39 vs everyone else.
Under is 26-14 in their last 40 games.

— Red Sox (53-45)
Red Sox won their last 10 games.
Boston is 12-19 in one-run games.
Over is 11-5 in their last sixteen games.
Red Sox are 16-9 in 25 games since trading Devers.

— White Sox (32-65)
Chicago is 2-6 in its last eight games.
White Sox are 21-29 at home, 11-36 on the road.
Under is 15-3 in their last 18 road games.
Chicago is 24-50 vs righty starters, 8-15 vs lefties.

— Cleveland (46-49)
Cleveland was 6-1 last week, after an 0-10 skid.
Guardians are 4.5 games out of the last Wild Card slot.
Guardians are 37-30 vs righty starters, 9-19 vs lefties.
Under is 19-9 in their last 28 games.

— Detroit (59-38)
Detroit lost its last four games, giving up 42 runs.
Tigers are 18-9 vs its AL Central rivals, lead division by 11.5 games.
Detroit is 13-3 in home series openers.
Over is 8-4 in their last dozen games.

— Houston (56-40)
Astros are 1-5 in last six games, lead AL West by 5 games.
Astros are 33-19 at home, 23-21 on the road.
Over is 8-4 in their last 12 road games.
Astros are 18-11 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Royals (47-50)
Royals won seven of their last 10 games.
Kansas City is 36-43 vs righty starters, 11-7 vs lefties.
Under is 11-3 in Royals’ last 14 home games.
Royals are 1-8 in last nine home series openers.

— Angels (47-49)
Angels are 5-7 in their last 12 games.
Halos are 13-5 in last 18 series openers.
Angels are 40-39 vs righty starters, 7-10 vs lefties.
Angels are 23-12 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Twins (47-49)
Twins are 10-7 in their last 17 games.
Minnesota is 28-20 at home, 19-29 on the road.
Twins are four games out of the last playoff slot.
Under is 11-4 in their last fifteen games.

— New York (53-43)
New York is 11-18 in its last 29 games.
Over is 12-2 in their last 14 games.
Right now, New York is the #1 Wild Card in the AL.
New York is 42-32 vs righty starters, 11-11 vs lefties.

— A’s (41-57)
A’s are 8-6 in their last fourteen games.
Under is 8-4 in their last 12 home games.
A’s are 12-14 in one-run games, 6-3 in extra innings.
Last nine series, A’s are 6-0 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on..

— Seattle (51-45)
Mariners won their last three games, scoring 35 runs.
Seattle is 9-4 in its last thirteen home games.
Over is 18-4 in their last 22 road games.
Under is 12-5 in Mariners’ last seventeen home games.

— Tampa Bay (50-47)
Tampa Bay lost 11 of its last 14 games.
Rays are 28-25 at home, 22-22 on the road.
Tampa Bay is 1.5 games out of the last Wild Card slot.
Rays are 1-7 in last eight games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Texas (48-49)
Rangers are 19-14 in their last 33 games.
Texas is 8-20 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Rangers are 26-19 at home, 22-30 on road.
Over is 6-1 in their last seven games.

— Toronto (55-41)
Blue Jays won 11 of their last 14 games.
Blue Jays are 18-5 in their last 23 home games.
Over is 13-7 in their last 20 road games.
Toronto is 13-5 in last 18 games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

If the baseball playoffs started today (they do not):
AL: Blue Jays, Tigers, Astros. Wild Cards: New York, Red Sox, Mariners
NL: Phillies, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Brewers, Mets, Padres

Trends for NFC teams…….
Cardinals
Last three years, Arizona is 6-12 ATS in divisional games.
Last three years, Cardinals are 4-17 ATS in their last seven games.

Falcons
Last two years, Falcons are 12-22 ATS.
Atlanta is 7-2 ATS in its last nine games vs Carolina.
Last nine years, Falcons are 2-7 ATS in season openers.

Panthers
Last two years, Carolina was 4-12-1 ATS as a road underdog.
Last six years, Panthers are 1-5 ATS in season openers.

Bears
Last four years, Chicago is 13-21 ATS as a road underdog.
Bears are 2-10 ATS in last dozen games against Green Bay.

Cowboys
Last four years, Dallas is 17-6-1 ATS in divisional games.
Last three years, Cowboys are 9-15 ATS as an underdog.

Lions
Last four years, Detroit is 17-6-1 ATS in divisional games.
Lions covered their last four season openers.
Detroit is 5-1-1 ATS in last seven games vs Green Bay.

Green Bay
Last four years, Packers are 6-11 ATS as a road favorite.
Last ten years, Green Bay is 9-1 ATS in its home opener.
Packers are 18-11-1 ATS in last 30 games as an underdog.

Rams
Rams are 7-1 ATS last eight games as a road favorite.
Rams are 5-8-1 ATS last 14 games as a home favorite.
Last two years, LA is 14-2 ATS in its last eight games of season.

Vikings
This year, Minnesota plays in Ireland in Week 4, then in England in Week 5
Vikings are 0-9 ATS in their last nine games vs Detroit.

Giants
Last two years, Giants are 12-18-2 ATS as an underdog.
Last eight years, Giants are 1-7 ATS in Week 1.
Last four years, Giants are 5-19-1 SU vs NFC East rivals. 

Saints
Last four years, New Orleans is 6-11 ATS as a home underdog.
Saints covered their last seven visits to Tampa Bay.

Eagles
Eagles are 1-6 ATS in their last seven visits to Dallas.
Last three years, Philly is 11-8-1 ATS vs NFC East rivals.

49ers
San Francisco is 5-2 ATS in last seven games vs Seattle.
49ers are 7-11 ATS in last 18 games as a home favorite.

Seahawks
Last four years, Seattle is 9-20-1 ATS as a favorite, 6-13 at home.
Seahawks are 18-1-1 ATS at home, if they lost their previous two games. 

Buccaneers
Bucs’ star LT Tristan Wirfs (knee) will miss first month of season.
Baker Mayfield is 17-29-2 ATS as a favorite.
Last two years, Bucs are 10-3 ATS as a road underdog.

Commanders
This year, Washington has four games vs teams coming off a bye week.
Last five years, Commanders are 1-4 ATS in their home opener.
Washington is 0-4 ATS in its last four visits to Dallas.

— Famous birthdays, July 10th:
Hal McRae, 80
Bob Bailor, 74
Andre Dawson, 71
Darryl Talley, 65

Roger Craig, 65
Sofia Vergara, 53
Jared Dudley, 40
Lawrence Butler, 25

— Angels 11, Rangers 8
Texas led this game 8-6 in 7th inning.
Mike Trout homered twice for the Halos.
Jorge Soler had the game-winning HR in 8th inning.

— Guardians 4, Astros 2
Cleveland went to Houston on 10-game losing skid, then swept this game series.
Jose Ramirez homered for the third game in a row.
Angel Martinez homered for the second game in a row.

— White Sox 2, Blue Jays 1
Loss ends Toronto’s 10-game winning streak.
Blue Jays were 1-9 with runners in scoring position.
White Sox are 20-26 at home, 11-36 on the road.

— Diamondbacks 8, Padres 2
Arizona hit four HR’s, including Geraldo Perdomo’s grand slam.
Brandon Pfaadt threw eight innings for first time in his MLB career.
San Diego is 5-7 in its last 12 games.

— Brewers 3, Dodgers 2 (10)
Milwaukee tied game with a run in the ninth inning.
Dodgers have now lost six games in a row.
Tyler Glasnow allowed an unearned run in 5 IP, in his first start since April.

— Royals 4, Pirates 3
Salvador Perez homered twice for the Royals.
Royals have won five of their last six games.
Pirates lost their last six games, outscored 25-9.

— Phillies 13, Giants 0
Bryce Harper homered, hit three doubles.
Jesus Luzardo allowed three hits in 7 IP.
Justin Verlander remains winless in 15 starts this season.

If the baseball playoffs started today (they do not):
AL: Blue Jays, Tigers, Astros. Wild Cards: New York, Rays, Mariners
NL: Phillies, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Mets,  Brewers, Giants

Trends for AFC teams…….
Ravens
Last two years, they’re 24-12-1 ATS as a favorite.
Ravens are 11-4-1 ATS in last sixteen games as an underdog.

