— Orioles 6, Phillies 4
Baltimore scored four runs in bottom of the 7th inning.
Orioles went 15-8 in July; they’re 2.5 games out of the playoffs.
Phillies are 3-10 since the All-Star break.
— Diamondbacks 4, Guardians 1
Arizona scored four times in top of the 8th inning.
Diamondbacks are 13-5 in their last 18 games.
Cleveland lost seven of its last nine games.
— White Sox 6, Rays 1
Chicago hit four home runs off of Nick Martinez.
Erick Fedde allowed only four hits in his five IP.
Tampa Bay leads the AL East by 2.5 games.
— Marlins 5, Mets 3
Kyle Stowers homered for the second game in a row.
Joe Mack was 2-for-4, with two RBI.
Freddy Peralta was scratched; he is supposed to be traded this weekend.
— Astros 11, Rangers 2
Astros are 9-1 in last 10 games; they moved into first place in AL West
Yainer Diaz was 4-for-5, hit a homer, scored twice.
Isaac Paredes hit his 15h home run of the season.
— Red Sox 9, Dodgers 4
Ceddane Rafaela hit a two-run homer in the 7th inning.
Shohei Ohtani hit his 24th home run of the season.
Willson Contreras got hit in the head by a pitch, eventually left the game.
— Twins 5, Mariners 3
Luke Keaschall hit the go-ahead double in the 7th inning.
Twins/Cleveland are tied for AL’s last playoff spot.
Seattle has lost eight of its last ten games.
— Famous birthdays, August 1st:
Terry Kiser, 87
Greg Gross, 74
Kiki Vandeweghe, 68
Greg Bell, 64
Pat Carter, 60
Gregg Jefferies, 59
Edgerrin James, 48
Adam Jones, 41
Madison Bumgarner, 37
Austin Rivers, 34
— First round pairings for the Maui Classic basketball tournament, in November:
Clemson vs Ole Miss
BYU vs Washington
VCU vs Providence
Arizona vs Colorado State
— Seattle pitcher Bryan Woo’s home/away splits:
Home: nine starts: 6-0, 2.20
Away: 12 starts: 1-8, 6.71
— When the Mariners played in Dodger Stadium earlier this week, Julio Rodriguez was wearing earplugs. Apparently after you’ve had a concussion, loud music isn’t good for your equilibrium, and Dodger Stadium is well-known for having very loud music.
Rodriguez wasn’t wearing earplugs when the Mariners played at home Friday night.
— RBI leaders in the major leagues:
84- Sal Stewart, Cinc
83- CJ Abrams, Wash
82- Yordan Alvarez, Hous
79- Jordan Walker, StL
76- Luis Garcia, Wash
— Orioles traded P Dean Kremer to Minnesota Friday night, for OF Jhomnardo Reyes, the Twins’ #24-ranked prospect. Reyes is playing in the Class A Florida State League. Kremer was in his 7th year for Baltimore; he is 1-4, 6.50 in seven starts this year.
— Chicago White Sox, the last four years:
2023: 61-101
2024: 41-121
2025: 60-102
2026: 58-51
I think Will Venable is going to be AL Manager of the Year
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
AL: Rays, White Sox, Astros. Wild Cards: Bronx, Red Sox, Clev/Minn
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Cubs, Phillies, Arizona
