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Many of Luzardo’s troubles this season have come when runners get on base. He allowed the first two batters to reach in the second inning, then struck out the following two and induced a flyout to escape the jam. He held the Marlins scoreless through six before giving up a two-run homer to Esteury Ruiz in the seventh. Luzardo’s day would be done with one out in the seventh at 102 pitches. He generated 16 whiffs to strike out ten batters. The 28-year-old left-hander will look to keep chipping away at his ratios when he takes a 5.09 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, and a 51/9 K/BB ratio across 40 2/3 innings into a start against the Rockies in Philadelphia on Friday.

Vientos took Jack Kochanowicz and Nick Sandlin deep for his sixth career two-homer game. He hadn’t had even a multi-RBI game this season while hitting .238/.287/.363 coming into the day. He’s getting to play regularly of late because of all of the Mets’ injuries, but he’ll need to be a steadier run producer in order to keep the lineup spot for good.

While the Mets’ other four starters are a combined 2-13, Holmes has opened the campaign 4-2 with a 1.69 ERA, and he still hasn’t allowed more than two runs in any of his seven starts. He’s due to face the Diamondbacks next time out.

It’s still another quality start for the 24-year-old. He’s already matched his 2025 total of four quality starts in 16 fewer tries (seven versus 23), and two of his three misses this year have seen him pulled just one out short of qualifying. Kochanowicz still doesn’t inspire much confidence as a fantasy starter, but his emergence has been huge for the Angels. He’ll take a 2-1 record and a 3.05 ERA into his next start against the Blue Jays.

Statcast thinks Semien has been fairly unlucky to hit .213/.265/.279, but he’s both striking out a little more than usual and hitting the ball not quite as hard as usual, which is a bad combination. It’s quite possible that he’s done as a mixed-league infielder at age 35.

Lowe had a couple of hard-hit flyballs today, but as per usual this season, he got a little too far under both to hit them out. Lowe’s 24-degree launch angle this season is one of the highest marks in the league and far higher than his career average of 13 degrees. Maybe he’ll figure it out, but he’s been a big liability thus far.

Soderstrom has been struggling against lefties — he came into the day 4-for-38 — so it was nice to see him homer off Parker Messick. He’ll face another good one in Christopher Sánchez when the A’s face the Phillies on Tuesday.

Civale moved to 3-1 with a 2.95 ERA, making him quite the early season surprise. However, both his 18 percent strikeout rate and 29 percent groundball rates are career lows, and if anything, he’s a worse bet now than he was on Opening Day. He’ll likely face the Orioles on Saturday.

Messick struck out six and walked none, but the A’s got to him for three homers today. It’s the first time in seven starts this season that he’s given up four runs. He’ll face the Twins next time out.

McNeil was just happy to be in the lineup against Parker Messick, as he started against a lefty for only the fourth time this season. He’s batting .314/.379/.422 on the season, and he’ll probably keep getting more chances against lefties with Max Muncy out.

DeLauter’s first homer in exactly a month wasn’t the most majestic of shots; at 95.3 mph, it barely rated as a hard-hit ball, and it would have stayed in play in 17 ballparks. Still, it was a nice cap to an exceptional series for the rookie; DeLauter went 8-for-11 with three walks against the A’s, and he’s hit in eight straight overall, raising his average from .224 to .304.