Bills
Road team is 6-2 ATS in their last eight games vs Miami.
Last five years, Bills are 35-10 ATS in their last nine games of the season.

Bengals
Bengals are 14-6 ATS in last 20 games as a road favorite.
Bengals are 14-5 ATS in last 19 games as a road underdog.

Browns
Cleveland is 7-12 ATS in last 19 games as a road underdog.
Last four years, Browns are 2-7 ATS as a road favorite.

Broncos
Denver covered its last eight games as a favorite.
Last four years, Broncos are 5-11 ATS in their last four games of the season.

Texans
Last five years, Houston is 6-13-1 ATS in Weeks 1-4.
Last four years, Texans are 4-8 ATS as a home favorite.

Colts
Since 2008, Colts are 2-15 ATS in Week 1
Last nine years, over is 8-1 in their Week 1 game.

Jaguars
Jaguars are 9-2 ATS in their last 11 games against the Colts.
Last four years, Jacksonville is 3-8 ATS as a home favorite.

Chiefs
Chiefs are 0-4 ATS in their last four visits to Denver.
Kansas City is 8-2 ATS in last 10 games as a road underdog.
Last eight years, Chiefs are 6-2 ATS in Week 1.

Raiders
Last four years, Las Vegas is 1-7 ATS as a road favorite.
Raiders are 6-2 ATS in their last eight games vs Denver.

Chargers
Last two years, Chargers were 9-4 ATS as road favorites.
Chargers covered four of their last five visits to Arrowhead.

Dolphins
Miami covered its last nine games against New England.
Last four years, Dolphins are 16-8-1 ATS vs AFC East rivals.

Patriots
Last two years, Patriots are 4-10-2 ATS at home.
Last three years, New England is 13-22-1 ATS as an underdog.

Jets
Last three years, Jets were 7-12-1 ATS as a favorite.
Last four years, Jets were 8-15 ATS as a road underdog.

Steelers
Pittsburgh is 13-8 ATS in its last 21 games as a favorite.
Steelers are 15-10 ATS in their last 22 divisional games.

Titans
Last three years, Titans were 4-12 ATS as a road underdog.
Last nine years, Tennessee is 2-7 ATS in its home opener.

— Famous birthdays, July 9th:
 Mike Riordan, 80
George Stone, 79
Jimmy Smits, 70
Willie Wilson, 70

Tom Hanks, 69
Jim Paxson, 68
Kelly McGillis, 68
Tom Ramsey, 64

Trent Green, 55
Damon Huard, 52
Enrique Murciano, 52
Miguel Montero, 42

— Giants 4, Phillies 3
Patrick Bailey hit a walk-off, 3-run inside-the-park home run to win the game.
Giants have won six of their last seven games.
Kyle Schwarber hit his 28th home run for the Phillies.

— Guardians 10, Astros 6
Angel Martinez hit a grand slam in the 10th inning.
Cleveland led 6-1 in the fifth inning.
Jose Altuve drove in four runs for the Astros.

— A’s 10, Braves 1
Lawrence Butler led off the bottom of the 1st with an inside-the-park homer.
Butler later homered again; Nick Kurtz hit a grand slam.
A’s led 9-0 after the second inning. 

— Padres 1, Diamondbacks 0
Luiz Arraez homered in 7th inning for the game’s only run.
Merrill, Tatis both robbed Arizona hitters of HR’s with great catches..
Nick Pivetta allowed five baserunners in 5.2 IP.

— Royals 4, Pirates 3
Nick Loftin hit a 2-run HR in 7th, walk-off single in 9th.
Royals have won five of their last six games.
Pirates lost their last five games, outscored 21-6.

— Marlins 12, Reds 2
Marlins have won their last eleven road games.
Eury Perez allowed only two baserunners in five IP.
Miami scored seven runs in the top of the third.

If the baseball playoffs started today (they do not):
AL: Blue Jays, Tigers, Astros. Wild Cards: New York, Rays, Mariners
NL: NY/Phil, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: NY/Phil,  Brewers, Giants

SEC football notes:
— Alabama
Since 2020, they’re 22-9-1 ATS as a home favorite.
Last seven years, Crimson Tide is +57 in turnovers.

— Arkansas
Pittman is 19-11 ATS as an underdog.
Razorbacks are 8-14-1 ATS last 23 games as a favorite.

— Auburn
Since 2015, Tigers are 21-30-1 ATS as a home favorite.
Auburn lost its last four bowl games (favored in 3 of the 4)

— Florida
Napier is 12-18-1 ATS as a home favorite.
Napier is 23-10-1 ATS as an underdog.

— Georgia
Last four years, Dawgs were 8-16-1 ATS as home favorites.
Georgia is 4-11-1 ATS in last sixteen non-conference games.

— Kentucky
Last four years, Wildcats are minus-22 in turnovers.
Since 2019, Kentucky is 17-10-1 ATS as an underdog.

— LSU
Under Kelly, LSU is 14-6 ATS at home.
Tigers won five of last six bowl games, scoring 44.5 ppg.

— Ole Miss
Last two years, Rebels were 21-5 SU (+21 turnovers)
Under Kiffin, Ole Miss is 10-5-1 as a road favorite.

— Notes on the Baltimore Ravens:
Ravens are #21 in NFL in $$ spent on offense, #17 on defense.
Ravens are #4 in NFL in $$ spent on QB’s, #2 on RB’s
Ravens are #5 in NFL in $$ spent on linebackers

Baltimore was +6 in turnovers last year, with only 11 giveaways
Ravens were +30 in sacks last year (54-24)

Baltimore was 5-5 LY in games decided by 8 or fewer points.
Baltimore was 7-0 LY in games decided by more than 8 points.

Last three years, Ravens are 17-8 ATS on the road.
Ravens are 19-10 ATS in last 29 games as a favorite.

— Famous birthdays, July 6th:
Fred Dryer, 79
Jason Thompson, 71
Willie Randolph, 71
Joe Jacoby, 66
Kelly Stouffer, 61

Pau Gasol, 45
Jae Crowder, 35
Manny Machado, 33
Andrew Benintendi, 31
Brandon Lowe, 31

— Miss State
Last two years, Bulldogs are 7-17 SU
Since 2019, MSU is 2-13-1 ATS as a home underdog.
Underdogs are 4-1 ATS in their last five bowl games.

— Missouri
Last two years, Tigers were 21-8 SU (+18 turnovers)
Last three years, Mizzou is 10-4 ATS on the road.

— Oklahoma
Last four years, Sooners are 3-10-1 ATS as road favorites.
Last three years, Oklahoma is 10-15-1 ATS in conference games.

— South Carolina
Coach Beamer is 14-6 ATS as a favorite.
Underdogs are 4-1 ATS in their last five bowl games.

— Tennesssee
Since 2020, Tennessee is 4-14 ATS as an underdog.
Under Heupel, Vols are 15-8 ATS as a home favorite.

— Texas
Since 2016, Longhorns are 23-12-1 ATS in non-league games.
Coach Sarkisian is 10-18 ATS as a road underdog.

— Texas A&M
Coach Elko is 9-6 ATS as a home favorite, 2-6 as a road favorite.
Aggies are 3-10-2 ATS in their last fifteen road games.

— Vanderbilt
Since 2020, Vandy is 15-8 ATS as a road underdog.
Commodores are 11-27 ATS in their last 38 home games. 

Notes for NFL teams:
NFC East
Dallas
Missed playoffs LY for first time in four years.
Since 1998, they’re 4-12 in playoff games.
17-8 ATS in last 25 games as a home favorite.

NJ Giants
Missed playoffs 11 of last 13 years.
Last two years, went 6-11/3-14.
Last seven years, they’re 9-12 ATS in NFC East home games.

Philadelphia
Since 2017, they’re 10-5 in playoff games (2 Super Bowl wins)
Since 2018, Eagles are 19-24-1 ATS as a home favorite.
Last four years, over is 21-12 in Philly’s regular season home games.

Washington
LY, Commanders made playoffs for second time in last nine years.
Before last year, Washington’s last playoff win was in 2005.
Last year, over was 12-5 in Washington’s regular season games.

