— Heard a conversation on TV the other night about people eating hot dogs, and it reminded me of a story:
Long time ago, many moons ago, I was on a date, and it was going well. We wandered into a place that specialized in different kinds of hot dogs. We ordered and I put ketchup on my hot dog. Things…….well, things went downhill from there. Quickly.
My date, for a still unknown reason, disliked ketchup; she was insisting I put mustard on my hot dogs. Wasn’t going to happen; I was wondering why she would care so much about what I was eating, but the rest of the date was……it didn’t go well. Oy.
— Cubs 12, Nationals 6
Alex Bregman hit three home runs, had seven RBI.
Cubs have won eight of their last nine games.
Cubs are only three games behind Milwaukee in the NL Central.
— Padres 4, Brewers 3 (11)
San Diego has won 15 of its last 19 games.
Milwaukee led 2-1 in the 8th inning.
Dustin May gave up four hits in seven IP for Milwaukee.
— Blue Jays 6, Red Sox 4
Tied 1-1, Toronto scored five runs in the 8th inning.
Blue Jays are 11-5 in their last sixteen games.
Red Sox lost their last five games, scoring 14 runs.
— Braves 6, Mets 3
Mike Yastrzemski/Austin Riley hit back/back home runs.
In two starts for Atlanta, Tyler Mahle has given up one run in 12 IP.
Mets lost the last six times they scored fewer than six runs.
— White Sox 5, Reds 0
Luis Castillo struck out 10 in 7 IP in his White Sox home debut.
Chase Meidroth, Drew Romo homered for Chicago.
White Sox lead the AL Central by 3.5 games.
— New York 10, Mariners 5
Trent Grisham homered twice, had four RBI.
Seattle led this game 5-3 in the third inning.
Mariners lost their last six games, outscored 34-10.
— Tampa Bay has won nine games in a row, leads AL East by six games.
— Famous birthdays, August 13th:
Kevin Tighe, 82
Gretchen Corbett, 81
Jay Buhner, 62
Mark Lemke, 61
Elvis Grbac, 56
Dallas Braden, 43
DeMarcus Cousins, 36
Randal Grichuk, 35
Samuel Basallo, 22
Today would’ve been my parents’ 71st wedding anniversary. I was lucky to have good parents.
— Cal Raleigh’s last two years:
2025- 60 home runs, 125 RBI, hit .247 with a .948 OPS
2026- 12 home runs, 43 RBI, hitting .161 with a .570 OPS
— Vladimir Guerrero’s home road splits this year:
Home: 206 AB, no home runs, 16 RBI, .644 OPS
Away: 212 AB; 7 homers, 30 RBI, .742 OPS
— Congrats to A’s utility guy Jeff McNeil, what got his 1,000th career hit a few days ago. McNeil is a .286 career hitter who won a batting title four years ago.
— Rockies 6, Diamondbacks 4
Brett Sullivan hit a three-run homer in the second inning.
Arizona left 15 men on base, including bases loaded in 5th/6th innings.
Corbin Carroll hit his 100th career home run.
— Marlins 8, Pirates 2
Griffin Conine homered, got on base five times, scored three runs.
Jackson Junk allowed four hits in six IP.
Marlins are 38-24 at home, 24-35 on the road.
— Guardians 6, Tigers 4
Jo Adell’s 5th-innng home run was a game-winner.
Cade Smith got four outs, recorded his 31st save.
Cleveland is 7-1 against the Tigers this season.
—If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
AL: Rays, White Sox, Astros. Wild Cards: Bronx, Red Sox, Rangers
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Cubs, Arizona. Phil/SD
