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Wednesday’s 6-pack:
— Angels 3, Red Sox 2 (10)- Christian Moore homered twice, including a walk-off blast.
— Astros 1, Phillies 0- Cooper Hummel homered in the 8th inning.
— Reds 5, Bronx 4 (11)- Rookie P Burns struck out 8 in 5 IP in his MLB debut.
— Braves 7, Mets 4- Mets have lost 10 of their last 11 games.
— Brewers 9, Pirates 3- 9th-place hitter Joey Ortiz homered twice.
— Cardinals 8, Cubs 7- Masyn Winn homered, drove in four runs.
Quote of the Day
“He’s struggling at the plate right now. It’s difficult when you’re going through that and trying to figure it out. He’s working hard to do that. That’s one thing we’ve got to be mindful of, is not letting that offense carry over to defense and base running, and the energy and effort that we’re giving on any other aspects of the game as well.”
Pirates manager Don Kelly, after he benched CF Oneil Cruz during Tuesday’s game
Wednesday’s quiz
In his NFL career, Chiefs TE Travis Kelce has scored 77 touchdowns in the regular season; what team was his first TD against?
Tuesday’s quiz
In the history of the Seattle Mariners, Felix Hernandez has recorded the most wins.
Monday’s quiz
SEC teams have won the last six national titles in college baseball; Oregon State was the last non-SEC team to win the college baseball national title, in 2018.
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Wednesday’s Den: Notes on SEC football teams……
Notes on football teams in the SEC:
— Alabama
Last five years, Alabama is 37-26 (58.7%) against spread.
New QB Simpson threw only 25 passes as the backup LY.
Had only 25 sacks last year, their fewest since 2013.
— Arkansas
Arkansas has only 3 starters back on offense, 3 more on defense.
Hogs gained 459.5 yards/game last year, #10 in country.
Arkansas allowed 246.9 passing yards/game (#110)
— Auburn
Auburn scored only 19.1 ppg in its SEC games (2-6) last year
Tigers had a minus-9 turnover ratio (#119)
Auburn was 1-3 LY in games decided by 7 or fewer points.
— Florida
Six starters back on offense, seven on defense, a lot for an SEC team.
Gators have four starters back on the offensive line.
Florida was helped last year by its +6 turnover ratio (#35)
— Georgia
Last two years, Dawgs are only 9-17 ATS
Georgia has only seven of 22 starters back from LY.
Dawgs ran ball for only 124.4 yards/game LY, #102 in country.
— Kentucky
Wildcats have only 3 starters back on offense, 4 on defense.
Kentucky missed a bowl LY for first time in nine years.
Wildcats threw ball for only 184.8 yards/game LY (#112)
— LSU
Only six of 22 starters are back, only one on offensive line.
Gave up 364.4 yards/game LY, #61 in country. Mediocre.
QB Nussmeier is in his 5th year; his dad is the Saints’ offensive coordinator. .
— Ole Miss
Lane Kiffin has a 44-18 record in five years with the Rebels.
Ole Miss has only five of 22 starters back this year.
Rebels scored 38.6 ppg LY, #3 in country.
— Famous birthdays, June 25th:
June Lockhart, 100
Ricky Gervais, 64
Dell Curry, 61
Carlos Delgado, 53
Linda Cardellini, 50
Aramis Ramírez, 47
Matt Schaub, 44
Paul Maholm, 43
Gerald Everett, 31
Desmond Bane, 27
— Mississippi State
Bulldogs were 2-10 LY, including a 41-17 home loss to Toledo.
Miss State allowed 216.9 rushing yards/game (#129)
Bulldogs have only three starters back on defense.
— Missouri
Tigers have 7 starters back on defense, only 4 on offense.
Mizzou allowed only 317.5 yards/game LY, #17 in country.
Tigers don’t play a road game until October 18, at Auburn.
— Oklahoma
Sooners have a new OC, who is 29; he brought the QB from Wazzu with him.
Oklahoma gained only 331 yards/game LY, #113 in country.
Oklahoma has only three starters back on offense.
— South Carolina
Gamecocks allowed only 18.1 ppg LY, #12 in country.
South Carolina has a new punter, kicker, long snapper, holder for kicks.
Gamecocks haven’t won a league title since they won the ACC in 1969.
— Tennessee
New QB Aguilar is a transfer from Appalachian State, via UCLA.
Aguilar threw for 6,700+ yards, 56 TD’s in two years at App State.
Vols have 7 starters back from a defense that allowed 16.1 ppg LY (#7 in country)
— Texas
Only 3 starters back on offense; Arch Manning is the new QB.
Texas ranked 71st in country in rushing yards LY; they’ve got 4 new starters on OL
First 4 weeks in October; three road games, and the Oklahoma game in Dallas.
— Texas A&M
Have six starters back on offense, seven on defense.
Aggies ran ball for 195.5 yards/game LY (#26); they’ve got 4 starters back on OL
A&M lost four of last four games LY, after a 7-1 start.
— Vanderbilt
Last year’s 7-6 season was their best since 2013.
Vandy brought in six transfers who play on OL, to protect QB Pavia.
Someone offered Pavia $4M to bolt to their school; he declined the offer.