NFC North
Chicago
Last four years, Chicago went 21-47, missing playoffs every year.
Since winning Super Bowl 40 years ago, Bears are 6-12 in playoff games.
Last five years, Bears are 10-20 ATS in divisional games.

Detroit
Last three years, Detroit went 36-15 in regular season, 2-2 in playoffs.
In the entire Super Bowl era, Lions are 3-14 in playoff games (0-12 on road)
Lions are 14-8 ATS in last 22 games as a home favorite.

Green Bay
Packers made the playoffs 12 of the last 15 years.
Since winning Super Bowl 15 years ago, Green Bay is 8-11 in playoff games.
Packers are 26-17-1 ATS in their last 44 games as a home favorite.

Minnesota
Vikings were 14-3 LY, but let QB Darnold walk anyway.
Since 2010, Minnesota is 2-6 in playoff games.
Vikings are 10-2-1 ATS in last 13 games as a road favorite.

NFC South
Atlanta
Falcons missed the playoffs the last seven years.
Since 2014, Atlanta is 20-40-1 ATS as a home favorite.
In their history, Falcons are 6-2 in home playoff games, 4-12 otherwise.

Carolina
Carolina missed the playoffs the last seven years.
In their history, Panthers are 9-8 in playoff games (5-2 at home)
Carolina’s last seven home games went over the total.

New Orleans
New Orleans missed the playoffs the last four years.
Since winning Super Bowl 16 years ago, Saints are 4-7 in playoff games.
Since 2014, Saints are 26-38-1 ATS as a home favorite.

Tampa Bay
Buccaneers made the playoffs the last five years (27-24 last 3 years)
Tampa Bay is 5-2-1 ATS last eight games as a home favorite.
Last three years, Buccaneers are 3-5-1 ATS in NFC South home games.

NFC West
Arizona
Cardinals missed playoffs the last three years, and eight of last nine.
Since making it to the Super Bowl 17 years ago, Arizona is 2-4 in playoff games.
Cardinals are 8-4 ATS in last 12 games as a home underdog.

LA Rams
In eight years under McVay, Rams made playoffs six times (1-1 in Super Bowl)
McVay has a 8-5 record in playoff games.
Rams are 4-8-2 ATS last 14 games as a non-divisional road underdog.

San Francisco
49ers missed playoffs LY for first time in four years.
Since 2012, 49ers made playoffs six times; they went WWL all six years.
49ers are 7-9 ATS in last sixteen games as a home favorite.

Seattle
Seattle missed playoffs 3 of last 4 years, after making it 12 of previous 16 years.
Since losing Super Bowl 11 years ago, Seahawks are 3-6 in playoff games.
Last year, Seahawks were 1-6 SU/ATS in last seven home games.

Famous birthdays, July 2nd:
Robert Ito, 94
Polly Holliday, 88
Larry David, 78
Joe Pisarcik, 73

Tony Armas, 72
Jon Sundvold, 64
Jose Canseco, 61
Steve Sparks, 61

Chad Henne, 40
Margot Robbie, 35
Derrick White, 31
Daulton Varsho, 29

AFC teams
AFC East
Buffalo
Since 2017, Bills are 86-45 SU in regular season, 7-7 in playoffs.
Buffalo is 11-5-1 ATS last 17 games as a road underdog.
Over is 10-2 in their last 12 regular season games.

Miami
Dolphins made the playoffs twice in McDaniel’s three seasons as HC.
Dolphins lost their last six playoff games (last win, 2000)
Miami’s last six home games went over the total.

New England
Patriots made the playoffs once in five years since Brady left.
Vrabel’s is New England’s third HC in three years (4-13/4-13 last 2 years)
Patriots are 7-17-1 ATS in their last 25 home games.

NJ Jets
Jets have had nine consecutive losing seasons, last made playoffs in 2010.
Jets haven’t played a home playoff game since 2002.
Since 2018, Jets are 7-14 ATS in AFC East home games.

AFC North
Baltimore
Lamar Jackson is 70-24 in regular season games, 3-5 in playoff games.
Ravens are 2-3 SU in last five home playoff games.
Last two years, Baltimore is 19-12 ATS as a favorite.

Cincinnati
Bengals went 9-8/9-8 last two years, but missed playoffs both years.
2021-22, Bengals went 22-11 in regular season, 5-2 in playoffs.
From 1991-2020, Cincinnati was 0-7 in playoff games.
Over is 6-1 in their last seven home games. 

Cleveland
Since returning to NFL, Browns are 1-3 in playoff games.
Cleveland made playoffs twice in last five years, were 3-14 LY.
Last year, Browns were 3-12 ATS in their last fifteen games.

Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh made the playoffs eight of the last 11 years.
Steelers haven’t won a playoff game since 2016.
Steelers are 25-14 ATS in last 39 games as a road underdog.

AFC South
Houston
Texans won AFC South last two years, six of last 10 seasons.
Texans are 6-1 in home playoff games, 0-6 in road playoff games.
Since 2019, Houston is 6-15 ATS as a home favorite.

Indianapolis
Colts missed playoffs last four years, and eight of last 10 seasons.
Last year, over was 7-1 in their last eight games.
Over is 11-5 in their last sixteen home games.

Jacksonville
Jaguars made the playoffs once in last seven seasons.
In their history, Jacksonville is 8-8 SU in playoff games.
Since 2016, Jaguars are 10-3 ATS as a home dog vs AFC South rivals.

Tennessee
Last three years, Titans missed playoffs, going 16-35 SU
Tennessee is 5-4 SU in its last nine road playoff games.
Last year, Titans were 1-7 SU/0-8 ATS at home. 

AFC West
Denver
Broncos made playoffs last year for first time in nine years.
LY’s playoff loss in Buffalo was their first road playoff game since 2011.
Denver won/covered six of its last seven home games.

Kansas City
Last six years, Chiefs went 3-2 SU in Super Bowls.
Since 2019, Chiefs are 16-3 SU in playoff games.
Since 2020, Chiefs are 17-22 ATS as a home favorite.

Las Vegas
Raiders made the playoffs twice in the last 22 years.
Raiders haven’t won a playoff game since 2002.
Pete Carroll made playoffs in four of his last six years in Seattle.

LA Chargers
Chargers made playoffs two of last three years.
Jim Harbaugh is 55-25-1 SU as an NFL coach, 5-4 in playoff games.
Chargers’ last six regular season road games went over the total. 

— Utah Jazz were 17-65 last year, worst record in the NBA, but they lottery screwed them; they wound up with the 5th pick in the draft, instead of the first pick.

Utah drafted G Ace Bailey from Rutgers, who didn’t work out for any teams, the only American player who didn’t. Word was he wanted the Washington Wizards to draft him, but now he goes to Utah, which also acquired Walter Clayton, who won a national title at Florida last year.

— Rutgers had Bailey and Dylan Harper last year; Harper was the 2nd player taken in this draft. If those two guys are so great, how come the Scarlet Knights were 15-17 last year, 8-12 in their conference games?

— Dallas Mavericks had only a 1.5% chance of getting the first pick in the draft, so they’re landing Cooper Flagg was quite a bonanza.

— This was first NBA Draft since 2007 that John Calipari didn’t have a player drafted in the first round; it was the first time since 2009 that Kentucky didn’t have a player drafted.

— 76ers drafted Baylor’s VJ Edgecombe with the #3 pick; if Philly can keep their nucleus of Emiid, George and Maxey together (they played together in only 15 games last year), they could make a jump back into the playoffs next year.

— Oklahoma City drafted Thomas Sorber from Georgetown, the Hoyas’ first player taken in the 1st round since Otto Porter Jr in 2013.

— Khaman Maluach is a 7-1 big man who played at Duke last year; he didn’t play basketball until he was 14, so he had ton of potential to become way better on offense.

— They said on ESPN that Tre Johnson was the best shooter in the draft; Wizards took him with the 6th pick, right after Harper went to Utah.

— As for ESPN’s coverage of the draft, I’m not a fan; we need more people on air who played or coached in the league. Kendrick Perkins is good, Jay Bilas was the NBA version of Mel Kiper Jr; we learned stuff from them. 

