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Domínguez entered a tie game with two outs and Daulton Varsho on second in the ninth and struck out Kazuma Okamoto to end the threat. He would have stranded the automatic runner in the 10th, but on a two-out grounder to third, Miguel Vargas was a little off on his throw to first and Munetaka Murakami came off the bag on his stretch, resulting on an error on Vargas (though Murakami was at least a much at fault). That led to a doubly unearned run, since the automatic runner can’t be an earned run anyway. Domínguez then retired Jesús Sánchez and got the win after the White Sox scored twice in the bottom of the inning.

He catches on after eight days on the free-agent market following his release from the Diamondbacks. He’ll likely be extra depth for the Nationals at Triple-A Rochester assuming he’s healthy.

It’s not surprising that Wallner is sitting against a lefty, but that makes three of the last four games where he’s sat. Wallner is in a major funk, hitting .168/.275/.284 in 27 games so far. James Outman is hitting ninth in Wallner’s absence.

The Yankees are still awaiting some clarity on Dominguez, but obviously this isn’t a good sign. Paul Goldschmidt is playing first base and leading off while Ben Rice plays DH in Dominguez’s absence tonight.

Matt Shaw pinch-hit and took over at second base. This doesn’t sound especially serious at this point, but we’re sure we’ll get a real update at some point in the next 24 hours. Hoerner had already gotten a hit and scored a run, and was hitting .291/.370/.449 with four homers and seven stolen bases entering the game — he’s been one of the MVPs for fantasy baseball up to this point.

With Brandon Woodruff on the injured list, McGee will hang around and soak up some low-leverage innings from the club if needed. It seems likely that Shane Drohan will either start or have a bulk role for the Brewers during what would have been Woodruff’s next turn through the rotation.

Woof. It’s not a surprise after Woodruff was pulled in the second inning of his last start with a major velocity drop. Brewers manager Pat Murphy said that Woodruff told him he doesn’t feel like he’s injured, but that it was a dead arm situation. We’ll see where this heads, but shoulder injuries for pitchers are not auspicious signs. The optimistic case is that Woodruff is able to shake this off and return in a few weeks with his regular velocity.

The primary second baseman is taking a seat for Jorbit Vivas, which enables the Nationals to get Curtis Mead into the lineup. Nuñez is off to a .202/.312/.213 start, but he does have a league-leading 14 stolen bases in 16 attempts so far, making him fantasy-interesting. We hope this isn’t the start of a cooling trend for his playing time, but a .525 OPS isn’t exactly screaming that Nuñez has to play every day.

Yelich is hitting flips from coaches and off a tee, and has resumed light running as he tries to come back from a groin strain. He has “several weeks” of rehab work ahead, which sounds like he may be on the longer side of that potential recovery timeline.

Grichuk cleared waivers. Instead of becoming a RailRider, he will search for a new home. The 34-year-old was off to a .194/.212/.323 start for the Yankees in 33 plate appearances as a lefty-masher. A career .268/.318/.498 hitter against left-handed pitchers, Grichuk should be able to find work elsewhere.