— All-Star break starts today, but all the teams have already played 95-96 games this year, so the season is well past the halfway mark. Trade deadline is three weeks away; teams need to decide soon whether they’re sellers or buyers at the deadline.
— Red Sox 3, Mets 2 (10)
Mets led this game 2-0 after the 8th inning.
Red Sox had their first 9-0 road trip since 1977.
Mets are 6-16 in their last 22 games.
— Right now, Boston is half-game out of the AL’s last Wild Card slot.
— Before Sunday…….
Red Sox had lost their last 77 games when they trailed by 2+ runs after 8 innings.
Mets had won their last 130 games then they led by 2+ runs after 8 innings.
— Teams who have the most home runs this year:
142- Bronx
138- Nationals
133- Astros
129- White Sox
— Teams who have the fewest home runs this year:
85- Red Sox
89- Brewers, Diamondbacks
93- Guardians
94- Rays
— AL West standings:
Rangers —
Mariners 1.5 GB
Astros 3 GB
A’s 8 GB
Angels 11.5 GB
— Braves 4, Cardinals 3
Ozzie Albies scored game-winning run in 9th inning on a throwing error.
Braves lead AL East by two games over the Phillies.
Cardinals lost six of their last nine games.
Famous birthdays, July 13th:
Harrison Ford, 84
Dan Abramowicz, 81
Cheech Marin, 80
Didi Conn, 75
David Thompson, 72
Spud Webb, 63
Ken Jeong, 57
DJ LeMahieu, 38
Ty France, 32
Cody Bellinger, 31
— Rangers 6, Astros 5
Brandon Nimmo’s third hit of the day was a walk-off hit.
Rangers walked Yordan Alvarez intentionally twice, once with bases empty.
Texas leads the AL West by 1.5 games over Seattle.
— Teams with the most stolen bases:
103- Nationals
101- Marlins, Padres
96- Bronx
93- Guardians
— Teams with the fewest stolen bases:
31- Tigers
34- Astros
35- Giants
37- Dodgers
41- Blue Jays
— James Wood in the first inning this year: 26-81 (.321), 10 HRs, 17 walks
Shohei Ohtani in the first inning this year: 24-71 (..338), 9 HRs, 11 walks
— Dylan Cease, Cristopher Sanchez are starting pitchers for Tuesday’s All-Star Game.
— Cubs 8, Reds 4
Alex Bregman homered, had a season-high four RBI.
Right now, Cubs are the #1 team in the NL Wild Card race.
Cincinnati is 6-22 this year against its NL Central rivals.
— Guardians 5, Marlins 2
Joey Cantillo allowed one run in 5 IP, striking out nine guys.
Otto Lopez went 0-12 as Cleveland swept the three-game series.
Guardians/White Sox are in a virtual tie atop the AL Central.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Phillies-Cubs-Marlins
AL: Rays, White Sox, Rangers. Wild Cards: Bronx-Guardians-Sea/Minn