Former Warriors’ GM Bob Myers was on the ABC version of the draft; he is probably very good, but  I didn’t see it because I’m not spending 3.5 hours of my life listening to Stephen A Smith. 

Teams’ records by starting pitcher:
(thru Wednesday’s games)

Diamondbacks (41-39)
Gallen 7-10 (over 5-1 last six)
Kelly 9-7 (over 4-2 last six)
Burnes 6-5 (under 5-1 last six)
Pfaadt 9-7 (over 6-2 last eight)
Rodriguez 6-7 (over 8-2 last ten)
Nelson 4-3 (under 5-2)

— Braves (37-42)
Sale 8-7 (under 8-3 last eleven)
Schwellenbach 11-5 (over 9-3 last 12)
Smith-Shawver 5-4 (under 7-2)
Holmes 6-9 (3-7 last ten)
Elder 5-7 (under 9-2 last eleven)
Lopez 0-1
Strider 3-5 (under 6-2)
Fuentes 0-2
Blewett 0-1

— Cubs (47-33)
Imanaga 5-3 (under 6-2)
Steele 3-1 (over 4-0)
Taillon 8-8
Boyd 8-8 (under 5-1 last six)
Brown 7-7 (over 11-3)
Rea 9-4
Horton 6-2 (under 4-2 last six)
Pomeranz 2-0 (opener)
Keller 1-0 (opener)

— Reds (42-39)
Greene 6-5 (under 8-2 last ten)
Lodolo 7-8 (over 7-4 last 11)
Martinez 4-11 (over 5-0 last five)
Singer 9-7 (under 9-3 last 12)
Burns 1-0
Miley 2-0 (over 2-0)
Abbott 10-3
Petty 0-2
Suter 2-1 (opener)
Spiers 0-2

— Rockies (18-62)
Freeland 2-12 (under 9-5)
Senzatela 5-10 (over 3-1 last four)
Feltner 1-5 (under 4-0 last four)
Marquez 4-12 (over 10-5 last 15)
Dollander 3-10 
Palmquist 1-6 (under 5-2)
Gomber 1-1
Blalock 0-3
Gordon 1-2
Rolison 0-1 (opener)

— Dodgers (50-31)
Yamamoto 9-7
Kershaw 5-2 (over 7-0)
May 7-7 (over 4-1 last five)
Ohtani 2-0 (opener)
Snell 2-0 (over 2-0)
Glasnow 3-2
Sheehan 1-0
Sasaki 6-2 (over 6-2)
Knack 5-2 (over 5-2)
Gonsolin 3-4
Wrobleski 0-2
Miller 1-0
Casparius 1-1 (opener)
Dreyer 4-1 (opener)
Sauer 1-0 (opener)
Trivino 0-1 (opener)

— Marlins (33-45)
Alcantara 6-9 (under 6-2 last eight)
Quantrill 8-7 (under 8-1 last nine)
Bellozo 1-4
Meyer 5-7 (over 7-1 last eight)
EPerez 1-2
Cabrera 7-6
Junk 1-0
Weathers 2-3
Mazur 0-1
Gillispie 1-5 (over 5-1)
Gibson 1-0 (opener)
Veneziano 0-1 (opener)

— Famous birthdays, June 26th:

Edd Hargett, 78
Shannon Sharpe, 57
Chris O’Donnell, 55
Jason Kendall, 51
Chad Pennington, 49

Michael Vick, 45
Deron Williams, 41
Iman Shumpert, 35
Rudy Gobert, 33
Riley Adams, 29

— Brewers (45-36)
Peralta 10-7
Cortes 1-1
Patrick 5-11 (under 11-5)
Priester 4-6 (under 7-3)
Misioroski 3-0
Myers 2-3
Rodriguez 0-2 (over 2-0)
Alexander 2-2 (over 3-1)
Quintana 7-3 (under 8-2)
Henderson 3-1 (over 3-1)
Hall 2-0
Zastryzny 1-0 (opener)
Civale 3-2

— Mets (47-34)
Holmes 11-5 (under 6-2 last eight)
Megill 6-8 (over 9-2 last 11)
Senga 9-4 (under 12-1)
Canning 11-4 (over 5-1 last six)
Peterson 9-6 (home team 14-1)
Montas 0-1
Blackburn 1-2
Tidwell 0-2
Brazoban 0-2 (opener)

— Phillies (47-33)
Wheeler 11-5
Luzardo 10-6 (over 4-1 last five)
Nola 3-6 (under 6-3)
Sanchez 12-3
Walker 4-4 (under 3-1 last four)
Suarez 6-4 (under 6-1 last seven)
Abel 3-2 
Ross 0-1 (opener)

— Pirates (32-50)
Skenes 8-9 (under 9-4 last 13)
Keller 3-13 (under 7-2 last nine)
Falter 9-7
Heaney 5-11 
Burrows 2-3
Mlodzinski 3-6 (under 4-1 last five)
Harrington 0-1
Ashcraft 1-0

— Cardinals (44-37)
Gray 12-3 (under 4-1 last five)
Fedde 5-11 (under 5-1 last six)
Mikolas 7-8
Liberatore 7-8 (over 5-1 last six)
Pallante 9-6 (over 4-1 last five)
Matz 2-0
McGreevy 2-1 (over 3-0)

— Padres (44-36)
King 5-5 (1-5 last six) (over 3-0-1 last four)
Cease 9-7
Vasquez 9-7 (under 11-5)
Pivetta 10-6 (over 4-1 last five)
Bergert 4-1
Hart 3-3 (over 4-2)
Kolek 4-6 (under 4-1 last five)
Reynolds 0-1

— Giants (44-36)
Ray 13-3 (under 9-3 last 12)
Webb 9-8 (under 4-1 last five)
Verlander 4-8 (under 6-1 last seven)
Roupp 8-7 (under 6-1 last seven)
Birdsong 3-3 (over 3-0 last three)
Harrison 3-1 (under 3-1)
Hjelle 0-1 (opener)
Hicks 4-5 (over 7-2)

— Nationals (33-48)
Gore 6-11 (under 8-4 last 12)
Irvin 8-8
Parker 8-8 (under 9-5)
Williams 6-10 (under 4-0 last four)
Soroka 4-6
Lord 2-4

Notes on football teams in the SEC:
— Alabama
Last five years, Alabama is 37-26 (58.7%) against spread.
New QB Simpson threw only 25 passes as the backup LY.
Had only 25 sacks last year, their fewest since 2013.

— Arkansas
Arkansas has only 3 starters back on offense, 3 more on defense.
Hogs gained 459.5 yards/game last year, #10 in country.
Arkansas allowed 246.9 passing yards/game (#110)

— Auburn
Auburn scored only 19.1 ppg in its SEC games (2-6) last year
Tigers had a minus-9 turnover ratio (#119)
Auburn was 1-3 LY in games decided by 7 or fewer points.

— Florida
Six starters back on offense, seven on defense, a lot for an SEC team.
Gators have four starters back on the offensive line.
Florida was helped last year by its +6 turnover ratio (#35)

— Georgia
Last two years, Dawgs are only 9-17 ATS
Georgia has only seven of 22 starters back from LY.
Dawgs ran ball for only 124.4 yards/game LY, #102 in country.

— Kentucky
Wildcats have only 3 starters back on offense, 4 on defense.
Kentucky missed a bowl LY for first time in nine years.
Wildcats threw ball for only 184.8 yards/game LY (#112)

— LSU
Only six of 22 starters are back, only one on offensive line.
Gave up 364.4 yards/game LY, #61 in country. Mediocre.
QB Nussmeier is in his 5th year; his dad is the Saints’ offensive coordinator. .
— Ole Miss
Lane Kiffin has a 44-18 record in five years with the Rebels.
Ole Miss has only five of 22 starters back this year.
Rebels scored 38.6 ppg LY, #3 in country.

— Famous birthdays, June 25th:
June Lockhart, 100
Ricky Gervais, 64
Dell Curry, 61
Carlos Delgado, 53
Linda Cardellini, 50

Aramis Ramírez, 47
Matt Schaub, 44
Paul Maholm, 43
Gerald Everett, 31
Desmond Bane, 27

— Mississippi State
Bulldogs were 2-10 LY, including a 41-17 home loss to Toledo.
Miss State allowed 216.9 rushing yards/game (#129)
Bulldogs have only three starters back on defense.

