NL teams’ W-L record by starting pitcher
(thru Tuesday’s games)
— Diamondbacks
Gallen 2-4
Kelly 4-2
Burnes 2-3
Pfaadt 4-2
Rodriguez 2-4
— Braves
Sale 3-3
Schwellenbach 3-3 (home team 6-0)
Smith-Shawver 2-2
Holmes 3-2
Elder 3-2
Lopez 0-1
Strider 0-1
Blewett 0-1
— Cubs
Imanaga 5-2
Steele 3-1 (over 4-0)
Taillon 2-4
Boyd 2-3
Brown 3-2 (over 5-0)
Rea 3-0
— Reds
Greene 3-3 (under 4-1 last five)
Lodolo 4-2
Martinez 1-5 (under 4-1 last five)
Singer 4-1
Spiers 0-2
Abbott 3-0
Suter 1-0
— Rockies
Freeland 0-6 (under 5-1)
Senzatela 2-4
Feltner 1-5
Marquez 0-6 (over 4-1 last five)
Dollander 1-3
Blalock 0-1
— Dodgers
Yamamoto 4-2 (under 5-1)
Snell 2-0 (over 2-0)
Glasnow 3-2
Sasaki 4-2
May 3-2
Knack 2-0
Wrobleski 0-1
Miller 1-0
Casparius 0-1
Dreyer 1-0
Gonsolin 1-0
— Marlins
Alcantara 3-2
Gillispie 1-5
Bellozo 1-1
Meyer 3-3
Quantrill 3-2
Cabrera 1-3
— Brewers
Peralta 4-3 (under 6-1)
Cortes 1-1
Civale 0-1
Patrick 2-3
Priester 1-3
Rodriguez 0-2
Alexander 2-1
Quintana 4-0
Henderson 1-0
Myers 0-1
— Famous birthdays, May 1st:
Barry Clemens, 82
Dann Florek, 75
Charlie O’Brien, 65
Tim McGraw, 58
Alex Van Pelt, 55
Curtis Martin, 52
Wes Welker, 44
Marcus Stroman, 34
Casey Mize, 28
Chet Holmgren, 23
— Mets
Holmes 5-1
Megill 3-3
Senga 3-2
Canning 5-1
Peterson 5-1
Brazoban 0-1
— Phillies
Wheeler 4-3
Luzardo 4-2
Nola 1-5
Sanchez 4-1
Walker 3-2
— Pirates
Skenes 3-3
Keller 2-4
Falter 2-4
Heaney 3-3
Mlodzinski 1-4
Harrington 0-1
— Cardinals
Gray 5-1 (over 6-0)
Fedde 1-5
Mikolas 0-5
Liberatore 1-4
Pallante 3-3
Matz 1-0
— Padres
King 4-2
Cease 4-2
Vasquez 2-4
Pivetta 5-1
Hart 3-2
— Giants
Ray 6-0
Hicks 3-3
Webb 4-3
Verlander 2-4
Roupp 4-1
— Nationals
Gore 2-5
Irvin 3-3
Parker 5-1
Williams 2-4
Soroka 0-1
Lord 1-3
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Jessica Chastain plays Molly, Idris Elba is great as her lawyer; Kevin Costner plays Molly’s father, a smallish role for him.
This was a book before it was a movie; it is a story very well-told.
— Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 6 (10)
Boston led 6-0 in the sixth inning.
Toronto hit three homers in a game for first time this season.
First time in 12 games the Blue Jays scored more than four runs.
— Cardinals 6-9, Reds 0-1
Willson Contreras hit a 3-run homer in first inning of the nightcap.
Coming into Wednesday, St Louis was 2-12 on the road.
Coming into Wednesday, Reds had won five games in a row.
— A’s 7, Rangers 1
A’s scored six runs in 9th, with homers by Rooker, Butler.
A’s have won six of their last eight games; they’re 10-6 on road.
Texas lost eight of its last 12 games.
— Rockies 2, Braves 1
Colorado snaps its eight-game losing streak.
Brenton Doyle’s home run ended his 0-for-20 skid.
Rockies’ 3B Ryan McMahon is 0 for his last 34, 2 for his last 58
— Dodgers 12, Marlins 7
Tony Gonsolin threw six strong innings in his first start since 2023.
Mookie Betts, scored twice, knocked in four runs.
Kyle Stowers went 4-4 with two homers for the Marlins.
— Mariners 9, Angels 3
Seattle won for 15th time in its last 18 games.
Leo Rivas had three hits, three RBI for the Mariners.
Mike Trout (sore knee) left the game in the 4th inning.
— 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, Astros, Red Sox