Randy Arozarena hits eighth home run in loss

Ryan Thompson and Drey Jameson each pitched two scoreless innings to finish the game. Pfaadt walked none and allowed four hits, all of which were singles. His stuff doesn’t seem to be any better than it was at the beginning of the year, but he’s given the D-backs two very effective starts since returning from the minors. He’ll take on the Dodgers on Saturday.

Buehler struck out four and walked one. He gave up two homers, the first of which was a three-run shot from Max Kepler. Buehler allowed exactly one run in all five of his starts in June, but he’s opened July by giving up 16 runs in nine innings, leaving him with a 5.07 ERA. The Padres don’t have any better alternatives right now, so Buehler should face the Blue Jays on Saturday.

Kepler singled in a run in the first and hit a three-run homer off Walker Buehler in the third. He entered the night 2-for-19 with no extra-base hits, RBI or walks since returning from his steroid suspension. He’ll play regularly against righties if the production is there, but nothing so far seems especially promising.

Perdomo’s solo homer left the bat at 97.8 mph but was sent 377 feet to right, giving the Diamondbacks a 7-0 lead in the sixth. Perdomo has five hits the last two days, bringing his OPS back over .700 to .723. He has 32 RBI and 40 runs scored through 88 games. In his first 88 games last year, he had 59 RBI and 48 runs scored.

The Brewers got all of their runs in the seventh. David Hamilton doubled in the first two runs, and Turang then gave Milwaukee a 4-3 lead that held up the rest of the game. Turang has played about as well as any second baseman in the majors this season, but he was left off the NL All-Star team in favor of Ozzie Albies and Luis Arraez. Turang slumped some in June, but he’s hit .366 with a homer, four doubles and six RBI in his last nine games, pushing his OPS back up to .817.

Drohan completed six innings for the second time as a major leaguer, throwing a mere 85 pitches to get his 18 outs. He struck out only two and gave up 13 hard-hit balls, but he mostly kept the ball on the ground and surrendered just four singles and two doubles. He’ll face the Pirates on Saturday to finish the first half.

Megill has earned saves on back-to-back days. He’ll likely now get Tuesday off. Abner Uribe didn’t work tonight, so he should close if an opportunity arises then.

The Cardinals said May was on a pitch count of 65 tonight after leaving his last start with an ankle contusion, but they let him throw 81 to try to get the win. They finally pulled him with a 2-0 lead after back-to-back singles with two outs. The Brewers went on to score four runs in the seventh anyway, so it probably wouldn’t have mattered had May gotten through five. It was still a really nice outing after a couple of misfires. He’s allowed zero, zero, six, five and zero runs in his last five starts. He’ll next face the Braves on Saturday.

Jordan went 3-for-5 on Friday, only to sit the next two days anyway. The Cardinals obviously aren’t in love with his defense at the hot corner, and José Fermín made his third straight start there tonight with Jordan giving Alec Burleson a day off at first base. The good news for Jordan is that Nolan Gorman is hitting even worse in Triple-A than he did in the majors. Still, that doesn’t really assure Jordan much if the Cardinals don’t want to use him at third.

Soto’s three-run homer off Raisel Iglesias gave the Mets a 5-3 lead that failed to hold up initially, as Matt Olson responded with a two-run shot in the bottom of the inning. However, the Mets did prevail in 10, with Luis Torrens connecting on a go-ahead double off the bench. Soto had three walks to go along with his 19th homer tonight. He also collected his seventh steal.