ARLINGTON, TEXAS - JUNE 20: Mason Miller #22 of the San Diego Padres pitches during the tenth inning against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field on June 20, 2026 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images) | Getty Images
San Diego Padres (39-36) at Texas Rangers (36-40), June 21, 2026, 11:35 a.m. PST
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PHOENIX, ARIZONA - MARCH 30: Starter Justin Verlander #35 of the Detroit Tigers pitches against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the first inning of the home opener at Chase Field on March 30, 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Detroit Tigers vs. Chicago White Sox
Time/Place: 1:40 p.m., Comerica Park SB Nation Site: South Side Sox Media: Detroit SportsNet, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio Network Pitching Matchup: RHP Davis Martin (9-3, 3.31 ERA) vs. RHP Justin Verlander (0-1, 12.27 ERA)
Don’t look now, but catching prospect Kody Huff has quietly been having a great season in Columbus as well. Huff was perfect at the plate on Saturday, going 1-for-1 with a home run and three walks, raising his season OPS to .929, which is second on the team only to Cooper ingle.
Speaking of Ingle, he walked and had an RBI from a sacrifice fly.
Other standouts for the day were Ralphy Velazquez, who went 2-for-4, and C.J. Kayfus, who went 1-fo-3 with a walk.
This game saw the activation of top pitching prospect Yorman Gomez and he was solid, striking out eight batters and walking zero in 3.2 innings. He allowed two runs on four hits.
Trenton Denholm followed with one run allowed in 3.2 additional innings and Franco Aleman finished off the game with 1.2 perfect innings and three strikeouts to earn his eight save.
Akron RubberDucks 1, Altoona Curve 3 (F/10)
RubberDucks fall to 34-33
There wasn’t much to say about this one on the offense end. Juan Benjamin had the best game, going 1-for-3 with a double, a steal and a walk. Jose Devers also went 1-for-3 with a walk.
Starting pitcher Josh Hartle was excellent, allowing one run (zero earned) on just two hits in 6.1 innings pitched. He struck out four and walked three.
Jack Jasiak followed with 1.2 scoreless innings and four strikeouts and Jack Carey initially pitched a scoreless ninth inning, but then gave up two runs in the top of the 10th and Akron was unable to answer.
Hill City Howlers 10, Augusta GreenJackets 11
Howlers fall to 31-37
There was plenty of offense for Hill City, just not enough pitching on Saturday. Luis De La Cruz paved the way, going an impressive 4-for-5 from the field with a home run and a double, just missing the cycle by a triple. He also stole a base.
Dauri Fernandez singled, walked twice and stole two bases while Anthony Martinez doubled and walked twice. Martinez has a .945 OPS at Hill City and should be playing at Lake County right now. I expect a promotion by the All-Star break.
Johnathan Martinez also had an excellent game, going 2-for-4 with a home run.
Starting pitcher Will McCausland was knocked around for five runs on seven hits with four strikeouts and a walk in 5.1 innings pitched. Keegan Zinn allowed another three runs in just 0.2 innings.
Unfortunately, after Hill City rallied for four runs to take a 10-8 lead in the top of the ninth inning Ettore Giulianelli failed to get more than one out before giving up three runs to allow Augusta to walk it off.
ACL Guardians 11, ACL Royals 4
Guardians improve to 23-14
The ACL Guardians struck early and often in this one, jumping out to a 6-0 lead in the first two innings and then adding another five runs the rest of the way thanks to 11 hits and seven walks.
Once again, the Guardians were paced by Alejandro Blasco, who has been a freaking revelation this season at the ACL. The kid does nothing but tattoo the ball, hitting .500 with a ridiculous 1.887 OPS in the rookie league.
Blasco blasted two more home runs on Saturday, going 3-for-4 with six RBIs and a walk. In 12 games played thus far, he has seven home runs, five doubles and 11 walks. Yes, he’s averaging at least one extra base hit and one walk per game.
Pedro Dalmagro also had a great game, going 4-for-5 with a triple. Steven Cruz reached base three times by going 1-for-3 with two walks and three stolen bases while Rodny Rosario went 1-for-3 with a double and two walks.
