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Despite going 0-for-17 in March, Jung is currently hitting .299 on the season. He’s at .371/.430/.671 with four homers in April alone. Statcast thinks the slugging percentage is mostly a mirage, but it is really encouraging that he’s striking out just 17.5 percent of the time this year. His career rate coming into the season was 27.9 percent.

García homered off Jeffrey Springs in the fifth and then singled and scored during a four-run rally in the eighth. He’s hitting .311 with two homers and eight RBI in his last 12 games. That still leaves him with a .707 OPS overall, but as the Phillies’ primary cleanup hitter, he remains pretty intriguing in mixed leagues.

He allowed five hits, walked one and struck out four. Wheeler averaged 95.0 mph with his fastball tonight, up from 94.3 mph in his season debut, so it seems like he just might wind up close to his 2024 average of 96.1 mph as he continues to build up. That’s great news for those who stashed him in drafts this spring. He’ll face the Red Sox next.

As suspected, the Phillies avoided Jhoan Duran tonight after he threw 27 pitches in his return from the IL on Tuesday. That means one more save chance for Keller, who will mostly pitch the eighth with Duran back. He gave up a leadoff single and then a walk with one out and another with two outs before Jacob Wilson grounded out to end the game.

Springs struck out four and walked none before leaving with a one-run lead, which was later blown. Springs left his last start with hip soreness, but he definitely seemed healthy tonight and was actually throwing a little harder than usual. He’ll bring a 3-2 record and a 3.89 ERA into his start against the Cardinals on Tuesday. He’s also due to face the Giants in a two-start week, making him an intriguing streaming option.

Perkins actually came in for the seventh with a 3-2 lead tonight. He got through that without incident, but he retired just one of the five batters he faced in the eighth, with a Jeff McNeil error on a possible double-play ball damaging the cause. He was pulled with the A’s down 4-3, and the Phillies got two more runs after he left. It’s possible Perkins would have been left in to try for the three-inning save if the eighth had gone better; he’s pitched 2 1/3 innings twice this season, and he was working on five days of rest. He’s still probably the favorite for saves on the A’s for the moment.

Alonso kicked off the scoring with a 403-foot moonshot to left-center field off Marlins starter Eury Pérez in the opening frame. It was his fourth round-tripper in his last nine games. The 31-year-old slugger has really turned it on recently, hitting .412 (7-for-17) in six games since the start of May.

Marsee brought home a pair of runs in the opening frame when he lifted a two-out double into the left-center field gap. The 24-year-old center fielder has gotten off to a rough start this season, hitting .180/.294/.259 with one homer, 10 RBI and 10 steals through 36 games. He’s striking out a bit more than he did as a rookie last year and he’s simply not hitting for any kind of power, which his alarming after he hit five homers in 55 games last year.

Henderson has struck out in 31.5 percent of his 168 plate appearances this season, which is an alarming development considering he whiffed just 21 percent of the time in 651 plate appearances last year and has never battled strikeout issues before. It’s too early to draw any firm conclusions, but Henderson’s elevated strikeout rate is going to pull down the rest of his offensive profile. He’s batting .201/.262/.429 with nine homers, 19 RBI and five steals through 36 games.

Garcia was summoned to protect a three-run lead in the final frame and needed just 15 pitches (nine strikes) to slam the door. He issued a leadoff walk to Owen Caissie, but was able to get Otto Lopez to ground into a double play before striking out Javier Sanoja to end it. The 32-year-old journeyman has done an excellent job filling in for an injured Ryan Helsley (elbow) recently and should continue handling save chances for the Orioles.

Young was staked to an early three-run lead but wound up giving it all back in the first inning. He settled in nicely afterwards, keeping Miami off the scoreboard into the late innings. He finished with five strikeouts and walked three batters. It was a much-needed rebound performance after getting shelled for 10 runs his last time out against the Astros. He’ll bring a respectable 4.35 ERA, 1.45 WHIP and 14/8 K/BB ratio across 20 2/3 innings into a home outing against the Yankees on Tuesday.