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That interview actually took place back in September, per McCosky. Clark was also considered a candidate for the job in 2018 before Ron Gardenhire ultimately got hired. The 58-year-old former major league outfielder is in the running with a very long list of other names, including Braves coach Sal Fasano, Yankees third base coach Phil Nevin, Yankees bench coach Carlos Mendoza, Yankees hitting coach Marcus Thames, Royals bench coach Pedro Grifol, Pirates bench coach Don Kelly, Dodgers first base coach George Lombard, Cubs third base coach Will Venable, and Athletics quality control coach Mark Kotsay. There is no apparent frontrunner at this point.

In addition to those two hits, Vargas also drew a pair of walks. The 26-year-old has gone deep three times, but even with a four-reach game, his slash of .173/.315/.360 leaves much to be desired. The 26-year-old should continue to see those numbers bump up, even if that’s partially due to the fact that it’s hard to imagine them getting much worse.

Murakami clearly enjoyed playing in Sacramento. He homered in all three games against the Athletics, with this one a deep shot to right off Jeffrey Springs; one of four roundtrippers Springs allowed. The 26-year-old has been the three-true-outcome player many expected, as he’s now slashing .208/.376/.542 over the first 22 games with eight homers and 16 RBI.

Dominguez did allow a walk while throwing 11-of-19 pitches for strikes, but he was able to keep that runner at bay and protect a three-run lead. That’s the fourth save of the season for the 31-year-old, and it’s likely he’ll remain in the closing spot for the White Sox for the foreseeable future. That’s not quite the compliment as it would be for most teams, but saves are saves.

Winn’s double was a grounder down the third base line that Brice Matthews had no chance to play with the infield in. It gave Winn both his first three-hit and three-RBI games of the year. He’s hit in six straight games, raising his average from .154 to .222.

Liberatore left with a three-run lead, but that was blown in the eighth. It means he’s still winless in spite of a 3.67 ERA after five starts. Still, while he’s unfortunate to be winless, he’s probably lucky to have that ERA; he has a 16/10 K/BB with five homers allowed in 27 innings, which makes for a 5.46 FIP. Liberatore will take on the Mariners next time out.

O’Brien took over from Jojo Romero with two on and two outs in the eighth and gave up a two-run single to Isaac Paredes that tied the game. He then picked off pinch-runner Brice Matthews to end the eighth, and he struck out two in a perfect ninth. He got the win after the Cardinals scored three times in the top of the 10th. The save went to Gordon Graceffo, who got the final out after Justin Bruihl retired two of three batters in the 10th. O"Brien has now pitched two straight days, so Romero or Ryne Stanek might need to close Monday.

It looked like this was going to be a breakthrough day for Burrows; he retired the first 14 batters he faced, striking out half of them, before everything unraveled with two outs in the fifth. Five batters in a row reached on three singles and two walks, necessitating his removal. Burrows had a 36 percent CSW, and he allowed just three hard-hit balls today. His ERA now stands at 6.75 as he prepares to face the Yankees next weekend.

Enyel De Los Santos worked a scoreless eighth. He and King seem like the favorites for saves in Houston’s pen right now, so this is probably edge to De Los Santos. King, though, was victimized by a Brice Matthews error in the 10th, and things could have worked out quite a bit differently if that play had been made.

That’s an awfully bad game for someone who didn’t even have an at-bat. Matthews was inserted in place of Isaac Paredes after Paredes had a game-tying two-run single in the eighth and was immediately caught off first base. In the 10th, he bobbled a very routine grounder from Jordan Walker to start a rally after Alec Burleson had been retired for the first out. Matthews is also 3-for-28 with 16 strikeouts at the plate this year, and he’d seem to be in line to be demoted when Jeremy Peña comes off the IL.

Springs almost literally couldn’t keep the ball in the park. He gave up nine hits, and four of those left the park. The 33-year-old was due for some regression as he came into this outing with a 1.46 ERA, but this was ugly, and a reminder of how tough pitching in Sacramento can be. Springs will get a chance to rebound away from those confines next weekend against the Rangers.