Rehabbing pitcher Harrison Bodendorf allowed two runs on four hits in 2.0 innings. Erigaldi Perez stood out on the mound, allowing one run on five hits with two strikeouts and two walks in 4.1 innings.
White Sox ace Davis Martin looks to get back on track in Detroit today. | John Jones-Imagn Images
The precipice of getting swept: a familiar, yet unfamiliar, circumstance on the South Side as of late.
Familiar because, hey, we watched this team in 2023, 2024 and 2025. It’s not like we didn’t see the brooms get broken out with more regularity than just about any set of fans, ever. Hell, they got swept three times in the first 19 games of the season just this year!
Now, just when we thought we’d broken free, all we can do is watch the Tigers creep back over the horizon like an eagle returning for another go at Prometheus.
Nonetheless, Davis Martin is probably the guy we want to see out on the hill to claw a game back and thwart the sweep. Despite Martin’s clunker against the Yankees earlier this week, he’s still giving them the best chance to win when he steps on the field, and this is the kind of game they need to get if they want to show that this magical first half hasn’t been a pure mirage.
I am going to be looking closely at Martin’s velocity early in the game. His four-seamer has slowed down incrementally in three straight starts now, going from a peak of 95.2 mph on May 16 to 93.8 mph last Tuesday, slowest since April. There’s a pretty strong argument that Martin’s start against the Yankees looks a bit differently if simple bad luck hadn’t let Ben Rice squib one against the shift in the third inning, or had Jacob Gonzalez not forgotten to cover his own base a few batters later.
That being said, Martin’s stuff was not at its sharpest on Tuesday, and when you factor in his six-run stinker against Minnesota a few starts back, it might begin to constitute a worrisome trend if it persists today. Martin threw just a single fewer inning in his first 14 starts last season than he has through his first 14 of this year, but it was after his 14th start of last year that he went on the IL with a forearm strain that wound up costing him a month. Going on the standard four days rest this afternoon, today could be a litmus test for where the budding ace is at right now.
Also, hey, Grant Taylor is available! Just like yesterday, and Thursday, and Wednesday and Tuesday. When asked about Taylor’s inactivity, Will Venable yesterday sounded frighteningly close to the precipice of simply walking back their preseason ramp-up goal of 100 innings pitched.
Venable on Grant Taylor: "He's available and fine and really just trying to find the right spot for him. With as special as Grant is and want to make sure we're using him in the right spots. Those just really haven't come up in the last few days."
Today marks just the second day off of the season for Miguel Vargas, who has earned a breather more than just about anybody else on this roster. Though he was still hitting the ball plenty hard, Vargas has run into some hard luck as of late, going just three for his last 27 without a walk over the last seven games.
The state of the Tigers offense is rough, and letting them complete the sweep would be quite a deflation in a way that no loss to the Yankees ever could be. I genuinely thought for a moment that this was a light getaway day lineup from A.J. Hinch before realizing that James Outman and Trei Cruz are actually near the top of their depth charts.
We’ve got an early one yet again, as first pitch is scheduled for 12:40 p.m. CT at Comerica Park in downtown Detroit. If you want to join us, broadcasts are available on CHSN (TV) and WMVP AM 1000 (radio), like always!
DENVER, COLORADO - MAY 29: Logan Webb #62 of the San Francisco Giants pitches against the Colorado Rockies in the first inning at Coors Field on May 29, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images) | Getty Images
It’s series finale time, as the San Francisco Giants finish off their South Beach series against the Miami Marlins with some Sunday day baseball. The Giants are sending ace Logan Webb (4-4, 3.46 ERA) to the mound, against right-hander (and Santa Rosa native) Ryan Gusto (0-2, 7.24 ERA).
