Armadillo Sports
Monday’s 6-pack:
Teams with most plays that gained 25+ yards last year:
58— Ravens
52— 49ers
49— Packers
47— Vikings
46— Buccaneers
44— Bills
Quote of the Day
“That’s a long 48 hours when you lose Game 1 like that, coming into Game 2. The guys did a great job of just focusing on what we needed to do to stack to a win tonight. That’s how we got it.”
Oklahoma City Thunder coach Mark Daigneault
Monday’s quiz
When was the last time the NBA Finals went to seven games?
Sunday’s quiz
Last time Baltimore Orioles won a playoff series (2014), they beat Detroit 3-0 in the ALDS.
Saturday’s quiz
Indiana Pacers’ star Tyrese Haliburton played his college basketball at Iowa State.
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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports weekend…….
— Thunder 123, Pacers 107
Oklahoma City led 59-41 at halftime.
Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points.
Thunder’s subs were +57, their starters +23.
Series moves to Indiana; Game 3 is Wednesday.
— Dodgers have scored 367 runs, the most in baseball; Cubs are second (363)- last time the Cubs led the major leagues in runs scored?
1929.
— Mets 13, Rockies 5
Pete Alonso, Jeff McNeil both homered twice.
Alonso has 18 RBI in eight games this month.
Mets lead the NL East by 4.5 games over the Phillies.
— Pirates 2, Phillies 1
Andrew McCutchen had the game-winning single in the 8th inning.
Paul Skenes has a 1.88 ERA in 14 starts; Pirates are 6-8 in those games.
Phillies have lost nine of their last ten games.
— Giants 4, Braves 3
San Francisco has won five games in a row.
Braves have lost 14 of their last 17 games.
Giants are first team since the 2005 Twins to have a homestand of 7+ games, with every game decided by one run.
— UFL playoffs:
Panthers 44, Stallions 29
Michigan out-rushed Stallions 144-61; Panthers were +2 in turnovers.
Bryce Perkins threw for 238 yards and a TD.
Defenders 36, Battlehawks 18
Defenders led 20-6 at halftime.
Defenders out-gained St Louis, 388-240.
DC was 7-11 on third down, Battlehawks 2-9
Panthers/Defenders play for the UFL title next week.
— CFL Week 1:
Saskatchewan 31, Ottawa 26
Saskatchewan led 31-14 after three quarters, hung on for the win.
Ottawa had 12 penalties for 126, Roughriders had 5 for 85.
Ottawa QB Dru Brown threw for 413 yards in a long cause.
Montreal 28, Toronto 10
Montreal avenges its loss to Toronto in last year’s playoffs.
Alouettes led 15-3 at halftime.
Montreal outgained the Argonauts, 354-276
Calgary 38, Hamilton 26
Stampeders were the only underdog to win this week.
Calgary led 18-9 at halftime.
Dedrick Mills ran for 94 years, three TD’s for Calgary.
BC Lions 31, Edmonton 14
Edmonton led this game 7-3 at halftime.
Lions outscored Edmonton 28-7 in second half.
Nathan Rourke threw for 324 yards, three TD’s.
BC outgained the Elks, 446-248.
— Famous birthdays, June 9th:
Dave Parker, 74
Brian Taylor, 74
Michael J Fox, 64
Aaron Sorkin, 64
Johnny Depp, 62
Gloria Reuben, 61
D’Marco Farr, 54
Peja Stojaković, 48
Udonis Haslem, 45
Natalie Portman, 44
Josh Cribbs, 42
Yuli Gurriel, 41
— Padres 1, Brewers 0
Manny Machado’s home run was the game’s only run.
Neither team got a hit until the bottom of the fifth inning.
Five San Diego relievers got the last 11 outs.
— Rays 3, Marlins 2
In his last five starts, Drew Rasmussen has allowed 2 runs in 29 IP.
Tampa Bay leads the major leagues, with 90 stolen bases.
Teams split their six-game season series this year; Tampa Bay had won the season series the previous six years.
— A’s 5, Orioles 1
Lawrence Butler was 13-32 this week, with 12 runs scored, 22 total bases.
A’s win the series, ending their 9-series losing streak.
Orioles had won six in a row, before losing 2 of 3 in Sacramento.
— Dodgers 7, Cardinals 3
Clayton Kershaw tossed five innings, got his first win this year.
Tommy Edman drove in three runs, with two hits and a sac fly.
In his career, Kershaw is 12-6 against the Cardinals.
— Guardians 4, Astros 2
Go-ahead run scored on a throwing error in the 7th inning.
Cleveland is still only 5-8 in its last thirteen games.
Only fourth loss in 14 games for first-place Houston.
— Red Sox 11, New York 7
New York led this game 3-2 after the fifth inning.
Abraham Toro was 3-5, with a homer and two doubles.
Aaron Judge homered twice, is hitting .396 with a 1.264 OPS