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No word yet on how long Tonkin will be sidelined, but someone had to come off the active roster when the Braves needed to free up a roster spot for lefty Dylan Dodd to come up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Thursday night.

Turang’s first career walkoff homer came off David Bednar with the game one out away from going to extras. He has six homers this year, so he’s on pace to top last year’s total of 18. After improving his slugging percentage from .300 as a rookie to .349 as a sophomore to .435 last year, he’s all of the way up to .511 right now.

Henderson struck out five of the 19 batters he faced. He came out after 74 pitches, as the Brewers didn’t want to take their chances of him pitching to Ben Rice, Aaron Judge (who had homered) and Cody Bellinger for a third time. Henderson has allowed four runs in 11 innings since joining the rotation last week. It’s not entirely certain that he’ll stick around after Brandon Woodruff returns, but he should. He’ll likely face the Twins next weekend.

Trevor Megill, Aaron Ashby and Uribe all had easy innings in a tie game today, even though Ashby was pitching again after throwing two innings last night. For once, the win went to someone other than Ashby after Brice Turang’s walkoff homer in the bottom of the ninth. Uribe’s appearance was his ninth straight to come in the ninth inning of a game.

All of the runs came in the fourth, an inning that started with two walks and a HBP. Rodón walked five batters in all. He had very good velocity — his fastball average of 95.7 mph was up 1.6 mph from his 2025 mark — so that’s quite encouraging for the future. It might be a couple of more outings before he’s truly ready to help fantasy leaguers, but he’ll get there.

Bednar struck out back-to-back batters before Turang went deep. It’s the first homer Bednar has given up in 17 innings this year. He’s still looking quite a bit better of late than he was at the start of the year.

He kept pace with Kyle Schwarber for the major league lead. Judge’s homer was hit 373 feet to right-center in the first. He also walked and struck out twice on a three true outcomes-only day. The homer today was Judge’s 384th of his career, moving him past Larry Walker and into a tie with Harold Baines for 69th place all-time. Judge, for what it’s worth, has taken 5,183 plate appearances, compared to 11,092 for Baines.

Jones plated José Caballero with a 106-mph liner up the middle in the second. Jones also had a 101-mph groundout, a routine flyout and a strikeout today, so he finishes his first series in the majors 1-for-9 with one walk and five strikeouts.

Bleday has been on fire since the Reds recalled him from Triple-A, and he was raking at that level before this too. His two RBI came on a fourth-inning triple against Astros SP Kai-Wei Teng. Bleday’s bat speed and expected stats are surging in a very small big-league sample. Even if it doesn’t last long, there could be streaming upside as the Nationals visit Great American Ballpark this week. Bleday, a former high-end draft pick, popped 24 homers in 2024 with the A’s. He’s been used as a near-everyday player since reaching Cincinnati, often batting second against right-handers.

Abbott walked one and allowed three hits, dropping his ERA to 4.47 this season. The southpaw hasn’t defied his ERA estimators like he has historically despite generating more grounders in 2026. His next start lines up on the road in Cleveland.

Teng struck out one and walked one, throwing 63 pitches as the Astros’ rotation continues to battle through a long list of injuries. Tatsuya Imai’s return this week should help, but Teng is likely to still be used as part of a six-man rotation. His next start lines up at home against the Rangers.