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Castro narrowly came away with the save on Friday against Atlanta. With a one-run lead, he gave up a pair of singles with one out to put runners on the corners. A fly ball to shallow left field and a groundout would get him out of it as he locked down his sixth save.

The Yankees got all of their runs on homers from McMahon in the fourth and Ben Rice in the fifth and then held on from there. McMahon, who had gone hitless in six straight games, also singled and stole a base tonight. He’s at .194/.265/.315 for the season, and he should be in danger of losing a significant amount of playing time once José Caballero returns, assuming the Yankees don’t send Anthony Volpe back to the minors.

In spite of his 6-1 record and 3.61 ERA, Warren might have spent some time in the Yankees pen with Gerrit Cole back if Max Fried hadn’t gotten hurt last week. Fortunately, his spot is secure again now. He’s currently 10th among qualified starters with his 4.77 K:BB. He’ll make his next start Sunday against the Rays,

Doval gave up a walk and a single to begin the inning, and the Jays scored a run on a sac fly with one out. Daulton Varsho then hit a grounder that should have ended the game, but Doval didn’t hustle to cover first base after Ben Rice made a bad decision to go after a ball that was going to be an easy play for Jazz Chisholm Jr. However, it ended up not costing Doval, as he was able to get Kazuma Okamoto to ground out to end the game. Doval remains behind Bednar and probably Fernando Cruz in line for saves.

2025 Dylan Cease showed up tonight. After allowing just one homer in his first nine starts, Cease gave up a three-run homer in the fourth and a two-run homer in the fifth, with all three runners on base being the product of walks. Cease did up his AL-high strikeout total to 84. He still has a 2.98 ERA for the year, and he’ll look to bounce back Sunday against the Pirates.

All of the hits were singles, and the last was a routine grounder botched by the defense. Still, Varsho is happy to have his average up to .278. It’s weird that he’s pretty much gone back to his old approach this year after a successful 2025 in which he traded contact for power. He’s fanning just 18 percent of the time right now, down from 28 percent last year, but his isolated slugging percentage is .160 right now, compared to .310 last year.

Sammy Peralta had started this game as the opener for the Rockies, but he only got two outs in the first inning and gave up a pair of runs before Gordon stepped in. Gordon gave up three more runs in the second on four hits and a walk, then surrendered a two-run blast to Brandon Nimmo in the fourth. He would pitch through the seventh, giving up two more runs before his day was done. The 28-year-old right-hander will take a 6.59 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, and a 30/6 K/BB ratio across 27 1/3 innings into his next outing against the Diamondbacks in Arizona on Sunday.

What a game from Duran, who really needed a big performance like this. The 29-year-old is still slashing just .189/.262/.331 on the season, but he does have five home runs and 10 steals. His three-run blast in the ninth inning gave the Red Sox a big cushion and allowed them to rest closer Aroldis Chapman. We’re going to need to see a few more games like this to say that Duran has truly turned things around, but he does at least seem like a good bet to replicate his 16 home runs and 24 steals from last season.

Both of Contreras’ hits were singles, but he knocked in the first run of the game in the first and now has 30 RBI on the season. The Red Sox offense may not have been great so far this season, but Contreras has been a great addition.

Thomas is hitting just .212/.355/.271 on the season and has been relegated to playing mainly against left-handed pitchers. He was also caught stealing in this one. We’re not sure he’s going to find his way into any more playing time.

The statline may seem solid, but Suarez threw only 57 percent of his pitches for strikes while walking three and striking out three. After allowing back-to-back hits to start the fifth inning, Suarez was lifted from the game, even if one of those hitters was thrown out trying to take an extra base. It wasn’t a great outing, but Suarez was able to limit damage and will now take a 2.40 ERA into a tough start against the Braves next week.