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Gusto made it through the first two innings without much trouble, but in the third inning he would allow back-to-back runners to reach base, and saw Tommy Edman come home to score on a sacrifice fly by Kyle Tucker to put the Dodgers up 1-0. Gusto would make it through the next three innings without allowing a run, but was pulled at the start of the seventh inning in favor of Victor Vodnik. Friday’s outing was one of the better ones this season for Gusto, and marks just the second time that he pitched six-plus innings while allowing two earned runs or fewer. His next start is scheduled for Wednesday on the road against the Diamondbacks.

Snell gave the Marlins fits all night on Friday, limiting them to just three hits through the first five innings before giving up a single to Javier Sanoja with one out in the sixth. Snell would exit after the hit by Sanoja but was charged with an earned run after Augustín Ramírez doubled to bring home Sanoja on the next at-bat. Snell has been dominant since returning to the mound, allowing just four earned runs in his six starts since August while pitching 34 2/3 innings. Now sitting on a 1.91 ERA, Snell will look to stay hot in his next start, which is set for Wednesday on the road against the Reds.

Jensen doubled to start the game and came around to score a few batters later on an RBI single by Salvador Perez. In the third inning, Jensen again doubled, this time driving in Isaac Collins to push the Royals’ lead to 2-0, and later came around to score to push the lead to 3-0. Jensen has hit safely in back-to-back games and has 11 extra-base hits in September.

Lugo got off to a solid start in this one, striking out five batters over his first 4 1/3 innings of work before allowing a solo homer to Mickey Gasper to cut the Royals’ lead to 3-1. Lugo would walk Adley Rutschman in the following at-bat, and then gave up an RBI double to Wilyer Abreu, who drove in Rutschman to give the Red Sox their second run of the innings. Lugo would strike out the next two batters he faced to end the inning and did not return for the start of the sixth inning. The veteran righty has allowed five earned runs in his last 10 innings of work and is set to make his next start on Thursday against the Astros.

Trout blasted a solo homer off Nationals starter Cade Cavalli in the first inning to give the Angels an early 1-0 lead. It was the 21st homer of the season for Trout and his first since August 10th. Trout has now hit safely in his last eight games and is slashing .286/.342/.457 in September.

We wouldn’t have expected anything less from Caminero, whose late-inning heroics gave the Rays a win and clinched them a postseason berth in the process. Stepping up to the plate with a runner on second and one out in the ninth inning, Caminero got a hold of a first-pitch fastball from Bryan Abreu and deposited it 434 feet into deep left-center to give the Rays the walk-off win. It was the 40th homer of the season for Caminero, which now gives him back-to-back seasons with 40-plus homers. Caminero now has three homers this month and is slashing .296/.394/.667 in his last seven games.

Cavalli retired the first batter of the game he faced, only to surrender a solo homer to Mike Trout in the following at-bat. He would retire the next two batters he faced to get out of the inning, and would not allow another run to score the rest of the night. His nine strikeouts mark the third straight game in which he has struck out eight or more batters, and Cavalli has allowed two earned runs or less in each of his last six starts. Cavalli will look to continue his dominant ways in his next start, which is set for Friday on the road against the Cardinals.

Kikuchi kept the Nationals off the board for the first three innings, striking out four before allowing an RBI single to James Wood with two outs in the fourth inning. Kikuchi would make it out of the inning but would not return to pitch in the fifth after already being up to 88 pitches. It was the shortest outing for Kikuchi since he pitched two innings against the White Sox back in April. If not for his four walks, which tied a season-high, Kikuchi may have had enough left to go one more inning, but he did a nice job of limiting runs despite some control issues. Kikuchi has allowed just three earned runs in his last 19 innings of work and will look to continue his solid stretch in his next start, which is scheduled for Wednesday against the Mariners.

Ullola got the nod as the opener in this one and pitched a perfect first inning on 13 pitches before being pulled for Bryan King to start the second inning. Ullola will likely revert back to the bullpen, but could be called on again to serve in a similar capacity next week if needed. The lefty has a 3.38 ERA and a 0.75 WHIP in the six games he has appeared in this season.

Rasmussen pitched 3 1/3 scoreless innings to start Friday’s game, but allowed back-to-back hits in the fourth inning, which led to Isaac Paredes coming around to score on a fielder’s choice to put the Astros up 1-0. Rasmussen wouldn’t allow another run the rest of the night, thanks in part to him escaping the fifth inning after he struck out Jeremy Peña to end the frame with runners on second and third. Rasmussen has been dominant as of late, allowing just four earned runs over his last 20 innings of work while striking out 22 batters. He gets a plus matchup in his next start when he takes the mound on Thursday at home against the Athletics.