The goal that pushed the Minnesota Wild past the Blue Jackets in a 2-1 win Oct. 18 at Grand Casino Arena was shot into an opening roughly the size of a basketball above goalie Cam Talbot's shoulder during a power play in the second period.
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The guy who sent it there, Kirill Kaprizov, leads the NHL with 10 goals in nine games and makes $17 million a season. There wasn't much Talbot could've done, even with an unobstructed view of Kaprizov's shot, but the veteran backstop wore it anyway.
"Yeah, I think I gave him a little bit too much [to shoot at]," Talbot said. "He put it in a great spot, but the other four guys are doing their job. That's my guy. I've got to make that save."
Talbot's answer plus his impressive ability to remain solid into his upper 30s is how he became the first goalie in NHL history to play and win games for nine separate franchises during his Blue Jackets debut Oct. 9 in a victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins. He was the least of the Jackets' concerns in St. Paul, Minnesota, where the Wild forced him to make 32 saves to keep it a one-goal differential.

#goal #shot #play

Winnipeg Jets (4-2-2, in the Central Division) vs. St. Louis Blues (3-4-1, in the Central Division)
St. Louis; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Blues play the Winnipeg Jets in a matchup of Central Division squads.
St. Louis is 3-4-1 overall with a 1-4-0 record against the Central Division. The Blues have a -1 scoring differential, with 27 total goals scored and 28 given up.
Winnipeg has gone 4-2-2 overall with a 2-0-1 record against the Central Division. The Jets have a 4-0-2 record in games they score at least three goals.

#louis #winnipeg #record #overall

On September 16, Evolution Petroleum Corporation (NYSEAMERICAN:EPM) held its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2026 earnings call, and the numbers told a story of a company climbing out of a rough patch. Revenue jumped 20% sequentially to $24.2 million as oil prices realized before hedge settlements shot up 49% year over year to $90.74 a barrel. Adjusted EBITDA more than doubled to $6.5 million. After a bruising third quarter, the fourth quarter finally looked like the recovery management had promised investors back in May.
The fourth-quarter turnaround wasn't just about crude. NGL prices realized $32.49 a barrel, up 27% year over year, and because Evolution leaves its NGL production entirely unhedged, every dollar of that gain flowed straight through. That combination of higher liquids pricing, growing production, and the roll-off of a prior-period transportation adjustment at the Delhi Field pushed operating cash flow to $6.8 million in the quarter, nearly double the $3.5 million generated in the third quarter.
Behind the quarterly numbers sits a longer-term shift in how Evolution makes money. The company closed a roughly $16 million acquisition of mineral and royalty acreage in the Permian's Midland Basin after the fiscal year ended, adding about 3,420 net royalty acres and more than 200 barrels of oil equivalent per day of current production, all without Evolution spending a dime on development. That mirrors what's already happening in the SCOOP/STACK play, where fourth-quarter production climbed 14% year over year to 1,275 BOE per day while unit operating costs fell to $10.33 a barrel. Evolution also replaced more than 100% of the 2.6 million barrels of oil equivalent it produced during the year, ending fiscal 2026 with 27.2 million barrels of proved reserves, an outcome that matters directly to a dividend now in its 52nd consecutive quarter.
Not every part of the business bounced back. Average daily production fell 4% year over year to 6,901 barrels of oil equivalent per day, largely because the flush production from new Chaveroo wells that boosted last year's fourth quarter has since tapered off. Natural gas pricing remained the softest spot in the portfolio, especially at the Jonah Field, where CEO Kelly Loyd said "regional differentials have weighed on realizations" even as broader demand for gas keeps growing. CFO Ryan Stash noted that stronger oil and NGL results helped offset "continued weakness in natural gas realizations, particularly at Jonah."

