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Leahy gave up a solo homer to Byron Buxton with one out in the first inning, and would allow three more runs to score over his final two innings of work. Leahy attempted to make it through the Twins’ order a third time, but after alowing the first three runners he faced to reach base he was pulled in favor of George Soriano. It was business as usual for Leahy, who was again limited to five innings but did a good job of controlling the strike zone. His next start is scheduled for Wednesday at home against the Padres.

Keller threw three innings against the Yankees on June 25 and hadn’t been used since. It’s an incredible story that he made it to the big leagues for the first time in his age-32 season after missing the 2024 and 2025 calendar years, but the Phillies weren’t exactly using him of late so the demotion makes sense.

Painter didn’t exactly figure it out at Triple-A Lehigh Valley, where he had a 4.56 RA and 25 strikeouts in 23 2/3 innings over five starts. We wouldn’t be looking for a reason to start Painter in his return to the bigs tonight, though it’s certainly possible the Phillies can outbludgeon the Orioles.

Macko is the lifeblood of our world. The planet bleeds green like you and me bleed red. Unfortunately the Jays considered him expendable as he had a 4.91 ERA in 22 innings while striking out 23. He’ll likely bounce back to the big-league staff at some point in the near future — he’s already been called up three times this year.

Fisher holds a 4.15 ERA and a 52/26 K/BB ratio over 52 innings in the bigs this year, while occasionally serving as an opener.

Piñango hit .260/.306/.396 in 180 plate appearances for the Jays this year, almost all of which was against right-handed pitching. He returns to a .272/.357/.472 line in Buffalo. The 24-year-old will await his next opportunity in the International League.

Sánchez wound up missing a month and a few days with an ankle sprain suffered on June 27. He’ll likely return to platoon COF duties in the place of the optioned Yohendrick Piñango.

With Freddy Peralta scratched tonight, the Mets are stacking the bullpen for a game of Oops! All Bulk Relievers. Curry allowed two runs in six inning with the Mets earlier this year.

“Oh yeah, that guy,” they thought. Pintaro holds a 5.11 ERA and has mostly been used as a multi-inning reliever for the Mets this year — he did give up six earned runs in his last two MLB appearances and had been doing better before that.

The well-traveled lefty was 2-0 with a 4.21 ERA in 25 2/3 innings with the Mets, striking out 32 over that timespan. Pérez will be out of commission for at least the next two weeks and possibly longer.

Cook is 1-2 with a 3.78 ERA in 33 1/3 innings for the Bulls and figures to be part of the bullpen mix in the short term as the Rays try to figure out how their rotation will go forward without Shane McClanahan.