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Ziehl was the Yankees’ 18th-ranked prospect and is now officially a member of the White Sox. He will likely report to Double-A Birmingham for the remainder of the season.

Please, please let this be the sign that Bichette is finally turning the corner. After homering in his first at-bat on Thursday, he did the same here with a solo shot in the first inning against Spencer Strider. Then, he came up in the second with the bases loaded and blasted a grand slam. That made it three home runs in six at-bats after only having five all season before then. He chipped in a sac fly in his next plate appearance as well. While not as sexy as the home runs, it reminded us of the type of situational awareness Bichette has more so been known for in his career. He jumped up from a .607 OPS to a .635 OPS after this game alone and again, the hope is that he is finally getting himself back on track.

Williams was called upon in a tense situation in the eighth inning with runners on second and third in a three run game with two outs. He gave up a hit to Eli White there – that nearly went down the line if not for a diving effort from third baseman Brett Baty – then retired Rowdy Tellez to end that threat. Afterwards, Mauricio Dubón knocked a single in the ninth after a 14-pitch battle, but struck out Michael Harris and Matt Olson to close this one out. He’s now converted eight of his last nine save opportunities after what started out as a very choppy season.

In the midst of a frustrating set of starts, this one stands out as being particularly annoying. The Mets put up six runs in support of McLean over the first two innings and he still couldn’t hang on long enough to earn the win. His 42-pitch second inning was a huge reason for that. McLean gave up alternating hits and walks to the first five hitters he faced that frame to bring two runs in with the bases loaded and still nobody out. It was a pure Houdini act to get out of that without any more damage being done with plenty of help from Mauricio Dubón, who chased a 3-1 pitch out of the zone to pop-up and help neutralize the threat. Otherwise, the command of his often stellar breaking stuff remains choppy and he’s not putting away hitters – especially lefties – like he was earlier in the season. He’ll have another chance to right the ship next week against the Reds in Cincinnati.

The ball was flying out of Citi Field on a hot summer night with four total home runs. Olson cashed the only of which for his Braves and it was his 20th of the season. In doing so, he joined Kyle Schwarber, Yordan Alvarez, Byron Buxton and Munetaka Murakami as the only players to reach that mark yet in what’s been a massive bounce-back season power wise for Olson after hitting just 29 homers in each of the last two seasons.

It took a few innings, but Yesavage’s inability to challenge the Yankees’ hitters in the zone finally came back to bite him. He walked four hitters over the first four innings without allowing a run, mostly because he practically refused to throw a pitch in the zone. So, he was never squared up and got the chases necessary to end the threats that he created. Then, it came crashing down in the fifth after a double, another walk, sacrifice fly, and home run by Cody Bellinger. He ran into trouble again to start the sixth, was pulled, and both inherited runners came around to score. This makes three out of four starts where he’s allowed at least five runs and now has a 3.87 ERA, 47 strikeouts, and 25 walks across 47 2/3 innings so far this season. He’s scheduled to face the Red Sox in Fenway Park next time out.

Muncy’s double tied the game at 4-4 in the sixth. He also singled and scored to make it 6-4 in the eighth. Muncy is 3-for-12 with four RBI in three games since coming off the injured list. His sky-high strikeout rate and middling defense make it unclear whether he’s the right option for the A’s at third base, but he should be in line for plenty of playing time now with Zack Gelof likely to make starts all over the place.

Jump got through five scoreless before allowing two singles and a walk to open the sixth. Justin Sterner came in and wound up surrendering a sac fly and a three-run homer to put the A’s down 4-2 and raise Jump’s ERA from 1.93 to 3.05. Even though he was pitching on the moon tonight, Jump still hasn’t allowed a homer in 23 1/3 innings as a major leaguer. He’ll face the Pirates in Sacramento next week.

Harris retired Troy Johnston to end the eighth and then struck out two batters in a scoreless ninth to lower his ERA to 2.67. Harris is the favorite for saves in the Athletics pen right now, but because he is the team’s best left-handed reliever, he will pitch earlier in games at times.

The quick hook was a product of Sullivan feeling ill during the outing. Still, he was effective while averaging just 87.6 mph with his fastball. He was at 89.0 mph in his 11 starts in Triple-A before getting the call on Friday. Odds are that he’ll head back to Albuquerque for now.

Carrigg has two homers while going 4-for-15 in four starts since being called up Tuesday. That the Rockies have played all four games in terrific offensive environments makes judgements on his performance premature, but he’s still a nice option in these next two games, at least.