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June 17, 2025 MLB Players of the Day
While some online betting sites have closed futures wagering on AL MVP because of the season Aaron Judge has been putting together, they may have jumped the gun - or a shark - as Seattle's Cal Raleigh is having a sensational season.
In the Mariners' 8-0 win over Boston Tuesday, Raleigh mashed his major league leading 27th home run - a grand slam - in the second inning, doubled in two more runs in the 4th, then stole third base and scored on a sac fly. His six RBI matched Judge for the AL lead with 60.
While Raleigh is batting just .266, his power numbers are on a par with Judge's, whose batting average has dropped more than 20 points in recent days. Judge is still leading the league at .372.
Seattle's win snapped Boston's six-game winning streak and left them 4 1/2 behind the Astros in the LA West. Boston is in fourth place in the AL East, 5 1/2 out. The series concludes Wednesday in Seattle.
AL Streaks: Angels, won 2; White Sox, lost 2.
Andy Pages went yard twice in the Dodgers' 8-6 win over San Diego, Tuesday night in Los Angeles.
Pages knocked a pair of solo shots - one in the 2nd and another in the 4th - but he was hardly done. After his second homer tied the game at 3-3, Pages singled in another run in the 6th and scored as the Dodgers plated five runs in the frame. Pages singled once more, going 4-for-4 with three RBI and three runs.
LA's win was their second straight over the visiting Padres. The Dodgers will be seeking a third straight when the four-game series resumes Wednesday.
NL Streaks: Dodgers, won 4; Nationals, lost 10.
June 16, 2025 MLB Players of the Day
Rookie outfielder, Jake Mangum, singled twice, doubled, and drove in three runs as the Rays opened their series with Baltimore, defeating the Orioles, 7-1 Monday in Tampa.
In 127 at-bats in his first season in the majors, Mangum is batting .315 with one home run and 21 RBI. Tampa's win was their fourth straight, getting the Rays to within 2 1/2 games of the AL East-leading Yankees, losers of four straight, including Monday's 1-0 loss to the Angels in 11 innings. Baltimore remains solidly in last place in the division, 12 games out.
The series in Tampa resumes Tuesday with game two.
AL Streaks: Red Sox, won 6; Royals, lost 6.
Hunter Goodman smashed a pair of home runs - a two-run dinger in the 1st inning and a 9th inning solo shot that tied the game. Four batters later, Mickey Moniak put the Rockies ahead, 6-4, with his own two-run blast. Seth Halvorsen worked a hitless bottom of the frame for his fourth save of the season as the Rockies defeated the Nationals, 6-4, Monday in the nation's capital.
The victory was a rare road win for the Rockies. They are 8-30 away from home. Washington's loss was their ninth straight. Game two of the series is Tuesday in Washington, D.C.
NL Streaks: Phillies, won 5; Nationals, lost 9.
June 15, 2025 MLB Players of the Day
Brayan Bello shut out the Yankees on three hits over seven solid innings, as the Red Sox completed a three-game sweep of the division leaders with a 2-0 win Sunday in Boston.
Bello had to work to keep Yankee hitters of the scoreboard, throwing 114 pitches as he improved his record to 3-1 on the year. Bello fanned a season-high eight, including Aaron Judge three times. It was the second straight game in which Judge struck out three times. His major league-leading batting average dropped to a merely-mortal .378.
The Yankees only got five hits the entire game and scored just four runs in the three games at Fenway. Boston has taken five of six from New York this season and have closed the gap between the rival franchises to 6 1/2 games. The Yankees still lead the AL East by 3 1/2 over Tampa Bay, winners of three straight over the crosstown Mets, and 4 1/2 over Toronto. Boston has won five straight.
AL Streaks: Astros, Red Sox, won 5; Royals, lost 6.
Elly De La Cruz Singled twice, socked his 16th home run of the season and scored three times as the Reds took two of three at Detroit, winning Sunday's series finale, 8-4.
De La Cruz singled and scored in the 4th inning to tie the game at 1-1, and singled again in the 8th to cut Detroit's lead to 4-3. The Cincinnati shortstop scored the go-ahead run later in the inning and added insurance with a two-run poke in the 9th.
