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The joke would be that Bazardo has made the flight from Tacoma to Seattle quite often, but it’s like 45 minute drive, depending on traffic. Bazardo will be a low-leverage option for the Seattle bullpen in this stint and any others that come across.

Kirk singled in a run in the first and hit a two-run homer in the third. He’s hitting .303 with six homers and 20 RBI in his last 23 games, raising his OPS from .695 to .776.

Arrighetti entered with a 5-0 lead to start the fourth after two innings from Spencer Miles and one from Joe Mantiply and then got eight outs while allowing two hits, walking two and striking out two. It’s his first win after four losses to open his Blue Jays career. He was 7-1 for the Astros after two months this season, but he’d been 0-8 with an 8.26 ERA since, which is why he was pitching in relief and not starting today. it’s unclear if he’ll get a start next weekend after the Jays’ off day Thursday.

It’s probably time for the Orioles to shut down Bradish, who is up to 155 innings in his first full season back from Tommy John. This is the third time in four starts that he’s failed to complete five innings, and he’s allowed 33 runs — 27 earned — in 41 2/3 innings while going 0-5 in his last nine starts. He’s due to make his next start Friday against the Brewers, but we’ll have to wait and see if that happens.

Alonso hit a two-run homer off Paul Sewald in the seventh. He’s one homer away from 300 for his career and one RBI away from 100 this season.

As disappointing as Gunnar Henderson has been this year, it’s still hard to understand why the Orioles want him hitting two spots behind Holliday right now. Holliday is 4-for-31 with a 10/0 K/BB in his last eight games. He’s hitting .192 with one homer and a 29/3 K/BB in 125 plate appearances since Aug. 11. He’s still just 22, but that everything has gone at least a little bit backwards from last season is making it rather difficult to be excited about his future.

Espino opened Saturday’s contest against the Twins with two scoreless frames before departing at 26 pitches. He threw 21 for strikes and struck out two batters while giving up one hit. The 25-year-old right-hander has pitched out of the bullpen in his brief time with the Guardians, posting a 2.25 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, and a 20/4 K/BB ratio across 12 innings.

The Red Sox had just one run on the board through five innings before Abreu broke a tie game with a two-run double in the sixth, his 36th double of the season. The 27-year-old outfielder is hitting .257/.337/.467 with 24 homers, 79 runs scored, 74 RBI, and eight steals across 632 plate appearances.

Jensen provided the Royals with their only run of the day as they were dominated by Ranger Suarez. The 23-year-old slugger took Suarez deep for a solo homer in the sixth inning for his fifth in September. He’s up to 24 with 73 runs and 71 RBI while slashing .231/.318/.452 across 556 plate appearances.

Suarez cruised through five scoreless innings, giving up just two hits and no walks before Carter Jensen took him deep for a solo homer in the sixth. That would be all the damage the Royals could get across on Suarez. He pitched a scoreless seventh and finished his day with eight strikeouts. The 31-year-old left-hander will take a 3.33 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, and a 130/40 K/BB ratio across 137 2/3 innings into a start against the Rays in Tampa Bay on Friday.

Dobnak had held the Red Sox scoreless through three innings before Boston brought a run home on two hits in the fourth. After a scoreless fifth, Dobnak gave up a pair of two-out hits before departing at 81 pitches. Both inherited runners would get across to score. The 31-year-old right-hander ends the day with a 2.73 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, and a 47/23 K/BB ratio across 69 1/3 innings. He’ll take on the Pirates in Pittsburgh on Friday.