Apr 20, 2023; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Fans look on during a rain delay before the Chicago Cubs game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Wrigley Field. Mandatory Credit: Matt Marton-Imagn Images
It’s raining in Chicago today, and the conclusion of the Jays’ seties with the Cubs has been preemptively bumped to August:
As Wilner notes, this is a really tough break. Instead of a pretty favourable matchup against Shota Imanaga [not Seiya Suzuki, who is a DH, apologies for the error in the original version of this post], with some momentum after yesterday’s big comeback, Dylan Cease will face a much tougher opponent in Hunter Brown tomorrow night. Resting the bullpen undoubtedly helps, but that 17 game stretch in August ia going to be a brutal slog right as the wildcard race really takes shape.
Plus, we all now have a Sunday afternoon to kill. On Father’s Day of all days.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL - JUNE 20: Curtis Mead #45 and Luis García Jr. #2 of the Washington Nationals celebrate a win over the Tampa Bay Rays after a baseball game at Tropicana Field on June 20, 2026 in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images) | Getty Images
After the Rays took game one, the Nats grinded out a one run win in game two of the three game set. That sets the stage for a rubber match this afternoon. The Nats will look to win yet another series, while the Rays look to stay hot at home.
Blake Butera made a few tweaks to his lineup. Jacob Young is out of the lineup after banging into the wall yesterday. The outfield will consist of Daylen Lile in left, Dylan Crews in center and James Wood in right. Jose Tena will be in the DH spot and Drew Millas will be behind the plate. Andrew Alvarez is on the mound, and the Nats will look for more length than usual from the southpaw.
With a lefty on the mound, the Rays are making a few changes. Ryan Vilade will make his first start of the series in right field. Jonny DeLuca will also be back in the lineup. Ben Williamson will play second base, while Nick Fortes gets his first start of the series behind the plate. Nick Martinez has been a great signing for the Rays, and will take the ball today.
Rays 6/21
Y. Díaz DH J. DeLuca CF J. Aranda 1B J. Caminero 3B R. Vilade RF B. Williamson 2B C. Simpson LF N. Fortes C T. Walls SS
This is a big rubber match for both teams. The Nats will look to enter a massive 4 game clash with the Phillies with some momentum. Another series win would be a massive boost for the boys on this Father’s Day. Follow along in the comments down below and let’s go Nats!
Elmer Rodriguez of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders enters the field before a Minor League Baseball game at Coca-Cola Park in Allentown, United States, on May 23, 2026. (Photo by Dan Squicciarini/NurPhoto via Getty Images) | NurPhoto via Getty Images
We were dazzled on Friday night, and disappointed yesterday. The Yankees, and certainly the readership, are hoping to be at least satisfied come Sunday afternoon, as the club looks to win yet another series, this time against the Reds. It’s not going to be easy — Chase Burns isn’t quite Cam Schlittler, but he is The Guy The Reds Turn To In Games Like This.
The 23-year-old Burns showed flashes of his potential last year, and is rounding himself into a damn good form this season, his first full in The Show. (This will actuallly be his second start against the Yanks, as he fanned eight Yankees in his MLB debut last year.) The second overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft out of Wake Forest, Burns features one of the best fastballs in the game and maybe the best slider, a hilarious pitch with a .192 wOBA against and a 52.6 percent whiff rate that made me laugh aloud when I looked it up. If a Yankee gets to two strikes today, you can have a pretty good idea what pitch Burns is going to turn to. The problem is most major-league hitters haven’t been able to help themselves even when they know what’s coming.
Rodríguez is a little bit of a different story. The org’s top pitching prospect at the start of the season, the righty has been more than respectable with Triple-A Scranton but has stumbled a little in his first three MLB starts. He has been used in times of semi-to-real emergency, which might explain part of it, but the big issue is his walks. He’s walked more big leaguers than he’s struck out, and at this level you’re just allowing too much traffic for anything to happen. Despite what we saw yesterday, the Reds aren’t typically a powerhouse offense — if you don’t give them chances, you can have a decent day on the mound.
Spencer Jones gets a taste of the cleanup spot today, and Jasson Domínguez finds himself batting in the two hole. The youngsters look to play a significant role in the game for at least one day. Also note that Austin Wells is back with the Yankees today, activated off the IL following a rehab assignment in Triple-A. J.C. Escarra was sent back to Triple-A with the Yanks electing to keep Ali Sánchez as the backup.
