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The hard-throwing Martínez has given up 13 runs and walked 10 in eight innings for the Diamondbacks this season. Even in Triple-A, he walked 48 in 49 1/3 innings. Expect him to be used in low leverage situations.

Schultz walked three and generated just two strikeouts and six whiffs on 38 swings tonight, but he gave up only two hits and maintained the shutout by stranding Fernando Tatis Jr. after his one-out triple in the sixth. It makes Schultz 2-1 with a 2.53 ERA since getting the call. His control issues should catch up to him at some point, and it’ll be interesting to see how he fares next week against an Angels offense that’s currently fifth in the majors in walks.

Márquez walked three and gave up a three-run homer to Munetaka Murakami as part of a six-run second inning. In all, he issued five walks for the fifth time in 206 career starts. The loss takes his ERA to 5.76, and he could be vulnerable to losing his spot if the Padres add both Griffin Canning and Lucas Giolito in the coming weeks. He’s due to face the Giants on Wednesday.

Murakami’s blast off Germán Márquez gave him sole position of first place in the league with 13 homers. He’s also in the top 10 in RBI with 26 and walks with 27. In part because of those walks, he currently has an OPS more than four times his batting average (.967 to .239). That’s a feat accomplished just six times by batting-title qualifiers in MLB history: Mark McGwire in 1998 (70 HR) and ’99 (65 HR), Barry Bonds in 2001 (73 HR), Joey Gallo in 2017 and ’21 and Kyle Schwarber in 2023.

Tatis had as many hits as his teammates combined tonight. The triple was his first of the year and just his fifth extra-base hit. It’s actually a pretty rare occurrence for him. He had six triples in 84 games as a rookie in 2019, but tonight’s was his seventh in six seasons since.

Down 3-0 through five, the Mets rallied to tie the game in the sixth before Mauricio’s 111.3-mph solo shot off José Fermin. The homer was Mauricio’s only hit of the day, but all three of his balls in play were hit at least 100 mph. With nine homers and 11 steaks in 321 career major league plate appearances, he might have something to offer in deeper mixed leagues while Francisco Lindor is on the injured list.

Scott gave up a two-run homer to Jorge Soler in the first, but he was great afterwards, and after walking five and getting pulled in the second inning in his season debut last week against the Twins, he went without issuing a free pass tonight. He has a chance to be a capable mixed-league starter if he can establish himself in the Mets rotation. He will get the Rockies in Coors Field next week, but that’s not such a tough assignment right now.

Luke Weaver had the same line in the eighth. That those two did their jobs so well might have been the highlight for the Mets in his one. The save was Williams’ first since Apr. 5. He’d only had one chance since then and blew it by giving up one run in the ninth on Apr. 19 against the Cubs.

Ureña wanted to continue after being drilled in the leg by Bo Bichette’s shot up the middle to begin the sixth, but the Angels decided to take him out. He allowed just one hit and struck out four through five scoreless frames. Bichette came around to score after Ureña exited the game. We imagine he’ll be fine to pitch Wednesday against the White Sox.

Moncada has 15 hits and 36 strikeouts in 103 plate appearances this season, and that’s just not going to cut it. The Angels had both Oswald Peraza and Vaughn Grissom on the bench so that they could start Moncada and Adam Frazier tonight, and they have Christian Moore and Denzer Guzman toiling in Triple-A. At some point, it’s going to make sense to play the youngsters.

Harris was held of the lineup for the second straight game while he’s nursing a quad injury, but he was always lurking on the bench. He made his impact felt in the ninth, crushing a 1-2 sweeper from Juan Mejia for a 385-foot (107.3 mph EV) go-ahead two-run blast. Unfortunately for fantasy managers in bi-weekly leagues, it’s likely that he was on many benches due to the injury and his questionable availability for the weekend. For the season, the dynamic 25-year-old outfielder is now hitting a blistering .324/.358/.569 with seven homers and 22 RBI.