Category: Baseball

Texas Rangers @ St. Louis Cardinals

Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 6:45 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network)

Busch Stadium

RHP Nathan Eovaldi vs. RHP Dustin May

Go Rangers!

After a five-game winning streak to end the month of May, the Chicago White Sox found themselves on the wrong end of the result yesterday as they lost the first of three games in Minnesota. Monday night was an outlier compared to recent results, as it was the first time in a week they surrendered more than five runs. After taking two of three from the Twins just last week, the Good Guys look to do the same again, starting with a win tonight.

For a White Sox team looking to continue distancing itself from the rest of the AL Central, they have the best possible pitcher on the mound tonight. Davis Martin gets the ball today, and fans should have plenty of confidence in him. Martin has an 8-1 record with a 2.00 ERA so far this season. He hasn’t taken a loss in eight straight outings and has recorded a win in five of his last six starts. He should again get plenty of run support from an offense that currently ranks ninth in MLB in runs scored.

The Twins will look to get to Martin early while countering with Connor Prielipp. The rookie had a good start to the season through his first five starts, but has since struggled. In his last two outings, he’s allowed 12 runs in just over eight innings of work. Most notably, his last start came against the White Sox on May 27, when he allowed eight hits, six earned runs, and three walks before being chased midway through the fifth inning. While he didn’t give up the long ball, the South Siders found plenty of success playing small ball against Prielipp.

With Chicago having a massive advantage in the pitching matchup and the better offensive team, tagging the Twins for a few runs early will be key, as the longer the game stays close, the hairier it will get. The Twins are a much better squad when they score first, as they struggle to come from behind no matter the margin.

Here is the starting lineup for the South Siders:

And here is the lineup for the Minnesota Twins:

First pitch is 6:40 p.m. CST. You can watch on CHSN or listen on ESPN Chicago 1000. Let us know your thoughts and predictions below!

First Pitch: 6:40 PM CDT

TV: Twins.TV, FOX9 KMSP, Gray Media

Radio: TIBN, WCCO 830, The Wolf 102.9 FM, Audacy App, LosTwins.com

Know thine enemy: South Side Sox

Connor Prielipp is on the mound for the Twins today. His last time out he gave up 6 runs in a game the Twins lost 15-2 to these very same White Sox. Let’s hope for a better start today.

You still have to play the game, of course, but when you have a pitcher having as fine a season as Cam Schlittler is, you expect to win all of his start. The American League’s best pitcher will look to keep the Yankees on this nice little roll they’re on, with the potential to push New York to 7-1 since that walk-off win over the Rays. Back under the lights in the Bronx, we kick off this three-game set with the Cleveland Guardians.

The young righty makes his 13th start of the year tonight against the Guardians, with an eight-outing streak of allowing two runs or less and failing to throw six innings in just one of those games. Cleveland is closer to the bottom of league-wide offensive production than the top, so on paper things are set up to potentially go very very well for Cam. You still have to play the game, of course.

Going for Cleveland is lefty Joey Cantillo, and it feels like the bottom is doomed to drop out for this guy. He walks 12.7 percent of batters faced while sitting down just 21.2 percent of hitters himself. I’m not saying expect a 13-run inning anytime in this contest, but the Yankees have clobbered lefties to the tune of a 124 wRC+ this season, the best mark in baseball. Between that and Cam’s stuff, we may get something special tonight.

On the lineup side of things, Amed Rosario is off the paternity list and back with the team, hitting cleanup against the southpaw Cantillo. But the biggest note is Aaron Judge getting his first day off of the year.* I actually think this is a pretty good idea because of the context of this game — your team already hits lefties well, your ace is on the hill, and you can give your most important player an additional day to refocus on some of the little problems he’s been dealing with at the plate this year. Cleveland is no pushover, they currently lead the AL Central by 1.5 games over the White Sox, but we also know what a salve the AL Central can sometimes be for that which woes the Yankees.

*Update: We now know that Judge is also dealing with a bone bruise in his shoulder area that’s been bothering him. So that’s swell.

Today is of course the anniversary of Lou Gehrig stepping away from baseball, so expect plenty of memorializations and retellings of the Iron Horse’s great, tragic story from the YES booth and in the Stadium.

