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Pivetta gave up just three singles and walked none while throwing 90 pitches today. It’s his 19th career 10-strikeout game and second of this season. He’s pitched seven scoreless innings four times this year, though the other three came in his first five starts in April. He’s now 8-2 with a 3.36 ERA, and he’s in line to face the Phillies next week.

The Padres declined to use Jason Adam today after he threw 27 pitches Tuesday, so Morejon, who threw two innings yesterday but needed just 13 pitches to do so, got the ninth after Jonathan Estrada worked a perfect eighth. Morejon has been used aggressively of late, pitching 13 times in the Padres’ 24 games this month, but he’s still thriving. He hasn’t allowed an earned run since May 17, and his ERA is down to 2.04.

The lone rally against him in the second was produced by a two-out walk and then consecutive groundball singles, both more well placed than well hit. Gore gave up just two hard-hit balls and struck out six. He’s now 3-8 in spite of a fine 3.09 ERA. He’s allowed one or no runs six times yet gone just 1-1 in those games. Gore will likely make his next start on six days’ rest against the Tigers.

Arraez’s main problem this year is that his BABIP is 60 points lower than his career mark of .339, but he had some good luck in that department today, delivering three singles that left the bat at 54, 84 and 84 mph. He’s raised his average from .273 to .288 during his current 12-game hitting streak.

Acuña made it official on Wednesday that he’ll compete in the star-studded event for the third time in his career, this time on his home turf at Truist Park, after expressing interest earlier this month. The 27-year-old franchise cornerstone has been exceptional since making his season debut back on May 23, hitting .385/.496/.692 with nine homers through 29 games. Amazingly, no Atlanta hitter has ever won the event.

White Sox manager Will Venable told reporters that Robert is still undergoing further evaluation, but feels like he’s in an OK spot. The 27-year-old center fielder should benefit from Thursday’s off-day. There should be an update on his status ahead of Friday’s series opener against the Giants.

The Phillies are hoping to have Harper take on-field batting practice ahead of Friday’s series opener in Atlanta before making a determination on when he’ll be activated from the injured list. The 32-year-old fantasy star has been out since early June recovering from wrist inflammation. It sounds theoretically possible he’s back at some point later this week.

McCullers appears on track to make it back to Houston’s rotation at some point in the coming days after hitting the shelf back in mid-June with a right foot sprain.

Arrighetti suffered a fractured thumb during a freak accident during pregame batting practice back in early April. The 25-year-old righty should progress to facing hitters in the near future, which would put him in line to kick off a rehab assignment at some point in July.

Sheehan isn’t eligible to return to the big leagues until at least next Friday under league option rules, unless it’s as an injury replacement. The 25-year-old former top pitching prospect was jettisoned to the minors last week after allowing just one run while striking out six over four innings in his season debut against the Padres. This is the type of statement outing, which included a staggering 21 swinging strikes, that often causes a front office to reconsider their rotation plans. At a bare minimum, Sheehan should be able to provide a lift to the Dodgers’ pitching staff, even if it winds up being as more of a swingman or bulk reliever. He’s missing enough bats that he’s interesting for fantasy purposes, even in shallow mixed leagues.