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He allowed six hits with no walks, and he struck out four. Buehler didn’t get deep enough to qualify for the win, as he threw 77 pitches in his first start since June of 2022. The right-hander gave up a pair of run-scoring singles in the first and a homer to Nick Gordon in the second, but Buehler settled down nicely over the final two innings, and showed flashes of the ace hurler he was prior to Tommy John surgery. Buehler will try and work deeper in his next start, scheduled for Sunday against the Padres.

The save was Suarez’ 16th of the season. He lowered his ERA to 0.73 on the season. While the Padres’ closer situation was ambiguous going into the season, Suarez has grabbed the job and run with it to the point where he’s been one of the best closers in all of fantasy this season.

Cronenworth’s bases-loaded walk in the seventh inning was the difference in the Padres’ 2-1 victory over the Marlins. He continues to play second base after the Padres’ trade for Luis Arraez. Cronenworth’s average is up to .271 and his OPS is up to .806, both of which would be career-highs.

The home run was Chisholm Jr.’s eighth and the stolen base was his 10th. He’s 27-for-95 (.284) in the month of May and his average is up to .265 on the season with a .792 OPS. Chisholm provided all of the offense for the Marlins as they lost to the Padres 2-1.

Rogers allowed six hits, two walks and struck out three. He’s not rebounding as well as we might’ve hoped this year. Rogers looks more like the version that had a 5.47 ERA in 2022 than the version that had a 2.64 ERA in 2021. He lowered his ERA to 5.65 and with a 4.26 xFIP there is some room for improvement, especially considering his .361 BABIP is higher than his career .327 BABIP and his strand rate is a little low at 64 percent. Still, Rogers’ strikeout and walk percentages are the worst of his career. He hasn’t completed six innings all year. This isn’t a recipe for winning games, especially on the Marlins. Rogers has just one win in 11 starts this season. The 26-year-old left-hander is set to face the Rangers at home this weekend.

King allowed three hits, one walk and struck out seven. He left the game with the score tied after five innings. King’s ERA is now 4.09 on the season. His 74 strikeouts this year rank among the top 10 in all of baseball. The 29-year-old right-hander is set to face the Royals on the road this weekend.

Never before have we so rooted for Nightengale to be right about something. That said, he certainly has a better track record than Hernández, who is a bad umpire behind the plate and somehow worse when assigned to a base. Nightengale says Hernández and MLB have been working on a financial settlement, which makes sense; MLB was always going to have to pay to make Hernández go away.

Meyer, the 10th overall pick in last year’s draft, had a 2.65 ERA and a 43/23 K/BB ratio in 34 innings for low-A Jupiter. He could rate as one of the game’s very best pitching prospects by season’s end.

Lodolo walked none and struck out three in an 81-pitch outing in his return from the injured list. It’s hard to say whether his body is going to hold up, but he’s a fine mixed-league SP while healthy.

Sims got the call today with Alexis Díaz having worked the previous two days. The setup man had a tough first five weeks, posting a 6.35 ERA in his first 13 outings, but this makes eight straight scoreless appearances now.

Lynn has lowered his ERA from 4.17 to 3.45 in his last two outings, partly because of some unearned runs. Unfortunately, simply keeping the Cardinals in games isn’t enough to generate wins right now, and Lynn is 2-3 in spite of a solid open.