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The 36-year-old southpaw struck out five batters on the evening and didn’t allow a base on balls. Kyle Schwarber got him for a two-run triple in the third inning and a solo blast in the fifth while Nick Castellanos added a run-scoring single and an RBI double against him in the game. Sale generated 15 swings and misses 86 pitches in the game — eight of them on his slider — while posting a strong CSW of 35 percent. He’ll look to improve upon his 6.75 ERA and 1.36 WHIP when he does battle against the Rays in Tampa Bay on Sunday.

Nimmo was hit by a pitch and scored a run in the first inning, then drove in a run on a base hit in the second before coming around to score again. He then took Tanner Gordon deep for a two-run blast in the fourth and added a single in the eighth for his third hit. It was Nimmo’s fifth home run of the season and just his first this month. He came into this one hitting .192 in May, with his home run drought dating back to April 17.

Duran is enjoying his time in Colorado with his second straight three-hit day in Coors. He doubled twice on Tuesday, driving in a team-high four runs in their blowout win against the Rockies. The versatile 26-year-old has been incredibly valuable as the Rangers navigate some injuries around the diamond. He’s slashing .298/.358/.476 with three homers, 20 runs scored, 21 RBI, and four steals across 138 plate appearances.

Rocker came in as the follower in the second inning after a scoreless first from Jason Alexander. He’d go on to dominate the Rockies over 7 2/3 scoreless frames, coming one out short of finishing out the game. Rocker scattered three hits and three walks, tossing 65 of 103 pitches for strikes and generating 19 whiffs to strike out seven batters. The 26-year-old right-hander will take a 3.60 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, and a 37/20 K/BB ratio across 45 innings into a home start against the Astros next Monday.

The Yankees got all of their runs on homers from McMahon in the fourth and Ben Rice in the fifth and then held on from there. McMahon, who had gone hitless in six straight games, also singled and stole a base tonight. He’s at .194/.265/.315 for the season, and he should be in danger of losing a significant amount of playing time once José Caballero returns, assuming the Yankees don’t send Anthony Volpe back to the minors.

In spite of his 6-1 record and 3.61 ERA, Warren might have spent some time in the Yankees pen with Gerrit Cole back if Max Fried hadn’t gotten hurt last week. Fortunately, his spot is secure again now. He’s currently 10th among qualified starters with his 4.77 K:BB. He’ll make his next start Sunday against the Rays,

Doval gave up a walk and a single to begin the inning, and the Jays scored a run on a sac fly with one out. Daulton Varsho then hit a grounder that should have ended the game, but Doval didn’t hustle to cover first base after Ben Rice made a bad decision to go after a ball that was going to be an easy play for Jazz Chisholm Jr. However, it ended up not costing Doval, as he was able to get Kazuma Okamoto to ground out to end the game. Doval remains behind Bednar and probably Fernando Cruz in line for saves.

2025 Dylan Cease showed up tonight. After allowing just one homer in his first nine starts, Cease gave up a three-run homer in the fourth and a two-run homer in the fifth, with all three runners on base being the product of walks. Cease did up his AL-high strikeout total to 84. He still has a 2.98 ERA for the year, and he’ll look to bounce back Sunday against the Pirates.

All of the hits were singles, and the last was a routine grounder botched by the defense. Still, Varsho is happy to have his average up to .278. It’s weird that he’s pretty much gone back to his old approach this year after a successful 2025 in which he traded contact for power. He’s fanning just 18 percent of the time right now, down from 28 percent last year, but his isolated slugging percentage is .160 right now, compared to .310 last year.

Sammy Peralta had started this game as the opener for the Rockies, but he only got two outs in the first inning and gave up a pair of runs before Gordon stepped in. Gordon gave up three more runs in the second on four hits and a walk, then surrendered a two-run blast to Brandon Nimmo in the fourth. He would pitch through the seventh, giving up two more runs before his day was done. The 28-year-old right-hander will take a 6.59 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, and a 30/6 K/BB ratio across 27 1/3 innings into his next outing against the Diamondbacks in Arizona on Sunday.

What a game from Duran, who really needed a big performance like this. The 29-year-old is still slashing just .189/.262/.331 on the season, but he does have five home runs and 10 steals. His three-run blast in the ninth inning gave the Red Sox a big cushion and allowed them to rest closer Aroldis Chapman. We’re going to need to see a few more games like this to say that Duran has truly turned things around, but he does at least seem like a good bet to replicate his 16 home runs and 24 steals from last season.