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The Halos gave the 24-year-old hurler an opportunity to run with a spot in their starting rotation, but he stumbled to a 13.50 ERA, 3.86 WHIP and a 6/10 K/BB ratio over 4 2/3 innings through his first two starts. He’ll return to the rotation at Triple-A Salt Lake where he’ll attempt to get back on track.

It was quite the unusual day for Trout, who didn’t have anything close to a hard-hit ball. His exit velocities on a liner, a grounder and two shallow flies were 82, 64, 78 and 73 mph, but that was good enough for his first four-hit game since Apr. 26, 2021, when he went 4-for-5 against the Rangers. He last went 4-for-4 on Aug. 15, 2019 against the White Sox. The performance raised his average from .237 to .247, which is the highest he’s been since mid-May.

Soriano gave up three hits, walked three and struck out five. The run came in the fifth after a miscue on what should have been an inning-ending double play. Soriano has rebounded nicely with a 2.74 ERA in four starts this month. He’s due to make his next start at home against Milwaukee.

With the heart of the order coming up, the Angels used Ryan Zeferjahn with a three-run lead in the eighth today. He retired three out of four hitters to set up Sam Bachman for the save chance. Bachman, though, walked two of the three batters he faced, throwing just seven of his 18 pitches for strikes. Farris replaced him and gave up a two-run double to Luis Arraez with two outs before striking out Heliot Ramos to end the game. Both runs were charged to Bachman, of course. Farris’s first save came in his 22nd relief appearance this year. Zeferjahn still looks like the favorite for saves in Anaheim right now.

He struck out seven, but Jorge Soler and Jo Adell homered off him in a three-run fourth inning. Whisenhunt, who was recalled before the game, took his first loss after winning each of his previous two starts this year. He seems likely to stick in the San Francisco rotation this time around and face the Padres next weekend.

Soler hustled and barely beat out a potential inning-ending double play to plate a run in the first and then homered in the fourth. The Angels would like to see him put together a little hot streak here and give himself a little value before the trade deadline. If no one proves interested in him, which seems likely with him hitting .202/.288/.374 to date, he’ll probably be looking at a reduced role down the stretch.

Cavanaugh was scratched due to illness on Friday, though he appeared off the bench both in that game and again on Saturday. The four times on base today pushed his OBP up to .392 in 53 plate appearances. He doesn’t have any extra-base hits yet, but he’s contributing.

Right-hander Felix Doroteo will be the return, according to MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand. Urquidy had been at Triple-A since mid-April before being removed from the Pirates’ 40-man on Friday. The White Sox could be looking at him as a fifth starter or middle reliever.

The Cardinals never had a late-inning lead in the 10-inning loss to the Reds, but it was surprising not to see O’Brien in the tie game at some point. As it turned out,there was a good reason. Consider him day-to-day.

Interestingly, Schmidt did not mention his LSU commitment in his Instagram post announcing the decision, suggesting that he might be thinking about going to junior college and then reentering the draft next year. Schmidt, a left-handed pitcher, was viewed by many as a first-round talent before slipping to the 59th overall selection on draft day.

Cheng goes to make room for Curtis Mead on the active roster. He hit .256/.318/.282 in 44 plate appearances while helping to fill in for Trevor Story and Marcelo Mayer. Andruw Monasterio will serve as Boston’s everyday shortstop for now. Romy Gonzalez is probably the backup, though he hasn’t played the position in two years. Ceddanne Rafaela would probably be the better option, in truth.