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Thomas knocked a base hit in the third inning, then later took Sean Burke deep for a solo homer in the fifth for his first of the season. The 25-year-old outfielder has struggled so far on the year, hitting .185/.221/.338 with seven runs scored, eight RBI, and three steals across 69 plate appearances.

The Padres did literally nothing all game offensively as Jacob Misiorowski set them down with ease. Then, a two-out single by Miguel Andujar in the ninth inning off Abner Uribe led to a walk by Xander Bogaerts before Sheets stepped to the plate. He promptly smacked a go-ahead home run that barely cleared the right field wall and left the Milwaukee crowd stunned. That was Sheets’ seventh long ball of the year as he’s carved out a nice role against right-handed hitters for San Diego.

After a clutch Gavin Sheets home run to put the Padres up in the top of the ninth, Miller came in for the bottom of the frame to slam the door. He allowed a lead-off single, but retired the next three to draw himself even with Cade Smith at 13 saves to lead the league. We’re almost numb to his 102 mph fastballs and diabolical sliders at this point because of how consistent he’s been this season.

King is so much fun to watch when he has everything clicking. His fastball and changeup each forced four swings-and-misses and he was tunneling those two pitches beautifully off each other against left-handed batters. At the same time, his sinker-sweeper combo tormented right-handers. The only run he gave up came after a single by Sal Frelick following an eight-pitch battler, bunt hit, and two straight fielder’s choices. He’ll look to take this momentum into a two-start week against the Dodgers and Athletics with both starts coming at home.

Just as he’d gotten himself firmly back on track, Uribe crumbled here. He retired the first two hitters in the ninth while clinging to a one run lead, but gave up a single to Miguel Andujar. Then, he walked Xander Bogaerts which set up Gavin Sheets to hit a go-ahead three-run homer. He hadn’t blown a save in a month and should remain the preferred closing option for the Brewers should there be no more hiccups in the near future.

In his seventh game back from a hand fracture that took the first six weeks from his season, Chourio stole his first base of the season. He’s yet to hit a home run, but is spraying hits all over the field going 9-for-27 so far with three doubles.

There are no words for this guy. His fastball averaged 100.6 mph in this start – yes, averaged – and forced a whopping 13 swings-and-misses. Specifically in the first innings, he threw 16 of them and they averaged 102.0 mph. Even to close out his start he threw fastballs at 102.0, 101.9, and 103.2 mph on his final three pitches to punch out Nick Castellanos and finish off another gem. It’s a marvel anyone can even put their bat on the ball against him when he’s clicking like this. That being said, the Padres barely did as Misiorowski retired the final 14 batters he faced. Also, it’s important to note that he left this game after warming up ahead of the eighth inning with quad cramps. The injury didn’t seem serious, as Misiorowski chuckled a bit as manager Pat Murphy came to yank him before the inning formally began. Regardless, it’s now been three consecutive starts since the last time he allowed an earned run and sports 2.12 ERA on the season to go along with 80 strikeouts and 17 walks across 51 innings. This is an ace to the highest degree and is set for a huge two-start week coming up against the Cubs and Dodgers. Get your popcorn ready for those two games.

The Twins are going to push rookie Connor Prielipp’s next start back a couple days in an effort to manage his workload. Matthews will get the call to fill the spot in Minnesota’s rotation vacated by Taj Bradley (pectoral) after he hit the injured list last weekend. The 25-year-old has compiled an inflated 4.72 ERA, 1.52 WHIP and 33/11 K/BB ratio across 34 1/3 innings over seven starts for Triple-A St. Paul this season. He struggled to a bloated 5.56 ERA over 79 1/3 innings across 16 starts with the Twins last year. He’s an intriguing talent, but the results haven’t been there consistently enough for fantasy managers to trust him as a streaming option, even against a relatively weak Marlins lineup.

Burger took Diamondbacks starter Ryne Nelson deep in the fifth inning to put the Rangers ahead. It was his seventh long ball of the season and second time he’s gone deep since May 1. The -year-old first baseman came through in the biggest moment of the night when he smacked a game-tying single against Arizona’s veteran closer Paul Sewald with two outs in the ninth inning before Danny Jansen followed with a game-winning single.

Carroll reached base safely in four of his five plate appearances and also picked up his fifth stolen base of the year. He sparked a late rally for Arizona with a ninth-inning double against Rangers stopper Jacob Latz before coming around to score the tying run on Nolan Arenado’s double later in the frame.

Latz was called upon to protect a one-run lead in the ninth inning and would up surrendering the lead almost immediately. He gave up a leadoff double to Corbin Carroll, uncorked a wild pitch and issued a walk to Geraldo Perdomo before Nolan Arenado followed with a game-tying double. He was pulled after coughing up a two-run single to Ildemaro Vargas. Fortunately, the Rangers managed to rally in the bottom of the ninth to take him off the hook for the loss.