— You can bet on whether or not a team will score in the first inning of a game; with the season six weeks old, here are each teams’ results for first inning scoring:
NL (Home/Away….total)
Braves 5-18/6-21…..11-39
Marlins 7-22/5-18…..12-40
Mets 6-19/4-20…..10-39
Phillies 11-19/4-21…..15-40
Nationals 7-22/3-19…..10-41
Cubs 5-17/5-24…..10-41
Reds 5-17/5-24…..10-41
Brewers 2-19/7-24…..9-43
Pirates 6-22/6-19…..12-41
St Louis 4-21/7-20…..11-41
Arizona 8-22/5-19……13-41
Colorado 8-22/2-19…..10-41
Dodgers 8-18/8-21…..16-39
Padres 7-18/9-21…..16-39
Giants 4-16/5-23…..9-39
AL
Orioles 5-16/7-23…..12-39
Red Sox 7-20/6-22…..13-42
New York 8-21/8-19…..16-40
Rays 8-28/0-12…..8-40
Toronto 6-19/5-21…..11-40
White Sox 9-21/8-20……17-41
Cleveland 5-19/5-21…..10-40
Detroit 5-19/7-22…..12-41
Royals 7-23/5-19…..12-42
Twins 3-21/3-18…..6-39
A’s 7-21/6-21…..13-42
Astros 3-21/3-18…..6-39
Angels 6-19/7-20…..13-39
Seattle 4-21/10-18…..14-39
Texas 3-20/5-21…..8-41
— Famous birthdays, May 12th:
Ted Kubiak, 83
Bruce Boxleitner, 75
George Karl, 74
Kevin Grevey, 72
Lou Whitaker, 68
James Wilder, 67
Ving Rhames, 66
Emilio Estevez, 63
Lawrence Phillips, 50
Malin Ackerman, 47
Steve Smith, 46 (NFL WR)
Lance Lynn, 38
— Thunder 92, Nuggets 87
Denver shot 2-22 in first quarter, trailed 17-8.
OKC shot 35.6% from floor, Nuggets 31.3%. Ugly game.
Thunder outscored Denver 29-18 in 4th quarter.
Series is 2-2; Game 5 is Tuesday in Oklahoma City.
— Pacers 129, Cavaliers 109
Indiana led 80-39 at halftime!!!! 80 to freakin’ 39!!!
If you’re coaching #1-seed Cleveland, what do you say at halftime?
Indiana’s starters shot 59.1% from the floor.
Underdog Pacers lead series, 3-1.
— Colorado Rockies beat San Diego 9-3 Sunday, then fired manager Bud Black, because they’re 7-33, which isn’t Bud Black’s fault, but you can’t fire the players, although you could fire the guy who assembled this awful roster of players.
— New York Mets are the only team that hasn’t lost three games in a row this season.
— Los Angeles Rams are having their mini-camp in Maui, which seems like a fun place to have your mini-camp, even though mini-camps aren’t necessarily supposed to be fun.
— Movie of the Day: Sea of Love (1989)- A detective investigating a series of murders becomes involved with a woman who may be the culprit.
Al Pacino is the detective, Ellen Barkin is the woman; John Goodman, Samuel L Jackson, John Spencer are also in this movie. Really good cast.
A movie worth watching, if only because Ellen Barkin is in it.
— Twins 7, Giants 6 (10)
Minnesota won its eighth game in a row.
Brooks Lee was 3-5, with three runs scored, 2 RBI
Heliot Ramos homered, had four RBI for the Giants.
— Cardinals 6, Nationals 1
St Louis also won its eighth game in a row.
Miles Mikolas got 16 outs, allowed only four hits.
Nootbaar, Contreras, Arenado homered for the Redbirds.
— Pirates 4, Braves 3
Pirates blew a 3-0 run lead in 8th inning, won it in bottom of 9th.
Sean Murphy tied the game with a 3-run double in 8th inning.
Atlanta is 19-21, still hasn’t gotten to .500 this season.
Pittsburgh is 2-1 under interim manager Don Kelly.
— White Sox 4, Marlins 2
Tim Elko’s first major league hit was a 3-run homer.
Marlins are 15-24, 5-12 on the road.
— Mets 6, Cubs 2
Mets scored four runs in 8th inning; Lindor’s HR sparked the rally.
Pete Crow-Armstrong homered for Chicago.
Mets are 15-4 at home, 11-11 on the road.
— If the playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Mets, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres, Giants, Phillies
AL: New York, Tigers, Mariners. Wild Cards: Guardians, Royals, Red Sox
