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Gonsolin gets the win despite allowing four homers in the contest, and can thank his lineup — particularly Shohei Ohtani — for enough run support for that to “not matter.” It still wasn’t an effective outing, although it’s worth noting he held the Yankees scoreless over his final three innings after giving up five in the first three frames. Gonsolin will face another New York team next week, but it’ll be the Mets in New York on Wednesday.

The paperwork move opens up a spot on San Francisco’s 40-man roster for lefty Matt “Tugboat” Wilkinson with Bader expected to miss the rest of the season with a foot injury. The 32-year-old was on the injured list with plantar fasciitis before suffering further damage to his foot in a scooter accident last month.

It’s merely a procedural move as Susac is done for the rest of the season after suffering a fractured left kneecap earlier this month.

The 23-year-old Pecko will start against the Angels in his major league debut tonight. He had a 4.94 ERA and a 71/28 K/BB in 74 2/3 innings for Sugar Land.

Ullola pitched one scoreless inning in his latest brief stint with the Astros, leaving him with a 4.50 ERA in six innings overall.

Astros GM Dana Brown said a couple of weeks ago that Matthews could return in mid-to-late August, but something changed there. This rules him out until Sept. 12 with the knee injury he suffered in the final game before the All-Star break.

Pratt missed the minimum 10 days with his hamstring strain. His return will push Joey Ortiz back over to third base to split time with David Hamilton. Jonathan Ornelas sticks around for now, but he’ll probably be dropped once Sal Frelick is activated.

Lockridge has hit .273/.345/.313 in 111 plate appearances for the Brewers this season. His demotion leaves the team shorthanded in the outfield for now, but Sal Frelick is expected back before the end of the week.

Alejandro Kirk is DHing tonight. Springer, who went 3-for-4 with a double and a steal against the Rays last night, hasn’t started more than two games in a row in nearly two weeks now and there have been times when it’s looked like he’s playing at considerably less than 100 percent.

Playing mostly against lefties lately, Hoskins was hitting .179/.306/.376 in 317 plate appearances. David Fry will assume his roster spot and his role.

Fry hit six homers in his eight games with Columbus, so whether Rhys Hoskins is actually hurt or not, bringing Fry back to the majors seemed like a good idea. Alas, he’s not starting against the left-handed Matt Wilkinson tonight, for some reason.