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Carlson winds up with a spot on Chicago’s season-opening roster with Seiya Suzuki (knee) requiring a trip to the injured list. The 27-year-old former top prospect has bounced around the past couple seasons. He hit .203 with six homers in 83 games for the Orioles last year.

The Astros announced that Allen is available to play, so it appears that Houston just wants to add some more offense into the lineup for Saturday’s game. Carlos Correa will move to shortstop, and Shay Whitcomb will handle third base and hit ninth in Allen’s absence.

Carpenter brought the first run in to score in the first inning on a bases-loaded walk. He added one more in the fourth, taking Brayan Bello deep for a solo homer to right field. Carpenter later added a base hit in the eighth, reaching for a third time. The 28-year-old slugger had been off to a relatively slow start, but is now up to four home runs while slashing .218/.318/.455 with 12 RBI across 66 plate appearances.

Jansen was summoned in the ninth inning to close out the game with a three-run lead against the Red Sox. He worked around a base hit, keeping Boston off the board to record his fifth save of the season. The 38-year-old right-hander has continued to get all of the save chances in Detroit despite speculation that the team could go to a committee approach once he reached third on the career saves list.

Skubal was sharp to start his day, tossing three perfect frames before walking the leadoff man in the fourth. He got into some trouble in the fifth, loading the bases on two hits and a walk. The Red Sox would bring just one run home on a groundout. Skubal allowed the first two runners to reach in the sixth before leaving them stranded once again. Ten strikeouts on 19 whiffs certainly help. The 29-year-old left-hander ends the day with an excellent 2.08 ERA, 0.96 WHIP, and a 33/6 K/BB ratio across 30 1/3 innings. He’ll take on the Brewers in Detroit on Thursday.

Bello loaded the bases with two singles and a walk, then walked in a run in the first inning before getting out of trouble. After a long 35-pitch first inning, he bounced back with a clean second. He had retired eight straight until Kerry Carpenter took him deep for a solo homer in the fourth inning. Detroit tacked on two more runs in the inning on a walk and two hits. Bello would be done after four innings at 84 pitches, only 48 for strikes. The 26-year-old right-hander ends the day with a 6.75 ERA, 1.93 WHIP, and a 13/12 K/BB ratio across 18 2/3 innings. He lines up for a start against the Yankees in Boston on Thursday.

The Dodgers believe that Treinen is ok, but they’ll take no chances and have the 37-year-old undergo testing. There should be a status update on Treinen before the conclusion of Saturday’s contest.

Fermin missed the last two days after he was hit in the mask by a foul tip. The 30-year-old backstop will hit eighth and handle catching duties with Germán Márquez on the bump for San Diego.

Kelly batted for designated hitter Moisés Ballesteros after the Mets replaced Freddy Peralta with lefty Brooks Raley in the sixth and hit a 431-foot homer on the first pitch he saw. Kelly is batting .340/.450/.520 with two homers, 10 RBI and 10 walks in 60 plate appearances. Miguel Amaya is doing a nice job, too, hitting .273/.400/.394, but he’s just not gaining any ground in the battle for playing time.

A Mark Vientos solo homer was the only damage. Taillon generated 14 whiffs and 48 swings and struck out four while lowering his ERA to 3.97. He’s a mixed-league option against weaker lineups, but that doesn’t apply next week, as he’s due to face the Dodgers.

It’s Thielbar’s sixth career save in 10 seasons. Ben Brown set him up by allowing only an unearned run between the seventh and eighth. Brown is the guy with closer-type stuff in the Cubs pen right now, but the team obviously wants him to continue throwing multiple innings at a time. He still might wind up with the occasional save, but Thielbar and Jacob Webb are also going to factor in here.