How to watch:

Location: Yankee Stadium

First pitch: 7:05 pm EDT

TV Broadcast: YES Network (NYY) | Guardians.TV

Radio Broadcast: WFAN 660/101.9 FM, WADO 1280 (NYY) | WTAM 1100, WMMS 100.7, Guardians Radio Network (CLE)

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Back at Home 🏟️#RepBXpic.twitter.com/OIywP86mOF

— New York Yankees (@Yankees) June 2, 2026

Big series in the Big Apple.#GuardsBallpic.twitter.com/wFTLY8eulu

— Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) June 2, 2026

It’s almost time folks. The A’s are set to begin their road trip with the series opener in Chicago against the Cubs. We need a win desperately and to shake these bad vibes off. A big road trip, which includes a trip to Houston later, would help wipe away these tough past couple of weeks and that begins tonight at Wrigley Field.

The Cubs enter this series like the A’s: having started the year strong before going through a tough past couple of weeks. They’ve dropped 11 of their past 16 games and fallen to fourth in a competitive NL Central. Their pitching has taken a step back during their recent downturn but the Cubs’ offense has gone completely missing. They’re still above .500 at 32-28 thanks to a huge April but things are trending down for them right now. That’s a similar story to the A’s and now these two desperate teams will hope to right the ship during this series.

Before we get to the game, the A’s made a few roster moves just a few hours before first pitch:

We have made the following roster moves. pic.twitter.com/Aejnr119Rp

— Athletics (@Athletics) June 2, 2026

Not as extensive as many thought after Mark Kotsay’s comments the other day. The promotion of Kade Morris and the demotion of Jacob Lopez was widely reported. The A’s will also swap out righty reliever Michael Kelly in exchange for fellow righty Mason Barnett. We may be seeing Barnett in a relief role if needed over the next few days, but if not there is always a chance the team uses him to start Thursday’s game if Morris comes on in relief over the next two games. To make room on the 40-man roster relief pitcher Brooks Kriske lands on the 60-day IL, putting him officially out of action for the foreseeable future.

Back to the game. The starting pitcher for the A’s tonight will be Gage Jump, who is set to make his second career big league start. The left-hander had an up-and-down big league debut last week when he pitched five innings of four-run ball against the Seattle Mariners. It wasn’t the best debut as he allowed nine hits but he also only walked one batter while collecting the first five strikeouts of his career. The Cubs’ offense has been struggling against breaking balls in recent weeks so we may see a steady stream of those from Jump tonight. The team will be hoping that he got his debut jitters out of the way and can improve upon that first start in this one.

Here’s how the Athletics’ lineup looks for the series opener in Chicago:

📍Chicago pic.twitter.com/KKVCt0kx5r

— Athletics (@Athletics) June 2, 2026

It’s all the regulars in there tonight. Carlos Cortes is leading off and in right field while Lawrence Butler will be available off the bench.

On the other side of the pitching matchup, it’ll be a veteran taking on the rookie in Jameson Taillon. Now in his 10th big league season the right-hander has begun showing his age. The right-hander has a 5.37 ERA in 11 starts and has gotten hit especially hard in recent outings, allowing 16 earned runs over his past 14 2/3 frames. The A’s may be catching Taillon at the perfect time.

And the Chicago starting lineup tonight:

Back home at @ofcwrigleyfield.

Watch the game live on @WatchMarquee. pic.twitter.com/ZhmFizdvyR

— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) June 2, 2026

Both teams are in a rut and need a win. Only one will claim victory tonight. Will it be the Green & Gold? Let’s go A’s!

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Detroit Tigers (22-38) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (36-20)

Time/Place: 6:40 p.m., Tropicana Field
SB Nation Site: DRaysBay
Media: Detroit SportsNet, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio Network
Pitching Matchup: RHP Jack Flaherty (0-7, 5.81 ERA) vs. LHP Steven Matz (4-2, 4.67 ERA)

Go Rays!

Fresh off a 7-3 homestand, the O’s open their June schedule with three games in Boston against a reeling Red Sox team. The Orioles are just 9-17 on the road, while the Red Sox are 9-15 at home, so neither team is happy to be there. It’s a movable force against a stoppable object. But somebody has to win.

So why not the Orioles? Their hitting and their pitching (minus some bullpen slip-ups) were both on point during their just-concluded homestand, and tonight’s starter, Shane Baz, is coming off two consecutive excellent outings against his former team, the Rays. This is his first time facing the Red Sox this year but historically he’s been excellent against them, with a 2.64 ERA in five career starts. He’s held Jarren Duran, Boston’s leadoff hitter tonight, to a 2-for-14.