The loss didn't dent the tigers' lead in the AL Central, which stands at nine over the Twins, as every team in the division lost for the second day in a row. Cincinnati continues to chase the Cubs in the NL Central. Their win on Sunday tied them with sputtering St. Louis. Both teams are seven games back. Milwaukee is in second place, 5 1/2 behind Chicago.
NL Streaks: Phillies, won 4, Nationals, lost 8.
June 14, 2025 MLB Players of the Day
Rookie hurler Hunter Dobbins blanked the Yankees over six innings and a shaky Boston bullpen held on for a 4-3 Red Sox win Saturday at Fenway Park.
Improving to 4-1 with his two-hit performance, Dobbins struck out five, including getting Yankees slugger, Aaron Judge, twice. Dobbins threw just 82 pitches as the Red Sox scored single runs in the 1st, 4th, 5th and 6th innings. New York came back with two runs in the 7th and added another in the 9th, but failed to get the tying run across home plate.
The Red Sox have taken the last four straight against New York after losing the first of the season against their arch-rivals, 9-6, on June 6 at Yankee Stadium. The three-game series wraps up Sunday in Boston, which has gotten to .500 (36-36) and trail the Yankees in the AL East by 7 1/2 games.
AL Streaks: Astros, Red Sox, won 4; Royals, lost 5.
After losing the opener of their three-game series in Detroit, 11-5, Tyler Stephenson powered the Cincinnati Reds to an 11-1 victory over the Tigers with 6th inning grand slam. The Reds' DH also doubled and scored in the 9th.
Stephenson's slam was his sixth home run of the season and the Reds homered three more times in the game, including Elly De La Cruz's 15th.
The win left the Reds a game above .500 (36-35) seven games behind the Cubs in the NL Central. Chicago leads the division by 5 1/2 over Milwaukee and by six games over St. Louis. The Tigers maintained their nine-game lead in the al Central - the largest in the majors - as every team in the division lost on Saturday.
NL Streaks: Diamondbacks, won 5; Nationals, lost 7.
June 13, 2025 MLB Players of the Day
Javier Baez Singled, doubled, ripped a solo home run, scored three times and drove in two runs, leading the Tigers past the Cincinnati Reds, 11-5, Friday in Detroit.
Baez's 7th home run of the season cam in the 4th inning, putting Detroit up, 3-1. In the 6th, he scored on a sac fly for a 4-2 lead, and his 8th inning double padded the Tigers' edge to 9-2.
Detroit extended its lead in the AL Central to nine games - the largest bulge in the majors - over the Twins, 10-3 losers at Houston Friday. The Reds remained in fourth place in the NL Central, seven games behind the Cubs. The three game series continues Saturday and Sunday.
AL Streaks: Astros, Red Sox, won 3; Royals, lost 4
The opener of a three-game series between the bottom two teams in the NL East was a 33-hit affair with the two teams using 13 pitchers as the visiting Marlins prevailed at Washington, 11-9.
Though the Marlins led the entire game, the Nationals closed the gap to 8-7, scoring five runs in the 7th inning. James Wood got the Nat going with a two-run double and later scored. Wood earlier knocked a two run homer in the 3rd inning to get that Nationals on the board. He finished 3-for-5, with three runs and four RBI. Wood is batting .287 with 17 home runs and 49 RBI. He leads the Nationals in all three categories. The 6'7", 22-year-old is having a break out season.
The loss was Washington's sixth straight, leaving them just three games ahead of the Marlins, who have held last place in the division most of the season. Game two is Saturday.
NL Streaks: Diamondbacks, won 4; Cardinals, Nationals, lost 6.
June 12, 2025 MLB Players of the Day
2024 AL Cy Young award recipient, Tarik Skubal, improved to 7-2 on Thursday, tossing seven scoreless innings in a 4-1 Detroit win over visiting Baltimore.
Skubal allowed three hits, walked two and struck out six as his Tiger teammates broke out for four runs in the 4th inning on a solo home run by Dillon Dingler and Parker Meadows' three-run blast, his first homer o the season.
