Report: White Sox acquiring Pirates’ José Urquidy

Bradford will be making his first big-league start since late September of the 2024 campaign. The 28-year-old lefty missed most of the last two seasons recovering from Tommy John surgery. He’s unlikely to offer significant fantasy appeal over the final two months, but gets a nice matchup right out of the gate against a pedestrian Giants lineup.

Duran drove in a run on a base hit in the first inning and swiped second base for his ninth steal of the season. He then drove in two more runs in the eighth on a double to break a tie game. Duran came through in a clutch moment again in the ninth, driving in the winning run with a walk-off double. The 27-year-old infielder is hitting .278/.329/.463 with 13 homers, 51 runs scored, and 63 RBI across 399 plate appearances.

Basabe got the start at second base and drew the leadoff spot against the Rangers. He put the team on the board with a two-run homer off Chase Silseth to break the shutout, his third homer of the season in just 19 plate appearances. With Matt Chapman still sidelined with an abdomen injury and Casey Schmitt on the shelf after knee surgery, Basabe stands to see regular playing time in the infield for the Giants.

Latz was summoned in the ninth inning with a two-run lead against the Giants on Tuesday. Oddly enough, it was the left-handed hitters that got to him. Latz gave up a base hit and walked a batter to put two runners on with one out. A wild pitch would put them in scoring position before Bryce Eldridge knocked a base hit to tie the game. Latz would retire the next two batters to get out of the inning with a tie. The Rangers would walk it off in the ninth, crediting Latz with a win despite his first blown save since May 13.

Gore was brilliant at home against the Giants on Tuesday, holding them scoreless over six innings of work. He scattered three hits and walked three batters while collecting four strikeouts. The bullpen would surrender a two-run lead, leaving Gore with a no-decision despite the six shutout frames. The 27-year-old left-hander will take a 4.55 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, and a 140/47 K/BB ratio across 128 2/3 innings into a start against the Angels in Anaheim on Monday.

Tidwell surrendered a pair of runs in the first inning on a walk and three hits. He then settled in nicely, giving the Giants four more scoreless innings, scattering three more hits the rest of the way while striking out three batters. The 25-year-old right-hander has a 3.18 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, and a 13/4 K/BB ratio across 17 innings. He’ll take on the Astros in San Francisco next Monday.

This helps explain why the Dodgers went out and acquired both Hunter Feduccia and Ben Rortvedt at the trade deadline to fortify their catching situation until Will Smith (neck) is back from the injured list. The hope is that Rushing can avoid season-ending surgery, but he’s probably going to be limited to hitting-only, if that’s the route they choose. He’ll be shut down completely for a couple weeks before the Dodgers determine his next steps.

Offense is a bonus from Torrens, but he came up big tonight with his three hard-hit balls and his third homer in 207 plate appearances. It was his first three-hit or four-RBI game of the season. He’d driven in four just five times previously: three times in 2021, once in 2022 and once last year.

Manaea turned in the quality start despite allowing seven hits, walking five and hitting a batter. He did strike out seven with his velocity back up some tonight. He averaged 92.1 mph with his fastball, which produced six of his seven strikeouts. That was up 1.3 mph from his season average. Manaea will take a 3-5 record and a 4.33 ERA into his next start against the Pirates.

The unearned runs came in the second after a Gabriel Arias error with two outs. Jared Young then walked, and Luis Torrens followed with a three-run homer. Cantillo fell to 8-7 with a 3.87 ERA. He’ll face the White Sox on Sunday.