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Black threw worked four innings in relief during Friday’s game, and the Giants will call up Tristan Beck to provide a fresh multi-inning arm for the San Francisco bullpen.

Baker has been used as the Rays’ primary closer in the early going, collecting four saves. But he was summoned in the eighth on Saturday to face the heart of the Pirates order with a one-run lead. He surrendered the lead on a walk and two hits before completing the frame, charging him with a blown save. The 31-year-old right-hander has been otherwise solid and remains the reliever to roster in the Tampa Bay bullpen for saves. The game would get extended into the 13th inning, with Yoendrys Gómez picking up the save for the Rays.

Rasmussen walked a batter in the first inning, then served up a two-run homer to Ryan O’Hearn, giving up just as many runs on one swing as he did through his first three starts. He then doubled it in the fourth as Marcell Ozuna took him deep for another two-run blast. Rasmussen’s outing would be cut short in the frame as the game went into an extended rain delay. He’ll take a 2.75 ERA, 0.66 WHIP, and a 20/3 K/BB ratio across 19 2/3 innings into a start against the Twins in Tampa Bay on Friday.

Skenes stranded a runner in the first inning, then escaped a bases-loaded jam with no outs in the second. He struck out two in the third inning for his first clean frame, then tossed a perfect fourth, collecting five strikeouts before an extended rain delay cut his outing short. Still, the 23-year-old right-hander has given up one or fewer runs in each of his last four starts since his five-run Opening Day start. He’ll take a 3.27 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, and a 23/7 K/BB ratio across 22 innings into a start against the Brewers in Milwaukee on Friday.

Winn’s exit velocity numbers haven’t been very good so far, but he hit a ball 373 feet off Lance McCullers Jr. tonight, and he’s now at.190/.319/.293 in 69 plate appearances overall. There was the hope of some mixed league value here when the Cardinals spent most of the spring letting him leadoff, but with JJ Wetherholt overtaking him there and Winn batting sixth for the most part, there’s nothing cooking right now.

He struck out five and walked three. Pallante has a 2-1 record and a respectable 4.05 ERA, but his 12/11 K/BB in 20 innings is hideous and he’s not such a strong groundball pitcher than he can survive that kind of thing for long. He’ll face the Mariners next week.