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Sorry to everyone who streamed Birdsong this week. He seemed like a great pick with starts against the Nationals and Tigers, but he gave up a combined 12 runs in a pair of losses. He struck out five and walked one today, but he gave up two homers. We’d still be open to playing him next weekend against the A’s, but if he’s not better then, his rotation status will certainly come into question.

Mets’ manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters after the game that Holmes will be out “for a long time”. It’s another massive blow to the Mets’ rotation as Holmes had been exceptional so far this season. Expect him to land on the injured list officially on Saturday.

The 34-year-old breakout star opened the scoring with an RBI single off of Kyle Freeland in the first. He then came around to score on a two-run single off the bat of Gabriel Moreno. Vargas then added an RBI single in the fourth that extended his club’s lead to 7-1. He also singled in the seventh and scored on an RBI double by Moreno. He’s having a dream season offensively, slashing .347/.369/.576 with seven homers and 30 RBI through his first 151 plate appearances on the season.

The hard-hitting backstop smacked a two-run single as part of a six-run uprising in the opening inning off of Kyle Freeland. He then capped off the scoring in the contest with an RBI double in the seventh. With his two-hit night, Moreno is now slashing an uninspiring .228/.276/.354 with just one homer and 12 RBI in 87 plate appearances on the season.

it’s the first complete game in the 37-year-old’s big league career. Kelly struck out three batters in the contest and did not allow a base on balls. The only blemish on his day came on a solo homer off the bat of Hunter Goodman in the home half of the first inning. The Diamondbacks staked him to a 6-0 lead before he even took the mound and he was in cruise control the entire night. He fired 73 of his 100 pitches for strikes, getting seven whiffs and posting a CSW of 22 percent. He’ll try to further improve upon his 5.91 ERA and 1.54 WHIP when he does battle against the Giants at home on Wednesday.

Goodman clobbered a 387-foot (111.4 mph EV) solo shot in the first inning, but all that did was pull the Rockies to within five runs at 6-1. That would be their only offense in the game. The 26-year-old backstop finished the evening 1-for-4 and is now hitting .247/.310/.513 with 11 homers and 19 RBI on the season.

Pozo entered the game as a pinch-hitter for Thomas Saggese who had pinch-run for Ivan Herrera earlier in the contest. He made the most of his lone at-bat, ambushing a first-pitch fastball from Steven Cruz and punching it into right field to plate Nathan Church with the game-winning run. The 28-year-old backstop is now just 7-for-27 (.259) with five RBI in his limited action with the Cardinals.

Walker got the Cardinals on the board with a game-tying, 409-foot (104.5 mph EV) two-run shot off of Michael Wacha. He also singled twice in the ballgame. The dynamic 23-year-old outfielder has been one of the biggest surprises in all of baseball this season, slashing a robust .303/.376/.594 with 13 homers, 34 RBI and seven stolen bases through his first 186 plate appearances.

May also issued four free passes while striking out three in the ballgame. The Royals scratched out a pair of runs against him in the fourth inning, then added another on a ground out in the sixth that tied things up at 3-3. May got eight whiffs on 91 pitches on the night while posting a CSW of 23 percent. He’ll carry an underwhelming 4.81 ERA and 1.42 WHIP into Thursday’s tilt against the Pirates.

Collins plated a run with a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning that increased the Royals’ early lead to 2-0. He tacked on another with an RBI ground out in the sixth that made it a 3-3 ballgame. For the season, the 28-year-old outfielder is slashing an uninspiring .225/.345/.342 with three homers, 15 RBI and a pair of stolen bases (in five attempts).

The veteran right-hander struck out five batters in the ballgame while issuing only one base on balls. All of the damage done against him came via the long ball as Jordan Walker socked a two-run dinger in the fourth inning and Pedro Pages added a solo shot in the fifth. Wacha got 12 swings and misses on 87 pitches on the night, posting a strong CSW of 33 percent. He’ll try to get back in the win column as he brings an outstanding 2.83 ERA, 0.99 WHIP and a 47/18 K/BB ratio (57 1/3 innings) into Wednesday’s matchup against the Red Sox.