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Clarke is a 6-foot-7 right-hander who registered a 4.64 ERA with High-A South Bend and Double-A Tennessee over 120 1/3 innings in 2022. When working in relief, he can get his fastball into the high 90s, and he throws strikes with that pitch and a solid curve. He’ll have a chance to be a bullpen option for Seattle in 2023.

Waldschmidt’s homer was sent 426 feet to left center. He also had the game’s hardest-hit ball with his 108.6-mph single in the eighth. That topped his previous high of 107.8 mph in 38 big-league games. Waldschmidt’s exit velocity numbers haven’t been great in Triple-A or the majors this season, and his 35 percent strikeout rate during his time in the majors is really discouraging. Still, his track record suggests that he will hit, and today seems like a step in the right direction.

With superstar Bobby Witt Jr. landing on the injured list and Andrew Velazquez moving up to Kansas City to help fill the void, López heads to Triple-A Omaha to replenish the organization’s infield depth. The 30-year-old infielder hasn’t appeared in the big leagues since the 2023 campaign.

Stewart took Eduard Barzardo deep, sneaking a 369-foot fly out to the opposite field. According to Statcast, it would have been a homer in 11 of the 30 ballparks. It was Stewart’s 21st of the year, and it upped his RBI total to 74. That’s fourth in the majors and just two shy of CJ Abrams and Jordan Walker for the league lead.

The Reds scored three times in the top of the seventh to give Singer a 5-3 lead and get him a second straight win after he lost eight of his previous nine decisions. The rebound here should give him some trade value leading up to the deadline. With his 4.53 ERA, he’s not a guy a team would be excited to have starting playoff games, but he can eat innings and help a good offensive team make it to October.

Pagán has gone 3-for-3 in save chances since returning from his hamstring strain. He could be a trade candidate with the Reds likely to sell at the deadline, but his $10 million player option for 2027 figures to scare away some potential suitors.

He struck out three and walked one in his first start of the second half. This makes five times this season that Hancock has allowed exactly two runs (over six innings four times and five innings once). He hasn’t received a decision in any of those games, though. He’s 3-0 when he allows no runs, 1-2 in five starts while allowing one run, 0-0 in five starts while giving up two runs and 2-2 in five starts when giving up at least three runs. He’s due to face the Dodgers next week.

Naylor has been very consistently mediocre offensively throughout the season, but the steals have been there once again; he’s now 21-for-25, even though he went his first 21 games without attempting one. He’s batting .261/.323/.359, giving him a .682 OPS. He hasn’t finished a game with an OPS under .660 or above .700 since May 6.

Coors was no issue for Cavalli. Eddy Yean and Max Kranick finished up the six-hitter after Cavalli got through seven in 90 pitches. It’s Cavalli’s first scoreless start this year, and he’s up to 14th in the majors with 127 strikeouts in 110 2/3 innings. He’ll face the Blue Jays next week.

Hughes has pitched well in all three of his starts for the Rockies, surrendering six runs in 16 1/3 innings, and he might be getting some mixed-league attention now if he pitched elsewhere. He’ll likely make his next start Tuesday or Wednesday in San Diego.

Abrams had three hits, all of them homers, in the first two games of the series, and now he has some singles to balance them out. After a down June, he’s opened July with a .356 average, six homers and 16 RBI in 15 games.