The win bolstered Detroit's lead in the AL Central as Texas demolished second place Minnesota, 16-3, earlier in the day. The Tigers lead the division by eight games, the largest bulge in any major league division. Baltimore fell further into the AL East basement, now 15 games behind division leader New York.
AL Streaks: Yankees, Blue Jays, Angels, won 3; Royals, Mariners, A's, lost 3
Despite issuing four walks, Jacob Misiorowski didn't allow a hit in his major league debut, completely shutting down St. Louis batters, fanning five over five-plus innings of work. The rookie hurler was pulled after throwing three pitches to open the sixth inning. After slipping on his follow-through, trainers removed him from the game with cramping in his right leg.
The Brewers had scored five runs in the bottom of the 5th and took the series opener, 6-0. Misiorowski earned the win over Cardinal ace, Sonny Gray.
The series continues through the weekend, with game two Friday in Milwaukee. The Brewers' win moved them past St. Louis - losers of five straight - into second place in the NL Central, 5 1/2 behind the Cubs. St. Louis dropped to six back.
NL Streaks: Mets, won 6; Cardinals, Nationals, lost 5.
June 11, 2025 MLB Players of the Day
Brent Rooker had a monster game, singling and scoring in the 1st inning, swatting a pair of home runs - a 3rd inning solo shot and a 2-run dinger in the 7th - and doubling to go 4-for-5, but it wasn't enough to cover the six-run 6th inning that produced the Angels' 6-5 victory over the A's Wednesday in Los Angeles.
Rooker has been one of the bright spots for the otherwise struggling A's this season, batting .276 with 15 homers and 41 RBI. Against the Angels, however, nothing seems to work. Wednesday's loss was their seventh straight to the Angels, closing out a three-game series.
Despite a record of 26-44, the A's are only 12 1/2 back in the AL West basement. The Angels are tied with Seattle - losers of three straight - for second place in the division, four games behind Houston.
The A's travel to Kansas City Friday for a weekend series. They have won just four games in their last 28, a span that includes losing streaks of 9 and 11 games. The Angels head to Baltimore for three games Friday and four games against the Yankees in New York beginning Monday.
AL Streaks: Angles, Blue Jays, won 3; Athletics, lost 3.
Juan Soto homered, Brandon Nimmo belted two solo shots and Pete Alonso added to his major league-leading RBI total (63) with an RBI double to back the complete game shutout of David Peterson, who blanked the Nationals on six hits, striking out six and issuing no walks.
The 5-0 win for the Mets was their second straight over the Nationals, who will be looking to avoid being swept at Citi field when the series concludes Thursday. Peterson improved to 5-2 with a 2.49 ERA in 13 starts.
The Mets maintained their five-game lead in the NL East over the Phillies, who downed the Cubs on Wednesday, 7-2. Washington is 13 1/2 back in the division, in third place at 30-37, The Mets and Phillies are the only teams above .500 in the NL East.
NL Streaks: Giants, won 7; Rockies, lost 5
June 10, 2025 MLB Players of the Day
in four at-bats, Austin Wells doubled and socked a three-run homer, driving in five runs as the Yankees pounded the Royals, 10-2, in the opener of a three-game series in Kansas City.
Aaron Judge wasted no time, smashing a two-run home run in the 1st - his 24th - and Max Fried continued his dominance, allowing two runs over seven innings for his ninth win against just one loss. Fried's nine wins leads the majors, his 1.84 ERA is fifth-best among starters.
Wells' 4th-inning blast turned a 2-1 Yankee advantage to 5-1 and the Yankee catcher extended the lead, plating two with a double in the 6th.
With the win, New York maintained its four-game lead over the Blue Jays in the AL East. Kansas City dropped to 34-33, and fourth place in the Central division, 9 1/2 off the pace set by Detroit. The series continues Wednesday.
AL Streaks: Rangers, won 3; Orioles, Indians, Guardians, Astros, Mariners, lost 2
Andrew Abbott went the distance, tossing a complete game shutout for a 1-0 Cincinnati win, their second straight victory at Cleveland, setting up a road sweep possibility Wednesday.
