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Montero led off the second inning with a double off of Ryan Yarbrough and came around to score on an RBI double off the bat of Brenton Doyle. He then tagged Yarbrough for a 429-foot two-run blast in the third inning that extended the Rockies’ lead to 6-3. He also led off the seventh inning with a single and scored on an RBI single by Austin Wynns, then walked and scored on a run-scoring knock by Alan Trejo in the eighth. With his three-hit attack, Montero is now hitting .247/.294/.417 with nine homers and 37 RBI on the year.

Devers homered on a splitter that Roki Sasaki left up on the zone. It was his third homer in five games, bringing his season total to five in 168 plate appearances. It’s the first time this year that he’s scored three runs. He’s totaled seven runs scored in his last five games after touching home plate just nine times in his first 36 games.

McDonald, who was recalled from Triple-A on Saturday, struck out four and walked two while filling in for Logan Webb. He should make another start Saturday against the A’s, but Webb could be back to replace him afterwards.

Winn might have been left in to go for the two-inning save if the Giants didn’t score three runs in the top of the ninth, taking their lead from three runs to six. JT Brubaker went on to finish from there. Winn also threw a quick seven-pitch inning on Sunday, so the Giants will probably want to avoid him on Tuesday. Caleb Kilian should be the favorite for the save then.

Three runs in five innings seems to be the Sasaki standard. If the Dodgers were hitting like they did last year, that’d be good enough to get him some wins. Right now, though, he’s 1-3 and the Dodgers are 2-5 when he pitches. He might be Triple-A bound when Tyler Glasnow returns, but he’s due to get another start Sunday against the Angels before that happens.

Adames had three hard-hit balls in one of his best games of the season. His two outs were 390- and 346-foot flyballs, and the latter would have been a homer to right field in eight ballparks.

Ohtani grounded out three times and struck out twice while seeing his average drop back down to .233. The Dodgers said after the game that he’ll be out of the lineup either Wednesday (when he’s due to pitch) or Thursday for some extra rest.

The Mariners prevailed tonight even though they were outhit nine to seven and outwalked three to one. Kirby struck out seven and walked two in moving to 5-2. His strikeout rate is down some, but he’s more than countered it by generating more grounders, and he’ll take a 2.84 ERA into his next start against the Padres.

Muñoz gave up three straight hard-hit balls to begin the inning, but only one turned into a hit, and he then struck out Yordan Alvarez to end the game. As per usual, it’s been bend-but-not-break for Muñoz this season. He has a 5.63 ERA, but he’s 8-for-10 saving games, and he picked up a win after one of the two blown saves.

Lambert’s latest quality start featured six strikeouts and one walk, but it’s a little concerning that his velocity was down; he averaged 93.5 mph with his fastball, 1.2 mph off his season average. He’d already gone from 95.3 and 95.1 mph in his first two starts to 94.3 and 94.4 mph in his previous two starts, so this is looking like a trend. He’s not a bad play this weekend against the Rangers, but this doesn’t really seem like the time to go pick him up.

Things will eventually turn around for Raleigh, but it sure does seem likely that his 2026 production is going to be a lot more in line with what he did in 2023 and ’24 than his near-MVP season in 2025. Among qualified players, only Cedric Mullins, at .143, has a lower batting average right now.