Tuesday’s 6-pack
Since 2000, NFL teams with the most pick-6 TD’s by their defense:
55— Bears
53— Buccaneers
49— Packers
46— Ravens, Patriots
43— Cardinals, Bills, Broncos, Seahawks
41— Colts, Chiefs, Titans
Quote of the Day
“We got to play better. We’ve got to swing the bats better. We’ve got to pitch better. We need more guys contributing to good stuff, and as a coaching staff we’ve got to figure out a way to get the players there.”
Cubs manager Craig Counsell
Tuesday’s quiz
Who was the host of the great game show, The Gong Show?
Monday’s quiz
Miami Marlins have won two World Series titles; they have never won the NL East.
Sunday’s quiz
In the movie Draft Day, where Kevin Costner is the GM of the Cleveland Browns, Denis Leary plays the coach of the Browns.
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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but……..
— Astros 9, Rangers 0
Tatsuya Imai, two relievers combined to pitch a no-hitter.
Christian Walker hit his 4th home run in his last three games.
Texas falls to 24-29, in third place in a bad AL West.
— That was the 18th no-hitter in Astros’ history; five of the 18 were combined no-hitters.
— Orioles 9, Rays 7 (13)
Colton Cowser hit his second walk-off HR in Baltimore’s last three games.
Rays lost on a walk-off homer for the second day in a row.
Tampa Bay’s bullpen allowed seven runs in the last three innings.
Only second MLB games this season that reached the 13th inning.
— Reds 7, Mets 2
Nolan McLean gave up seven runs in 3.2 IP.
Mets lost their last four games, outscored 17-4.
With the 2nd-highest payroll in MLB, Mets are 22-32, 3-11 vs lefty starters.
— Mets are 21-9 when they score 3+ runs, 1-23 when they score less than three.
— Pirates 2, Cubs 1
Henry Davis had the go-ahead homer in the 7th inning.
Pittsburgh bullpen allowed one baserunner in four IP.
Cubs have lost nine games in a row, and 13 of last 15.
— Major League leaders in hits:
70- Otto Lopez, Mia
64- Luis Arraez, SF/Xavier Edwards, Mia
63- Bobby Witt Jr, KC
61- Ernie Clement, Tor
60- Riley Greene Det/Shea Langeliers A’s/Elly De La Cruz Cin
— Famous birthdays, May 26th:
Darrell Evans, 79
Pam Grier, 77
Dan Pastorini, 77
Philip Michael Thomas, 77
Tom McMillen, 74
Wesley Walker, 71
Margaret Colin, 68
Travis Lee, 51
Ben Zobrist, 45
Paul Sewald, 36
— Knicks 130, Cavaliers 93
Knicks are in the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999.
New York made 19 of its 43 three-point shots.
Knicks have won 11 games in a row, ten of them by 10+ points.
Knicks now have nine days off until the NBA finals start June 3rd.
— Vanderbilt missed the NCAA baseball tournament for the first time since 2005. LSU is the 7th defending national champ to miss the baseball tournament the next year.
— White Sox 3, Twins 1
Munetaka Murakami hit his 18th home run.
Anthony Kay allowed one run, five hits in six IP (94 PT)
Twins have lost their last seven games against Chicago.
— Last three years, White Sox lost 102-121-101 games; this year, they’re 27-26. Will Venable is your early leader for AL Manager of the Year.
— Bronx 4, Royals 3
Anthony Volpe hit a two-run single in the 9th inning.
Bobby Witt Jr had put the Royals ahead with an 8th inning homer.
Kansas City has lost 12 games in a row against Bronx.
— Nationals 10, Guardians 2
Washington hit six home runs, two by Luis Garcia Jr.
Zack Littell pitched seven IP, after an opener pitched the first 2 innings.
Nationals are 18-11 on the road, 10-16 at home.
— Phillies 3, Padres 0
Kyle Schwarber hit his 21st home run, most in MLB.
Jesus Luzardo allowed four hits in his six IP.
Phillies are 3-4 in last seven games, scoring total of 17 runs.
— 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