Abbott needed 110 pitches on the night, allowing just three hits, walking one, and fanning five Cleveland batters. It was Abbott's first shutout in the majors, facing 31 batters, just four over the minimum. The lefty from Lynchburg, Virginia is 6-1 with a 1.87 ERA in 11 starts this season.
The Reds evened their road record at 17-17 and are 35-33 overall, 6 1/2 behind the Cubs in the NL Central, but just 1 1/2 games behind second place St. Louis and one game behind Milwaukee. Cleveland is nine games behind Detroit in the AL Central, in third place.
NL Streaks: Giants, won 6; Rockies, lost 4
June 9, 2025 MLB Players of the Day
Jose Berrios turned in a solid mound performance, blanking the Cardinals on four hits over 6 2/3 innings in Toronto's 5-4 road win at St. Louis Monday.
When Berrios (2-2, 3.38) turned the ball over to his bullpen, the Blue Jays had a 2-0 lead and they would stretch it to 3-0 in the top of the eighth, but the Cardinals erupted for four runs in the bottom half for a 4-3 lead.
Toronto got bailed out on Jonatan Clase's solo homer in the 9th to tie it and Alejandro Kirk's RBI double in the 10th for the walk-off game winner. Despite one of his better outings of the season, Berrios did not get the decision. The win left Toronto tied with Tampa Bay in second place in the AL East, four back of the Yankees. St. Louis failed to advance in the NL Central, as the Cubs lost at Philadelphia, 4-3, in 11 to remain four game up on the Cardinals. Game two of the three-game series is Tuesday.
AL Streaks: Rays, Rangers, won 2; Yankees, lost 2.
When Josh Naylor stepped into the batters box with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the 10th and the scored tied at 4, he was looking to win the game for Arizona and did so in spectacular fashion, driving a pitch over the barrier in right center for a walk-off grand slam as the Diamondbacks upended the Mariners, 8-4, in the opener of a three-game series in Phoenix.
Naylor's home run capped off a solid game for the Arizona first baseman. He had earlier singled, doubled in a run, and scored, going 3-for-5 with 2 runs and 5 RBI, giving him 44 on the year. The home run was his 8th.
The win got the Diamondbacks within two games of .500, at 32-34, and dropped the Mariners to just a game above even, at 33-32. Arizona still trails the Dodgers in the NL West by 7 1/2 games, while Seattle fell to three behind idle Houston in the AL West. The interleague series continues Tuesday and wraps up Wednesday.
NL Streaks: Giants, won 5; Rockies, lost 3.
June 8, 2025 MLB Players of the Day
Aaron Judge did what he could to help the Yankees in their Sunday rubber match with the Red Sox, but, despite going 3-for-4 with a two run home run in the 1st and another in the ninth, singling and scoring a run in the 6th inning, the Red Sox prevailed, 11-7, taking two of three over the weekend in New York.
Boston's win left them 8 1/2 out in the Al East, where the Yankees saw their lead dwindle to 4 1/2 over the Rays and Blue Jays. The two teams will meet again next weekend in Boston as the long-standing rivalry heats up.
Prior to their rematch, the Yankees travel to Kansas City for a three-game series starting Tuesday. Boston heads back to Fenway to meet the Rays on Monday, getting Thursday off following the three-game set.
Judge leads the majors with a .387 batting average, and is second in the AL with 23 home runs and 55 RBI.
AL Streaks: Red Sox, Rangers, won 2; Yankees, lost 2.
The Mets' Pete Alonso and Jeff McNeil put on a power display in Denver Sunday, both players going yard twice, driving in four runs and scoring three times. Alonso was 3-for-6; McNeil went 3-for-5 as the Mets banged out 17 hits and swatted six homers in a 13-5 blowout of the Rockies.
The Mets swept the three-game series as well as the season series, with six straight wins over the Rockies. Winning three straight as the Phillies have lost five in a row, the Mets ended the weekend with a 4 1/2-game lead in the NL East. The Rockies have the worst record in the majors, 12-53, and will host the Giants for three starting Tuesday. The Mets, 42-24, have the best record in the National League. They have won eight of their last 10 and head back to Citi Field to host Washington on Tuesday.
