Tigers designate Andre Granillo for assignment

Arizona scored all of its runs in the fifth and sixth inning, with Corbin Carroll and then Arenado homered off Adam Macko. Arenado’s homer was his 24th of the season and 377th all-time, moving him past Carlton Fisk and into a tie with Norm Cash and Jeff Kent for 84th all-time.

Kelly walked one, hit another and gave up an RBI double before being pulled with the D-backs down 1-0. Kevin Ginkel escaped the jam from there, but it was too late to get Kelly a victory in a game the D-backs ultimately won 9-1. Kelly will face the Yankees next, making him a weak option in mixed leagues.

Some are likely disappointed that Martinez isn’t getting any save chances in his return from Tommy John, but maybe that’s just setting him up to be a bargain next spring. He reached 101.5 mph on the gun in his nine-pitch inning tonight and recorded his first hold since returning last month.

Gore pitched four scoreless innings before going double, walk, double, double in the fifth. He was pulled with the Rangers down 3-1, and the fourth run scored quickly afterwards. Gore’s stuff simply isn’t what it was a couple of months ago, and even though the Rangers had to know that, they still let hm face hitters for a third time tonight. Gore is due to take on the Red Sox next Thursday. If the Rangers fall out of contention, one imagines his last start will be skipped.

The 382-foot homer came after two games off due to back discomfort. It was his 20th of the year, so he’s now reached that mark in all four of his full seasons through age 25.

Walton’s walkoff homer off Eduard Bazardo was his seventh in 226 plate appearances this season. He had four in 214 career plate appearances coming into the year. The A’s figure to keep starting him against righties the rest of the way. They’ll then have a difficult decision about whether to retain the 32-year-old journeyman as a part of their plans for 2027.

Springs struck out only one, but that was good enough, and the A’s again beat the Mariners, though unlike last Saturday, Springs didn’t get the win this time. Springs has a 2.29 ERA in three starts against the Mariners this year and a 6.48 ERA in 24 starts versus everyone else. He is lined up to make his next start Thursday against the Rays.

It would have been interesting to see what the Mariners would have gotten for Kirby at the deadline. Probably more than if they try to move him this winter. The game’s most underachieving starter has given up 12 earned runs in his last three starts and has flopped while facing a decimated A’s offense in back-to-back outings. He seems like a bad play in a road start against the Angels next week.

Bazardo didn’t even get an out before giving up Donovan Walton’s walkoff homer. He only had the 10th with a one-run lead tonight because Andrés Muñoz was unavailable after working the previous two days. Bazardo, who was outstanding last season and for the first three months of this year, has given up three homers and nine runs over 1 2/3 innings in his last four appearances. His ERA has jumped from 2.10 on July 10 to 2.97 on Aug. 29 and 4.04 now.

It says a lot about how bad McNeil was in the first half that he’s hitting .339/.368/.491 in the second half and still has a sub-.700 OPS overall, but the surge should earn him another starting job in 2027. He’ll be a weak play in mixed leagues next week with six games on the road, but he should be a nice option in mixed leagues for the final week of the season with the A’s at home.