CLEVELAND, OHIO - JUNE 12: Chase DeLauter #24 of the Cleveland Guardians doubles on a sharp line drive to right field in the seventh inning against the Detroit Tigers at Progressive Field on June 12, 2026 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Russell Lee Verlinger/Cleveland Guardians/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Jun 20, 2026; Cumberland, Georgia, USA; Atlanta Braves center fielder Michael Harris II (23) catches a fly ball hit by Milwaukee Brewers catcher William Contreras (24) (not shown) during the first inning at Truist Park. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-Imagn Images | Dale Zanine-Imagn Images
The Braves are going for the sweep. The offense has to wake up and Elder has to set the tone early to bounce back from his last outing.
It’s not raining in Chicago right now but there’s a forecast of rain all afternon and evening.
And so, today’s 1:20 p.m. CT game between the Chicago Cubs and Toronto Blue Jays at Wrigley Field has been postponed due to forecasted inclement weather.
The makeup game is scheduled for Thursday, August 6 at 1:20 p.m. CT.
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Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson draws one of the toughest matchups in baseball today against Dylan Cease, whose elite swing-and-miss arsenal should neutralize the struggling slugger.
Read on for my top Blue Jays vs. Cubs predictions and MLB picks for this Sunday, June 21 matchup.
Editor's Note: This game has been postponed due to weather.
Blue Jays vs Cubs predictions
Blue Jays vs Cubs best bet: Dansby Swanson Under 0.5 hits (-130)
A lot of his whiffs come from his slider, which is his most-used pitch to right-handed batters, which is also a pitch that Swanson struggles with (.048 batting average, 37% whiff rate).
Additionally, Swanson is just 1-for-6 against Cease in his career. I’d play this prop up to -140.
COVERS INTEL: Swanson doesn’t generate much contact against Cease's two most used pitches, owning a porous .048 average and a 34% whiff rate against the slider and changeup combined.
Blue Jays vs Cubs same-game parlay (SGP)
Cease has electric stuff, leading the American League with 110 Ks. He’s eclipsed today’s number in seven straight starts and owns a 39% strikeout rate against this Chicago Cubs lineup.
George Springer is turning a corner with a 1.089 OPS over his last nine games, and profiles well against Shota Imanaga, who’s primarily a fastball pitcher.
Springer owns a .291 xBA over the last three seasons with a .613 xSLG.
Blue Jays vs Cubs SGP
Dansby Swanson Under 0.5 hits
Dylan Cease Over 6.5 strikeouts
George Springer Over 1.5 total bases
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Blue Jays vs Cubs home run pick: Kazuma Okamoto (+365)
Kazuma Okamoto's hitting profile matches up perfectly against Imanaga’s stuff.
The Cubs starter throws a heavy dose of the fastball and gets barreled up at a 10.4% rate. The Jays third baseman barrels the ball better than anyone in the Blue Jays lineup (13.5%) while possessing a 63.2% hard-hit rate against the four-seamer.
Additionally, Imanaga has allowed 14 home runs over 15 outings this season.
This is a half-unit wager.
2026 Transparency record
Best bets: 35-39, +0.75 units
SGPs: 14-60, +2.15 units
HR picks: 12-62, +1.8 units
Blue Jays vs Cubs odds
Moneyline: Toronto -116 | Chicago +102
Run line: Toronto -1.5 | Chicago +1.5
Over/Under: Over 7 | Under 7
Blue Jays vs Cubs trend
The Blue Jays have hit the moneyline in nine of their last 14 away games (+6.00 Units / 41% ROI). Find more MLB betting trends for Blue Jays vs. Cubs.
How to watch Blue Jays vs Cubs and game info
Location
Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL
Date
Sunday, 6-21-2026
First pitch
2:20 p.m. ET
TV
MARQ, Sportsnet
Blue Jays starting pitcher
Dylan Cease (4-3, 2.71 ERA)
Cubs starting pitcher
Shota Imanaga (4-6, 4.26 ERA)
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HOUSTON, TEXAS - SEPTEMBER 30: General Manager Dana Brown of the Houston Astros speaks during an end of season press conference at Daikin Park on September 30, 2025 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Houston Astros/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Condolences to the many members of the national media who have been hoping and praying to see the Astros sell at the deadline, and have their roster picked apart to go to other teams. That doesn’t appear to be happening.