Alonso took over the major league lead in RBI with 61, four better than Boston's Rafael Devers and six up in the National League over Chicago's Seiya Suzuki.
NL Streaks: Giants, won 5; Braves, lost 7.
June 7, 2025 MLB Players of the Day
Trevor Story singled twice and smoked a bases-clearing double in five at-bats as the Red Sox evened their series at New York with a 10-7 victory over the Yankees.
After Austin Wells hit a three-run homer for the Yankees in the 2nd inning, Story's bases-loaded double down the left field line put Boston back on top. New York eventually closed the gap to 8-7 in the eighth, but Story sealed the deal, driving in a pair in the top of the 9th.
Boston picked up a game on the division-leading Yankees, but remain 9 1/2 back. New York's lead over Toronto - winners of their last four - is 4 1/2 games. The series concludes Sunday night at Yankee Stadium.
AL Streaks: Blue Jays, won 4; Mariners, lost 5.
Jesus Sanchez socked a three-run home run and doubled in two more runs, helping Miami outlast Tampa Bay, 11-10, in a 10-inning slug-fest.
The two teams made good use of their scoring opportunities. Miami lonely left two runners on base the entire game, Tampa Bay left four. Heriberto Hernandez's pinch-hit single to center drove in the winning run for Miami in the 10th.
Miami snapped a five game losing streak and remains in last place in the NL East, while the Rays fell to third in the AL East, trailing the Yankees by 5 1/2 games. The Rays had won four straight prior to Saturday's defeat.
NL Streaks: Giants, won 4; Braves, lost 6.
June 6, 2025 MLB Players of the Day
Jazz Chisholm got the Yankees off to a fast start in the opener of their three-game series with rival Boston, belting a three-run homer in the first inning in a 9-6 Yankee win Friday in New York.
Chisholm added to the lead in the second, plating Aaron Judge with a single to right. The Yankee third baseman finished 3-for-5 with four RBI. By the time the Red Sox got on the board, the score was already 7-0.
New York maintained its 5 1/2-game lead over Toronto and Tampa Bay in the AL East, dropping the Red Sox to 10 1/2 off the pace.
AL Streaks: Rays, won 4; Mariners, Rangers, lost 4.
Sonny Gray earned his seventh win of the season against just one loss, blanking the Los Angeles Dodgers over 6 1/3 innings for a 5-0 win in the opener of a three-game series in St. Louis.
Gray worked out of trouble repeatedly, allowing eight hits, but came up with the answers when the Dodgers threatened. Los Angeles was 1f0r-13 with runners in scoring position for the game. Gray struck out five and did not walk anyone, leaving with one out and one on in the 7th.
With the Cubs losing at Detroit, 3-1, St. Louis picked up a game in the standings. They now trail Chicago by four. in the Central The Dodgers lead San Diego by a single game in the West division. The Padres defeated Milwaukee, 2-0, Friday.
NL Streaks: Diamondbacks, won 4; Braves, Marlins, lost 5.
June 5, 2025 MLB Players of the Day
Breaking a nine-game losing streak in style with a 14-3 win over Minnesota Thursday, the homeless (playing in Sacramento for now) Athletics got a pair of home runs in successive at-bats from Tyler Soderstrom - a two-run blast in the 3rd and a grand slam in the 4th inning.
Soderstrom's homers were his 13th and 14th of the season. His six RBI increased his total to 42. In addition to ending their slide, the A's avoided being swept four straight by the Twins.
Minnesota held onto second place in the AL Central, six games behind Detroit. Cleveland, 6 1/2 out, fell to the Yankees Thursday, 4-0. The A's continue to hold last place in the AL West. On Friday, the A's host the first of a three-game series with the Orioles, winners of six straight. The Twins return home for a weekend series with the Blue Jays.
AL Streaks: Orioles, won 6; Mariners, Rangers, lost 3.
Ian Happ singled, doubled and stroked a two-run homer in six at-bats, helping the red-hot Cubs to a 7-1 victory at struggling Washington (29-33).
Happ drove in four runs as the Cubs won for the 14th time in their last 18 games and increased their lead in the NL Central to five games over St. Louis, the Cardinals splitting a double bill against Kansas City Thursday.
