— Monday is Memorial Day, a national holiday, but there are only 13 major league games, so four teams have a national holiday off. You’d think that attendance would be better on a holiday but the schedule makers have a different idea.
Plus, Toronto is playing at home, even though Memorial Day isn’t a holiday in Canada.
— Astros 8, Cubs 5
Cubs have already had two ten-game winning streaks this season; now, they have an 8-game losing streak.
Christian Walker hit a three-run homer for the Astros.
Houston has won four of its last five games.
— Marlins 4, Mets 0
Heriberto Hernandez hit a grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning.
It was the first walk-off grand slam in the major leagues since 2013.
Mets got swept in Miami, going 11-88 at the plate, scoring 2 runs in the three games.
— A’s 5, Padres 2
Carlos Cortes led the game off by hitting a home run.
Nick Kurtz extended his 0n-base streak to 47 consecutive games; the record is 84.
4-3 road trip to southern California this week for the first place A’s.
— Dodgers 5, Brewers 1
Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one run in seven IP.
Kyle Tucker put LA ahead for good with a two-run triple.
Dodgers wound up their three-city road trip with a 7-2 record.
Dodgers’ bullpen hasn’t allowed a run in its last 36 innings pitched.
— Angels 2, Rangers 1
Reid Detmers allowed one hit, struck out 14 in eight IP.
Jake Burger’s 2nd inning home run was the only hit he gave up.
Winning run scored in bottom of 9th on a throwing error.
— Major league RBI leaders:
45- CJ Abrams, Wsh/Andy Pages, LA
44- Liam Hicks, Mia
42- Jordan Walker StL/Matt Olson Atl
38- Drake Baldwin Atl/Jonathan Aranda, TB
— Famous birthdays, May 25th:
Leslie Uggams, 83
Karen Valentine, 79
Bob Knepper, 72
Mike Myers, 63
Todd Walker, 53
Miguel Tejada, 52
Brian Urlacher, 48
Chris Young, 47
Kevin O’Connell, 41
Michael King, 31
Jake Fraley, 31
Cam Ward, 24
Missed two birthdays yesterday; the great musician Bob Dylan turned 85, and Buck Showalter turned 70. We could use more Buck Showalter on TV analyzing baseball games.
— Spurs 103, Thunder 82
San Antonio led 50-38 at halftime.
Victor Wembanyama scored 33 points, had five assists.
Series is now tied, 2-2.
— UFL standings:
7-2- Orlando
6-3- St Louis
5-4- DC Defenders
5-4- Louisville
4-5- Birmingham
3-6- Houston
3-6- Dallas
3-6- Columbus
— Twins 6, Red Sox 5
Minnesota has won 10 of its last 14 games.
Red Sox fell to 8-17 at home on a rainy, cruddy day.
Boston 1B Willson Contreras got his 1,000th career hit this weekend.
— Bronx 4, Rays 0
Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth.
Good pitching duel between Drew Rasmussen/Ryan Weathers.
Tampa Bay still leads the AL East by 4.5 games.
— Nationals 2, Braves 1
Foster Griffin allowed three hits in six scoreless IP.
Washington is 17-11 on the road, 10-16 at home.
This was only second series Atlanta (14-2-1) has lost this year.
— Major league leaders, runs scored:
45- James Wood, Wash
41- Brice Turang Mil/Aaron Judge NYY
39- Drake Baldwin Atl/Mike Trout LAA
38- Xavier Edwards, Mia
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres-Cardinals-Cubs
AL: Rays, Guardians, A’s. Wild Cards: New York-White Sox-Twins
