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Bouchard got into 31 games earlier this year for the Rockies. He’s back in the majors with Mickey Moniak away from the club on bereavement leave.

It’s Chourio’s third career two-homer game and first since Apr. 6, 2025. It’s also his first time this year finishing with four runs or four RBI. He’s 8-for-13 with four extra-base hits in four games this month, raising his OPS from .721 to .878.

The 27-year-old backstop has been shelved since the beginning of May due to a left oblique strain. It’s not yet known how many games he’ll need behind the dish before he’s cleared to rejoin the Astros, but it sounds like it’s coming soon. Barring any setbacks, he should be back with the Astros before the end of next week.

It appears to be nothing more than a routine breather for the 31-year-old slugger. Suzuki has seen his production fall off following a brilliant 2025 campaign, slashing just .239/.324/.400 with eight homers and 20 RBI through his first 204 plate appearances on the season. Michael Conforto will take his place in right field and bat second for the Cubs against A’s right-hander J.T. Ginn.

Sborz was released by the Rangers on Monday, but after exploring his opportunities on the open market, he decided that a return to the Rangers made the most sense for him. He holds a miserable 7.16 ERA over 16 1/3 innings at Triple-A Round Rock this season.

Voth exercised the opt-out clause in his deal with the Blue Jays on Tuesday and it didn’t take him long to land on his feet elsewhere. He probably won’t spent much time at Triple-A St. Paul before earning an opportunity to work out of the Twins’ bullpen.

Marte was held out of Wednesday’s game due to tightness in his lower back and hamstring, they appear to have been only minor issues though. He’s right back at second base and in his familiar leadoff spot in the Diamondbacks’ lineup against Dodgers’ southpaw Justin Wrobleski on Thursday night in Arizona.

Mayo plated the third, fourth and fifth runs of a six-run first inning with a wall-scraping double off the Green Monster. The 337-foot fly would have been an out in a lot of parks, but it was unplayable at Fenway. Mayo is currently hitting .203/.272/.,379 with 23 RBI in 169 plate appearances. It figured that he’d lose considerable playing time with Jackson Holliday back, but it hasn’t happened thus far, mostly because Jeremiah Jackson is in the midst of a lone slump that has sent his stock plummeting in Baltimore. Mayo has started seven of eight games since returning from a four-game absence due to back discomfort. Jackson has been in the lineup for just two of those games.

Rogers was given a six-run lead before he threw his first pitch and didn’t mess it up while allowing five hits, walking one and striking out three. Rogers came into this one 0-6 with a 10.01 ERA in his previous seven starts, so maybe this is the start of a turnaround. Still, it’d be nice to see him strike out more than three batters for once. He last did that seven starts ago on Apr. 19. He’ll face the Mariners next.

Bello has had success behind openers, but the openers haven’t had success in front of him, which probably played a role in him working the first today. It turned into a miserable inning, with the defense contributing by giving away a couple of outs. Bello then cruised through the second, third and fourth before giving up a couple of runs in the ninth. Bello’s velocity was great today; his 96.6 mph average on his sinker was 1.9 mph better than usual this year. Still, he gave up 11 hard-hit balls anyway. He’s now 2-6 with a 6.34 ERA, but the Red Sox will probably throw him against the Rays next week anyway. They just might use an opener ahead of him.

It could have been a really good day for Basallo with some luck, as he had a pair of 107-mph lineouts to go along with his 112-mph double to right. Basallo’s tough first three weeks are still taking a toll on his overall numbers this year, but he’s hit an outstanding .345/.397/.602 in 35 games since Apr. 20.