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He’ll stay in Houston overnight and as long as he’s feeling alright he’ll join the Padres in Detroit on Monday. Arraez was in good spirits, smiling and talking with teammates and reporters on Sunday night and it sounds like he was extremely fortunate to have avoided any significant injuries in his scary collision with Mauricio Dubon.

Moniak turned a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 advantage with a two-out, two-run triple off of right-hander Brad Lord in the fourth inning. That was the 26-year-old outfielder’s only hit in five at-bats on the evening, but proved to be the difference in the ballgame. On the season, he’s now slashing .231/.310/.558 with three homers and nine RBI through his first 58 plate appearances.

Schunk singled off of Brad Lord with two outs in the second inning but wound up stranded at first base. The 27-year-old infielder then laced a two-out double to right in the fourth inning and raced around to score on Mickey Moniak’s two-run triple. On the season, Schunk is now hitting .286 (2-for-7) with a run scored in his limited action with the Rockies.

Kinley allowed a leadoff single to Dylan Crews that brought the tying run to the plate, then rallied to strike out Jose Tena, Alex Call and Nasim Nunez in succession to end the ballgame. With all of the uncertainty in the Rockies’ bullpen at the moment, Kinley seems like as good of an option as any to close out games. He now boasts a 3.72 ERA, 1.34 WHIP and a 12/6 K/BB ratio over 9 2/3 innings on the season.

The 30-year-old right-hander walked one and struck out two opposing hitters on the night. The Nationals scratched out a run against him in the top of the first inning as James Wood worked a leadoff walk, advanced to second on a ground ball and scored on an RBI single off the bat of Nathaniel Lowe. Senzatela then settled in and finished his day with five scoreless innings. He got just three swings and misses on 83 pitches on the night, registering a CSW of 28 percent. He’ll see if he can build off of this strong start as he totes a 4.81 ERA, 1.93 WHIP and a 9/5 K/BB ratio (24 1/3 innings) into Saturday’s showdown against the Reds.

Lowe got the Nationals on the board first in this one with a run-scoring single off of Antonio Senzatela in the first inning that plated James Wood. That would wind up being the extent of their offense in the ballgame though. As a team, the Nationals had eight hits in the contest, with Lowe the only player to tally more than one. He has been outstanding so far with his new ballclub, slashing a robust .295/.375/.474 with three homers, 17 RBI and one stolen base through his first 22 games.

On the plus side, the 25-year-old right-hander racked up five strikeouts on the evening while issuing a pair of free passes. After keeping the Rockies at bay through the first three innings, they finally broke through with a two-run triple from Mickey Moniak in the fourth inning. Lord got 13 swings and misses on 65 pitches in the ballgame — eight of them on his fastball — while posting a solid CSW of 31 percent. Now 0-2 on the season, he’ll carry a 4.73 ERA, 1.88 WHIP and a 10/9 K/BB ratio (13 1/3 innings) into Saturday’s matchup against the Mets.

The dynamic 26-year-old superstar led off the game with a walk, advanced on a sacrifice bunt and ultimately came around to score the game’s first run on a fielder’s choice. He then tripled off of Framber Valdez in the third inning and scored on an RBI knock off the bat of Gavin Sheets. Tatis then crushed a go-ahead 427-foot (108.7 mph EV) on the first pitch that he saw from Tayler Scott in the seventh. He has been a five-category monster to begin the 2025 season, slashing .358/.436/.691 with eight homers, 16 RBI and seven stolen bases.

Sheets came on after Luis Arraez was involved in a scary collision in the first inning of this one. He made his presence felt in the third, lining an RBI single into right field that plated Fernando Tatis Jr. and increased the Padres’ lead to 2-0. He has done a nice job for the Padres so far this season, slashing a healthy .333/.381/.509 with a pair of homers, 11 RBI and a stolen base in his first 63 plate appearances.

As he has for the majority of the season, Suarez made it look extremely easy in this one, striking out Jake Meyers, getting Cam Smith on a line drive to first base and then whiffing Yainer Diaz to end the ballgame. The 34-year-old right-hander has been absolutely awesome this season, firing 10 shutout innings with a 12/2 K/BB ratio while converting each of his first nine save chances. There’s no reason to consider him anything less than one of the elite closers in all of baseball at the moment.