The Cubs have taken their last seven straight series and head for a challenge in Detroit for a weekend series against the AL Central leaders. The Cubs (39-23) and Tigers (41-23) have the best records in their respective leagues. The Nationals host Texas over the weekend.
NL Streaks: Diamondbacks, won 4; Marlins, Braves, lost 4.
June 4, 2025 MLB Players of the Day
Brandon Lowe went 3-for-4 with a solo home run, double, and single, driving in two of Tampa Bay's runs as the Rays held off the Rangers, 5-4, Wednesday.
Lowe's home run was his 12th of the year. His two RBI gave him 33 on the season. The Rays took their second straight from visiting Texas and will be looking for the series sweep on Thursday.
The Rays picked up a game on the Yankees, who were defeated by Cleveland, 4-0, Wednesday. Toronto is tied with Tampa Bay for second place in the AL East, 5 1/2 behind New York. Texas held narrowly onto third place in the West, 4 1/2 behind Houston. Seattle is 1/2-game off the Astro's pace. The Angels are five out.
AL Streaks: Orioles, won 5; Athletics, lost 9.
Pete Alonso smacked a pair of home runs, driving in five of the Mets' six runs in their 6-1 win over the Dodgers, Wednesday night in Los Angeles.
The win was the second in three tries against LA, with game four of the series set for Thursday. Alonso put the Mets ahead, 3-0, in the first inning with his 13th home run of the season, a two-run belt. Number 14 was a three-run shot in the eighth which sealed the win for New York. Alonso's five RBI upped his total to 53, tying him for the NL lead with Chicago's Seiya Suzuki.
New York increased its lead in the NL East to 1 12 games over the Phillies while the Dodgers remained a game up on San Diego in the West.
NL Streaks: Diamondbacks, Rockies, won 3; Marlins, lost 4.
June 3, 2025 MLB Players of the Day
In the opener of their three-game series in St. Louis, Bobby Witt Jr. got Kansas City on the board in the first inning with a two-run homer, his seventh, and, after the Cardinals rallied to a 7-2 lead, singled in a pair and scored the tying run as the Royals plated six in the 5th inning. After scoring two more times in the 6th, the Royals downed the Cardinals, 10-7, Tuesday night.
Witt has driven in 35 runs and is batting .287.
Kansas City remains in fourth place in the AL Central. They trail Detroit by 7 1/2 games. St. Louis drooped another game behind the NL Central-leading Cubs. They are five back with Milwaukee on their heels, six back. Game two of the series is Wednesday.
AL Streaks: Orioles, won 4; Athletics, lost 8.
Corbin Carroll and Ketel Marte both homered twice as the Diamondbacks stung the Braves, 8-3, in the opener of a three-game series in Atlanta Tuesday.
Marte accounted for three RBI, while Carroll drove in four with his 17th and 18th of the season, a 438-foot solo blast in the 5th inning, and, for added insurance, a 416-foot, three-run rio in the 9th. Carroll also singled and scored on Marte's second homer. He went 3-for-4 with three runs and four RBI.
The win left Arizona still with an uphill climb in the NL West. They are 7 1/2 games behind the Dodgers, with San Diego and San Francisco, one and four back, respectively. Atlanta's loss kept them in fourth place in the East, 10 game back. Game two of the series is Wednesday.
NL Streaks: Cubs, Padres, won 3; Marlins, lost 3.
June 2, 2025 MLB Players of the Day
Kerry Carpenter socked three home runs on Monday as the Tigers opened a four-game series in Chicago with a 13-1 romp over the White Sox.
Carpenter got Detroit on the board early with his first bomb, a two-run shot to right center in the opening inning, then delivered another two-run dinger in the 4th, and capped off his five RBI night with a solo blast to center.
The Tigers have won seven of their last 10 and lead the AL Central by 6 /12 over the Guardians. The woeful White Sox are 21 1/2 games off the pace in last.
AL Streaks: Blue Jays, won 5, Athletics, lost 7.
Francisco Lindor led off the opener of an important three-game series in Los Angeles with his 14th him run of the season, and drove in what turned out to be the winning run in the 10th inning as the Mets downed the Dodgers, 4-3, Monday.