— Missouri
Tigers have 7 starters back on defense, only 4 on offense.
Mizzou allowed only 317.5 yards/game LY, #17 in country.
Tigers don’t play a road game until October 18, at Auburn. 

— Oklahoma
Sooners have a new OC, who is 29; he brought the QB from Wazzu with him.
Oklahoma gained only 331 yards/game LY, #113 in country.
Oklahoma has only three starters back on offense.

— South Carolina
Gamecocks allowed only 18.1 ppg LY, #12 in country.
South Carolina has a new punter, kicker, long snapper, holder for kicks.
Gamecocks haven’t won a league title since they won the ACC in 1969.

— Tennessee
New QB Aguilar is a transfer from Appalachian State, via UCLA.
Aguilar threw for 6,700+ yards, 56 TD’s in two years at App State.
Vols have 7 starters back from a defense that allowed 16.1 ppg LY (#7 in country)

— Texas
Only 3 starters back on offense; Arch Manning is the new QB.
Texas ranked 71st in country in rushing yards LY; they’ve got 4 new starters on OL
First 4 weeks in October; three road games, and the Oklahoma game in Dallas.

— Texas A&M
Have six starters back on offense, seven on defense.
Aggies ran ball for 195.5 yards/game LY (#26); they’ve got 4 starters back on OL
A&M lost four of last four games LY, after a 7-1 start.

— Vanderbilt
Last year’s 7-6 season was their best since 2013.
Vandy brought in six transfers who play on OL, to protect QB Pavia.
Someone offered Pavia $4M to bolt to their school; he declined the offer.  

Teams’ records by starting pitcher:
(thru Tuesday’s games)
Diamondbacks (36-36)
Gallen 6-9 (over 3-1 last four)
Kelly 8-7 (over 4-1 last five)
Burnes 6-5 (under 5-1 last six)
Pfaadt 9-6 (over 6-1 last seven)
Rodriguez 5-6 (over 6-2 last eight)
Nelson 2-3 (under 4-1)

— Braves (32-39)
Sale 7-7 (under 7-3 last ten)
Schwellenbach 10-5 (over 9-2 last 11)
Smith-Shawver 5-4 (under 7-2)
Holmes 5-9 (2-7 last nine)
Elder 5-6 (under 8-2 last ten)
Lopez 0-1
Strider 1-5 (under 5-1)
Blewett 0-1

— Cubs (45-28)
Imanaga 5-3 (under 6-2)
Steele 3-1 (over 4-0)
Taillon 8-6 (won last five; under 7-3 last ten)
Boyd 7-7 (home team 12-2; under 4-0 last four)
Brown -5 (over 10-2)
Rea 9-3 (under last 3-1 last four)
Horton 5-2 (under 4-1 last five)
Pomeranz 2-0 (opener)
Keller 1-0 (opener)

— Reds (38-35)
Greene 6-5 (under 8-2 last ten)
Lodolo 6-8 (over 7-4 last 11)
Martinez 4-10 (over 4-0 last four)
Singer 9-5 (under 7-3 last 10)
Miley 2-0 (over 2-0)
Abbott 9-3
Petty 0-2
Suter 2-0 (opener)
Spiers 0-2

— Rockies (16-57)
Freeland 2-12 (under 9-5)
Senzatela 4-10 (over 5-2 last seven)
Feltner 1-5 (under 4-0 last four)
Marquez 3-11 (over 9-4 last 13)
Dollander 3-8 (under 6-2 last eight)
Palmquist 1-5 (under 4-2)
Gomber 1-0
Blalock 0-3
Gordon 1-2
Rolison 0-1 (opener)

— Dodgers (45-29)
Yamamoto 8-6 (over 3-1 last four)
Kershaw 4-2 (over 6-0)
May 7-6 (over 3-1 last four)
Ohtani 1-0
Snell 2-0 (over 2-0)
Glasnow 3-2
Sasaki 6-2 (over 6-2)
Knack 5-2 (over 5-2)
Gonsolin 3-4
Wrobleski 0-2
Miller 1-0
Casparius 1-1 (opener)
Dreyer 3-1 (opener)
Sauer 1-0 (opener)
Trivino 0-1 (opener)

— Marlins (29-42)
Alcantara 5-8 (under 5-2 last seven)
Quantrill 7-7 (under 7-1 last eight)
Bellozo 1-4
Meyer 5-7 (over 7-1 last eight)
EPerez 1-1
Cabrera 6-5 (under 5-2 last seven)
Weathers 2-3
Gillispie 1-5 (over 5-1)
Gibson 1-0 (opener)
Veneziano 0-1 (opener)

— Famous birthdays, June 18th:

Paul McCartney, 83
Isabella Rosselini, 73
Neil O’Donoghue, 72
Eric Truvillion, 66

Andrés Galarraga, 64
Jeff Saturday, 50
Alana De La Garza, 49
Jake Meyers, 29

— Brewers (39-35)
Peralta 8-7 (under 6-2 last eight)
Cortes 1-1
Patrick 5-10 (under 11-4)
Priester 3-6 (under 7-2)
Misioroski 1-0
Myers 2-3
Rodriguez 0-2 (over 2-0)
Alexander 2-2 (over 3-1)
Quintana 6-3 (under 7-2)
Henderson 3-1 (over 3-1)
Hall 2-0
Zastryzny 1-0 (opener)
Civale 3-2

— Mets (45-28)
Holmes 10-4 (under 5-1 last six)
Megill 6-8 (over 9-2 last 11)
Senga 9-4 (under 12-1)
Canning 10-4 (over 4-1 last five)
Peterson 9-5
Blackburn 1-0
Tidwell 0-1
Brazoban 0-2 (opener)

— Phillies (43-30)
Wheeler 10-4
Luzardo 9-6
Nola 3-6 (under 6-3)
Sanchez 10-4
Walker 4-4 (under 3-1 last four)
Suarez 5-3 (under 4-1 last five)
Abel 2-2 (under 3-1)
Ross 0-1 (opener)

— Pirates (29-45)
Skenes 7-8 (under 8-3 last 11)
Keller 3-12 (under 6-2 last eight)
Falter 8-7 (under 6-3 last nine)
Heaney 5-9 (under 10-4)
Burrows 2-2
Mlodzinski 3-6 (under 4-1 last five)
Harrington 0-1

— Cardinals (38-35)
Gray 11-3 (under 4-0 last four)
Fedde 4-10 (under 3-1 last four)
Mikolas 7-7 (over 3-1 last four)
Liberatore 6-8 (over 4-1 last five)
Pallante 8-6 (over 4-0 last four)
Matz 2-0
McGreevy 0-1

— Padres (39-33)
King 5-5 (1-5 last six) (over 3-0-1 last four)
Cease 8-7
Vasquez 8-7 (under 10-5)
Pivetta 9-5 (over 3-0 last three)
Bergert 2-1
Hart 3-3 (over 4-2)
Kolek 4-4 (under 3-0 last three)
Reynolds 0-1

— Giants (41-32)
Ray 12-3 (under 9-2 last 11)
Hicks 4-5 (over 7-2)
Webb 8-7 (under 3-1 last four)
Verlander 4-6 (under 4-1 last five)
Roupp 7-7 (under 5-1 last six)
Birdsong 3-2 (under 2-0)
Harrison 3-1 (under 3-1)
Hjelle 0-1 (opener)

— Nationals (30-43)
Gore 6-9 (under 7-3 last ten)
Irvin 7-8
Parker 7-8 (under 9-5)
Williams 5-9
Soroka 3-6
Lord 2-4

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Mets, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Phillies, Giants, Padres
AL: Bronx, Tigers, Astros. Wild Cards: Rays, Blue Jays, Mariners

 

— Happy Armadillo Day; started this blog 24 years ago this week. Hope you enjoy reading it every day- you DO read it every day, right? 🙂 

The world has changed a lot since 2001; some for the better, some not so much, but hopefully things will get better again soon.

I try to focus on the positive here, but mostly aim for being realistic.

