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Tawa has been shipped back to the minors to make room for franchise cornerstone Corbin Carroll to return from the injured list prior to Saturday’s game against the Royals. The versatile 26-year-old rookie hit .200 (31-for-155) with six homers and seven steals across 59 games in his first taste of the big leagues.

Getting the nod with Seiya Suzuki resting, Conforto had three of the Cubs’ seven hits in this one. He’s batting .361/.467/.667 in 45 plate appearances. There’s still not really any good way for the Cubs to squeeze him into the lineup regularly, but he probably deserves to play over Matt Shaw whenever a starting outfielder sits.

The Cubs have to be feeling really fortunate that Imanaga stuck around in the offseason. He’s 4-2 with a 2.28 ERA that ranks 11th in the majors. He’s tied for sixth with 53 strikeouts, and he’s 10th with a 0.93 WHIP. He’ll face the Braves on the road next week.

The save came in a five-run game after Palencia was brought in to face Nathaniel Lowe with the bases loaded. It’s his second of the year following his three-week absence due to a lat strain.

Swanson is still tied for 14th in the majors with 26 runs scored and tied for 22nd with 25 RBI, but his average is back down to .202 at the moment. He’s 4-for-26 with no extra-base hits this month. That he’s been a valuable fantasy shortstop this year has as much to do with his teammates as it does with him.

With the Cubs throwing a lefty, Dunn was making his first start in five games since being called up Sunday. Dunn struck out his first two times up against Shota Imanaga, but he then had a bunt single in the sixth and he homered off righty Gavin Hollowell in the eighth. It was his third major league homer. He had one in 29 plate appearances in 2024 and one in 75 plate appearances last year.

The Rockies entered the home half of the eighth inning embattled in a 2-2 tie with the Mets. They got things going with a pair of singles and a walk though, that’s when Jake McCarthy strolled to the dish. He walloped a 1-0 fastball from Craig Kimbrel for a majestic 448-foot (107.4 mph EV) grand slam that changed the entire complexion of the game. McCarthy also had a game-tying RBI double in the sixth inning. It was the first grand slam of McCarthy’s career. He finished the day 2-for-4 and is now hitting .275/.346/.507 with a pair of homers and 14 RBI on the season.

Castro got the Rockies on the board with a two-out RBI single off of Christian Scott in the fourth inning. He then worked a walk and rode home on Jake McCarthy’s go-ahead grand slam in the eighth. The versatile 29-year-old has had an underwhelming season offensively so far, slashing just .250/.321/.333 with a homer, 12 RBI and a pair of stolen bases.

The 37-year-old southpaw struck out two batters on the day while also issuing a pair of free passes. All of the damage done against him came in the second inning on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Andy Ibanez and an RBI single from Tyrone Taylor. Quintana got seven swings and misses on the day, registering an uninspiring CSW of only 19 percent. He now holds a solid 3.90 ERA and 1.33 WHIP over his first 30 innings with the Rockies despite the fact that he has only 14 strikeouts. He’ll do battle against the Pirates his next time out in Pittsburgh on Wednesday as Quintana continues his revenge tour against his former teams.

The 37-year-old hurler took over in a 2-2 ballgame in the bottom of the eighth inning, giving up singles to TJ Rumfield and Troy Johnston before issuing a walk to Willi Castro to load the bases. He then served up a grand slam to Jake McCarthy that blew the game completely open and sunk the Mets’ hopes. He now holds a miserable 7.56 ERA over 8 1/3 innings in nine appearances with the Mets this season.

Scott scattered just three hits on the day while issuing two walks. The lone tally against him came in the fourth inning on a two-out RBI single by Willi Castro. The 26-year-old right-hander threw 53 of his 82 pitches for strikes in the contest, generating 11 swings and misses while posting a CSW of 24 percent. He’ll try again to pick up his first victory of the season as he carries a stellar 3.27 ERA, 1.18 WHIP and a 15/7 K/BB ratio (11 innings) into Wednesday’s matchup against the Tigers.