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He’s hit eighth fourth times, ninth twice and seventh once since Terry Francona’s poorly timed switch. McLain, who already had a .360 OBP in May before being dropped from second in the order, has hit .286/.318/.524 since swapping spots with Santiago Espinal. Espinal is at .208/.208/.208 in his six games since moving up to second.

Greene smacked a one-out double off of Luis Severino in the third inning and scored on a two-run double off the bat of Wenceel Perez. He also singled in the seventh and scored on Zach McKinstry’s RBI single. Greene then capped off the scoring in the contest with a two-run knock off of T.J. McFarland in the eighth. Greene has now recorded three or more hits in three of his past four games and is slashing a sizzling .299/.352/.538 on the season to go along with 17 homers and 61 RBI.

After Wenceel Perez smacked a two-run double that tied the game in the third inning, Dingler crushed a 390-foot (106.6 mph EV) two-out, three-run homer that gave the Tigers a 7-4 lead they would never relinquish. That would be his only hit in four at-bats on the night, but it played a pivotal role in the victory. For the season, the 26-year-old backstop is slashing .272/.304/.437 with eight home runs and 34 RBI.

Carpenter answered back after the Athletics struck for two runs in the top half of the first inning, pulverizing a 417-foot (104.0 mph EV) two-run shot off of Luis Severino to even the score. That would be his only hit in the ballgame. It was the 27-year-old slugger’s 14th home run on the season, but just his first since his three-homer game on June 2. For the season, he’s now slashing .247/.277/.463 with 14 long balls and 29 RBI.

The superstar left-hander racked up eight strikeouts on the evening while allowing just one base on balls. That lone walk came to Jacob Wilson, the first hitter of the ballgame, who then rode home on a two-run blast by Brent Rooker before an out had been recorded. Skubal also served up a two-run homer to Denzel Clarke in the second inning before settling in and blanking the A’s for his final four innings. Skubal got 11 swings and misses on 97 pitches on the night — eight of them on his changeup — while posting a CSW of 27 percent. Now 9-2 on the season, Skubal hasn’t suffered a defeat since his second start of the season. He’ll carry a pristine 2.29 ERA, 0.87 WHIP and a 125/13 K/BB ratio (102 innings) into Sunday’s tilt against the Twins.

Rooker gave the A’s an unexpected early 2-0 lead as he launched a Tarik Skubal first-pitch fastball for a 415-foot (110.0 mph EV) two-run blast. The 30-year-old slugger also smacked a two-out single off of Skubal in the fifth inning. With his two-hit attack, he’s now hitting a solid .278/.353/.492 with 16 homers and 43 RBI on the season.

The 31-year-old right-hander walked one batter on the evening while punching out two. Severino served up a two-run homer to Kerry Carpenter in the first inning that tied the game at 2-2. He then got blasted for five runs in the third, the final three on a three-run blast off the bat of Dillon Dingler. He finished his day with a pair of scoreless innings to polish his overall line a bit. Severino got seven swings and misses on 97 pitches on the night, posting a CSW of 23 percent. He’ll carry a miserable 4.83 ERA, 1.35 WHIP and a 68/31 K/BB (100 2/3 innings) into a brutal matchup against the Yankees in New York on Sunday.

Steer had the middle of three singles as the Reds scored twice to win the game in the 11th. Gavin Lux delivered the actual game-winner off the bench. Steer has 12 hits in his last seven games, and his current .660 OPS is his high mark of the season. He’s still not hitting the ball hard enough to inspire much confidence — his xwOBA has actually been trending downwards — but at least he’s settling playing time concerns that could have arisen with Austin Hays nearly ready to come off the IL and Noelvi Marte not too far behind.

Burns struck out five of the first six batters tonight and faced just one over the minimum through three innings before giving up a leadoff homer to Ben Rice in the fourth. He later surrendered a two-run triple to Anthony Volpe, though it really should have been a single; Rece Hinds dove for a ball in right field that he had no chance of catching. Burns went without issuing a walk tonight. He got 12 whiffs: six on 48 fastballs and six on 24 sliders. His heated topped out at 100.1 mph and averaged 98.1 mph, which is right where he was at in Triple-A, too. All in all, it was a pretty impressive showing. He’ll make his next start in Fenway next week, probably in a matchup with Garrett Crochet.

Rodón was still throwing very well at the time of his exit, but he was at 88 pitches on a hot night in Cincinnati. Unfortunately for Rodón, the Yankees blew a 3-0 lead in the seventh, denying him what could have been his 10th win. He’s tied with Max Fried and Tarik Skubal for the major league lead in that category. Rodón will likely make his next start Sunday against the A’s, unless the Yankees want to use Marcus Stroman then and hold Rodón back to face the Jays on Monday.

There was no ninth-inning save chance for the Yankees tonight after Jonathan Loáisiga blew a three-run lead in the seventh, but the team was clearly prepared to go with Luke Weaver in the eighth and Williams in the ninth. They followed through with that plan even with the score tied. Weaver also pitched a scoreless inning tonight after taking a loss Friday in his first appearance back from the injured list.