Thanks for reading, even if you read it only because it helps you sleep better 🙂

— Panthers 4, Oilers 2
Panthers led 2-0 after the first period.
Florida scored their five goals on only 19 shots.
Brad Marchand scored twice for Florida.
Game 6 is in Florida Tuesday night.

Panthers’ star Marchand has scored six goals for Florida in this year’s Final.

He scored five goals for the Bruins in the 2011 Finals. 

He is the first player in NHL history to score 5+ goals in a Stanley Cup Final with two different teams.

— Was watching Tigers-Orioles game the other night, and the great actor JK Simmons showed up in the Orioles’ TV booth, unannounced. Simmons is a big-time Tigers’ fan; he was also the manager of the Tigers in the excellent Kevin Costner movie For Love of the Game.

He has 245 acting credits on IMDB; he was Dr Skoda in 45 episodes of Law and Order, just a tremendous career.

— Atlanta Braves were minus-350 favorites over Colorado Saturday, huge favorites. Remember reading something a long time ago advising you to never lay more than -150 on baseball.

My cousin KL Wheat, who is smart with his bets, never lays more than -120.

— Pirates P Paul Skenes has a 1.78 ERA in 15 starts this year, but he is 4-6 in those start; Pirates have scored 3 or fewer runs in 10 of his 15 starts. Under is 8-3 in his last 11 starts.

— Cardinals 8, Brewers 5
Willson/William Contreras became the first brothers since 1933 to homer in the same inning in the same game, when they were on opposing sides in that game. 

Last year, Cleveland’s Josh/Bo Naylor did it as teammates.

— Heading into this weekend, the average OPS in the major leagues was .712; in 2019 it was .758, in 2020 it was .740. Getting harder and harder to hit.

— Famous birthdays, June 15th:
Dusty Baker, 76
Jim Belushi, 71
Wade Boggs, 67
Helen Hunt, 62
Courteney Cox, 61

Kerwin Bell, 60
O’Shea Jackson Sr., 56 (Ice Cube)
Andy Pettitte, 53
Michael Doleac, 48
Derek Anderson, 42

Tim Lincecum, 41
Trevor Plouffe, 39
Jake Locker, 37
Cooper Kupp, 32
Dom Smith, 30

Happy birthday to the Big Dawg, whose birthday is this weekend. He’s been a good friend for many years, he’s a good NFL handicapper.

— When Indiana’s Bennedict Mathurin scored 27 points off the bench the other night, it was the most points a sub scored in an NBA Finals game since Jason Terry scored 27 in 2011.

Both players were coached in those games by Rick Carlisle.

Pacers’ star Tyrese Halliburton has scored 71 points in the first four games of the series vs Oklahoma City; he’s taken a total of only three foul shots in the four games, all of them in the Game 4 loss.

— Diamondbacks 8, Padres 7
Arizona led 3-1 after the sixth inning.
San Diego led 7-3 in the middle of the ninth. 

Diamondbacks scored five runs in the bottom of the ninth; Geraldo Perdomo’s bases loaded triple was the big blow in the inning.

— It was a good week for a couple of NFL punters:

Monday, Jaguars gave P Logan Cooke a 4-year, $16M contract, making him the highest-paid punter in the NFL. 

Tuesday, Seahawks gave P Michael Dickson a 4-year, $16.2M contract, making him the highest-paid punter in the NFL.

— Houston Texans WR Nico Collins had 142 receiving yards negated by Houston penalties last year, more than any other player.

— White Sox traded 1B/OF Andrew Vaughn to Milwaukee for P Aaron Civale, who the Brewers had demoted to the bullpen. White Sox had demoted Vaughn to AAA.

— I’m curious if baseball executives who were really good ballplayers look down their noses at the nerdy, non-athletic guys who are often in front offices these days?

I’m guessing they do; John Smoltz was on TV Saturday night, saying how official scorers should consult with former players when they make scoring decisions, to find “how difficult a play that really was”

— Baseball seriously needs to promote itself better; a good reality show would include current players watching fantasy baseball podcasts on YouTube, where nerdy types criticize players, as they add/drop or trade these players. 

A quick trend for all of Saturday’s starting pitchers:
NL games
Marlins @ Nationals
Miami is undecided on their starter; they’re 1-4 in second game of a series, if they won the opener.

Nationals are 4-7 in Williams’ last 11 starts.

Pirates @ Cubs
Burrows is 2-1, 3.77 in his first three starts.

Cubs are 5-0 in Boyd’s home starts.

Rockies @ Braves
Under is 5-2 in last seven Dollander starts.

Strider is 0-5, 5.76 in his first five starts.

Cardinals @ Brewers
Pallante is 0-1, 6.64 in his last four starts (over 3-1)

Bewers are 6-2 in Quintana starts (under 7-1)

Padres @ Diamondbacks
San Diego won Bergert’s first two starts (0-0, 1.74, under 2-0)

Gallen is 1-4, 6.94 in his last six starts.

Giants @ Dodgers
Under is 4-1 in Roupp’s last five starts.

Over is 5-0 in Kershaw’s starts.

AL games
Angels @ Orioles
Anderson is 0-3, 5.63 in his last nine starts.

Under is 9-1 in Sugano’s last ten starts.

White Sox @ Rangers
Chicago is undecided on their starter; they’re 7-29 on the road. 

deGrom is 6-1, 1.46 in his last eight starts.

Twins @ Astros
Ryan is 5-0, 2.89 in his last five starts.

Brown is 7-2, 1.82 in his last ten starts.

A’s @ Royals
Lopez is 0-3, 6.61 in four starts.

Lorenzen is 1-1, 9.88 in his last three starts.

Bronx @ Red Sox
Under is 11-4 in Rodon’s starts.

Dobbins is 3-1, 4.74 in five home starts.

Guardians @ Mariners
Under is 8-2 in Bibee’s last ten starts.

Kirby is 1-1, 3.00 in his last two starts.

Famous birthdays, June 14th:
Vince Evans, 70
Sam Perkins, 64
Eric Murdock, 57

Bruce Bowen, 54
Sammy Watkins, 32
Bobby Witt Jr, 25

Interleague games
Reds @ Tigers
Under is 7-2 in Singer’s last nine starts.

Flaherty is 3-0, 0.50 in his last three starts.

Blue Jays @ Phillies
Francis is 0-6, 6.29 in his last nine starts.

Sanchez is 1-1, 2.41 in his last three starts.

Rays @ Mets
Rasmussen is 4-0, 0.62 in his last five starts.

Over is 8-2 in Megill’s last ten starts. 

AL teams’ records, by starting pitcher:

— Orioles (26-39)
Eflin 5-3
Morton 3-7 (under 4-1 last five)
Kremer 5-8 (under 7-2 last nine)
Sugano 7-6 (under 9-1 last ten)
Povich 4-8
Young 1-1
Gibson 0-4 (over 3-1)
Rogers 1-0
McDermott 0-1
Akin 0-2 (opener)

— Red Sox (33-36)
Crochet 8-6 (under 10-4)
Houck 2-7 (over 5-1 last six)
Buehler 6-4 (under 3-1 last four)
Pitts 0-5 (under 4-1)
Newcomb 2-3 (over 4-1)
Dobbins 5-3 (over 3-1 last four)
Bello 5-5 (over 7-3)
Giolito 5-3

— White Sox (23-44)
Burke 6-5 (under 5-1 last six)
Cannon 1-9 (over 5-1 last six)
Perez 2-2
Smith 4-9 (over 4-1 last five)
Martin 3-9
Wilson 3-2 (over 4-1)
Houser 2-2 (under 4-0)
Gilbert 1-2 (opener)
Eisert 0-2 (opener)
Shuster 0-2 (opener)
Vasil 0-1 (opener)

— Guardians (34-32)
Lively 7-2 (under 6-2 last eight)
Williams 8-5 (over 7-3 last ten)
Bibee 7-6 (under 8-2 last ten)
Ortiz 5-8 (under 6-3 last nine)
Allen 5-6 (under 3-1 last four)
Cecconi 2-3 (under 4-1)
Nikhazy 0-1
Allard 1-0

