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Morgan provides the Padres with some extra bullpen help until they need to call up a replacement for a Michael King’s rotation spot in a couple days. The 25-year-old righty was up briefly earlier this year, but didn’t end up making an appearance for San Diego. He’ll likely make his big-league debut at some point in the next few days.

Harris was down in the seventh spot in the order tonight against a lefty, but he had three hits off Ranger Suarez, including the RBI double that knocked him out of the game in the sixth. He then homered off Tyron Guerrero in the eighth. It’s Harris’s second four-hit game this month. He’s hitting .304/.332/.533 with 12 homers and 32 RBI through 193 plate appearances.

Strider gave up homers to Jarren Duran and Ceddanne Rafaela to start the top of the first, but he allowed just one more hit the rest of the way. He stayed in to start the sixth with a 5-2 lead, only to be pulled after a leadoff walk to Wilyer Abreu. Abreu later came around to score. Strider finished up with five strikeouts and 11 whiffs. He’s 3-0 with a 3.46 ERA since returning from a strained oblique, and the Braves have won all five of his starts. He’ll face the Reds on Sunday.

Iglesias had pitched 15 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing just eight hits, in his 15 appearances before the Red Sox got to him for three singles and a double. Fortunately, he had a three-run lead to work with. The previous time Iglesias gave up a run was 29 appearances ago on Aug. 28. He hadn’t given up two runs in an outing since last July 19.

Suarez pitched four scoreless innings before giving up a two-run homer to Matt Olsen in the fifth. The sixth then opened with a triple, a walk and a double, at which point Suarez was pulled. Both inherited runners scored after Suarez left. Suarez walked three for the second start in a row, which is kind of an oddity. He’d walked a total of 11 batters in his first eight starts. He’ll take a 3.02 ERA into his next start in Cleveland.

Kiner-Falefa thought he had his first homer Sunday, a potential three-run walkoff blast against the Twins. Instead, it turned out to be a wall-scraper on a wet day in Boston and the Red Sox came up a run short in a 6-5 loss. He did get his first homer tonight, taking Dylan Lee deep in the seventh after Lee went his first 24 1/3 innings this year without allowing a homer. He also singled in two runs in another ninth-inning rally that came up just short in a 7-6 loss. Kiner-Falefa is up to .278/.350/.370 for the season, so he’s likely looking at additional playing time in the short term. That’s more bad news for Caleb Durbin.

Miles gave up three hits, walked one and struck out three. He improved to 2-0 with the win. Miles has allowed one run and has 16 strikeouts in 15 1/3 innings over his last four appearances. He’s not going to record strikeouts in bunches while only pitching three or four innings at a time, but he can still be viable in mixed leagues given his good ratios. He’s lined up to face the Orioles on the road on Sunday.

Grissom started at first base with Nolan Schanuel (calf) still out. He had a two-run single in the third inning before a big hit late. With the Angels trailing in the eighth inning, Grissom hit a two-out grand slam. It was his third home run in his last 206 at-bats. He’s hitting .233 with a .687 OPS.

McGonigle’s two-run triple in the fifth inning tied the game 4-4. The 21-year-old infielder had three hits total and was on base four times in the loss. He’s hitting .291 with an .822 OPS. McGonigle has four home runs, 33 runs scored, 21 RBI and eight stolen bases.

Adell’s home run was his eighth of the season. He hit a solo shot off Keider Montero in the fourth inning. Adell hit 37 home runs last year with 30 of them coming after May. With two home runs in the last week, Adell could be ready to go on a homer streak soon.