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Counsell also noted that his availability for the remainder of the postseason is up in the air as well. It’s a brutal break for Woodruff and for the Brewers, as the right-hander had been pitching quite well down the stretch. The Brewers will still have Corbin Burnes and Freddy Peralta to lean on for the first two games of the series, but it gets dicey after that.

Venable also noted that it’s likely Murakami would require a stint on the injured list and will miss a couple of weeks. Fantasy managers will have to wait and see what the imaging shows, but it sounds like the 26-year-old slugger will be shelved for a bit to start the month of June.

Okamoto jump-started Toronto’s eventual comeback win by taking Orioles starter Trevor Rogers deep to left field in the seventh inning. It was his 12th big fly of the season and second round-tripper in his last three games. The 29-year-old rookie has had some up-and-down stretches during his stateside debut, but he’s shown an ability to consistently hit for power as a potential middle-of-the-order run-producing threat for the Blue Jays.

Basallo drove in a run with a sacrifice fly his first time up in the contest before hammering a hanging curveball from Blue Jays reliever Austin Voth in the fifth inning to extend Baltimore’s lead to five runs at the time. It was his ninth big fly of the season and fourth time he’s gone deep in his last 11 games since May 16. He’s cooled off a little bit recently, but Basallo has been on a tear in recent weeks, hitting .351 (34-for-97) with six homers and 20 RBI over his last 30 games.

Guerrero came through with the biggest hit of the night for Toronto, capping off a remarkable five-run comeback in the late innings with a go-ahead two-run single into the left-field corner off Orioles reliever Yennier Cano in the eighth inning. The 27-year-old franchise cornerstone isn’t hitting for the caliber of over-the-fence pop that fantasy managers were anticipating with just three homers through 56 games.

Holliday’s no-doubter to right field came off Blue Jays reliever Austin Voth in the fourth inning. His second round-tripper of the season traveled 406 feet and carried a sky-high 34 degree launch angle. The 22-year-old former top prospect is hitting .259 (7-for-27) with two homers, five RBI and three steals in 10 games since making his season debut back on May 19.

Macko drew the starting assignment in place of an injured Dylan Cease (hamstring) and managed to record five outs before turning things over to bulk reliever Austin Voth, who surrendered five runs over 3 1/3 frames. He figures to get at least one or two additional turns in Toronto’s rotation before Cease is ready to come off the injured list.

Rogers coughed up homers to Kazuma Okamoto and rookie Charles McAdoo, but managed to mostly keep the Orioles in this one. He struck out three and only issued one walk. The results simply haven’t been there for Rogers to warrant consideration for a roster spot in fantasy leagues as he holds a bloated 6.84 ERA, 1.56 WHIP and 38/18 K/BB ratio across 48 1/3 innings. He’s shown zero signs that he’s going to turn things around either. He’ll face the Red Sox at Fenway Park his next time out on Thursday.

After the Marlins went down scoreless in the top half of the 10th inning, all the Mets needed to do was push a run across to put the game in the win column. After Juan Soto flew out to open the inning, Melendez unloaded on an 0-2 fastball from Pete Fairbanks, crushing a 373-foot (105.0 mph EV) two-run blast to end it. He also hit a sacrifice fly as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning, finishing the night 1-for-1 with three RBI. On the season, he’s slashing .213/.326/.400 with three homers and nine RBI in his first 90 plate appearances with the Mets.

Vientos did his damage early in this one, demolishing a Max Meyer fastball for a 445-foot (109.2 mph EV) solo shot in the third inning that extended the Mets’ early advantage to 5-1. That would be his only hit in four at-bats in the contest. For the season, the 26-year-old slugger is now slashing .224/.261/.391 with seven homers and 24 RBI.