Scoring runs could be a problem for the Birds, considering they’re facing their Kryptonite, a left-handed starter. This is a pretty good one in rookie Connelly Early, who’s got a 2.95 ERA in 11 starts this year, though his 4.16 FIP indicates he’s been benefiting from some good luck. The Orioles will be unleashing their lefty-facing lineup that often fails to actually hit lefties, including Tyler O’Neill, who is 4-for-45 this year against southpaws. I’d sooner give Colton Cowser the start coming off his monster homestand instead of wasting more time with O’Neill, but what do I know? At least Samuel Basallo is in the lineup.

The Orioles right now have the most momentum they’ve had all season. Will they keep it going on the road, or immediately squander it?

Orioles lineup:

LF Taylor Ward
SS Gunnar Henderson
C Adley Rutschman
1B Pete Alonso
DH Samuel Basallo
3B Coby Mayo
RF Tyler O’Neill
CF Leody Taveras
2B Blaze Alexander

RHP Shane Baz

Red Sox lineup:

LF Jarren Duran
CF Ceddanne Rafaela
RF Wilyer Abreu
1B Willson Contreras
DH Masataka Yoshida
C Mickey Gasper
2B Isiah Kiner-Falefa
SS Marcelo Mayer
3B Caleb Durbin

LHP Connelly Early

The feisty fish have given the Nats problems this year, and last night was no different. The Nationals bullpen was unable to hold on to their lead, and they lost 7-3. Tonight, they will try and even the series. They have been a series winning machine lately, so the Nats will not want to drop this one against the Marlins.

There will be a couple changes to the lineup. Jorbit Vivas will replace Nasim Nunez as the second baseman. Dylan Crews will be back in the lineup, after missing the last couple games with a minor hand issue. The struggling Daylen Lile won’t get the night off, but he will be off his feet as the DH. Drew Millas will be doing the catching. Richard Lovelady will open and Miles Mikolas will follow him.

something something nationals lineup

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— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) June 2, 2026

With the lefty opener for the Nats, the Marlins put lefty masher Heriberto Hernandez at the top of the lineup. Liam Hicks will be at first base for Connor Norby. Other than that, it is the same personnel. Lake Bachar will be opening for the fish, and it will be all hands on deck in their bullpen.

Run it back 💪

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👂: @MarlinsRadio, @radiomambi710, @1043wqam
⏰: 6:45 PM ET#FightinFishpic.twitter.com/Pl6MIdQtPm

— Miami Marlins (@Marlins) June 2, 2026

Game Info:

Stadium: Nationals Park

Time: 6:45 PM EST

TV: Nationals.TV

Radio: 106.7 The Fan

The Nats have had problems against the Marlins, so hopefully they can snap out of it tonight. Getting all those hard fought wins against teams over .500 just to give those curly W’s away against the Marlins would be frustrating. That makes tonight an important matchup. Follow along in the comments down below and let’s go Nats.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone gave updates on a number of injured players as they start a three-game series with the Guardians on Tuesday...

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Dominguez's rehab start, tentatively, set

With the injury to Aaron Judge, the Yankees could be in need of an outfield bat to replace their captain in the short term. Jasson Dominguez would be an ideal candidate if he could return from his IL stint and Boone offered a promising update on the young outfielder.

Boone said that Dominguez will take live batting practice and will begin a rehab assignment on Friday.

The 23-year-old outfielder was starting to turn things around since his call-up in late April. He was 6-for-30 in his nine games, but had five hits, including a home run, in his last seven games before landing on the IL with a shoulder sprain after running into the wall making a catch in the outfield.

Stanton update

Boone was asked about Giancarlo Stanton's status and it was more of the same from a week ago, when imaging showed that his calf strain was healing. Stanton will also be hitting in a live BP and continue his running ramp-up. 

When asked if Stanton will need a rehab assignment, the Yankees skipper didn't have a definitive answer, but it was the least of his concerns. 

"That’s not a big question for me….not necessarily, but I won’t rule it out either," Boone said. "We’ll decide that at the end. He’s different than every other player in that he doesn’t have to build up innings or things like that. It’s possible, but not a certainty either."

Boone said that he was hopeful Stanton would return soon since the slugger has been running the last few days, but conceded it could be a couple of more weeks before we see Stanton. 