According to a report from longtime MLB insider Bob Nightengale, the Houston Astros intend to be buyers at the deadline and teams calling up asking for Astros stars are wasting their time.
According to Nightengale, the Astros are still on the hunt for bullpen help and a left-handed hitting outfielder. These are two of the 3 primary things they sought this offseason as well (the other being starting pitching).
The AL West has been the weakest division in baseball this season, and entering play today there are no teams in the division over .500. The Seattle Mariners lead the division at 39-39.
The Astros enter play today only 3 games out in the division, and 2.5 back in the race for the final Wild Card spot.
Over the last month, dating back to May 21, the Astros have gone 16-11 (.593), which ties as the fifth-best record in the Majors and is the second-best record in the AL.
An 11-run sixth inning led to a 14-1 loss for the Toledo Mud Hens on Saturday.
Scott Effross and Carl Edwards Jr. were decent through the first four frames. They combined for nine straight outs after a leadoff single, but Christian Franklin broke the shutout with a solo shot off Edwards in the fourth. Max Anderson homered in the top of the inning, but that was Toledo’s only run of the day.
Edwards gave up another homer in the fifth, Anderson had a double in the top of the sixth, and then the bad times began. A leadoff single and walk got the bullpen going, and Konnor Pilkington replaced Edwards on the mound after a groundout put men on the corners.
Pilkington gave up an RBI single, hit a batter and watched two more runs cross on a double up the middle. Tyler Mattison was next out of the bullpen. He immediately got tacked for a two-run double over the right fielder’s head. If the wheels weren’t already falling off, they were definitely gone after this sequence: walk, single, single, walk, single. 10-1, Rochester.
When the Rochester announcers keep giving us “Fun Facts” • over 40 minute half inning • 17 ABs pic.twitter.com/IDfwom4sZk
Mattison finally got the second out, striking out Yohandy Morales, and in came Woo-Suk Go. Three more runs crossed before the inning ended. Go wasn’t particularly good, walking two batters — one with the bases loaded — and allowing a two-run single. None of those baserunners were on his ledger, though.
At least Beau Brieske went 1-2-3 in the seventh, right?
Toledo went to a position player on the mound in the eighth. Morales homered for good measure, and that’s all she wrote.
Erie put together a complete win on Saturday, allowing just three hits in an 8-0 win over Harrisburg.
Kenny Serwa got the start but not the win, coming up just one out shy of the minimum required to qualify. Still, he was excellent, giving up just one hit and three walks while striking out four. The knuckleballer drew a game-high eight whiffs before turning the ball over to Tanner Kohlhepp.
Justice Bigbie started the scoring early, driving in Seth Stephenson and Peyton Graham with a double in the first. He hit a good 400 feet, but there’s a tall wall 405 feet in center field. Andrew Jenkins made it a 3-0 game later in the inning with a groundout RBI. Jenkins did the groundout thing for a run again in the third.
Justice Bigbie drives a 2-run double into left center to give Erie the early lead. pic.twitter.com/igctgiJByt
Brett Callahan was hit in the head before Bigbie’s double. He shook it off pretty well, but left the game as a precaution.
Kohlhepp pitched through the sixth, striking out a pair and working around one hit. Johan Simon took over for him in the seventh, but not before Izaac Pacheco launched a ball out of the park for Erie’s fifth run.
Izaac Pacheco with another monster home run. This one left his bat at 110 MPH and traveled 440 feet to put Erie up 5-0. pic.twitter.com/cni3apcqTF
Simon went two frames, striking out two and giving up just one hit, and Yoniel Curet closed out the game in the ninth.
Before all was said and done, Toledo scored three more runs in the eighth. Stephenson doubled in Bennett Lee and scored on a Thayron Liranzo sac fly, and Jenkins drove in another — this time on a base hit.