#barrel

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The dollar index (DXY00) rose by +0.14% on Tuesday, just below Monday's 1.5-week high. Tuesday's +4% surge in WTI crude oil prices raised inflation expectations and could persuade the Fed to tighten monetary policy, supporting the dollar. Also, Tuesday's increase in the 10-year T-note yield to a 19-year high of 5.04% strengthens the dollar's interest rate differentials. In addition, expectations that the Fed will raise interest rates by 25 bp at the Tue/Wed FOMC meeting support the dollar. The dollar fell from its best level on Tuesday after the Sep Empire manufacturing survey came in weaker than expected.
The US Sep Empire manufacturing survey of general business conditions fell -13.0 points to 7.6, weaker than expectations of 15.0.
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#crude #prices #high

Saudi Arabia suspends Yanbu oil loadings after halting its East-West pipeline, sending Brent back to $108.
Asia's Oil Crunch Sends Regional Benchmarks to Record Highs
- Asia's oil industry is facing a double whammy of supply shortages and better-than-expected demand, with crude differentials across the region gradually climbing towards record highs.
- Futures prices on China's Shanghai Futures Exchange rose to $138 per barrel on Tuesday, the highest reading on record, as Chinese refiners scramble to put their hands on available October supply.
- Saudi Aramco's announced halt in Yanbu loadings could see some recovery in exports from Saudi terminals in the Gulf, however these flows would be massively constrained by unprecedented freight rates.

#record #highs #supply #west

The dollar index (DXY00) is up +0.11% today and is just below Monday's 1.5-week high. Today's +1% rise in WTI crude oil prices raises inflation expectations and could persuade the Fed to tighten monetary policy, which supports the dollar. Also, today's increase in the 10-year T-note yield to a 19-year high of 5.04% strengthens the dollar's interest rate differentials. In addition, expectations that the Fed will raise interest rates by 25 bp at the Tue/Wed FOMC meeting support the dollar. The dollar fell from its best level today after the Sep Empire manufacturing survey came in weaker than expected.
The US Sep Empire manufacturing survey of general business conditions fell -13.0 points to 7.6, weaker than expectations of 15.0.
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#empire #stocks #note #year

The dollar index (DXY00) on Friday rose by +0.06%. The dollar found support as a hawkish US CPI report pushed odds of an FOMC rate hike next week up to 88% from 75% on Thursday. Also, the 10-year T-note yield on Friday rose by +0.6 bp, supporting the dollar's interest rate differentials.
Friday's -2.4% decline in oil prices initially caused the 10-year T-note yield to drop, despite the CPI report. However, the CPI report caught up with the T-note market by the end of the day, and the 10-year T-note yield ended slightly higher.
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Friday's Aug US CPI report of +0.4% m/m was in line with market expectations, but the core CPI report of +0.3% m/m was slightly stronger than market expectations of +0.2% m/m. On a year-on-year basis, the Aug CPI report of +3.4% y/y was unchanged from July and was in line with market expectations. Meanwhile, the Aug core CPI report of +2.4% y/y eased slightly from July's +2.5% and posted a new 5.5-year low, and was in line with market expectations.

#year

On September 8, a caller inquired if Trinity Industries, Inc. (NYSE:TRN) is worth looking at after its recent pullback. Mad Money host Jim Cramer replied:
Yes, Railcar, shouldn't be down this much. I like your thinking. You waited for the big hit. Now, it's in a good place. I would pull the trigger.
Trinity Industries, Inc. (NYSE:TRN) has faced a sharp correction, pulling back significantly from its 52-week high of $38.31. Despite this downward pressure, the company's fundamental **** et base remains exceptionally stable. In its second-quarter earnings report, the company posted total revenues of $485 million and diluted earnings per share from continuing operations of $1.25, with earnings benefiting from a $132 million non-cash pre-tax gain tied to the Napier Park railcar partnership transaction.
The leasing and services segment continues to support the business, posting a robust fleet utilization rate of 97.3% and an improved lease renewal success rate of 75%. In addition, the Future Lease Rate Differential improved to +3.5%, showing healthy pricing power on expiring contracts. Management reaffirmed its full-year EPS guidance of $2.20 to $2.40, supported by a solid railcar backlog standing at $1.6 billion.
The primary catalyst for Trinity Industries, Inc.'s (NYSE:TRN) recent sell-off stems from margin compression within the Rail Products manufacturing division. Operating margins in manufacturing faced pressure from an unplanned production interruption at the Longview manufacturing facility and temporary realignment expenses tied to the company's Mexican footprint. These localized execution issues overshadowed a strong quarterly performance in leasing, causing the stock to drift below both its 50-day and 200-day moving average.

