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Gallen was outstanding on Wednesday, shutting the Giants out over six frames. He scattered four walks and did not allow a hit while striking out eight batters on his way to the win. The 29-year-old right-hander ends the day with a 3.69 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, and a 126/47 K/BB ratio across 127 innings. He’s in line for a matchup against the Rangers in Arizona on Tuesday.

Tatis Jr. began this game on the bench, but the 25-year-old came up huge with a solo shot in the eighth inning off Tyler Rogers. The 25-year-old star has been able to homer 18 times and drive in 45 runs despite missing significant time, and four of those homers have come in September.

New dad strength? Pérez blanked the Giants over the first five innings in his first start back from the paternity list. He did give up a solo homer to Donovan Walton in the sixth, however, and that prevented him from picking up a win as it tied the game at 1-1. As usual, the 33-year-old didn’t miss many bats with just two strikeouts, but he was effective just the same. Pérez will be back on the bump Saturday against the lowly White Sox.

Roupp and Martin Pérez both put up zero-for-zero before Roupp left the contest, so it’s a hard-luck no decision. The rookie right-hander was making just his second ever MLB start, and in those two outings he’s allowed just two runs over 10 innings. Roupp has also been effective as a multi-inning reliever, but obviously his fantasy value — limited as it may be either way — is exponentially higher if he can be a part of the rotation.

Moniak exited the game after being hit by a pitch in the eighth inning. The outfielder was replaced by Michael Stefanic (calf) in the contest, and he’s already undergone initial imaging. For now, Moniak should be considered day-to-day, but more info will likely come Monday.

The three pitchers combined to face the minimum, as the lone hit, an Ezequiel Duran single, was followed by a double play. Kirby struck out only three today, but he also allowed just three hard-hit balls. Kirby is now 6-0 with a 0.92 ERA in eight career starts against the Rangers. He’s 12-11 with a 3.62 ERA overall this year.

The Rangers had won Heaney’s last four starts, but the offense never had a shot today. Heaney allowed seven hits, walked one and struck out three. He’ll probably face the Mariners again next Sunday, but since Texas is using a six-man rotation, he won’t be matched up against George Kirby again. Alas, that’ll be Bryan Woo instead doesn’t make a win much more likely.

Garver’s last three appearances, which have taken place over a 12-day span, have seen him knock in a total of nine runs. The Mariners haven’t done much lineup tweaking of late, but maybe they’ll start getting Garver more time to see if he can stay hot. It’s especially likely to happen if Victor Robles is sidelined for any length of time.