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Goldschmidt hit his fourth home run of season in the first inning against Trevor Rogers. The 38-year-old first baseman is excelling in a platoon role as three of his four home runs have come against left-handed pitching. He should see more at-bats against right-handed pitching with Giancarlo Stanton out as long as he continues producing. Goldschmidt has a pulse in AL-Only leagues now.

Waldron, who has an 8.49 ERA in three starts and three relief appearances in the majors this year, was on the verge of being DFA’d when the Padres placed him on the IL with a right brachialis muscle injury in mid-May. He’s back with the club now and available to work in middle relief after allowing four runs in 15 innings over five rehab appearances with Triple-A El Paso.

Brito, back from internal brace surgery, got into two games in his four days with the Padres, allowing two runs in 4 1/3 innings.

After a bullpen day Friday, the Dodgers wanted to add a long man tonight, just in case something goes wrong in Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s start. Knack had been out since the end of the end of the spring with an intercostal strain. He’d made three rehab appearances with Triple-A Oklahoma City, allowing one run in three innings last time out. He’ll likely rejoin the Comets either after tonight’s game or tomorrow’s.

Hurt, who was the starter in Friday’s bullpen game against the D-backs, loses his spot for now after giving up six runs in 2 2/3 innings in his last two outings. He had a 4.88 ERA in 31 1/3 innings overall.

Barnes, who was sent down to Triple-A on July 2, is now off the 40-man roster to make room for Landon Knack. He has a 7.00 ERA over nine innings in three appearances for the Dodgers this year.

Hiraldo had been out since early April with right shoulder inflammation. He made the Orioles out of spring training, but he gave up four runs in 1 2/3 innings over three appearances. Now he’ll officially join Norfolk after three rehab appearances there in which he’s allowed one run in 3 2/3 innings.

Lewis hit a 419-foot homer off Ryan Johnson in the second and later crushed a liner to left in the seventh. Both hits left the bat at 107-108 mph. He’s 5-for-12 with two homers the last three days, pushing his OPS up to .699. That’s the highest he’s been since late April. He’s hit .270/.328/.508 with seven homers in 31 games since returning from Triple-A.

Ryan left with a one-run lead, which was blown in the seventh by Tommy Nance in his Twins debut. So, he finishes the first half 6-5 with a 2.85 ERA. Ryan has produced 11 quality starts, which doesn’t count a couple of outings in which he pitched five-plus scoreless innings.

Gómez has his first full-inning save since June 28. He also recorded saves on June 29 and July 7, but those saw him pick up just one out each time. Gómez allowed a single to Mike Trout and walked Nolan Schanuel with one out in the ninth today, but he got Jorge Soler to pop out and struck out Vaughn Grissom to end the game. He still hasn’t blown a save this season.

The runs came in the second, which featured two walks and a two-run homer from Royce Lewis. The rally might have lasted longer, but Tristan Gray made the third out of the inning on an odd delayed steal attempt that saw him thrown out pretty easily at second base. Johnson walked three in all and struck out just one. With a 6.75 ERA in six starts and three relief appearances, his spot shouldn’t be assured in the second half.