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Davies has been granted his release after failing to land a spot in Washington’s season-opening rotation as a non-roster invitee. The soft-tossing 31-year-old righty was lit up for nine runs over 3 2/3 innings earlier this week against the Cardinals in his final spring start.

It was another solid outing for Messick, who has now allowed one earned run or fewer in five of his eight outings this season. Messick was pulled with two outs in the sixth inning after allowing five of the six batters he faced to reach base, which included an RBI single by Ryan Jeffers to give the Twins their first run of the night. Of the seven hits Messick allowed on Friday, five came in his final inning of work, as he did his part to limit baserunners for much of the evening. Now boasting a 2.30 ERA and a 0.98 WHIP, Messick will look to stay hot in his next start, which is set for Wednesday against the Angels.

It was a disastrous start to the game for Prielipp, who saw the first three batters he faced on the day reach base via a single, a hit by pitch, and an error. Steven Kwan came home to score on the error that allowed José Ramírez to reach base, and a sac fly by Rhys Hoskins gave the Guardians an early 2-0 lead. Two batters later, Prielipp would surrender a two-run homer to Travis Bazzana to push the Guardians’ lead to 4-0, but he would settle in to pitch four scoreless frames and was fortunate enough to have only one of those four runs count against him in the earned runs department. Prielipp has allowed two earned runs or fewer in each of his four starts this season and saw his ERA lowered to 3.32 on the season with Friday’s outing. He’ll look to rebound from this tough loss in his next start, which is scheduled for Thursday against the Marlins.

Edwards wasted little time putting the Marlins on the scoreboard on Friday. He got a hold of a middle-high fastball from Foster Griffin on the fifth pitch of his leadoff at-bat, and promptly discarded it 420 feet into deep left center to give the Marlins their first run of the day. Edwards’ homer would give the Marlins one of their two runs on the night, as Griffin stifled the Fish for much of the night on his way to one of his best outings of the season. Edwards continues to swing a hot bat and is slashing .318/.400/.591 in his last seven games.

Snelling struck out two of the first three batters he faced in the first inning on Friday, but an RBI single by CJ Abrams to bring home Curtis Mead gave the Nationals their first run of the night, while a Jacob Young homer on the following at-bat pushed the Nationals’ lead to 3-0. It would be the only three runs Snelling would allow in his debut, as the lefty would settle in to pitch four-straight scoreless innings, to hold the Nats in check. He struggled at times with his command, as evidenced by the four walks he allowed, but Snelling bounced back in fine fashion after a rough first inning in his debut. His next start is scheduled for Thursday at the Twins.

Young hit his third homer of the season in the top of the first inning off Robbie Snelling to give the Nationals an early 3-0 lead. It would be the only hit of the night for Young, whose homer proved to be all the Nationals would need to down the Marlins in a game that turned into a pitchers’ duel over the final eight innings. Despite providing a key homer, Young remains well off the fantasy radar at this time.

Griffin’s fifth pitch of the game was a middle-high fastball to Xavier Edwards. Edwards got every bit of said pitch, smashing it 420 feet into deep center to cut the Nationals’ lead to 3-1. He would then allow a double to Otto Lopez in the next at-bat, with Lopez coming around to score on an error a few plays later. Griffin would manage to escape the inning with the lead still intact and would go on to pitch six scoreless innings to pick up his fourth win of the season. Now sitting with a 4-1 record on the year and boasting a 2.12 ERA, Griffin remains one of the best stories in baseball during the early portion of the season. He’ll look to pick up his fifth win in his next start, which is scheduled for Thursday against the Reds.

Rafaela gave the Red Sox a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning when he took a first-pitch slider from Jesse Scholtens to left field for his third homer of the season. Rafaela has now hit safely in four of his last five games and is slashing .321/.387/.536 in his last seven games with two homers and six RBI.

Early couldn’t have asked for a much better outing in this one. The lefty was in command of the strike zone all night and held the Rays to just four hits, all of which were singles. He managed to work his way out of a bases-loaded jam in the third inning when he forced Junior Caminero to ground into a double play to end the frame, but it was mostly smooth sailing for Early on Friday. It was a much-needed rebound after he allowed five earned runs in his previous start. Early will look to build on his best outing of the season in his next start, which is scheduled for Thursday against the Phillies.

Kurtz capped off a three-run rally in the fifth inning with a two-run triple off of Kyle Bradish that gave the Athletics a 3-1 lead they would never surrender. Kurtz also singled in the ballgame. He has disappointed a bit relative to his massive expectations, but he’s still slashing a healthy .259/.415/.422 with five homers, 20 RBI and four stolen bases through his first 171 plate appearances on the season.

Wilson ignited a three-run rally in the fifth inning by reaching on an infield single to start the inning. He then scored on an RBI single off the bat of Zack Gelof. The 24-year-old shortstop also added a valuable insurance run with an RBI single of his own in the eighth. On the season, he’s now hitting a solid .299/.319/.409 with three homers, 19 RBI and a pair of stolen bases.