The Baseball Buffet for 5/11/2026

COL 0, PHI 6 - PHI SP Cristopher Sánchez was outstanding once again (7 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K), and Jonathan Bowlan and Jhoan Duran each pitched scoreless frames to combine for the shutout. Meanwhile, Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper hit back-to-back HR in the first inning off Tomoyuki Sugano (5 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 2 K). Schwarber then hit another HR in the second inning, his MLB-leading 16th of the season (tied with Aaron Judge). Of note, Brandon Marsh went 4-4 with 4 singles in the game also.

NYY 3, MIL 4 - Aaron Judge hit his 16th HR of the year in the first inning, and the Yankees scored another in the second off MIL SP Logan Henderson (5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K). NYY SP Carlos Rodón made his first start of the season and put up zeros for three innings, but then allowed three runs in the fourth (4.1 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 5 BB, 4 K). New York tied it up later, and it was 3-3 going into the bottom of the ninth. David Bednar came in and struck out Joey Ortiz and Jackson Chourio, but then coughed up a walk-off HR to Brice Turang, giving the Brewers the sweep of the series. Of note, Yankees rookie OF Spencer Jones had his first major hit (single).

PIT 6, SFG 7 (12) - SFG SP Tyler Mahle had 8 K in 5.2 IP (5 H, 4 ER, 2 BB), but also allowed HRs to Konnor Griffin and Oneil Cruz. PIT SP Bubba Chandler did fairly well (5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K), allowing a solo HR to Heliot Ramos in the fourth. Isaac Mattson allowed three hits and two runs which tied the game up 4-4. It stayed that way through nine, and then both teams scored two runs in the tenth. Neither team scored in the 11th, and Giants reliever (and former Pirate) Ryan Borucki also kept the Bucs from scoring in the top of the 12th. The Pirates brought in Justin Lawrence as their seventh pitcher of the game, and he gave up a double to Matt Chapman that advanced the automatic runner to third. He intentionally walked Drew Gilbert to load the bases, but then Jesus Rodriguez hit a walk-off single. The victorious Giants had 13 hits in all, with Willy Adames going 3-6 with a double and 2 RBI, and Rafael Devers hitting 2-4 with 2 doubles.

SEA 1, CWS 2 - The Mariners scored one run in the first inning, but then CWS SP Davis Martin settled in and did well (6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 9 K). His counterpart, SEA SP Logan Gilbert, was even more dominating (6 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 9 K), and the Mariners had the slim 1-0 lead through seven. Eduard Bazardo entered to pitch the bottom of the eighth, and immediately gave up a solo HR to veteran Randal Grichuk. Drew Romo then hit a double, and Sam Antonacci hit a sacrifice bunt to advance Romo to third. Fearing either a HR or a sacrifice fly, Bazardo intentionally walked slugger Munetaka Murakami. But then Miguel Vargas hit a sacrifice fly anyway that gave Chicago a 2-1 lead. Seranthony Domínguez came in for the ninth and made things interesting by loading the bases with only one out. He then managed to get a pop out and a ground out to secure his 9th save.

WSH 2, MIA 5

ATH 1, BAL 2

TBR 4, BOS 1

LAA 6, TOR 1

HOU 0, CIN 5

MIN 5, CLE 4

CHC 0, TEX 3

NYM 1, ARI 5

STL 2, SDP 3 (10)

ATL 7, LAD 2

DET 6, KCR 3

Game summaries for every game

Current MLB standings

Notable player transactions… injuries, call-ups, free agent signings, trades, etc.

Rotating statistical leader lists

Current hitting streaks of seven or more games

On this day in baseball history…

Career summaries for each of The Birthday Boys

Daily Hitter Watch and Pitcher Watch lists - who has historically done well or poorly against their matchup today?

Good Reads… my favorite recent baseball articles from other writers

… and the answers to the daily trivia questions!

LAA TBD Pitcher vs. CLE Joey Cantillo

NYY Ryan Weathers vs. BAL Brandon Young

TBR Drew Rasmussen vs. TOR Kevin Gausman

ARI Michael Soroka vs. TEX Nathan Eovaldi

SEA George Kirby vs. HOU Peter Lambert

SFG Trevor McDonald vs. LAD Roki Sasaki