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Misfortune struck for Schlittler in the sixth when Trent Grisham misplayed a fly ball to center, which put runners on second and third with only one out. An RBI groundout by Vinnie Pasquantino on the following at-bat drove in Garcia from third to give the Royals their first run on the day, but it would be an unearned run for Schlittler, who lowered his ERA on the season to 1.95. It’s a tough no-decision for Schlittler, who exited with a one-run lead only to see that lead evaporate in the eighth inning via a solo homer by Pasquantino. Schlittler has allowed three earned runs or fewer in every start this season and will look to pick up his third win of the year on Thursday against the Red Sox in Boston.

It looks like we’re not going to find out the actual problem until after the game. Leo Rivas replaced him at third base.

It figures to be a brief IL stint for Ryan, who might be next in line if a spot opens up in the Dodgers rotation. He’s pitched just twice for Oklahoma City, giving up four earned runs and striking out 10 in seven innings.

Shay Whitcomb entered in his place. Paredes was supposed to get tonight off, but the Astros had him pinch-hit for Nick Allen in the fourth. If Paredes can’t do Saturday, then Allen could again start at shortstop, with Carlos Correa playing third base.

“I’m not super concerned about it,” he said. “I obviously want to be on the field helping us win. Just going to get it looked at and kind of go from there.” Brice Matthews is more likely to play if Loperfido can’t go Saturday.

The Tigers found themselves on the receiving end of a tough loss after they took a scoreless tie into extras on Friday. McGonigle’s single in the first inning was one of just four hits for the Tigers on the night, as Ranger Suarez stifled them for eight innings of shutout ball. McGonigle has now hit safely in three-straight games and has reached base safely in his last seven.

Herrera has now homered twice in his last three games while hitting safely in four of his last five. Herrera singled in the fourth inning to drive home Pedro Pagés to give the Cardinals a 4-2 lead, and then smacked a two-run blast in the eighth to give the Cards a healthy 9-3 lead. Friday marks Herrera’s first multi-hit game of the season. While he’s starting to show a little more consistency at the plate, we need to see a few more games like Friday’s before assuming he’s out of this early slump.

Alvarez smacked a 378-foot homer into deep right-center in the third inning off Kyle Leahy for his eighth homer of the season and his second in three games. The left-handed slugger is now slashing .333/.479/.750 on the season and is tied with Aaron Judge for the league leader in home runs.

Lambert, who was called up to make the start on Friday, surprised with eight strikeouts, tying for the second-most strikeouts in his career. Lambert ran into trouble early in this one. The righty allowed three of the first four batters he faced to reach base, with an RBI single by Jordan Walker giving the Cardinals their first run on the day. After escaping the second inning unscathed, Lambert hit back-to-back batters to start the third inning, and then walked Alec Burleson to load the bases with no outs. He would then fire back-to-back strikeouts but was tagged for two more runs courtesy of an RBI single by Masyn Winn. He would pitch a 1-2-3 inning in the fifth to close out what was an up-and-down night in his first big league appearance since 2024. If he gets the nod again, Lambert will be on track to start on Wednesday at the Guardians.

Leahy made it through the first two innings without much of an issue, but the righty surrendered two solo homers in the third inning to Christian Vázquez and Yordan Alvarez to give the Astros their first two runs on the night. Leahy would get touched up for another solo homer in the fifth inning courtesy of Jose Altuve, but was solid when he was able to keep the ball in the park. Leahy has pitched five innings in three of his four starts this season, but is carrying a 5.21 ERA into his next start, which is scheduled for Wednesday against the Marlins.

Mitchell singled home Gary Sanchez in the fourth inning to give the Brewers a 1-0 lead, kickstarting a three-run fourth for the Brewers. In extras, Mitchell all but put the game out of reach for the Brewers when he doubled to drive in Joey Ortiz and Jake Bauers to put the Brewers up 7-4 in the 10th. Mitchell has four hits in his last 13 at-bats and has also drawn four walks in his last four games.