Eugenio Suárez goes 0-for-4, strikes out twice

Carrigg’s sac fly wasn’t actually caught. Wilyer Abreu had the hard liner to right with the bases loaded go off his glove, but he quickly recovered to throw out the runner advancing to second base. The runner on third did score on play, though, just as he almost surely would have had the ball been caught. Carrigg is now at .271/.379/.542 with three homers and 11 RBI in 14 games since being called up. His exit velocity numbers aren’t as impressive as his line, but given his stolen base potential, he seems worth rostering in mixed leagues while he plays regularly.

It probably would have been a little worse, but Carlos Narváez lost a leadoff triple in the sixth when it was ruled that he briefly lost touch with the bag as he popped up from his slide. This is the seventh time in 10 starts that Freeland has allowed at least six runs, though he managed to avoid a loss this time, as the Rockies erased a three-run deficit after he exited and won 8-6. Freeland is 1-7 with a 7.50 ERA, but his rotation status still shouldn’t be in any doubt. He’ll make his next start at home versus the Marlins.

Antonio Senzatela got the win, his eighth, after throwing hitless seventh and eighth innings. Herget was then handed a two-run lead and maintained it without incident. It’s the 11th career save for Herget, who returned from a shoulder impingement last week. His other nine all came with the Angels in 2022. He’s sporting a 4.42 ERA in 18 1/3 innings this season.

This could have been six or maybe seven scoreless innings with better defense, but the infield struggled today after Caleb Durbin got hurt. Suarez surrendered seven hits but just two hard-hit balls in the game. He fell one strikeout shy of matching his season high of nine strikeouts. His current 25 percent strikeout rate is up from 23 percent the last two years. Suarez will miss the Yankees in the four-game series at Fenway this weekend and face the Nationals on Monday.

The hits came in his first three at-bats. He had two at-bats left to complete the cycle, but he struck out in both. One can’t help but think those at-bats might have gone better if hitting for the cycle wasn’t actually a thing. Rafaela is batting .286/.334/.451 on the year.

It’s far from ideal that the Red Sox are DHing Wong against lefties on occasion, but it worked out today. Wong had gone 99 plate appearances this year and 188 last year without homering after hitting 13 in 487 plate appearances in 2024. He has hit a respectable .270/.356/.393 in his part-time role this season.

Arraez will require some additional time off to rest and recover after fouling a ball off the arch of his right foot during Tuesday’s showdown at Oracle Park. The positive news is that initial X-rays came back negative for any fractures. It’ll be Casey Schmitt taking over at the keystone in his absence. The 29-year-old has put together a strong San Francisco debut, flashing better-than-expected defense at second base, and figures to be on the move to a contender at the trade deadline in a few weeks.

Mahle takes the ball for Wednesday’s showdown against the Bay Area-rival Athletics at Oracle Park after missing nearly one month with a left hamstring strain. The 31-year-old veteran has been a viable fantasy option at various points in his career, but he’s struggled to an abysmal 6.04 ERA, 1.54 WHIP and 57/24 K/BB ratio across 56 2/3 innings across 11 starts this season in his Giants debut. He can be ignored in most fantasy leagues for now.

Beck returns to the minors to make room for veteran Tyler Mahle to return from the injured list. The 30-year-old reliever has registered an underwhelming 6.75 ERA, 1.41 WHIP and 5/2 K/BB ratio over 10 2/3 innings in the big leagues this season.

Velazquez hasn’t appeared in the big leagues since getting into 54 games for the Angels way back in 2023. The 31-year-old journeyman is merely emergency organizational depth at this stage of his career. He’s hit a respectable .274/.335/.390 with three homers and five steals in 167 plate appearances at the Triple-A level this season.