In Major League Baseball the Seattle Mariners fell to the Nationals 3-1. Rookie Julio Rodriguez hit his 20th home run of the season in the loss.  Also, M’s starter George Kirby broke a big league record when he started the game with 24 straight strikes. Seattle hosts the Guardians today at 1:10

The Oakland A’s bested the Marlins 3-2 in 10 innings. Skye Bolt hit the walk-off sac-fly that pushed Oakland in front. The Athletics host the Yankees tonight at 6:40.

The San Francisco Giants got thumped by the Tigers 6-1. Tommy La Stella plated the lone run for San Francisco, which fell to 61-62. The Giants have tonight off before visiting the Twins tomorrow.

Also in baseball, the league office announced changes to the 2023 schedule yesterday. The number of divisional games for each team has dropped to a total of 52 games to make room for a total of 46 interleague games. For the first time in modern baseball history, every team will play every other team at some point.