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He struck out four batters and walked two in the outing, which was easily his worst of the season. Previously, Binford hadn’t allowed more than four runs or eight hits in a start. Still, the 21-year-old has put together an impressive season overall, with a 2.74 ERA and outstanding 122-17 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 124 2/3 innings (21 starts) between the High-A Wilmington and Double-A Northwest Arkansas. However, success hasn’t come as easily for Binford since moving up to Double-A, as he’s already allowed six home runs in 42 innings after yielding just two in 82 2/3 with Wilmington.

Pinch-hitting for Zack Short in the sixth, Workman homered off Nick Mears with a man on to make it a 5-3 game. He hit that fly 383 feet and then had an impressive flyout at 106 mph in his second and final at-bat. That one had an xBA of .840. A left-handed hitter, Workman wasn’t going to start against the lefty Noah Cameron tonight, but he was doing well enough in Triple-A (.358/.413/.590) that he really should get a look here with Kerry Carpenter out. He’ll probably start at least a couple of games during the Mets series that begins Tuesday.

Jansen closed out a bullpen game which featured six Tigers pitchers, with none of them throwing more than 2 1/3 innings. It’s Jansen’s seventh save of the year and 483rd all-time.

He was lifted after Kevin McGonigle singled to start the fifth. John Schreiber, though, was able to strand the runner. Cameron hadn’t pitched since Apr. 30 because of back tightness. His latest subpar effort leaves him with a 5.55 ERA. The league is batting .300 against him. It seems quite possible that he’ll be replaced by Stephen Kolek after Cole Ragans comes off the injured list.

Garcia, Bobby Witt Jr. and Vinnie Pasquantino combined to go 7-for-11 from the top three spots in the Royals order tonight, but everyone else was 1-for-21 in the 6-3 loss. Garcia is hitting .285/.353/.437 on the season, but because the Royals aren’t hitting, it hasn’t led to a ton of fantasy value just yet.

Great news for Florida State League hitters. The 19-year-old Hernandez was simply overwhelming them with 50 strikeouts and 13 hits allowed in 28 innings. His ERA stood at 0.96.

The third run he scored was the winning run in the 12th, though he achieved that by grounding out softly with the bases loaded to end the 11th. Before that, Ramos collected his fourth homer and 10th double. His .743 OPS ranks second to Casey Schmitt on the Giants, and he’s first on the team with 17 runs scored and tied with Schmitt for first in RBI with 18. It’d be nice if he played better defense in left, but he hasn’t been one of the Giants’ problems this season.

Mahle fanned eight, beating his previous season high for strikeouts by two. However, he also gave up two homers. He’s allowed a total of eight homers on the season, but oddly enough, they’ve all come between three of his eight starts. He wasn’t involved in the decision today, so he stays 1-4 with a 5.18 ERA. A tough road start in Sacramento is next on his schedule.

He had to deal with a Ryan O’Hearn error to start the inning, but he induced a double-play ball after the first walk and then got a flyout to end the inning. Keaton Winn again entered early today, getting three outs between the sixth and seventh. Joel Peguero might have closed if the Giants had taken a lead. He pitched a scoreless ninth and then was charged with two runs, including the automatic runner, while getting one out in the 10th. With Ryan Walker officially out of the picture, Kilian is probably the most rosterable reliever in the Giants pen right now. However, Erik Miller should also enter that mix when he comes off the IL.

Chandler reigned in the walks today, issuing just one. However, he also wound up with only three strikeouts and a 22 percent CSW. The Pirates ended up dropped to 2-6 in his starts, in part because they have to ask for four or five innings from the pen every time he pitches. He’ll almost certainly get better, but he’s been quite the liability through eight turns. He’ll pitch at home against the Phillies next.

Dennis Santana got the first two outs in the eighth, but he allowed a couple of hits in the process, which led to the Pirates replacing him with Soto against lefty Drew Gilbert. Quite simply, Soto is the reliever the Pirates have the most faith in at the moment.