#trinity

In the wee hours of Thursday morning, catcher Jose Trevino was once again pitcher Jose Trevino as the Cincinnati Reds wrapped up a 14-1 drubbing at the hands of the mighty Los Angeles Dodgers. The Reds managed just 6 hits in total on the night, their lone run coming off the bat of superstar Elly De La Cruz as he launched a moonshot off Yoshinobu Yamamoto to log a home run in his fifth consecutive game.
The loss sunk the Reds to the third worst run differential in the sport behind only the hilarious Colorado Rockies and homeless Athletics. Not exactly where you want to find yourself when you're supposedly on the upswing of one of Nick Krall's infamous rebuilds.
Now, the Reds head into Milwaukee to face the mighty Brewers, off whom they managed to take two of three in Great American Ball Park just last weekend. Safe to say, I expect there to be some revenge on the minds of those beermakers.
Lefty Andrew Abbott looks to turn the tide on his wayward season with the start in Friday's series opener at American Family Field that I still choose to call Miller Park. Dustin May takes the mound for the Beers, meaning this may well be Cincinnati's best chance to sock some dingers and actually take home a win in the series.
First pitch is set for 7:40 PM ET. Here's how the Reds will line up to start:

#park #take

Gameweek 4 is here, and the early Fantasy Premier League picture is starting to take shape.
After three rounds of the 2026/27 season, FPL managers have more information to work with, but there is still plenty of uncertainty. Some players are emerging as must-own ******* ets, while others are being transferred out after disappointing starts.
That makes Gameweek 4 an important week for making smart decisions rather than simply chasing last week's points.
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Gameweek 4 begins on Saturday, September 12, with seven Premier League matches before Sunday's action and Monday night's Leeds vs. Newcastle finale.

#league #september

The dollar index (DXY00) recovered from a 2.5-week low on Wednesday and finished up by +0.06%. The dollar found support on Wednesday after WTI crude oil surged +3 % to a 3.25-month high, boosting inflation expectations and potentially persuading the Fed to tighten monetary policy. Also, short covering emerged in the dollar on Wednesday after the US Treasury announced it would purchase $6 billion of long-term US government debt securities on Thursday, below expectations of $10 billion. In addition, Wednesday's increase in the 10-year T-note yield to a 2.75-year high of 4.85% has strengthened the dollar's interest rate differentials.
The dollar initially moved lower on Wednesday amid strength in the yen after US Treasury Secretary Bessent challenged traders to test his resolve on strengthening the yen.
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#wednesday #treasury #billion #dxy00

The move represents a sharp reversal from the yen's weakness earlier in the summer, when the USD/JPY approached 165 and forced **** anese authorities to intervene in the foreign-exchange market.
The latest appreciation is increasingly being driven by expectations that the Bank of **** an (BoJ) is preparing to raise interest rates at its September meeting, while investors are also reassessing the outlook for US monetary policy. The BoJ is scheduled to meet next Thursday and Friday, with markets now pricing in a high probability of a 25-basis-point increase. More importantly, investors will be looking for guidance on whether the central bank could accelerate the pace of subsequent tightening.
U.S. consumer-price data due on Friday will provide an important signal ahead of the Federal Reserve's September 15-16 meeting. The inflation figures have become particularly significant because the Fed's policy outlook remains unusually divided. Governor Christopher Waller has indicated that he could support keeping rates unchanged if inflation continues to moderate, while Fed Chair Kevin Warsh has stressed that insufficient progress on inflation could warrant tighter policy.
From a technical perspective, the weekly chart points to a clear deterioration in the USD/JPY trend. The pair has broken below its ascending trend structure and is trading beneath both the Tenkan-sen and Kijun-sen lines of the Ichimoku Cloud index. This suggests that the medium-term bullish structure has weakened. The weekly RSI has also fallen below the neutral 50 threshold and is moving lower, indicating that bearish momentum is becoming more established.
The fundamental backdrop is becoming increasingly challenging for the USD/JPY bulls because the interest-rate differential that supported the yen carry trade for years is gradually narrowing.