Liranzo: 0-3, RBI, BB
Bigbie: 1-3, 2B (13), 2 RBI, 2 BB, K
Jenkins: 1-5, 3 RBI, 2 K
Pacheco: 1-4, HR (11), R, RBI, BB, 2 K
Stephenson: 2-6, 2B (12), 2 R, RBI, K, SB (33)
Serwa: 4.2 IP, H, 0 R, 3 BB, 4 K
Coming Up Next: It’s a 1 p.m. ET start on Sunday. Erie leads the series, 3-2.
West Michigan Whitecaps 7, Lansing Lugnuts 3 (box)
Despite being outhit by Lansing, West Michigan came away with a 7-5 victory on Saturday.
Jake Miller went four innings in his fourth rehab assignment start. This was his first with West Michigan, and he gave up his first run in 11 2/3 innings. Lansing got to him for six hits — four of which came in the first — but no walks and three strikeouts are encouraging.
Garrett Pennington homered in the bottom half of the first, keeping it a tie game through Miller’s outing. Neither offense really got much going after that, at least until the seventh. Carlos Lequerica went 1-2-3 in the fifth, with a pair of strikeouts, Duque Hebbert worked around a two-out single in the sixth and Luke Stofel retired the Lugnuts in order in the seventh.
Garrett Pennington does it again. He smashes a solo homer to left to tie the game for West Michigan. It’s his 14th of the year, and his 3rd straight game with a home run. @ThatDanHasty and @wangler_nathan on the call. pic.twitter.com/jyyV8rdmep
With the game still knotted at one run apiece, Andrew Sojka sparked a rally with a one-out double in the seventh. Luke Shliger poked one through the left side to bring Sojka home, moved to second on a Samuel Gil single and stole third base. A throwing error brought him home and put Gil on third.
Luke Shliger with an oppo knock to score Andrew Sojka and put West Michigan up 2-1. pic.twitter.com/QSFrY9syIC
Lansing intentionally walked the bases loaded to face Bryce Rainer, and the former first-round pick made them pay with a two-run single through the right side. It wasn’t hit particularly hard, but Lansing was in double-play depth and the second baseman couldn’t get there. Pennington added another RBI to his box score with a line-drive single to center field. 6-1, West Michigan.
CJ Weins had a little trouble in the eighth, giving up two runs on four hits. He was the only Whitecaps arm to struggle today, and the offense got one of those runs back in the bottom half of the inning on a wild pitch. Jalen Evans closed things out, working around a two-out single to secure the win.
Rainer: 1-3, 2 RBI, 2 BB
Pennington: 2-5, HR (14), R, 2 RBI
Sojka: 2-4, 2B (7), 2 R, K
Gil: 3-4, R
Miller: 4.0 IP, 6 H, R, ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Coming Up Next: It’s a 2 p.m. ET start on Sunday. West Michigan goes for the five-game sweep.
Dunedin Blue Jays 8, Lakeland Flying Tigers 6 (box)
Lakeland had control of the game for seven innings on Saturday, but a late collapse led to an 8-6 loss for the Flying Tigers.
Hunter Dobbins gave Lakeland an early lead with a two-run home run in the second, his fourth of the year. Caleb Leys couldn’t hold the 2-0 lead for long, giving up a run in the top of the third and two more in the fourth. Four of the five hits he allowed went for extra bases, and a pair of one-out walks in the fifth ended his day. Not great, but he still left the game with a lead.
The Flying Tigers got to Dunedin’s first bullpen arm right away in the fourth. Zach McDonald walked and stole second base. He moved up to third on a bad throw from the catcher. Jude Warwick also walked, and Javier Osorio doubled in MacDonald. The ball was catchable, but a missed diving catch led to two bases and a run.
Win Scott bailed out Leys in the bottom of the fifth, inducing a double play to end the inning. He worked through three innings, navigating his way around a hit and a walk. Scott actually came back out for the eighth, but a pair of errors led to a run and ended his night. After getting the first out, Jan Caraballo took over and immediately gave up a triple to put the tying run 90 feet from home.
