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Sweet was removed from Philadelphia’s 40-man roster back in August and spent the entire season at Triple-A Lehigh Valley, compiling an inflated 5.08 ERA across 51 1/3 innings over 46 appearances. The 29-year-old righty hasn’t appeared in the big leagues since making seven appearances between the Athletics and Mariners back in 2023.

Devers led off the second inning with a mammoth solo blast off Ryne Nelson. It was a 111.2 mph shot at 441 feet to center field. He later added a double in the fifth for his second extra-base hit. It’s been a much better month for Devers, who hit .207 with two homers through April. He’s now hitting .318 with four homers in May, raising his season line to .246/.292/.401 with six homers and 20 RBI across 202 plate appearances.

Adames went back-to-back with Rafael Devers in the second inning, taking Ryne Nelson deep for a solo home run. He later drew a walk in the eighth. The 30-year-old shortstop is coming around at the plate after hitting .197 through April. He’s hit .314 in May, giving him a .240/.277/.391 slash line with five homers, 19 runs scored, and 15 RBI across 202 plate appearances.

Caleb Kilian entered with the bases loaded and one out in the eighth and induced a ground ball double play to get out of the jam. Up by two runs, he returned for the ninth and allowed a run on two hits with two outs. After another runner reached on catcher’s interference, Gage took over to face Ketel Marte, who walked it off with a three-run blast. Between ineffective pitching and unpredictable usage, the Giants’ situation has been a tough one to chase for saves.

Nelson tossed a scoreless first inning, then was hit hard in the second. He surrendered back-to-back solo homers to Rafael Devers and Willy Adames before a single and a double brought in a third run. Nelson then settled in to keep the Giants off the board for five more frames, ending his day after seven at 88 pitches. The 28-year-old right-hander will take a 5.19 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, and a 46/16 K/BB ratio across 52 innings into a start against the Rockies in Arizona on Sunday.

Roupp gave up a little league home run to Corbin Carroll in the first inning after a throwing error allowed him to score on a triple. That would be all the Diamondbacks could do against him as Roupp went five more scoreless frames, scattering six more hits with three strikeouts. The 27-year-old right-hander will take a 3.27 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, and a 61/21 K/BB ratio across 55 innings into a rematch against the Diamondbacks in San Francisco on Tuesday.

Turang’s big blast was a Wrigley Field-only homer into the basket in left-center. That’s where he’s been hitting them, though; none of Turang’s seven homers this year have gone down either line. This was the second to left-center, with the other five all going to center. The 26-year-old has been one of the NL’s best players while hitting .292/.413/.497. He’s tied for third in the majors with 39 runs scored and tied for 30th with 29 RBI.

Misiorowski threw just 74 pitches tonight. According to MLB.com’s Adam McCalvy, he indicated prior to the sixth that he had just one inning left in him on a night in which he had some difficulty with the pitching mound. It doesn’t sound like anything is wrong beyond that, though. Misiorowski allowed three hits and walked one. He leads the majors with 88 strikeouts and is sixth with a 1.89 ERA through 10 starts. He’ll get the Cardinals next.

Give an assist to Aaron Ashby, who allowed two runs in the eighth to turn what had been a 5-0 game into a save situation. Trevor Megill had the seventh in this one and also turned in a perfect inning. Uribe had set up Megill’s save with a perfect eighth in his previous appearance on Friday, but after tonight, it looks like he’s still the favorite for saves in Milwaukee.

Brown struck out six and generated 15 whiffs on 42 swings tonight, but he allowed seven hits and nine hard-hit balls. Still, that’s not a disaster. Brown got up to 82 pitches tonight after throwing 46 and 65 in his first two starts, both of which saw him pitch four scoreless innings. This would be a good time to pick him up in leagues in which he’s still available, as he has a two-start week against the Pirates and Cardinals coming up.

Hamilton is now 10-for-13 stealing bases. Unfortunately, though he has been walking and running, he just hasn’t done much hitting while seeing time at shortstop and third base for the Brewers. He’s at .229/.331/.248 through 127 plate appearances. It seems like only a matter of time before the Brewers shake up their Hamilton-Joey Ortiz-Luis Rengifo-for-two-spots mix by giving Cooper Pratt or Jett Williams or even Eddys Leonard a try. Williams, for what it’s worth, is playing third base nearly exclusively as of late.