#Friday #rates

Last season, Arizona soccer (2-3-1) ended the season ranked No. 239 in Division I in goal differential at -6. With Big 12 play still to come, the Wildcats are No. 188 with a -1 goal differential. That's lower than their first opponent this week.
Northern Arizona (2-3-1) comes into Thursday's match ranked No. 159 with a +1 differential.
NAU is a team Arizona head coach Becca Moros and her Wildcats see a lot. Not only do the two teams play each other during the regular season most years, but they also face off during spring games.
If the last regular season game between the two is any indication, Arizona should have the opportunity to get itself right against the Lumberjacks. The Wildcats edged past NAU by the score of 1-0 in an exhibition in Flagstaff last season, but they had much more success when the two teams met in Tucson during the regular season two years ago. That match was a 5-0 Arizona victory. The last time the Wildcats scored five goals was almost exactly a year ago when they defeated GCU 5-2 on Sept. 14.
Last week's match against Dartmouth proved that it may not be so easy, though. Moros and her players felt they did enough to win that match, but they didn't capitalize on their chances. They outshot the Big Green 14-1 and had a 5-1 edge in shots on goal, but Dartmouth's only shot went into the net.

#wildcats

The Euro rose quite a bit in early trading on Thursday, but with the jobs report coming out, I'm watching the 1.1640 level. That was where we had seen that massive sell-off. I'm looking for signs of exhaustion to short this. Now, I don't want to get married to this position. This is not going to be a long-term position by any stretch of the imagination, but I think it's difficult to imagine a market that's just truly going to fly ahead of that Nonfarm Payroll announcement. It could, obviously, but I'm looking for signs of exhaustion to start shorting.
The dollar against the Canadian dollar has fallen pretty significantly over the last couple of days, but we have a gap down here at 1.3780 that I'm watching very closely. If we get a bounce from here, I'm willing to go long. Now, keep in mind both of these countries produce their jobs report at the same time on Friday morning, so I'll be out of this position no matter what it does before then.
With that being said, as long as we get some type of bounce, I'm willing to play that V-shaped pattern here as the interest rate differential continues to favor the United States despite the fact that rates have dropped a little bit early in the session.
Finally, the USD/CHF pair. This is one I've been long for a very long time. It is falling apart. Again, like the Euro, I'm kind of watching to see a little bit of exhaustion somewhere right around the 0.8050 level. I'll be watching to see if we get a bounce. That's a place I could go long. But again, I don't want to be in the dollar when the Nonfarm Payroll announcement comes out. So all of these will be very short-term trades at best.
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#position #euro

The dollar index (DXY00) fell from a 2.5-week high on Wednesday and finished down by -0.08%. The dollar gave up an overnight advance and turned lower today when the weaker-than-expected US Aug ADP employment report knocked T-note yields lower. The dollar also came under pressure on dovish comments from New York Fed President John Williams, who said inflation is continuing to trend down. In addition, strength in stocks on Wednesday reduced liquidity demand for the dollar.
The dollar initially moved higher on Wednesday after escalation of US-Iran hostilities boosted crude oil prices and pushed the 10-year T-note yield to a 2.75-year high, strengthening the dollar's interest rate differentials.
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#yields #stocks #high #down

The dollar index (DXY00) fell from a 2.5-week high today and is down by -0.11%. The dollar gave up an overnight advance and turned lower today when WTI crude oil dropped from a 6-week high and moved lower, which eased inflation expectations, a dovish factor for Fed policy. The dollar also fell after the Aug ADP employment change rose less than expected, helping knock T-note yields lower.
The dollar initially moved higher today after escalation of US-Iran hostilities boosted crude oil prices and pushed the 10-year T-note yield to a 2.75-year high, strengthening the dollar's interest rate differentials. Overnight losses in stock index futures also boosted demand for dollar liquidity.
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#note #lower #overnight

