Friday’s 6-pack:
— Florida 4, Edmonton 3- Panthers lead Stanley Cup finals, 3-0.
— Mets 3, Marlins 2- JD Martinez had a walk-off home run.
— Rays 3, Cubs 2- Cubs are 13-15 in one-run games, most in majors.
— Royals 4, New York 3- Maikel Garcia had a walk-off 2-run double.
— Red Sox 9, Phillies 3- Aaron Nola gave up 8 runs in 3.2 IP.
— Jaguars signed QB Trevor Lawrence to a 5-year, $275M contract.
Quote of the Day
“I’m 95 (bleep)ing years old with one foot in the grave and I can barely move. I know I’m in overtime. So everything in your life becomes more meaningful. And one of the last things I want to be able to see is for the Celtics to hang up banner #18.”
Bob Cousy
Friday’s quiz
Teams from which NFL division have won the most Super Bowls?
Thursday’s quiz
Jerry West played his college basketball at West Virginia
Wednesday’s quiz
On the old TV show
The West Wing, President Bartlet was from New Hampshire.
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Trends for all 30 MLB teams…….
— Arizona was 28-21 LY vs lefty starting pitchers; they’re 11-14 this year, but they won their last five games vs lefties.
Diamondbacks are 2-9 in road series openers.
— Braves are 10-17 in their last 27 games.
Reynaldo Lopez is 2-1, 1.83 in his last seven starts.
— Cubs are 8-15 vs NL Central rivals, 25-21 vs everyone else.
Cubs’ last six games stayed under the total.
— Cincinnati won eight of its last ten games.
Reds are 24-22 vs righty starters, 9-13 vs lefties.
— Rockies are 3-9 in their last 12 games.
Colorado is 5-4 in home series openers.
— Over is 5-2 in Dodgers’ last seven road games.
In his last eight starts, Gavin Stone is 6-1, 2.17.
— Marlins are 3-20 against lefty starting pitchers, 20-25 vs righties.
Over is 16-7 in their last 23 home games.
Under is 9-2 in their last eleven road tilts.
— Brewers lost five of last seven road games, scoring 20 runs.
Milwaukee is 15-4 in its last 19 home games.
— Mets are 6-2 in their last eight games.
Mets are 14-9 in one-run games; last year, they were 25-28.
— Phillies won 23 of their last 26 home games.
Phillies are 18-3 in their last 21 series openers.
— Rookie P Skenes is 3-0, 2.43 in six starts, with 46 strikeouts in 33.1 IP.
Over is 13-4 in Pirates’ last 17 home games.
— St Louis is 9-3 in its last 12 home games.
Under is 13-4 in their last 17 games.
— Padres won five of their last six games.
San Diego is 11-13 vs lefty starters; last year, they were 28-13.
— Giants are 4-9 in their last 13 games.
San Francisco is 19-11 in day games, 15-24 in night games.
— Nationals won five of their last six games.
Washington won World Series in 2019; since then, they’re 249-364 (40.6%)
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Famous birthdays for June 14th:
Vince Evans, 69
Sam Perkins, 63
Eric Murdock, 56
Steffi Graf, 55
Bruce Bowen, 53
David Gamble, 43
Sammy Watkins, 31
Bobby Witt Jr, 24
— Orioles are 16-6 in series openers.
Baltimore is 14-5 vs lefty starters.
— Red Sox are 7-12 vs lefty starters; last two years, they were 47-31.
Boston is 1-10 in home series openers.
— White Sox are 3-18 in their last 21 games.
Chicago is 5-22 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
— Guardians are 19-5 in their last 24 home games.
Cleveland is 14-6 vs lefty starting pitchers; LY, they were 24-35.
— Tigers are 2-5 in their last seven games.
Over is 10-3 in their last 13 road games.
— Under is 14-4 in Astros’ last 18 games.
Last 2 years, Houston was 70-33 vs lefty starters; this year, they’re 7-14
— Royals are 5-11 in their last 16 games.
Kansas City is 25-14 at home, 15-16 on road.
— Angels are 1-5 in their last six road games.
Under is 7-2 in their last nine home games.
— Minnesota won four of its last five games.
Under is 10-4 in their last 14 home games.
— New York won 13 of its last 15 games.
NY scored in first inning in 15 of its last 28 games.
— A’s lost 12 of their last 15 games.
Under is 9-2 in their last 11 games.
— Mariners are 10-1 in home series openers, 4-7 in road series openers.
Seattle is 20-6 in its last 26 home games, overall.
— Rays are 12-6 vs lefty starters, 21-30 vs righty starters.
Tampa Bay is 4-9 in home series openers.
— Texas is 2-10 in its last 12 series openers.
Under is 20-6 in Rangers’ last 26 home games.
— Toronto is 7-11 in one-run games, but 3-1 in extra inning tilts.
Under is 5-2 in their last seven road games.