— Major League Baseball has to be happy with this Rivalry Weekend thing they do now; kind of reinforces the idea that geographic realignment would also be a good idea.
— Mets 7, Bronx 6 (10)
Bronx led 5-1 in the sixth inning.
Mets tied game with three runs in ninth inning.
Mets had lost 131 games in a row when they trailed by 3+ runs in the 9th inning or later.
— Phillies 6, Pirates 0
Zach Wheeler tossed seven shutout IP.
Phillies are 15-4 since they changed managers.
Pirates got shut out last two days, after losing 11-9 Friday.
— Rays 6, Marlins 3
Caminero, Diaz homered for the Rays.
Tampa Bay has won 18 of its last 22 games.
Marlins are 14-12 at home, 7-14 on the road.
— Royals 2, Cardinals 0
Stephen Kolek allowed four hits in 6.1 IP.
Salvador Perez homered, knocked in both runs.
Royals snapped their six-game losing skid.
— Dodgers 10, Angels 1
Roki Sasaki struck out eight in seven IP.
Dodgers swept the Angels, outscoring them 31-3.
Angels lost eight of their last nine games.
— White Sox 9, Cubs 8 (10)
Edgar Quero, hitting .176, had a walk-off home run.
White Sox went 7-2 on this homestand.
Pale Hose are 24-22; at one point last year, they were 23-52.
— Famous birthdays, May 18th
Reggie Jackson, 80
Harmon Wages, 80
Tina Fey, 56
Donyell Marshall, 53
Reggie Evans, 46
Clint Capela, 32
Chase Silseth, 26
Travis Hunter, 23
— Cavaliers 125, Pistons 94
Cavaliers led 64-47 at halftime.
Donovan Mitchell scored 26 points, had 8 assists.
Cleveland advances to the Eastern Conference final, against the Knicks.
This was only fourth time ever that a series went seven games, when both teams played a seven-game series in their previous series.
— Rangers 8, Astros 0
Jake Burger homered, had four RBI.
Nathan Eovaldi allowed five hits in seven IP.
Astros are 19-29, 6-12 vs their AL West rivals.
— Twins 5, Brewers 4
Kody Clemens doubled twice, had two RBI
Yelich, Mitchell homered for Milwaukee.
Brewers are 26-18, 11-9 on the road.
— Braves 8, Red Sox 1
Grant Holmes pitched six shutout innings.
Austin Riley hit a three-run homer.
Atlanta has played 15 series; they’re 13-1-1 in those series.
— Guardians 10, Reds 3
Kyle Manzardo homered twice, had three RBI.
Cincinnati has lost nine of last ten road games.
Guardians lead the AL Central by a game over the White Sox.
— Blue Jays 4, Tigers 1
Kevin Gausman tossed six shutout innings.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr homered, scored two runs.
Tyler Rogers got his first save in two years.
— UFL standings, after eight weeks:
6-2- Orlando
5-3- DC Defenders
5-3- St Louis
4-4- Birmingham
4-4- Louisville
3-5- Dallas
3-5- Houston
2-6- Columbus
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Brewers-Cardinals-Padres
AL: Rays, Guardians, A’s. Wild Cards: New York-White Sox-Rangers