— Tigers (44-24)
Skubal 9-4 (under 3-0 last three)
Flaherty 5-8 (under 3-1 last four)
Olson 5-4
Jobe 9-1
Mize 7-3 (over 4-1 last five)
Montero 5-1 (under 5-1)
Gipson-Long 1-0
Holton 1-1 (opener)
Hurter 2-0 (opener)
Guenther 0-1 (opener)
Brieske 0-1 (opener)

— Astros (36-30)
Valdez 8-5 (under 4-1 last five)
Brown 9-4 (over 3-1 last four)
Arrighetti 1-1
Blanco 5-4 (under 5-1 last six)
Wesneski 2-4 (under 5-1)
Gusto 3-5
McCullers 4-3 (under 3-0 last three)
Gordon 4-1 (under 4-1)
Walter 0-2
Blubaugh 0-1

— Royals (34-33)
Ragans 5-5 (over 5-1 last six)
Lugo 5-6
Bubic 7-5 (under 7-2 last nine)
Lorenzen 7-6 (over 3-0 last three)
Wacha 7-6 (under 8-3 last 11)
Cameron 2-4 (under 4-2)
Lynch 1-1 (opener)

— Famous birthdays, June 11th:
Adrienne Barbeau, 80
Dave Cash, 77
Gary Fencik, 71

Joe Montana, 69
Hugh Laurie, 66
Odalis Pérez, 47

Jose Reyes, 42
Jorge Alfaro, 32
Max Schuemann, 28

— Angels (32-34)
Kikuchi 6-7 (over 9-4)
Soriano 5-9 (under 4-1 last five)
TAnderson 9-4 (over 6-2 last eight)
Hendricks 5-7 (over 3-1 last four)
Kochanowicz 6-7 (under 4-2 last sox)

— Twins (35-31)
Lopez 7-4 
Ryan 7-5 (under 9-3)
Ober 8-5 (over 4-1 last five)
Paddack 3-10 
Woods-Richardson 5-3 
Matthews 3-1
Festa 2-2 (over 3-1)
Topa 0-1 (opener)

— New York (40-25)
Rodon 8-6 (under 10-4)
Fried 12-2 (over 4-1 last five)
Warren 7-6 
Carrasco 2-4 (under 4-2)
Schmidt 5-4 (under 4-0 last four) 
Stroman 2-1 (over 3-0)
Yarbrough 4-2

— A’s (26-43)
Severino 4-10 (over 5-2 last seven)
Springs 5-7 (over 3-1 last four)
Bido 4-5 (over 4-1 last five)
Sears 7-6 (over 5-1 last six)
Lopez 1-3
Spence 1-1
Hoglund 2-4 
Ginn 2-2 (under 3-1)
Estes 0-2
Sterner 0-1 (opener)
Holman 0-2 (opener)

— Mariners (33-33)
Gilbert 5-1
Castillo 6-7 (under 4-1 last five)
Miller 4-6 (over 6-0 last six)
Woo 7-5 (under 4-1 last five)
Kirby 1-3
Hancock 6-5 
Evans 4-3 (over 5-2)
JFCastillo 1-1 (opener)
Legumina 0-1 (opener)

— Rays (36-31)
Pepiot 5-9 (under 8-2 last ten)
Littell 8-5 (won last eight; under 9-4)
Bradley 6-7 
Rasmussen 7-6 (under 11-2)
Baz 9-4 (over 3-0 last three)
Boyle 1-0

— Rangers (32-35)
Eovaldi 6-6 (under 10-2)
Leiter 4-6 (under 7-3)
Mahle 6-5 (under 10-1)
deGrom 6-4 
Rocker 3-3 
Corbin 4-7 (under 6-2 last eight)
Latz 1-0

— Blue Jays (37-30)
Berrios 7-6 (under 3-1 last four)
Gausman 8-5 (over 7-1 last eight)
Bassitt 8-5 (over 3-0 last three)
Francis 4-9 (over 7-1 last eight)
Lucas 2-2
Scherzer 0-1
Lauer 1-1
Urena 1-1
Schultz 2-0 (opener)
Rodriguez 1-0 (opener)
Fisher 1-0 (opener)

Teams’ records in first game of series:
(away/home….total)
(thru Sunday’s games)

NL East
Braves 4-7/6-4…..10-11
Marlins 1-9/4-7…..5-16
Mets 7-4/9-1…..16-5
Phillies 5-6/7-3…..12-9
Nationals 5-5/6-5…..11-10

NL Central
Cubs 6-6/9-1…..15-7
Reds 6-4/8-3…..14-7
Brewers 6-5/5-5…..11-10
Pirates 2-8/4-7…..6-15
Cardinals 4-6/8-3…..12-9

NL West
Arizona 6-5/4-6…..10-11
Rockies 2-9/1-9…..3-18
Dodgers 7-4/6-5…..13-9
Padres 7-4/7-3…..14-7
Giants 6-5/5-5…..11-10

AL East
Orioles 4-7/6-4…..10-11
Red Sox 3-8/6-4…..9-12
New York 5-5/7-4…..12-9
Rays 3-4/9-5…….12-9
Blue Jays 5-5/5-6…..10-11

AL Central
White Sox 1-9/7-4…..8-13
Guardians 5-6/6-4…..11-10
Tigers 8-3/9-1…..17-4                                                     
Royals 5-6/6-4…..11-10
Twins 5-6/6-4…..11-10

AL West
Astros 4-6/8-3…..12-9
Angels 7-5/4-5…..11-10
A’s 5-5/3-8…….8-13
Mariners 3-7/5-6…..8-13
Rangers 3-8/5-5…..8-13

Teams’ records in series:
(away/home….total)

NL East
Braves 3-8/5-4-1…..8-12-1
Marlins 1-8-1/5-6…..6-14-1
Mets 4-5-1/9-1…..13-6-1
Phillies 5-6/7-2-1…..12-8-1
Nationals 5-5/4-6-1…..9-11-1

NL Central
Cubs 7-4-1/8-2…..15-6-1
Reds 4-6/3-7-1…..7-13-1
Brewers 4-6-1/7-3…..11-9-1
Pirates 2-8/5-5-1…..7-13-1
Cardinals 4-5-1/8-3…..12-8-1

NL West
Arizona 5-6/3-5-2…..8-11-2
Rockies 1-10/0-10…..1-20
Dodgers 5-4-2/8-2-1…..13-6-3
Padres 5-5-1/8-2…..13-7-1
Giants 6-4-1/6-3-1…..12-7-2

AL East
Orioles 2-7-2/3-6-1…..5-13-3
Red Sox 6-5/4-5-1…..10-10-1
New York 6-4/7-4…..13-8
Rays 4-2-1/9-5…….13-7-1
Blue Jays 5-4-1/6-4-1…..11-8-2

AL Central
White Sox 1-9/5-5-1…..6-14-1
Guardians 5-5-1/6-4…..11-9-1
Tigers 7-3-1/8-2…..15-5-1
Royals 4-7/5-5…..9-12
Twins 5-6/6-3-1…..11-9-1

AL West
Astros 3-6-1/9-1-1…..12-7-2
Angels 6-6/4-5…….10-11
A’s 4-5-1/3-8…….7-13-1
Mariners 7-3/5-5-1…..12-8-1
Rangers 4-7/5-3-2…..9-10-2

Famous birthdays, June 10th:
Jon McGlocklin, 82
Ken Singleton, 78
Larry Brooks, 75
John Gianelli, 75
Dan Fouts, 74

Floyd Bannister, 70
Jay Vincent, 66
Gina Gershon, 63
Jeff Teague, 37
Kate Upton, 33

— Monday was the 52nd anniversary of Secretariat winning the Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown of norse racing, which means it was also the 52nd anniversary of the only time I’ve ever ridden a horse.

My 8th grade field trip was to some resort place near Lake George; we were playing tennis, which was fun, but then we had to go ride horses. I had been to a racetrack with my dad, but betting on horses is way more fun than riding one was.

When I got on the horse, asked the guy in charge what the horse’s name was; he smiled and said “Jumper” which didn’t help things. The horse was pretty cool; he liked eating leaves off the trees, until we got to any open area and he took off in a full sprint, with me hanging on for dear life. Somehow I stayed on the horse and vowed never to do that again. Ever.