The Mets led, 2-0, until the 7th, when Shohei Ohtani launched his 22nd homer and plated Tommy Edman with the tying run in the 9th. Lindor's single down the third base line put the Mets up 4-2. The Dodgers scored once in the bottom of the frame, but fell short.
The result left the Dodgers clinging to a one-game lead in the NL West, as the Padres were up the coast, beating the Giants, 1-0, also in 10 innings. Winners of four straight, the Mets have regained first place in the East, 1 1/2 up on the Phillies.
NL Streaks: Brewers, won 8, Reds, lost 3.
June 1, 2025 MLB Players of the Day
After St. Louis scored a run in the 1st inning, Jacob deGrom held them scoreless through the 6th and Josh Smith doubled twice, socked a two-run homer and drove in four as Texas grounded the Cardinals, 8-1, Sunday in Arlington.
Texas took two of three from the visiting birds, who remained in second place in the NL Central, four games behind the Cubs with the Brewers - winners of seven straight - bearing down, 5 1/2 back. Texas is in third place in the AL West, four games behind Seattle and 3 1/2 behind second place Houston.
The Cardinals head back to st. Louis for a nine-game home stand beginning Tuesday with Kansas City. Texas (29-31) starts a nine-game road trip with three at Tampa Bay, also beginning Tuesday.
AL Streaks: Blue Jays, won 5; Athletics, lost 6.
The Reds took the first game of the weekend series in Chicago on Friday, but the Cubs rallied to take the next two, including Sunday's 7-3 victory, as Pete Crow-Armstrong stroked three singles in four at-bats, drove in a run, swiped two bases, and scored three times.
Crow-Armstrong's lone RBI game him 51, one behind teammate Seiya Suzuki's league-leading 52. His 19 stolen bases are tied for second in the NL behind Pittsburgh's Oneil Cruz.
Winners of 12 of their last 15, the Cobs command a four-game lead in the NL Central over St. Louis. They open a nine-game road trip with three at Washington starting Tuesday. The Reds are in fourth place in the division, falling 8 1/2 back. They head back home to Great American Ball Park for three with Milwaukee, followed by three against Arizona, starting Monday.
NL Streaks: Brewers, won 7; Rockies, lost 8.
May 31, 2025 MLB Players of the Day
In five at-bats, Junior Caminero socked two doubles and a pair of home runs, propelling Tampa Bay to a 16-3 blowout at Houston.
The Rays victimized five Houston hurlers with 18 hits. Caminero scored four times and drove in five runs himself, three of them coming on his 8th-inning, three-run shot. He's been especially brutal against Houston pitching during this four-game series. On Thursday, he went 3-for-6 with a single, double and home run, driving in six runs. The Astros kept him in check throughout Friday's 2-1 win for Houston, rendering him hitless in three at-bats.
The win improved Tampa Bay's standings in the AL East, now tied with Toronto, 5 1/2 behind the Yankees, who were pummeled by the Dodgers Saturday. Houston fell back 1/2 game behind Seattle, after taking the AL West lead for a day on Friday. The series concludes Sunday at Houston.
AL Streaks: Blue Jays, won 4; Athletics, lost 5.
When Max Muncy singled in a run in the first inning for a 2-0 lead, it was just the beginning of the onslaught he and his fellow Dodgers would inflict upon the visiting Yankees in an 18-2 trouncing by Los Angeles.
The Dodgers banged out 21 hits against a parade of eight Yankee pitchers, including a pair of three-run homers by Muncy, his fifth and sixth of the season and 200th and 201st of his career and three other Dodgers would homer in the game. Muncy finished 3-for-6, scored three times and drove in seven.
Aaron Judge did his part for the visitors, homering twice, but it was not nearly enough to counter the offensive outburst by the Dodgers, who have taken the first two games of the re-match between last season's World Series foes with the finale set for Sunday night.
Both teams lead their respective divisions, the Yankees up 5 1/2 on the Blue Jays and Rays, while the Dodgers hold a three-game edge of San Diego and are four up on the Giants.
NL Streaks: Brewers, won 6; Rockies, lost 7.
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