Last Night In Baseball: Giants And Nationals Hit How Many Home Runs?

Giants pounded the Cubs 18-3 at Wrigley — Matt Chapman drove in eight (including a grand slam), Willy Adames and Casey Schmitt each homered twice, and San Francisco launched seven homers total.
Freddie Freeman hit a walk-off solo to lift the Dodgers over the Angels 1-0, after Roki Sasaki tossed seven shutout innings with 10 strikeouts.
Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman went 4-for-4 (reached in all five plate appearances) with two two-run doubles in Baltimore’s 13-3 win, helping them climb near the AL wild-card race.

Sports

June 6, 2026 at 3:52 PM

Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at World Wide Technology Raceway (Madison, IL) — Sunday, June 7 with the green flag at 9:00 p.m. ET on the quirky 1.25-mile egg-shaped oval.
Reigning champ Alex Palou is hot off a Detroit win and the betting favorite (2/3) — will he score back-to-back victories?
Broadcast on FOX and streaming on FOX One/FOX Sports apps; cord-cutters can watch via YouTube TV, Sling, Hulu + Live TV, fuboTV or a local FOX antenna.

Sports Automotive

June 6, 2026 at 2:44 PM

Big chains are trimming their footprints in 2026 — Wendy’s may close up to 350 U.S. restaurants, Pizza Hut about 250, and Papa John’s roughly 200.
Brands blame inflation, rising labor costs, and shifting tastes, and many are leaning on menu innovation and value deals to win customers back.
Standout closures include Red Lobster’s Times Square flagship after 23 years, plus abrupt local shutdowns at some Denny’s and Red Robin locations.

Business and Finance Food & Drink

June 6, 2026 at 1:28 PM

Republican lawmakers are increasingly willing to break with Trump, publicly rebuking him on several issues as election season heats up.
Congress recently pushed back on multiple Trump priorities — blocking or rolling back funding tied to the White House ballroom and an “anti-weaponization” fund, opposing domestic-spying measures, and passing Ukraine aid (likely to face a veto).
The growing dissent could complicate Trump’s nominees and major agenda items, even if many moves so far are largely symbolic.

Politics

June 6, 2026 at 1:03 PM

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sparked controversy at Normandy by saying Europe faces an "invasion" of dangerous ideologies arriving by sea, tying it to immigration during D‑Day commemorations.
His remarks echo frequent Trump‑era criticisms that Europe has weak defenses and poor immigration control, including a U.S. National Security Strategy warning of "civilizational erasure."
The rhetoric is straining post‑war assumptions about the U.S.–Europe relationship and is driving European capitals to consider diversifying away from reliance on U.S. tech and defence.

Politics War and Conflicts

June 6, 2026 at 12:36 PM