The dollar index (DXY00) rose by +0.27% on Tuesday. Soaring T-note yields on Tuesday strengthened the dollar's interest rate differentials and pushed the dollar higher. Also, Tuesday's +5% surge in WTI crude oil to a 6-week high raised inflation expectations, which could potentially persuade the Fed to raise interest rates, a supportive factor for the dollar. In addition, Tuesday's stock slump boosted liquidity demand for the dollar.
Gains in the dollar were limited on Tuesday amid weaker-than-expected US economic news, including Aug ISM manufacturing, July construction spending, and July JOLTS job openings.
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#july #note

The dollar index (DXY00) is up by +0.12% today. Soaring T-note yields today have strengthened the dollar's interest rate differentials and are pushing the dollar higher. Also, today's +2% rally in WTI crude oil to a 6-week high is raising inflation expectations and could potentially persuade the Fed to raise interest rates, a supportive factor for the dollar. In addition, today's stock slump has boosted liquidity demand for the dollar.
The dollar fell back from its best level today on weaker-than-expected US economic news, including Aug ISM manufacturing, July construction spending, and July JOLTS job openings.
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#commodity #soaring

The US dollar against the ***** anese yen is a pair that I watch all the time. I actually have longer-term buy-and-hold positions in this, but I may be adding to this if we can break to a fresh new high somewhere around 160.33.
This is a market that I have no interest in shorting because of the interest rate differential, but there is a little bit of intervention risk here. For myself, I've been long of this pair for months, so this is an addition to what I already have been doing. For short-term trading, it is a viable potential breakout play. I would keep an eye on that 159.8 level, though. A breakdown below that level could signify some type of shift in momentum.
The Australian dollar is a pair that I'm watching closely. If we can break down below the 0.7130 level, I might start shorting for a small move, maybe down to about 0.71, with a stop loss above 0.7160. This is an interest rate play, and the US dollar, of course, is seeing higher rates, while Australia is as well, but it's a different ratio; it's a different amount. The situation still favors the US dollar as far as that is concerned.
The New Zealand dollar, same story. I either sell a break below the 0.5885 level, or I sell a rally that shows signs of exhaustion near the 0.5915 level. I'll be watching this closely. The interest rate differential still favors the US dollar, and I think the real support is probably closer to the 0.5870 level. So maybe a 20-pip move. If we get a little bit of a rally and signs of exhaustion, that might open up more of like a 40-pip move.
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#level #interest #pair

The dollar index (DXY00) is down by -0.16% today. The dollar is modestly lower today, consolidating below last Friday's 2-week high. Today's rally in the Chinese yuan to a 3.5-year high is undercutting the dollar.
However, losses in the dollar are limited today as WTI crude oil climbs more than +2% to a 1-week high, which raises inflation expectations and could potentially persuade the Fed to raise interest rates, a supportive factor for the dollar. Also, weaker stocks today have boosted some liquidity demand for the dollar, and higher T-note yields have strengthened the dollar's interest rate differentials. Finally, the dollar has some carryover support from last Friday, when Fed Chair Warsh warned inflation isn't meaningfully slowing and vowed that policymakers will return inflation to their 2% target. The chance of a Fed rate hike at next month's FOMC meeting rose to 63% today from 36% before Warsh's speech.
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#today #dxy00 #chinese

FC Cincinnati was shut out for the first time in nearly six months Aug. 29, falling 4-0 at Nashville SC at GEODIS Park.
Cincinnati (8-7-7, 31 points) remains in sixth place in the Major League Soccer Eastern Conference, and drops to a negative number in goal differential, minus-two (49 to 51). Nashville (16-2-4) continues its record pace and keeps a 10-point lead over Miami in the Supporters' Shield and Eastern Conference standings.
Nashville, which has allowed only 17 goals this season, handed Cincy its first shutout since March 8, a 1-0 loss to Toronto. Cincinnati scored a goal in the next 23 matches in all competitions, and has now had five goals in the last five matches.
The loss pretty much ends any slim chance FC Cincinnati had of winning the Supporters' Shield this season, but that wasn't the team's focus.
"They're at the top of the table," said FC Cincinnati head coach Pat Noonan. "We're not trying to catch Nashville right now. We're trying to improve our play and improve our position in the table with each game."

