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Silseth gave up three hits, issued a pair of walks and threw 30 pitches (14 strikes) before being lifted from his first outing since being hit by a line drive back on August 26. It seems highly unlikely he’ll make it back to the majors this season, but it’s a positive sign to see him back out on a mound competing again.

Soderstrom has been struggling against lefties — he came into the day 4-for-38 — so it was nice to see him homer off Parker Messick. He’ll face another good one in Christopher Sánchez when the A’s face the Phillies on Tuesday.

Civale moved to 3-1 with a 2.95 ERA, making him quite the early season surprise. However, both his 18 percent strikeout rate and 29 percent groundball rates are career lows, and if anything, he’s a worse bet now than he was on Opening Day. He’ll likely face the Orioles on Saturday.

Messick struck out six and walked none, but the A’s got to him for three homers today. It’s the first time in seven starts this season that he’s given up four runs. He’ll face the Twins next time out.

McNeil was just happy to be in the lineup against Parker Messick, as he started against a lefty for only the fourth time this season. He’s batting .314/.379/.422 on the season, and he’ll probably keep getting more chances against lefties with Max Muncy out.

DeLauter’s first homer in exactly a month wasn’t the most majestic of shots; at 95.3 mph, it barely rated as a hard-hit ball, and it would have stayed in play in 17 ballparks. Still, it was a nice cap to an exceptional series for the rookie; DeLauter went 8-for-11 with three walks against the A’s, and he’s hit in eight straight overall, raising his average from .224 to .304.

That’s great timing from Heim in what is probably the Braves’ final game before Sean Murphy is activated. He entered the day with seven hits and three RBI in 40 plate appearances this season. The Braves wouldn’t seem to need three catchers, especially since Murphy probably won’t be seeing all that much time at DH with Dominic Smith performing well there. Still, they’ll probably keep Heim for now and perhaps look to trade him before Ronald Acuña Jr. or Ha-Seong Kim returns.

Strider struck out six, but control was an unusually big issue for him in Coors Field. Also discouraging was that he averaged only 94.6 mph with his fastball, down from 95.5 mph in his two Triple-A starts. 95.5 mph was also what he averaged last year, and that was down about two mph from where he was pre-surgery. We were growing a little more optimistic about Strider based on his minor league performances, but this seems like a setback. Of course, it was Coors. He has another tough assignment next weekend against the Dodgers in Los Angeles.

This isn’t the kind of usage that suggests López will be back in the rotation any time soon. López, though, was back up to 94.2 mph with his eight fastballs today. He averaged just 92.5 mph last time out. He was between 93.2 mph and 94.6 mph in his four starts before being sent to the pen to work on mechanical issues.

Freeland notched seven strikeouts and had a nice 31 percent CSW today, but the Braves still hit him plenty hard, with Jonah Heim and Jorge Mateo both taking him deep in the second. Freeland fell to 1-3 with a 5.04 ERA, and he’ll get the Phillies next.

Mateo could be a sneaky pickup while Ronald Acuña Jr is out. The Braves will likely roll with him at shortstop and use Mauricio Dubón in the outfield most of the time until Acuña returns, and Mateo, still one of the game’s best basestealers, is hitting .286/.318/.476 this far.