— Guardians 1, Phillies 0
Kyle Manzardo hit a pinch-ht home run in 9th inning.
Quite a pitching duel; Cristopher Sanchez-Gavin Williams.
Game took only 2:05 to play, on a drizzly night.
— Rays 4, New York 2
Tampa Bay scored four runs in the 8th inning.
Gerrit Cole threw six scoreless IP in his return from the IL.
Tampa Bay leads the AL East by 5.5 games.
— Marlins 2, Mets 1
Eury Perez gave up two hits in a strong 6.1 IP.
Owen Caissie knocked in both of the Marlins’ runs.
Juan Soto was 2-for-3 with a HR; rest of the Mets were 1-for-25.
— Brewers 5, Dodgers 1
William Contreras hit a three-run homer in the first inning.
Six of the first seven Milwaukee batters in the game got hits.
Logan Henderson threw five shutout IP for the first-place Brewers.
— Rockies 3, Diamondbacks 2
Arizona led 2-1 after seven innings.
TJ Rumfield tied the game with an 8th inning double.
Chad Stevens won the game with a 9th inning single.
Colorado improves to 10-17 on the road.
— Famous birthdays, May 23rd
Joan Collins, 93
Drew Carey, 68
Rich Karlis, 67
Jay Feely, 50
Kirk Saarloos, 47
Jordan Zimmerman, 40
Chad Hall, 40
Aaron Donald, 35
Jonathan Aranda, 28
— Cubs catcher Carson Kelly has challenged 26 called balls this season; 22 of the 26 pitches were changed to strikes, that’s the best percentage of any catcher this season.
— Payroll for USC’s football team this fall is scheduled to be $37M; QB Jayden Malava is going to be paid $2.5M.
— LSU’s football team hired its former head coach Ed Orgeron as an assistant coach who will work in recruiting/defense. As a head coach, Orgeron led LSU led to the 2019 national title. He is a great recruiter.
— Thunder 123, Spurs 108
San Antonio started the game on a 15-0 run.
Thunder’s bench outscored San Antonio’s subs, 76-23.
Oklahoma City was +28 in 24:00 Alex Caruso played.
Thunder leads series, 2-1
— Knicks 109, Cavaliers 93
Jalen Brunson scored 19 points, had 14 assists.
Knicks outscored Cleveland 32-21 in third quarter.
Cavaliers shot only 9-35 on the arc.
Knicks have won their last nine games, lead this series, 2-0.
— In the history of the NBA, teams leading a best-0f-7 series 2-0 won 336 of 365 series.
— Movie of the Day: A Few Good Men (1992)- A military lawyer intends to prove that two US Marines charged with murdering a fellow Marine were only following their base commander’s orders.
Tom Cruise is the lawyer, Kevin Pollak/Demi Moore are lawyers helping him on the case. Kevin Bacon is the opposing lawyer; Kiefer Sutherland, JT Walsh, Noah Wyle, Joshua Molina are also in this epic cast, but the biggest star is Jack Nicholson, who plays Colonel Jessup- his testimony on the witness stand is one of the best scenes in movie history.
Aaron Sorkin wrote the film, Rob Reiner directed it. An excellent movie.
— Mariners 2, Royals 0
Mitch Garver hit a two-run homer in the 7th inning.
Logan Gilbert got 17 outs, allowing only two hits.
Royals scored nine runs in their last six games.
— Astros 4, Cubs 2
Spencer Arrighetti threw 5 scoreless IP; he is 6-1, 1.32 this season.
Christian Vazquez homered, had two RBI.
Cubs have lost six in a row, 10 of last 12 games.
— Angels 9, Rangers 6
Zach Neto hit two home runs for the Halos.
Wade Meckler hit the first pitch he saw in the majors for a three-run homer.
Jacob deGrom took the loss, giving up six runs in three IP.
— White Sox 9, Giants 4
Chicago scored all nine of its runs in the 4th inning.
Davis Martin got the win; he is 7-1, 2.04 this year.
Last three years, White Sox lost 324 games; they’re 26-24 this year.
— 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-Mariners
