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Narváez said the finger was “sideways” for a time, suggesting that he might have dislocated it. But he apparently won’t miss much time. Connor Wong could start Monday.

Wetherholt’s sixth-inning blast against Angels starter Reid Detmers was the lone run for either side during a low-scoring affair in Los Angeles that featured just 10 hits combined. The 23-year-old has gone deep twice in six games since last week’s All-Star break. He’s putting together a sensational rookie campaign, slashing .257/.352/.403 with 62 runs scored, 15 homers, 40 RBI and 10 steals through 96 games.

O’Brien got the call to protect a narrow one-run lead in the final frame and made things interesting by putting the potential tying and winning runs on-base with only one out in the frame. He got into a jam by walking Jo Adell and Wade Mecker, but managed to pull off the high-wire act by striking out Oswald Peraza and Josh Lowe to extinguish the threat. It was a nice rebound performance after blowing a save earlier in the series.

It’s hard to imagine the Cardinals were expecting anything better than this as Dobbins scattered six hits and worked into the middle innings during his first big-league outing since July 7. The 26-year-old will stick around with St. Louis transitioning to a six-man rotation. He doesn’t offer stratospheric strikeout upside, but he’s probably going to be a viable option in deeper mixed leagues depending on matchups. He’ll square off against the Cubs on Tuesday in his next start.

Detmers deserved a better fate after limiting the Cardinals to just a solo homer by rookie JJ Wetherholt, which wound up being the difference in a low-scoring affair. He finished with six strikeouts and issued two walks. The 27-year-old southpaw has delivered back-to-back strong performances, allowing just one run with a 13/2 K/BB ratio across 11 1/3 innings since the All-Star break. He’ll square off against the Astros at home in his next outing on Tuesday.

Ekness showed some real potential with a 1.69 ERA across 5 1/3 innings for the Marlins before landing on the injured list with a right calf stain back in early June. He’s eligible to come off the 60-day injured list around the start of August.

Mangum went 2-for-5 with an RBI and his 19th stolen base of the season during the front-end of the twin bill. He’ll undergo further evaluation and there should be an update on his status prior to Friday’s series opener against the Cubs. The 30-year-old has emerged as Pittsburgh’s primary leadoff hitter since rookie Konnor Griffin hit the injured list earlier this month. It’ll be Billy Cook taking over in center field with Nick Gonzales moving up to the leadoff spot.

Seager is aiming to take live batting practice later this week. The 32-year-old remains without a definitive return timeline, but has begun ramping up baseball activities and shouldn’t be too far away. He’s been on the shelf with lower back inflammation since the start of July.

Díaz struck out two of the three batters he faced during a 19-pitch outing. He’ll make the second of back-to-back outings on Thursday. There was optimism that he would make it back to face his former team later this week, but he’s probably going to make at least one more rehab appearance over the weekend before the Dodgers decide to bring him back from the injured list. It likely has more to do with making Díaz fly across the country to New York than anything else. He’s on track to return next week.

Ortiz’s triple was a 343-foot fly to right that should have been caught, but it was a nice day regardless. All three of his balls in play were hard-hit, and he made a couple of nice plays at third. Ortiz finishes the three-game series 5-for-9 with a homer. He’s hit .338 with four homers and 13 RBI in his last 21 games, raising his OPS from .530 to .662.

Henderson gave up homers to Marcus Semien and Brett Baty, but both were solo shots. He went without a walk for the second straight outing and moved to 4-1 with a 3.05 ERA over eight starts this season. Durability is a real question mark here, but he could be a top-30 SP the rest of the way if he remains healthy. He’ll take on the Giants next.