Stanton was slashing .256/.302/.422 with an OPS of .724. He also has three home runs and driven in 14 RBI in his 24 games.

Fried latest

 Southpaw Max Fried was the final injury update that Boone provided and the skipper gave a short, but optimistic breakdown of what Fried has been going through since he landed on the IL with a bone bruise on his elbow. 

"Threw again at 75 feet back-to-back days with some better intensity," Boone said. "Seems to be responding to everything very well. Just talking to him, he’s excited how he felt since even a couple of days after the outing in Baltimore. He’s been doing well. Meeting with the doctor today to see about whether we start ramping him up more. But seems to be responding pretty well."

Fried was pitching to a 3.21 ERA  across his 10 starts before going down with injury. If the Yankees can get Fried back healthy, he'll slide into a rotation that has just welcomed back Gerrit Cole.

Today’s roster move: Here

Tuesday notes…

• BETTER SCORE FIRST: The Cubs are 10-0 when they have scored first in games at home and 8-11 when their guests have scored first. They are 20-6 in all games when they have scored first and 12-21 when they have not. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
• THE LONG BALL RETURNS…: The Cubs have hit at least one home run in five consecutive games, their third-longest streak of the season. They homered in six straight twice, April 12-18 and April 20-25, and in seven in a row, May 2-8. Their longest streak last year was eight games. They also had one of seven, one of six and seven of five. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
• … BUT ONLY A LITTLE BIT: They have hit exactly one homer in their last four games. They had not done that since May 13-17 of last year. This is their 11th four-game streak since their most recent of five, Aug. 16-21, 2018. Their previous one of five was in 2012. That was the longest since they hit one homer in eight straight games, May 23-30, 2009, to tie the team record, set in 1931. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
• TODAY IN CUBS HISTORY: Matt Stairs, Sammy Sosa and Rondell White homered and the Cubs defeated the Brewers 10-4 in Milwaukee. It was the final victory of a 12-game winning streak, the Cubs’ longest since 1936, and the Cubs led the NL Central by 3.5 games. It happened 25 years ago today, Saturday, June 2, 2001.

Cubs lineup:

Back home at @ofcwrigleyfield.

Watch the game live on @WatchMarquee. pic.twitter.com/ZhmFizdvyR

— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) June 2, 2026

Athletics lineup:

📍Chicago pic.twitter.com/KKVCt0kx5r

— Athletics (@Athletics) June 2, 2026

Jameson Taillon, RHP vs. Gage Jump, LHP

I’m not sure what to say about Jameson Taillon anymore.

His last three starts have been, well, awful. The numbers back me up: 14.2 innings, 21 hits and four walks (1.705 WHIP), 16 runs (all earned, 9.82 ERA), eight home runs. His four-seamer velocity is down from last year, not by much, but maybe dropping that from 92.3 to 91.7 makes a difference.

Last year he had a decent outing against the A’s, April 2, 2025 in Sacramento, allowing two runs (a two-run homer by Brent Rooker). I think we’d take that.

Just keep the ball in the yard, Jamo.

Gage Jump. Now there’s a name!

Jump was the A’s second-round pick in 2024 out of LSU. He was a Top 100 prospect before this season and after nine starts at Triple-A Las Vegas this year, the A’s called him up to make his MLB debut last Tuesday against the Mariners. He allowed nine hits and four runs in five innings.

That’s about all I’ve got here, besides the pitch chart below (for the 88 pitches he threw against Seattle). He’s obviously never faced the Cubs or anyone on their active roster.

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The Jays shared some injury news today:

• Dylan Cease will have a rehab start Thursday. With luck, he’ll be back with the Jays after that.
• Max Scherzer will have a rehab start Friday.
• Shane Bieber will have a rehab start, likely Saturday, in Buffalo and will likely need two more rehab starts.
• Alejandro Kirk will start a rehab assignment Wednesday, DHing for Dunedin. He’ll likely need a week’s worth of games to get back to speed. Or lack there of.
• Jesús Sánchez is day-to-day, not in the lineup today.
• And Addison Barger is hitting and will be back pretty soon.
• Yimi Garcia will pitch for Dunedin Wednesday.
• Tommy Nance will pitch in Buffalo Friday.

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Apparently it is raining in Atlanta. I’m hoping the game will happen, because I’ve planed to watch at the bar with a friend, and, if the game doesn’t happen, we’ll have to talk or something.

