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Albies roped a double into the right field corner after a wild pitch staked the Braves to a 3-2 lead to make it 5-2, then tacked on a solo shot in the ninth inning to conclude the game’s scoring. Now hitting .297/.342/.475 in what can only be called a bounceback season to this point, Albies has five homers in his first 101 plate appearances. If you drafted him as a low-end starter in a shallow league, you’re feeling pretty good about how things have gone so far.

Lopez gets the boot after allowing seven runs over just two innings of work against the Yankees on Sunday. He’s forged an ugly 6.75 ERA, and the A’s will hope the 28-year-old can work things out in the Pacific Coast League. A replacement should be announced shortly.

Adames’ sixth career grand slam was the fourth for the Giants in May. He went 0-for-8 in the first two games of the series at Coors Field, but he’s been very good for three weeks now, hitting .325 with five homers, six doubles and 17 RBI in his last 20 games.

Ray’s double-error on a comebacker he threw into right field cost him two runs in the fourth. The initial error there was kind of tough, though, considering he had a broken bat flying in his general direction while moving to pick up the ball. Ray struck out six today. His real problem was that it took him 96 pitches to get his 12 outs, costing him what should have been an easy win. But if there was any chance of the Giants sending him back out for the fifth, it disappeared as the offense scored seven runs in a long top of the inning. Ray will take on the Cubs next weekend.

Robbie Ray was ineligible for a win after throwing four innings, so it went to Kilian for his scoreless frame with a 12-5 lead. It hardly makes up for him giving up five runs on Friday, but it had to provide a little confidence boost to put in a good inning at Coors Field. He’s probably still going to be in the mix for saves in San Francisco.

Gordon allowed two runs over three innings before giving up a double and hitting a batter to start the fourth. That was enough to get him pulled after 75 pitches, and both runners came around to score off Brennan Bernardino. Gordon has a 6.37 ERA through two starts and seven relief appearances. If he stays in the rotation, he’ll face the Brewers at home next weekend.

It’s kind of remarkable that Eldridge had a game like this with the Giants scoring 19 runs yet only wound up with the one RBI on his homer. However, all four of his hits came leading off an inning after Matt Chapman made an out to end the previous frame. The two times he did come up with men on turned into his outs. It was still a great day for Eldridge, who hit balls 453, 419 and 354 feet at Coors. He matched his previous season totals of one homer and four runs scored from his first 17 games.

The first double was a popup down the left field line that was originally ruled foul and overturned. The last hit was a single, but Devers still ended up on third on that one, as the Rockies just kept throwing the ball around. It’s Devers’ third career three-double game. The others both came in 2019, and one actually saw him collect four doubles. It was also his third career game with four runs scored. All of those have come since the start of last year.

That’s an 11-hit series for Lee, who went 4-for-5 on Friday and 2-for-4 with a triple last night. The five hits today were a new high for him since arriving in the U.S. He’s raised his average from .268 to .304 in three games since coming off the injured list.

Duran’s 375-foot triple to the wall in left was a homer in 20 ballparks, according to Statcast. In Globe Life, though, it probably would have been caught by a better left fielder than Isaac Collins. So, Duran should be good with the triple. He’s been arguably the Rangers’ best position player while hitting .288/.341/.460 with 31 RBI in 180 plate appearances to date.

Leiter struck out 10 for the second time this month and the fourth time in his career. He still hasn’t topped that figure, but he probably will at some point before season’s end. Leiter got the win, making him 3-4 with a 4.34 ERA. He’s tied for 14th in the majors with his 74 strikeouts in 66 1/3 innings. He’s a decent option in mixed leagues in another home start against Cleveland next weekend.