- There were two blanks on the day and it just so happens it was the game leader which means we had ourselves a good old fashioned chase day.
- Trying to pick on Elieser Hernandez and his 6.66 ERA with Alek Thomas didn't do Matt any favors. Neither did Joseph's strategy to go after one of the league leaders in walks, Jose Quintana, which netted him a zero from Freddie Freeman.
- San Francisco was able to gain ground on the Dodgers with a win over Colorado and Last Man In Luis Gonzalez broke Ryan's streak of failed attempts at the provision with an eighth inning RBI single.
- It was absolute scenes between the White Sox and Guardians, yet the three selections from the former didn't contribute much to the fireworks. Luis Robert (Al) and Yoan Moncada (Lenny/Pavli) only could muster a single each in defeat.
- Highly regarded Royals catching prospect MJ Melendez kept his .333 batting average in order, singling for Nate in his Pick One debut.
- In that same game, Scott moved into a tie on the leaderboard with Nate as Baltimore's Austin Hays singled and doubled in his side's win.
- While Matt was unable to capitalize on a pitcher with a beastly ERA, his closest competitor Buddy was with Daulton Varsho. The versatile backstop singled and doubled in his first two at-bats of the game, scoring on the first and delivering an RBI on the second.
- But taking home top score for the first time in May was Colin with Nick Castellanos. The Phillies slugger scored all three times he made it to base, a single and two doubles.
- Optimally, referencing the scenes from earlier, Cleveland's Josh Naylor had himself double digit total bases all coming from the eighth inning on. He doubled home a run to cut Chicago's lead to three in the eighth. He hit a grand slam to tie things up in the ninth. He would then complete his 10 total base, 8 RBI night with a three-run shot in the eleventh inning.
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