Tonight’s lineup:

The Brewers’ offense came alive last night, when a Milwaukee offense that scored only nine runs over the weekend put up 16 on Landon Roupp and the San Francisco Giants in the first of a four-game series. Tonight, they will look to keep that offensive momentum going, Kyle Harrison looks to continue his brilliant start to the season.

Harrison’s brilliance this year has been overshadowed by the firepower of his rotation-mate, Jacob Misiorowski. But it’s actually Harrison who leads the Brewers in ERA, even after Misiorowski’s seven scoreless innings on Sunday: in 10 games started this season, Harrison has allowed just nine runs. He’s just short of “qualifying” for the ERA title, but if he did, he’d be third in the league, only behind the Yankees’ Cam Schlittler (1.50) and Philadelphia’s Cristopher Sánchez (1.47). Incidentally, those are probably your two leading candidates for the AL and NL Cy Young Awards right now.

Harrison hasn’t allowed a run in any of his last three outings, which covers 18 innings. In that time he’s struck out 20 batters and walked only one.

For the Giants, 25-year-old righty Trevor McDonald will take the hill. He’ll be making his sixth start of the year (in just his tenth career appearance), and he’s been okay this season: in 29 innings, he has struck out 27 and walked only six. He’s had some bad luck, so his 4.34 ERA doesn’t look great, but his FIP (3.26) tells a nicer story. While McDonald has walked only nine batters in 47 major league innings (1.7 per nine), his minor league numbers suggest that might be small sample size blip; even in just the last two years, he’s walked 4.4 batters per nine when pitching with Triple-A Sacramento.

Milwaukee will mostly ride with the lineup that collected 18 hits last night. The one change is that Garrett Mitchell is in while Andrew Vaughn is out; Jake Bauers slides from left field to first base, while Milwaukee goes with a Jackson Chourio-Mitchell-Sal Frelick outfield alignment. For the second straight night, Luis Rengifo and David Hamilton make up the left side of the infield.

First pitch is at 6:40 on Brewers TV and the Brewers Radio Network.

Do your thing, Kyle

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📻 : WTMJ

→ https://t.co/mvGXoRMTFSpic.twitter.com/FGJjq3r6z0

— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) June 2, 2026

Lineup for Game 2️⃣ up North

⌚️: 4:40 p.m. PT
📍: Milwaukee, WI
📺: @NBCSGiants
📻: @KNBR | KSFN#SFGiants | @CocaColapic.twitter.com/WwusSeKJtf

— SFGiants (@SFGiants) June 2, 2026

The awful road Orioles (9-17) take on the even more awful Fenway Red Sox (9-19) in a battle for the bottom of the American League East.

But you know who hasn’t been awful at Fenway of late? Connelly Early. He’s thrown back to back seven inning shutouts in the comforts of home against the Rays and Braves, who are two of the best teams in all of baseball.

Early’s probably going to have to be great again too, because offensively, the Red Sox have been so bad at Fenway Park this season, they’ve only won one game all year in which the opponent has scored more than two runs. In the month of May, it was even worse. Here’s all their wins at home in May, and as you can see, all of them involved the opponent scoring one run or less:

• 3-1 vs. Houston on May 1st
• 2-0 vs. Tampa on May 8th
• 3-1 vs. Philadelphia on May 13th
• 8-0 vs Atlanta on May 27th

Boy do they suck!

The good news is, as you can probably deduce, two of those were the Connelly Early games referenced above, so between that and the Orioles being on the road, maybe they can break through tonight.

Lineup wise, the biggest items of note are Ceddanne Rafaela and Willson Contreras back in there after being out of the lineup on Sunday to double up on rest days with the Monday off day, and Mickey Gasper continuing to court favor with Chad Tracy as he once again gets the start behind the dish.

⚾️ First Pitch: 6:45pm — Fenway Park, Boston, MA

📺 TV: NESN

📻 Radio: WEEI

San Diego Padres (32-26) at Philadelphia Phillies (30-29), June 2, 2026, 3:40 p.m. PST

Watch: Padres.TV

Location: Citizens Bank Park – Philadelphia, Penn.

Listen: 97.3 The Fan

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Debut day. pic.twitter.com/suNO2orZRX

— San Diego Padres (@Padres) June 2, 2026

Back at The Bank#RingTheBellpic.twitter.com/hLTyGjnSur

— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) June 2, 2026

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