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The move clears a spot on the active roster for Robbie Ross, who’s recovered from a bout with the flu. Taylor allowed one run in 5 1/3 innings out of the Boston bullpen. He’ll get another shot soon.

Moncada has 15 hits and 36 strikeouts in 103 plate appearances this season, and that’s just not going to cut it. The Angels had both Oswald Peraza and Vaughn Grissom on the bench so that they could start Moncada and Adam Frazier tonight, and they have Christian Moore and Denzer Guzman toiling in Triple-A. At some point, it’s going to make sense to play the youngsters.

Harris was held of the lineup for the second straight game while he’s nursing a quad injury, but he was always lurking on the bench. He made his impact felt in the ninth, crushing a 1-2 sweeper from Juan Mejia for a 385-foot (107.3 mph EV) go-ahead two-run blast. Unfortunately for fantasy managers in bi-weekly leagues, it’s likely that he was on many benches due to the injury and his questionable availability for the weekend. For the season, the dynamic 25-year-old outfielder is now hitting a blistering .324/.358/.569 with seven homers and 22 RBI.

Keller rolled here. He retired the first six batters he faced until an error by Brandon Lowe knocked him off that streak. From there, the Reds barely made him break a sweat. His fastball was especially effective living high and above zone while forcing eight swings-and-misses. He’s now only allowed more than three runs once this season and will enter his next start against the Diamondbacks with a stellar 2.85 ERA.

The Pirates jumped all over Reds starter Brady Singer and Davis was right in the middle of the action. He walked to lead-off the third inning which helped start a two-run rally and then blasted a 415 foot home run that nearly chased Singer from the game. He added his second homer in the fifth to push the lead out to 8-0 and the rout was on. It has not been a great start to the season at the plate for Davis, but he’s proven to be a strong option defensively and still has that great raw power.

Friedl scored the Reds’ lone run in a game where they were stymied by Mitch Keller and were otherwise blown out by the Pirates. We’re at least starting to see the inklings of Friedl getting going after a horrific start of the season. Over his last six games, he has two home runs and three doubles. Baby steps here.

It was clear almost right away that Singer did not have his best in this one. Brandon Lowe smoked a 110 mph line drive as the second batter of the game before Bryan Reynolds launched a 443 home run deep into the night sky. From there, the Pirates rallied for two runs in the third inning and after another long home run by Henry Davis and hot-shot double by Oneil Cruz, Terry Francona wisely pulled the plug on Singer. He genuinely had nothing working and will want to put this start behind him as soon as possible. However, things will not get easier with a matchup against the Cubs coming next.

The Braves entered the eighth inning trailing 6-2, but they never gave up. Dubon delivered a bases-clearing triple that made it a one-run game, then scampered home on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Austin Riley to tie it. The versatile 31-year-old finished the night 2-for-5 and is now hitting .281/.328/.439 with a pair of homers and 18 RBI.

Suarez made sure that the Braves’ comeback bid didn’t go for naught, as he pitched around a one-out single from Ezequiel Tovar to work a scoreless frame and put the game in the win column for the Braves. He has proven to be more than capable in the ninth inning while Raisel Iglesias has been sidelined and now sports a minuscule 0.66 ERA, 0.88 WHIP and a 14/2 K/BB ratio over 13 2/3 innings on the season while converting each of his first four save chances.

Holmes also issued three free passes in the contest while punching out four. The Rockies jumped on him for five runs in the opening inning and added on another as Mickey Moniak crushed a solo shot to open the second. Holmes dug in from there though, blanking the Rockies through the fifth inning and kept the Braves in the game — affording them the opportunity to come back. He got nine whiffs on 87 pitches on the evening, posting a CSW of 21 percent. He’ll try to get back in the win column as he carries a 4.34 ERA and 1.31 WHIP into Wednesday’s matchup against the Mariners in Seattle.

Moniak singled off of Grant Holmes in the opening inning and scored on an RBI single off the bat of TJ Rumfield. He then crushed a 439-foot (105.5 mph EV) solo shot to lead off the second inning, increasing the Rockies’ early edge to 6-0. That would wind up being the extent of their offense though. The 27-year-old outfielder has been terrific to open the 2026 campaign, slashing .319/.363/.670 with nine homers, 18 RBI and one stolen base in his first 102 plate appearances.