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May 20, 2026; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Paul Sewald (38) celebrates with catcher Adrian del Castillo (25) after beating the San Francisco Giants at Chase Field. Mandatory Credit: Matt Kartozian-Imagn Images | Matt Kartozian-Imagn Images



Team News




Triple shy of cycle, red-hot Marte leads dominant D-backs stretch
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/ketel-marte-leads-diamondbacks-to-win-over-giants


Diamondbacks sweep Giants, as Ketel Marte stays hot from walk-off heroicshttps://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/ketel-marte-stays-hot


Diamondbacks Finish Sweep of Giants Behind Resurgent Ketel Martehttps://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/diamondbacks-finish-sweep-giants-resurgent-ketel-marte


New Corbin Carroll Update Should Ease Diamondbacks Fans’ Concernshttps://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/corbin-carroll-update-ease-diamondbacks-fans-concerns


‘Sick of throwing bullpens’: Burnes (UCL surgery) set to face hitters
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/corbin-burnes-to-begin-throwing-to-hitters


The Path Forward for Ketel Marte and the Diamondbacks is Clearhttps://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks...te-and-the-diamondbacks-is-clear-01ks34xgz1jb


Other Baseball


Rays use 4-run eighth to beat Orioles, complete MLB-best sixth sweep while improving to 21-4 in past 25 games
https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/articl...oving-to-21-4-in-past-25-games-001219146.html


2026 top 50 MLB prospect rankings update: Made, Emerson, morehttps://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id...s-update-jesus-made-leo-de-vries-colt-emerson


Are the White Sox for real? A deep dive into baseball’s Cinderella team
https://www.mlb.com/news/white-sox-improvements-in-2026-real-or-fluke


History says you can’t score runs without power. This team is proving that wronghttps://www.mlb.com/news/brewers-scoring-runs-without-homers-in-2026

15+ strikeouts and no runs allowed in first two career games vs Yankees, including postseason:

Ray Culp: 21 K
Trey Yesavage: 19
Cristian Javier: 18 https://t.co/YTVeCLOMLy

— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) May 21, 2026

Dominic Smith is the 6th Braves player in the divisional era (1969) with an over-the-wall HR AND either an inside-the-park or Little League HR (non-HR PA scored on) in the same game, joining:

7/27/93 Fred McGriff (ITP)
7/18/86 Andres Thomas
5/1/79 Gary Matthews Sr. (ITP)
6/26/77… pic.twitter.com/JAuLeGCKHt

— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) May 21, 2026

Lowest ERA in first 8 starts of season, live ball era (1920) excl openers:

1981 Fernando Valenzuela: 0.50
1980 Mike Norris: 0.52
2009 Zack Greinke: 0.60
1945 Al Benton: 0.70
2021 Jacob deGrom: 0.71
2026 Shohei Ohtani: 0.73

HE HIT A LEADOFF HOME RUN TODAY https://t.co/X326gMjbKm

— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) May 21, 2026

Anything Goes


This day in history:

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/may-21


This day in baseball:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/May_21


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Babies are born without kneecaps.

Turns out, babies are as soft and delicate as they look. Babies may have more bones than the average fully-grown human, but they definitely won’t be doing any stunts anytime soon. Babies are born with a cartilaginous structure in their knees that will eventually develop into kneecaps by the time they are four years old.

The smallest ocean is the Arctic ocean.​

It is also the shallowest and the coldest ocean among the world’s five ocean basins. The Arctic ocean is about 1.5 times the size of the United States.

A double rainbow is a mirror image of the first rainbow.​

A double rainbow forms when a raindrop has two reflections where one reflection will be at an angle of 42 degrees. However, the sun’s reflection may also cause a second image off the back of the raindrop.


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