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This was an awful outing for Sullivan. In just his second start of the season, the young left-hander watched the Cubs hang a seven-spot on him in the second inning. The first five batters he faced all reached base and came around to score and then after recording one out, he allowed three more hits in a row. His fastball sat just below 90 mph and he shouldn’t be considered an option in even the deepest of leagues.

Mize was first checked on while warming up for the third and was pulled from the game after giving up balls in play of 106, 107 and 108 mph to the three batters he faced that inning. Fortunately, two of those were outs, but Mize still gave up three runs in 2 2/3 innings. Mize averaged just 90.4 mph with his fastball in the third, putting him three mph below his season average.

Quite the snakebit season for Donovan. Hopefully, he’ll avoid the IL, but if not, at least the Mariners do have J.P. Crawford about ready to return.

Painter gave up five hits, walked none and struck out eight. He improved to 3-8 with the win. Painter bounced back after allowing five runs in his last start that also included a first inning grand slam. The eight strikeouts tied a career-high for the 23-year-old rookie right-hander. Painter has a 6.04 ERA and 4.54 xFIP in 19 appearances (17 starts) this year. He’s lined up to face the Angels on the road next weekend.

Bohm left the rout of the Cardinals early, but it’s something he’s been playing through without it bothering him at the plate. We’ll call him probable for Sunday.

Burger was hit on the back of his hand in the third inning. He stayed in to run and played another inning on defense, but he was replaced by Nicky Lopez after that.

Marsee has a nice .281/.379/.474 line this month, though that comes with just two RBI (both on solo homers). Still, the big news is that he finally stole his 20th base of the season today. He had been stuck on 19 since July 10, going 0-for-2 on his only attempts of the second half. If Marsee starts running again, he’d have some value in mixed leagues.

Not quite as sharp today as in his previous two starts, which saw him pitch a total of 13 scoreless innings, Pérez allowed three hits, walked three and struck out four. He’s set to face the Nationals again next weekend in D.C.

The Marlins declined to use Pete Fairbanks today after he threw 25 pitches Friday, so Faucher was given his first chance to close since Apr. 29. He’s had a terrific August, pitching 7 2/3 scoreless innings with an 11/1 K/BB ratio. It’s lowered his ERA from 4.63 to 3.98.

Irvin dropped to 0-4 with a 7.01 ERA in five starts since coming off the injured list. We’ve suggested it for years, but the Nationals really ought to take a late look at Irvin in short relief here. At 24-42 with a 5.06 ERA in four years as a starting pitcher, he’s almost certainly looking at getting non-tendered this winter.