— Pirates 12, Cubs 1
Pirates scored five runs in the first inning.
Esmeryn Valdez hit his second HR in his 4th MLB game.
Cubs have now lost ten games in a row.
— It is still May; the Cubs have two ten-game winning streaks and a ten-game losing streak. Only other team to do that over a full season; the 2017 Dodgers.
— Reds 7, Mets 2
Reds got six runs, 11 hits, 3 walks in five innings off of David Peterson.
Cincinnati bullpen got the last 11 outs, giving up one hit.
Mets have lost five in row, scoring six runs on 25 hits in those games.
— At one point last year, the Mets were 45-24, at the time the best record in the National League. Since then, they are 60-88.
— Rangers 10, Astros 7
Monday night, Texas didn’t get any hits, lost 9-0.
Tuesday night, Texas scored eight runs in the first inning.
Yordan Alvarez homered twice, had four RBI for Houston.
— Angels 10, Tigers 6
Detroit led 6-4 after seven innings.
Vaughn Grissom hit a grand slam, had six RBI.
Tigers have lost 12 of their last 14 games.
— Kyle Schwarber has 21 home runs; here are the counts he hit them on:
0-0- 5 home runs
1-0- 2 home runs
0-1- 3 home runs
1-1- 1 home run
2-1- 3 home runs
3-1- 1 home run
1-2- 2 home runs
3-2- 4 home runs
— Famous birthdays, May 26th:
Lee Meriwether, 91
Jackie Slater, 72
Richard Schiff, 71
Allen Leavell, 69
Peri Gilpin, 65
John Jaha, 60
George McCloud, 59
Frank Thomas, 58
Jeff Bagwell, 58
Garrett Richards, 38
Yoan Moncada, 31
Daniel Jones, 29
— Thunder 127, Spurs 114
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points, had nine assists.
Thunder were +29 in the 31:00 Cason Wallace played.
Alex Caruso scored 22 points in 28:00 off the bench.
Oklahoma City leads the series, 3-2.
— Chargers gave S Derwin James a three-year deal worth $75.6M, making him the highest-paid safety in the NFL.
— Braves 7, Red Sox 6
Michael Harris was 4-for-4, homered, had three RBI.
First two batters of the game for Boston hit home runs.
Atlanta leads the NL East by 8.5 games.
— Twins 5, White Sox 3 (11)
Brooks Lee hit a bases-loaded double in the 11th inning.
Munetaka Murakami hit his 19th homer for the White Sox.
Minnesota has won seven of its last nine games.
— Chances are, umpire Chris Segal isn’t enjoying the ABS challenge system. He’s had 51 pitches challenged this season, which is a lot, and 35 (68.6%) of those calls were overturned.
— RIP Bob Horner, who passed away this week. Horner played for the Braves from 1978-86; he was the first Atlanta Brave to hit four home runs in a game. He hit 218 home runs, was Rookie of the Year in 1978.
Bob Horner was 68 years old. RIP, sir.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres-Cardinals-Arizona
AL: Rays, Guardians, A’s. Wild Cards: New York-White Sox-Twins
