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Brent Lillibridge started in his place in the first game and went 0-for-4 with a sacrifice fly. Morel is hitting just .188/.225/.212 in 27 games this season and has shown very little reason for optimism recently, so he could continue to lose playing time in the days ahead.

Arozarena already had three hard-hit balls before he hit one 360 feet to right-center for is seventh homer, giving the Orioles a 6-4 lead in the 10th. The Orioles managed to score the automatic runner in the bottom of the frame, but that was it for them. Arozarena has seven homers on the year. Statcast thinks he’s overachieved in hitting .299/.385/.462, but there’s no point in telling him that

It wasn’t enough to get Gilbert a win, so he remains 4-4 with a 3.62 ERA, even though the Mariners prevailed in one of his starts for the eighth time this year. Gilbert will face the Orioles again next week, but this time, it will be home in Seattle, improving his chances of recoding a victory.

Davila started his outing by plunking Blaze Alexander and giving up an RBI single, but he retired three in a row from there, with Alexander being thrown out at home on a grounder for the second out. Davila got the chance tonight because Andrés Muñoz was unavailable after working the previous two days.

Rogers struck out three and walked one in a second straight solid start after a rather lengthy run of futility. Still, he was far from dominant in giving up 10 hard-hit balls and recording seven whiffs. He’ll pitch at home against the Padres on Sunday.

A rare failure from Garcia saw him give up a 360-foot homer to Randy Arozarena with the automatic runner on in the 10th. It’s his first loss in 30 appearances this season. He’s given up three homers but just four earned runs to date. He should remain worth using in mixed leagues until Ryan Helsley returns.

A lineout, a strikeout, a groundout, a popout and a forceout; Henderson accomplished the cycle of lousy at-bats tonight. He’s hit .225/.282/.351 in 151 at-bats since the beginning of May. His bat speed is down, his EV numbers are down and his strikeout rate is up in is fourth full season as a big leaguer. He once seemed poised to maybe receive the biggest contract of all-time as a 27-year-old free agent. Perhaps that still could happen, but 2 1/2 months into his age-25 season, he’s basically an average regular.

Wood singled to lead off the game, then scored on a two-run homer by Luis García Jr. He then singled to drive in a run in the fifth before swiping second for his 12th steal of the season. He collected his third hit in the seventh and scored again on a bases-loaded walk. The 23-year-old outfielder is having an excellent season across the board, hitting .271/.407/.527 with 17 homers, 60 runs scored, and 41 RBI across 317 plate appearances.

García put the Nationals on the board right away, taking Adrian Houser deep for a two-run blast in the first inning. He was later pinch-hit for against a left-hander in the seventh inning. The 26-year-old has homered four times in his last nine games. He’s up to eight on the season while hitting .262/.288/.461 with 25 runs scored and 40 RBI across 215 plate appearances.

Eldridge continues to raise the question as to why the Giants took so long to make him an everyday regular. He reached three times on a hit and two walks on Tuesday before taking Orlando Ribalta deep for a solo homer in the ninth. The home run was his third of the season while hitting an excellent .300/.385/.500 with 15 runs scored and eight RBI across 104 plate appearances. The most encouraging development for the 21-year-old slugger is the 22.1 percent strikeout rate.

Alvarez held the Giants scoreless through four innings, but was working around plenty of traffic as he stranded eight baserunners through the four frames. He allowed the first two batters to reach in the fifth. That would be it for Alvarez, departing at 90 pitches. Both inherited runners would come in to score. He struck out four. The 26-year-old left-hander will take a 3.70 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, and a 26/11 K/BB ratio across 24 1/3 innings into a home start against the Royals on Monday.