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Morgan pitched three scoreless innings for a bullpen-saving save in his Royals debut on Saturday. He’ll return to give the pen a fresh arm through the weekend.

Valdez gave up five hits, walked four and struck out five. He improved to 8-8 on the season. One unearned run scored in the fifth inning on a throwing error by second baseman Hao-Yu Lee. With one on and two outs in the sixth inning, Valdez issued back-to-back walks and a bases-clearing double to Nick Yorke, who also scored after Valdez was removed from the game. Valdez has a 4.35 ERA in what has mostly been a disappointing first season with the Tigers. He’s lined up to face the Royals on the road on Sunday.

McLean didn’t really deserve this win, but he can thank his outfielders. Carson Benge threw runners out at home on back-to-back singles in the first inning, and then A.J. Ewing cut down Xander Bogaerts at home in the second. That sequence saw seven consecutive batters reach base against McLean over the two innings, but just one run scored. McLean cleaned it up from there, allowing just one single and two walks over the remaining four innings. He’s now 9-8 with a 3.34 ERA, and he’s due to face the White Sox next.

Kodai Senga was given the night off after working two of the previous three days. Duarte, on the other hand, was allowed to make it three out of four days. He should rest Tuesday, with Senga likely back available for the ninth.

Buehler has completed six innings in back-to-back starts for the first time this year. This goes as his first loss since July 6, but he did his job while allowing just two hits and two walks. Buehler is due to face the Twins on Sunday. Joe Musgrove should be back after that, leaving the Padres with a decision to make on who to bounce from the rotation. Buehler probably has an edge over Randy Vásquez at this point.

Romero adds that Marte, who was placed on the restricted list by the Diamondbacks after failing to show up to Fenway Park for Monday’s series opener against the Red Sox, doesn’t have an estimated return date at the moment. It’s a complicated situation and fantasy managers should brace for the possibility that Marte is away from the club for an extended period. There should be a definitive update from the Diamondbacks on his status relatively soon.

Cincinnati was down to their final out when Myers came off the bench to take Cardinals reliever Peter Strzelecki deep for an equalizing homer. The 30-year-old went deep in both games of Monday’s twin bill with his heroics in the nightcap setting up teammate Elly De La Cruz’s walk-off single in the 10th inning.

Walker notched his ninth three-hit performance of the season, while also picking up his 17th stolen base of the season in the process. The 24-year-old former top prospect has put it all together after struggling for a couple seasons at the outset of his big-league career. He’s blasted 24 homers and is three steals shy of joining the exlusive 20-homer, 20-steal club. That’ll work.

Lowder authored the longest start of his professional career, helping to spare Cincinnati’s bullpen during the nightcap affair of a twin bill at Great American Ball Park. The 24-year-old gave up eight hits, including a solo homer to Iván Herrera. He finished with five strikeouts and also issued two walks. He’ll close out a two-start week with a road matchup against the Diamondbacks on Saturday.

Pallante got the ball for the second game of Monday’s doubleheader and managed to somehow keep the ball in the yard, despite allowing 10 hits across six frames. He struck out five and only handed out one free pass. He gave up an early run before silencing Cincinnati into the sixth inning before surrendering three runs on hits from Michael Toglia and Héctor Rodríguez in the frame. He’ll face the Phillies to wrap up a two-start week on Saturday.