— Trade deadline is August 3rd; I try not to read articles with rumors about trades, just want to know when something actually happens. Understood that some writers have to provide content to read, but at some point, actual trades will happen and we can figure out how they will matter the rest of the season, and beyond that.
— Padres 8, Braves 3
Manny Machado homered twice.
Fernando Tatis went 3-for-5, with a HR and three RBI
San Diego is 50-51, two games out of the last Wild Card slot.
— Dodgers 2, Phillies 1
Max Muncy hit a two-run homer in the 4th inning.
Justin Wrobleski got 19 outs, allowed only five hits.
Phillies had guys on 2nd/3rd, one out in 9th, but didn’t score.
— Mets 4, Brewers 0
Zac Thornton allowed three hits in 6 IP, got his first MLB win.
Jared Young/Luis Robert homered for the Mets.
Loss snapped Milwaukee’s four-game winning streak.
— Cubs 11, Tigers 2
Framber Valdez got only two outs, gave up six runs.
Pete Crow-Armstrong got on base five times (2 hits/3 walks)
Former Met David Peterson threw 6.2 shutout IP.
— Astros 5, Marlins 3
Isaac Paredes hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning.
Marlins are 52-50, but have lost eight games in a row.
Marlins turned the first triple play in the majors this year.
— Rockies 8, Nationals 7
Hunter Goodman, who homered three times in a losing cause Sunday, hit a homer in the 8th inning that won this game. Goodman has 31 home runs this year.
CJ Abrams homered twice for Washington.
— Famous birthdays, July 22nd:
Sparky Lyle, 82
Danny Glover, 80
Albert Brooks, 79
Dave Stieb, 69
David Spade, 62
Tim Brown, 60
Steven Jackson, 43
Taylor Lewan, 35
Jose Siri, 31
Isaac Collins, 29
— Cal-Irvine’s basketball team was at the Cardinals-Angels game Tuesday night; this winter, Anteaters have a new player, a 7-foot-9 center from France.
Olivier Rioux transferred from Florida to Cal-Irvine this summer; he threw out the first pitch Tuesday night (a strike) and when he posed for a picture with Mike Trout, he made Trout look like a midget.
— Speaking of the Angels, they trailed St Louis 2-1 after eight innings Monday night, but scored twice in the ninth to win, 3-2. That ended a streak where the Angels had lost 106 games in a row when they trailed after eight innings.
— Forgot to mention this over the weekend, but Golden State Warriors won the NBA Summer League. Yaxel Lendeborg won Summer League MVP, three months after he helped lead Michigan to the college national title.
— Tuesday night, Phillies’ leadoff hitter Trea Turner challenged the second pitch in the first inning; you don’t see that much. You challenge the second pitch in the first inning, you better be right and he was……the call was overturned.
— Speaking of which, the rookie home plate umpire in the Mets-Phillies game last Sunday had a rough go of it; they challenged eight of his calls, and six of them were overturned. Not the best way to become full-time umpire.
— Yordan Alvarez has a legit chance to win the AL Triple Crown this year:
Home runs: Alvarez 33, Caminero 30, Rice 29
RBI: Alvarez 75, Rice 68, Contreras 68
Batting average: Alvarez .326, YDiaz .312, Clement .300
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers Wild Cards: Cubs, Phillies, Pirates
AL: Rays, White Sox, Rangers Wild Cards: Bronx, Guardians, Red Sox