#nashville

FC Cincinnati was shut out for the first time in nearly six months Aug. 29, falling 4-0 at Nashville SC at GEODIS Park.
Cincinnati (8-7-7, 31 points) remains in sixth place in the Major League Soccer Eastern Conference, and drops to a negative number in goal differential, minus-two (49 to 51). Nashville (16-2-4) continues its record pace and keeps a 10-point lead over Miami in the Supporters' Shield and Eastern Conference standings.
Nashville, which has allowed only 17 goals this season, handed Cincy its first shutout since March 8, a 1-0 loss to Toronto. Cincinnati scored a goal in the next 23 matches in all competitions, and has now had five goals in the last five matches.
The loss pretty much ends any slim chance FC Cincinnati had of winning the Supporters' Shield this season, but that wasn't the team's focus.
"They're at the top of the table," said FC Cincinnati head coach Pat Noonan. "We're not trying to catch Nashville right now. We're trying to improve our play and improve our position in the table with each game."

#eastern #supporters

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Thomas Müller had a goal and an ******* ist, Brian White and Rayan Elloumi each added a goal and the Vancouver Whitecaps beat Sporting Kansas City 3-0 on Saturday night.
The Whitecaps (13-4-4) lead the Western Conference with 43 points and are tied with Eastern Conference-leading Nashville (52 points) for the best goal differential (plus-30) in all of MLS.
André Luiz, acquired from Greek club Olympiacos FC on Aug. 18, made his MLS debut for Kansas City when the 24-year-old designated player subbed on for Shapi Suleymanov in the 66th minute.
Müller converted from the penalty spot, his third goal in the past five games, to open the scoring in the 40th minute.
Sporting (4-15-3) are winless in six straight. Kansas City is last in MLS with 15 points, 20 goals scored and a minus-34 goal differential. Orlando has the next worst goal differential at minus-17.

#whitecaps #conference #ller #minute

It might be time that we inform the teams in the AL West that one of them is, in fact, allowed to win the division.
As August comes to a close, neither the Houston Astros, the Texas Rangers nor the Seattle Mariners look all that interested in running away with a very winnable division.
How bad has it been in the AL West this season?
All five teams in the division are currently .500 or worse, with the first-place Astros sitting at 67-67 entering play Friday. All five teams also currently have negative run differentials. The Astros, Rangers and Mariners are a combined -148.
Looking at it another way, three of the five teams have fired their general managers this season, including the Astros firing GM Dana Brown on Monday. The Angels (Perry Minasian) and A's (David Forst) fired their general managers in June and August, respectively.

#Mariners

The US dollar initially fell against the ******* anese yen in European trading but looks like as we swing into the United States time frame, the dollar is making a little bit of a comeback.
The interest rate differential continues to favor the US dollar over the longer term, and I do like buying dips here whenever I get the opportunity.
The 159 level underneath is a support level, so is the 158.75 level, so I'll be watching both of those if we do pull back in order to find value.
But I have a longer-term position in this pair already. It looks like we're just continuing to see carry traders come in and take advantage of the swap at the end of each session, so I remain bullish.
The US dollar is a little bit softer against the Swiss franc, but it is currently sitting near a support level in the form of 0.8125.

