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Jones didn’t end up making an appearance after being called up earlier this week to Miami’s bullpen. The 28-year-old was removed from the club’s roster to make room for top prospect Robby Snelling.

It took Eovaldi five innings to even feel a moment of stress in this one. He faced just two batters over the minimum over that stretch and was still able to grit his teeth over the final two frames to turn in this seven inning gem. This is now consecutive starts where Eovaldi has struck out exactly nine batters and walked just one. Plus, this was his third straight quality start. He now has a 3.95 ERA, 101 strikeouts, and 23 walks through 100 1/3 innings so far this season. Next up, he’s scheduled to face the Guardians at home.

Latz made this one more interesting than he needed to by walking Brandon Valenzuela to lead-off the inning in a one-run game, but still managed to get the job down in under 15 total pitches. Oddly enough, in one of the strangest single inning anomalies you’ll ever see, all three of the following outs he recorded were caught in foul territory. That’s baseball, Suzyn. As for Latz, he’s in the midst of an All-Star caliber season with a 1.85 ERA and 0.67 WHIP through 39 innings.

Langford is a man on a mission right now. He singled to lead-off the game and then came around to score two batters later. Then, he reached on an infield single in his next at-bat and was thrown out trying to stretch it to second when the ball squeaked away. He smoked a double his next time up and already had three hits by the fourth inning. Out of 20 games since returning from the injured list, he’s hit safely in 15 of them and is trying his best to put his slow start to the season behind him.

After falling behind 5-0 by the third inning, the Blue Jays made this a one run game late. Okamoto’s eighth inning blast is what made it so close, but they fell short there. Not meant to come to the big leagues with huge power, his 19 home runs trail only Junior Caminero for most among all third basemen and he’s on pace for over 100 RBI as well.

Corbin didn’t have it from the get-go. The Rangers jumped on him for three runs in the first inning and he had to dance out of trouble or else it would’ve been worse. It took him 34 pitches just to get through that frame and then Justin Foscue took him deep for a two-run shot in the third. He held on until the fifth, but was pulled before facing some of the Rangers’ righties for a third time. On the season, he has a 5.09 ERA and is scheduled to face the Mets at home next time out.

Kurtz also had a 370-foot flyout to left that would have been a homer in 16 ballparks, according to Statcast. He’s hitting .261/.393/.602 with nine homers this month, and though he’s not a finalist in the AL All-Star balloting in first base, it would be quite the shocker if he doesn’t represent the A’s next month.

Ginn struck out five and walked one in improving to 6-4 with a 3.15 ERA. He remains a very dangerous pickup in one of the league’s worst situations for pitchers in Sacramento, but his improvement bodes well for the eventual hopeful return to contention for the Las Vegas A’s.

Ureña got through four scoreless in just 36 pitches, but the fifth was a very different story, as he gave up two walks and six singles before finally being lifted. Ureña overall has been quite impressive in going 5-6 with a 3.14 ERA as a 22-year-old for a directionless franchise. It bodes well for the long haul, but he still doesn’t seem like a very good bet for the short term. He’ll likely make his next start Thursday against the Mariners.

Meyer struck out five and walked two while induing mostly soft contact tonight; just three of the 17 balls in play against him were hit hard. It’s the fourth time in 17 starts this year that Meyer has gone without allowing a run and the 13th time that he’s allowed two runs or fewer. It remains to be seen whether he can really make 30+ starts, but there’s no denying how impressive he’s been in going 9-0 with a 2.60 ERA so far. For what it’s worth, his previous career highs are 111 innings and 22 starts in 2021, which he split between Double- and Triple-A. Meyer figures to make his next start Wednesday in Colorado.

McGreevy did his part, but neither team scored until the eighth in the Marlins’ 4-0 victory. It was McGreevy’s 10th quality start of the year, but he remained 3-6 with a 3.12 ERA. Meanwhile, Andre Pallante has gone 9-4 while giving up four more runs in 6 2/3 fewer innings for the same team. McGreevy will likely make his next start Wednesday or Thursday against the Braves.