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Webb walked three and struck out six while posting a 25 percent whiff rate and throwing 64 percent of his pitches for strikes. Webb has struggled a bit with the ABS strike zone because he’s simply not getting the same amount of called strikes on fringe pitches that he used to. He was already a pitcher who could hurt your WHIP in fantasy, so this has not been a great development. We wouldn’t sell low because he remains a strong pitcher who could bounce back, beginning next week against the Nationals.

Bolton appears to be yet another injury to the Astros’ pitching staff, and he appeared to be dealing with some sort of tightness in his shoulder area before leaving. The right-hander walked the bases loaded, and was then lifted after two strikes to Brendan Donovan. The specifics on why Bolton had to exit should be available shortly.

Fernandez plated Geraldo Perdomo with a game-tying RBI single off of Jose Alvarado in the eighth inning, then raced around to score the go-ahead run on an RBI knock off the bat of Adrian Del Castillo. The 22-year-old continues to impress with the Diamondbacks, slashing .333/.333/.528 with two homers, seven RBI and a stolen base through his first 36 big league plate appearances.

Sewald wasn’t messing around in this one, getting Alec Bohm on a swinging third strike and Rafael Marchan to pop out to second before freezing Justin Crawford on a called third strike to end the ballgame. He continues to build up job security at the back end of the Diamondbacks’ bullpen, converting each of his first five save chances with a 2.84 ERA, 0.63 WHIP and a 9/0 K/BB ratio over his first 6 1/3 innings of work.

The 30-year-old right-hander walked one and struck out two on the day. He kept the Phillies off the board through his first five innings of work, but things fell apart for him in the sixth. There, he allowed a leadoff double to Justin Crawford, a two-run blast to Trea Turner, a double to Kyle Schwarber, an RBI double to Bryce Harper and a single to Brandon Marsh before exiting. He was fortunate that none of those inherited runners scored. Gallen got just four swings and misses on 84 offerings, registering a miserable CSW of just 21 percent. He’ll look to bounce back as he brings a 3.60 ERA, 1.45 WHIP and an 11/7 K/BB ratio (20 innings) into next weekend’s start against the Blue Jays.

Turner connected on an opposite-field 359-foot (97.5 mph EV) two-run shot off of Zac Gallen that tied the score at 2-2 in the sixth inning. He also singled in the ballgame. The 32-year-old shortstop is off to a bit of a slow start by his standards, hitting just .254/.299/.365 with one homer, five RBI and one stolen base through his first 15 games.

Painter was actually scratched from the start due to a migraine, only to enter in the third inning and dominate from that point onward. He scattered three hits and one walk on the afternoon, with the lone tally against him coming on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Nolan Arenado in the sixth. He generated 14 whiffs on 80 pitches on the day — five of those on his slider — while posting a strong CSW of 36 percent. He’ll carry a 3.77 ERA, 1.33 WHIP and a 16/3 K/BB ratio (14 1/3 innings) into Saturday’s matchup against the Braves.

Yelich was unable to continue after the fifth inning due to the injury. The 34-year-old will likely undergo testing on the hamstring to determine his status going forward, but even if there’s no structural issues, there’s a decent chance Yelich will be out for a game or two. Gary Sanchez likely will be the DH if that takes place.