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Woo had good velocity today, beating his season averages by nearly one mph, but he gave up 10 hard-hit balls anyway, including a 371-foot double that would have been a homer in 18 ballparks. Woo lost a three-game winning streak that saw him allow two runs in 18 innings over his previous three starts and fell to 4-3 with a 3.82 ERA on the season. He’ll probably bounce back against the D-backs next weekend.

Iglesias was summoned in the ninth to close out Saturday’s contest with a two-run lead. Juan Soto just missed a home run to lead off the inning as his knock was ruled a double. Iglesias then struck out the next batter and induced a double play to end the game with his 14th save to go with a 1.16 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, and 27/5 K/BB ratio across 23 1/3 innings.

Pérez was excellent against the Mets on Saturday, holding New York scoreless through five innings. He started the sixth and recorded one out and left one runner on before he was relieved at 71 pitches. The inherited runner would come in to score. Pérez collected four strikeouts and ended his day with a solid 2.90 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, and a 51/21 K/BB ratio across 62 innings. The 35-year-old left-hander will take on the Brewers in Atlanta on Friday.

After a scoreless first inning, the Braves put a run on the board against Manaea with a base hit and a double in the second inning. Eli White later took him deep for a solo homer in the fourth inning. Manaea would go on to toss two more scoreless frames, pitching well overall for a quality start. He struck out six. It was Manaea’s longest outing of the season and his first traditional start. Still, he’s pitched well over the last six weeks, posting a 3.33 ERA since the start of May. He’ll take a 4.78 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, and a 51/17 K/BB ratio across 49 innings into a start against the Phillies in Philadelphia on Thursday.

That’s always the fear when a player starts shaking his wrist after a swing. Ramírez tends to be a quick healer, but he will almost surely miss at least a month. The Guardians are about to get Gabriel Arias back and could put him in the mix along with Daniel Schneemann at third, but prospect Angel Genao could also be an option.

Yamamoto also retired the final 22 batters he faced against the Angels on Sunday, so he was working on a streak of 45 retired in a row until Mookie Betts booted a grounder with two outs in the eighth. Yamamoto got a groundout afterwards, but he gave up a homer to Tristan Peters to start the ninth. He then retired one more batter and was lifted at 109 pitches. Yamamoto was looking for his first MLB no-hitter after throwing two in Japan. The Dodgers’ last no-hitters were a combined effort in 2018 in which Walker Buehler started and went six innings and one from Clayton Kershaw in 2014. Yamamoto improved to 7-4 with a 2.52 ERA. He’ll get the Orioles next.

It’s the second straight outing in which he’s walked five and the fifth time in his last seven starts that Burke has failed to last five innings. His rotation spot probably isn’t in jeopardy yet, but he’s going to need to do better next week against the Tigers. While his overall 4.15 ERA isn’t bad, he’s at 5.82 since May 8.

In spite of the big day, Betts had quite a letdown with two outs in the eighth, committing an error on a grounder to end Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s bid for a perfect game. Yamamoto wound up giving up a homer to lead off the ninth anyway, so it’s a lesser story now. Though who knows if things might have ended differently if Yamamoto didn’t have to pitch to the extra batter in the eighth. Betts had three hits for the third time this year and scored three runs for the first time.

The homer, his 14th of the year, led off the game against Sean Burke. Ohtani didn’t show much enthusiasm on the bases today while playing through some knee soreness. It’s safe to say he won’t be a basestealing threat for at least a little while.

Peters got a middle-middle fastball on the second pitch of his third at-bat and yanked it 108.5-mph just fair down the right field line. It was only his third homer in 194 plate appearances, but he’s been a nice fit for the White Sox against right-handers while batting .299/.358/.460 to date.