#level #little #longer #japanese

The Orioles kicked off a crucial nine-game road trip with a blowout 13-1 win over the hosting Cardinals on Tuesday night. Pete Alonso paced the lineup before he left the game with a flare up of his calf injury. O's starter Chris Bassitt turned in a solid 6.2 innings before Anthony Nunez over-powered the opposing hitters in the late innings.
This was the Orioles most dominant win of the season by run differential, besting a 12-1 win over the Dodgers on June 21. It also tied their season high in runs scored, which they originally achieved back on June 5 in a 13-3 victory against the Blue Jays.
The Orioles scored all of those runs between the third and sixth innings of this game. Power got things started, and then the rest of the lineup just peppered the ball all over the park for the remainder of the runs.
Alonso put the O's up 3-0 in the fourth inning with his 31st home run of the season, a 435-foot bomb to left center field that scored Leody Taveras and Jackson Holliday, who had singled ahead of him. A few batters later Christian Encarnacion-Strand went even deeper, launching a 450-foot solo shot to make it 4-0.
It was in the fifth inning where the Orioles put the game completely out of reach. The Cardinals had to use three different pitchers in that inning alone while the O's sent 13 batters to the plate and scored the eight runs on seven hits, two walks, and a hit by pitch. Six of those seven hits were singles.

#june

Tuesday notes…
NIGHT MOVES: The Cubs' win last night made their record 29-16 under the lights on the road. They wound up 29-20 in such games a year ago. They now have as many wins this year on the road as at home: 38. They have lost 29 on the road and 27 at home. (Courtesy BCB's JohnW53)
WINNERS AND LOSERS: The Cubs are 35-26 in games against opponents who had a winning record going into the game. They are 41-30 against those who were .500 or below. (Courtesy BCB's JohnW53)
RUN DIFFERENTIAL UPDATE: The Cubs have outscored the Mariners and Diamondbacks by a combined 26-0 over the last 16 innings. They have raised their run differential to a season-high +122. Only two teams are better: the Brewers, +161, and Dodgers, +151. The Braves are fourth, at +110. (Courtesy BCB's JohnW53)
BATTING AVERAGE UPDATE: In their last 54 games, one third of a full season, the Cubs have raised their batting average with runners in scoring position by 32 points, to .249, which is tied for seventh highest.
They now have scored the second-most runs, made the third-most hits, hit the most home runs and earned the second-most walks. With two outs and RISP, they rank 14th in average, at .233. They have scored the most runs, made the second-most hits, hit the most home runs and earned the third-most walks. (Courtesy BCB's JohnW53)

#courtesy

After the Detroit Lions' 2025 disappointing season—a playoff-less 9-8 year—analysts have gone one of two ways with the future in Detroit. Some believe their Super Bowl window is closing or closed. Others believe it was a temporary step back, and they'll be back in contention in 2026. Well, you can count ESPN's Bill Barnwell as one of the people in the latter category.
On Monday, Barnwell put together his annual list of NFL teams most likely to improve in 2026, and the Lions were one of five teams listed. Barnwell's methodology for these list typically involves a set of statistics that tend to regress (positively or negatively) to the mean each year. That includes strength of schedule, records in close games, turnover margin, and point differential.
When it comes to the Lions, Barnwell pointed to several metrics that indicate Detroit could be in for a bounce-back season. One odd one was Detroit's terrible recovery rate on fumbles. Per Barnwell, Detroit recovered just 29 percent of fumbles last year, which not only was last in the league, but it was "just the fifth time since 1990 that any team has failed to recover at least 30% of fumbles in a season."
Barnwell also points to injuries as something that should (hopefully) regress to the mean in the Lions' favor in 2026.
"Detroit was last in adjusted games lost on defense, where the only starters who suited up for all 17 games were Derrick Barnes, Jack Campbell, Aidan Hutchinson and DJ Reader," Barnwell wrote.

#games #fumbles #believe

From one John Denver song blaring to another, the Guardians are in Denver to take on the Rockies.
The Rockies are 50-77 with a -122 run differential, 29th in team wRC+ at 91, 19th in baserunning runs above average at -1.4, 24th in defense at -31.4, last in pitching ERA at 6.13 (5.27 FIP) and 28th in bullpen ERA at 4.81 (4.35 FIP).
The Guardians are 62-66 with a -23 run differential, 26th in team wRC+ at 94, seventh in baserunning runs above average at 5.2, seventh in defense at -4, sixth in pitching ERA at 3.73 (3.95 FIP), and 11th in bullpen ERA at 3.89 (3.85 FIP).
The Rockies are bad at everything.
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#Guardians #differential #team #average