Caraballo gave up a game-tying single, walked a batter and balked to put two in scoring position. Another single put Dunedin out in front before Caraballo finally got out of the inning. He came back out for the ninth and gave up another run on a leadoff single and triple.
Andrew Pogue took over after two outs, but the implosion was already complete. Lakeland’s offense didn’t do anything in the final two frames besides a two-out walk in the ninth. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory isn’t fun.
Yost: 2-5
Pinto: 3-5, HR (3), R, 3 RBI, K
Dobbins: 1-4, HR (4), R, 2 RBI, 2 K
Leys: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
Coming Up Next: It’s a noon ET start on Sunday. Dunedin leads the series, 3-2.
Owen Hall got ripped for a homer and a triple in the first inning, but it only resulted in one run. Hall bounced back with two clean innings, but he gave up a two-run homer in the fourth after a leadoff walk. There’s some hard contact being made off him, but it could have gone worse.
Fortunately, the Tigers came to hit, too. Angel De Los Santos led off the first with a triple, and a wild pitch brought him home after the Phillies starter walked the bases loaded. Cristian Perez doubled in both runners on base, and a throwing error scored him.
Ronald Ramirez had a three-run homer in the second, giving Hall a six-run cushion to work with. The Phillies chipped away to make it a two-run game in the fifth. Leonardo Leon had some command issues and was replaced by Jatnk Diaz after three batters. An error from Michael Oliveto, Detroit’s supplemental round pick (34th overall) last year, threw the ball away for one of those runs.
De Los Santos hit his second triple of the game to get two runs back in the bottom of the fifth. Perez and Enderson Delgado went back-to-back for the final two runs. Diaz retired the final seven batters he faced for the save.
There’s something weird about playing a team in your own organization because anything that’s good is bad and vice versa.
Ten of the 13 runs scored in this game came in the second inning, so it was a rough day for both starters. The bullpens were decent, though, with Omar Gonzalez delivering the best line of the day with 2.1 innings of no-hit ball. Of course, it’s the guy with a 10-plus ERA.
Despite the score, there weren’t many standout hitters. Eduardo Tusen went 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles. Thirteen combined walks contributed to the run total.
The DSL Tigers 2 almost came back in the seventh, but Tusen was stranded on second after making it a one-run game with one out left.
Sheehan will benefit from the Dodgers offense, which leads the majors with a .783 OPS. Los Angeles has a hard-hit percentage of 41.6% and will get to Baltimore Orioles starter Brandon Young, who allows a hard-hit rate of 41.3%.
I like the Dodgers to cover the run line at -120 or better.
I’m expecting Sheehan to take care of Baltimore’s offense by missing a lot of bats with his 30.3% whiff rate. That should leave us with a reasonably low-scoring game compared to this inflated total.
I love the Under here at 9 runs or more.
Ed Scimia's 2026 Transparency Record
ML/RL bets: 13-19, -6.84 units
Over/Under bets: 12-18, -6.74 units
Orioles vs Dodgers weather
The wind is blowing out to left center at 8 mph on a 75F day at Dodger Stadium.
Orioles vs Dodgers odds
Moneyline: Orioles +213 | Dodgers -223
Run line: Orioles +1.5 | Dodgers -1.5
Over/Under: Over 9.5 | Under 9.5
Orioles vs Dodgers trend
The Orioles are 2-5 straight up in their last seven games, losing four of those contests by 2+ runs. Find more MLB betting trends for Orioles vs. Dodgers.
How to watch Orioles vs Dodgers and game info
Location
Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA
Date
Sunday, June 21, 2026
First pitch
4:10 p.m. ET
TV
MASN, SNLA
Orioles starting pitcher
Brandon Young (5-2, 3.18 ERA)
Dodgers starting pitcher
Emmet Sheehan (3-4, 4.76 ERA)
Orioles vs Dodgers latest injuries
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COVERS INTEL: Swanson doesn’t generate much contact against Cease's two most used pitches, owning a porous .048 average and a 34% whiff rate against the slider and changeup combined.
