First of all, Happy Canada Day to our neighbors to the north.
— Nationals 8, Red Sox 1
Cade Cavalli allowed one hit, struck out 13 guys in 7 IP.
Keibert Ruiz was 2-for-3, scored twice, had three RBI.
Loss snaps Boston’s five-game winning streak.
— Red Sox 1B Willson Contreras got thrown out for the second night in a row; Cavalli yapped at him after a 4th inning strikeout, and then the benches emptied. Contreras got tossed in the third inning Monday; he’s too good a player to get thrown out- Boston needs him.
Contreras is making $18M this year; he needs to grow the bleep up.
— Mets 3, Blue Jays 0
Nolan McLean allowed five hits in his six IP.
Both Mets catchers (Torrens/Alvarez) hit home runs.
Toronto has lost seven of its last eight games.
— It was dollar hot dog night in Toronto Tuesday; they had sold over 64,000 weiners by the time the Mets were hitting in the fourth inning.
— Tigers 9, Bronx 3
Riley Greene hit two of Detroit’s five home runs.
Three of the Tigers’ homers came in the first inning.
New York has lost six games in a row.
— Phillies 8, Pirates 0
Cristopher Sanchez gave up three hits in 7 IP, got his 10th win.
Trea Turner hit a two-run homer on his 33rd birthday.
Justin Crawford was 3-for-3, with three RBI.
— Cubs 9, Brewers 7
Dansby Swanson hit two of Chicago’s five home runs.
Cubs led 9-3 after seven innings, held on for the win.
Streaky Cubs have won 10 of their last 12 games.
— Famous birthdays, July 1st:
Jamie Farr, 92
Freddie Lewis, 83
Diron Talbert, 82
Dan Aykroyd, 74
Alan Ruck, 70
Pamela Anderson, 59
Colin Rea, 36
Michael Wacha, 35
— LeBron James told the Lakers he’ll be playing elsewhere next year, a day after his son’s $2.3M contract with the Lakers became guaranteed. Next year will be James’ 24th NBA season.
— Lebron James’ career path:
2003-10 Cleveland
2010-14 Miami
2014-18 Cleveland
2018-26 Lakers
In the Interweb is saying that Golden State is the favorite to sign James this summer.
— Clippers are going to trade Kawhi Leonard to Toronto, for…….
Brandon Ingram
Gradey Dick
two first-round picks, two second-round picks.
Leonard led the Raptors to an NBA title in 2019.
— Philadelphia 76ers signed F Dean Wade for four years, $39M: Wade played his first seven years in the NBA with the Cavaliers.
— Rays 10, Royals 4
Junior Caminero homered for the fifth game in a row.
Bobby Witt Jr homered twice for Kansas City.
Tampa Bay is 19-7 vs lefty starting pitchers.
— Marlins 14, Rockies 3
Marlins finished June with a 20-6 record.
Miami had 21 hits; five guys had either 3 or 4 hits.
Eury Perez allowed only two hits in 5.1 IP.
— Dodgers 9, A’s 3
Dave Roberts got his 1,000th career win as a manager.
Tommy Edman was 4-for-5, with a homer, four RBI
A’s have lost eight of their last ten games.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Phillies-Cubs-Cardinals
AL: Rays, White Sox, Rangers. Wild Cards: Bronx-Guardians-Mariners