— Florida 6, Edmonton 1
Florida scored four times on their first 14 shots on goal.
Brad Marchand has scored in all three series games.
Panthers lead Stanley Cup finals, 2-1. Game 4 is Thursday.

— Last week we mentioned how Indiana/Oklahoma City are the NBA finalists that are the closest together in any year since 1971.

This year NHL’s finalists are 3,003 miles apart.

— Saturday in Tampa, Marlins’ P Ryan Weathers was warming up to pitch the bottom of the first inning; when the catcher threw the ball down to second to end warmups, he drilled Weathers in the head, but for some reason, they let him pitch anyway. 

Weathers pitched three innings, threw 57 pitches, and apparently hurt his back so badly that he is now on the 60-day disabled list. Oy.

— Washington Nationals have scored a total of 11 runs in their last seven games.

— Texas SS Corey Seager is 2-for-34 since coming off the injured list. He is 0-22 in June.

— Cubs’ 2B Nico Hoerner got thrown out of a game in Detroit over the weekend; TV mikes heard him tell the umpire “you’re having a really bad day” with no cursing included.

That gets you thrown out? 

— Prop bets for the US Open golf tournament this week:

72-hole winning score: 278.5

Lowest completed round: 65.5 (under -175)

— First-ever major league amateur draft was 60 years ago this week:
1) A’s- Rick Monday, OF. Played 19 years in majors, had an .804 OPS.
2) Mets- Les Rohr, P. Pitched in six games (24.1 IP) for the Mets
3) Senators- Joe Coleman, P. Pitched 15 years in majors, started 340 games.
4) Astros- Alex Barrett, SS. Played 125 games in AAA, never made the majors.
5) Red Sox- Billy Conigliaro, OF. Hit .256 in five years, never played after age 25.
6) Cubs- Rick James, P. Pitched in three games (4.2 IP) for the Cubs.
7) Indians- Ray Fosse, C. Played 12 years in majors, made two All-Star Games, helped the A’s win two World Series titles.

Monday/Fosse both became long-time announcers after their playing days. 

— Arizona (28-31)
Arizona lost 10 of its last 12 games.
Diamondbacks are 8-11 in one-run games.
Arizona is 2-10 in last 12 games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Braves (27-31)
Atlanta lost eight of its last 11 games.
Braves are 17-11 at home, 10-20 on the road.
Under is 15-3 in their last 18 home games.

— Cubs (37-22)
Chicago won nine of its last eleven games.
Under is 5-1 in their last six games.
Cubs are 8-1 vs American League teams.

— Reds (29-32)
Cincinnati lost four of its last five games.
Under is 4-1 in their last five games.
Last 9 series, Reds are 0-6 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Rockies (10-50)
Colorado is 3-15 since they changed managers.
Under is 14-4 in Rockies’ last 18 road games.
Rockies are 1-17 vs lefty starters, 9-33 vs righties.  

— Dodgers (36-24)
Dodgers won eight of their last 12 games,
Dodgers are 21-10 at home, 15-14 on the road.
Dodgers are 28-13 vs righty starters, 8-11 vs lefties.
Over is 14-4 in their last 18 home games.

— Marlins (23-35)                                                                       )
Marlins are 8-9 in their last seventeen games.
Miami is 14-18 at home, 9-17 on the road.
Marlins are 1-8 in road series openers.

— Brewers (33-28)
Brewers have won eight games in a row.
Brewers are 18-10 at home, 15-18 on the road.
Under is 10-4 in their last 14 home games.

— Mets (38-22)
Mets won nine of their last eleven games.
Mets are 24-7 at home, 14-15  on the road.
Under is 15-5 in their last 20 games.

— Phillies (36-23)
Phillies lost their last four games.
Phillies are 28-13 vs righty starters, 8-10 vs lefties.
Under is 9-6 in their last fifteen games.

— Pirates (22-38)
Pirates are 5-3 in their last eight games.
Pittsburgh is 13-16 at home, 9-22 on the road.
Under is 10-4 in their last 14 road games.

— St Louis (33-26)
St Louis won 19 of its last 26 games.
Cardinals are 10-2 when Sonny Gray starts.
St Louis is 19-8 at home, 14-18 on the road.

— Padres (34-24)
Padres won six of their last eight games.
Under is 7-3 in their last ten home games.
Padres are 8-1 against their NL West rivals.

— Giants (33-27)
Giants are 4-7 in their last eleven games.
Giants are 27-15 vs rightly pitchers, 6-12 vs lefties.
SF scored total of 14 runs in their last nine games.
Under is 14-1 in Giants’ last fifteen games.

— Washington (28-31)
Nationals won ten of their last 14 games.
Over is 5-1 in their last six games.
Washington is 10-3 last 13 games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Famous birthdays, June 3rd:
Billy Cunningham, 82
Emmitt Thomas, 81
Az-Zahir Hakim, 48
Travis Hafner, 48
Al Horford, 39

Imogen Poots, 36
Harrison Bader, 31
Eric Lauer, 30
Luis Urias, 28
Ryan Jeffers, 28

Tuesday would’ve been the 100th birthday for Tony Curtis, the 88th birthday for Edward Winter (Colonel Flagg on M*A*S*H)

— Orioles (22-36)
Baltimore is 6-2 in its last eight games.
Orioles are 8-8 vs AL East foes, 14-28 vs everyone else.
Under is 6-2 in their last eight games.

— Red Sox (29-33)
Boston is 6-16 in one-run games.
Under is 10-4 in their last fourteen games.
Red Sox are 16-15 at home, 13-18 on the road.

— White Sox (18-42)
Chicago lost seven of its last eight games.
White Sox are 6-26 on the road.
White Sox are 12-33 vs righty starters, 6-9 vs lefties.

— Cleveland (32-26)
Cleveland is 14-5 against its AL Central rivals.
Guardians are 29-18 vs righty starters, 3-8 vs lefties.
Over is 4-2 in their last six games.

— Detroit (40-21)
Detroit is 12-6 vs its AL Central rivals.
Tigers won seven of their last eight games.
Under is 9-3 in their last 12 games.

— Houston (32-27)
Astros are 22-12 at home, 10-15  on the road.
Houston is 2-6 in road series openers.
Under is 13-6 in their last nineteen games.
Astros scored total of nine runs in their last four games.

— Royals (31-29)
Royals are 6-11 in their last seventeen games.
Kansas City is 19-13 at home, 12-16 on the road.
Under is 18-10 in Royals’ last 28 games.
Kansas City is 12-8 in one-run games.

— Angels (27-32)
Angels lost seven of their last nine games.
Over is 11-5 in their last 16 road games.
Under is 5-0 in their last five home games.
Halos are 13-6 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Twins (32-27)
Twins lost five of their last eight games.
Minnesota is 18-8 at home, 14-19 on the road.
Over is 4-1 in their last five  games.

— New York (36-22)
New York won 17 of its last 23 games.
Under is 6-1 in their last seven home games.
New York is 28-17 vs righty starters, 8-5 vs lefties.

— A’s (23-38)
A’s lost 18 of their last 19 games.
A’s are 9-20 in Sacramento, 14-18 on the road.
Over is 9-3 in their last 12 home games.

— Seattle (32-26)
Mariners are 9-12 in their last 21 games.
Seattle is 4-8 in its last 12 home games.
Under is 7-2 in Seattle’s last nine road games.
Over is 5-1 in Mariners’ last six home games.

— Tampa Bay (30-29)
Tampa Bay won nine of its last 12 games.
Under is 16-7 in their last 23 home games.
Rays are 9-3 in last 12 games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Texas (29-31)
Rangers lost nine of their last 13 games.
Texas is 5-13 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Rangers are 20-13 at home, 9-18 on road.
Under is 13-4 in their last 17 road games.

— Toronto (31-28)
Blue Jays won their last five games, scoring 41 runs.
Under is 5-1 in their last six road games.
Toronto is  9-10 in series openers.

— If the baseball playoffs started today: (they don’t):
NL: Mets, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Phillies, Padres, Cardinals
AL: New York, Tigers, Mariners. Wild Cards: Guardians, Astros, Twins