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Pitchers just can’t seem to sufficiently exploit Tovar’s tendency to swing at absolutely everything., He has a 39/2 K/BB in his last 28 games, but his numbers have held up anyway. The only disappointment here is that he’s a mere 4-for-8 stealing bases this season.

This was quite the homer from Soto; it was the 200th of his career, it gave him 40 in a season for the first time and, being his first in Seattle, it gave him homers in all 30 current big-league ballparks. Soto joins Alex Rodríguez, Jimmie Foxx, Eddie Mathews, Mel Ott, Mickey Mantle, Frank Robinson, Albert Pujols and Mike Trout as the only players to hit 200 homers through their age-25 seasons.

Gil was a bit wild tonight, walking three and plunking Victor Robles. His velocity was also down some, and nine of the 13 balls in play against him were hit hard. Still, none of that resulted in much of the way of scoring. Barring a change — which is possible with the Yankees pulling away in the AL East — Gil will make his next start Sunday against the A’s.

Stroman’s previous save came in the last outing of his rookie season in 2014. This one saw him finish up an 11-2 game in his first relief appearance of the season. The Yankees could have him make another start sometime next week, but it’s clear he’s not currently in their postseason rotation plans.

Woo fanned seven. He had 20 whiffs and a 33% CSW. Still, the Yankees hit him pretty hard, collecting two homers, three doubles and four singles. Woo is due to face the Rangers on Sunday and the A’s the following weekend. This isn’t the time to bail on him.

He also worked a walk. Domínguez’s homer was a 414-foot shot to center off Bryan Woo. He’s 4-for-20 with just the one RBI since being called up last week.

The White Sox were shut out for the 19th time this season. Only the 2019 Marlins (22), the 2022 Tigers (22) and the 2008 Nationals (21) have been shut out more often since 2000. It’s the first time since May 23, 2023 that Canning has been part of a shutout. He’s likely to make his next start Sunday against the Astros.

If it makes him feel any better, Martin still likely would have lost tonight if he had allowed just one run. As for us, we’re mostly disappointed that we never got a Davis Martin-Davis Daniel matchup this season. Martin will likely face the Angels again next week.

Wagaman launched a 434-foot homer off Enyel De Los Santos, giving him as many homers in two days as Anthony Rendon has hit in two years. The Angels probably weren’t looking at the 27-year-old as being in their plans for 2025 when they promoted him a week ago, but five extra-base hits in seven games is going to earn him some consideration.

Two bad calls went against the Astros late in this one, but they wound up not mattering. Tucker plated the lone run in the 10th with a single to left. He’s hitting .290 with one homer and five walks in 39 plate appearances since coming off the injured list.

Both runs came on Manny Machado’s homer in the sixth. Brown has given the Astros four quality starts since he last won on Aug. 17. Expectations are that he’ll make his next start Monday versus the Astros.