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What’s not mentioned below:

• The Pittsburgh Pirates shut out the Chicago White Sox, 3-0. Charlie Morton threw seven shutout innings for the Pirates with three strikeouts. Pirates’ starters in the last nine games: five earned runs in 65 1/3 innings, 0.69 ERA.
• Michael Wacha picked up his ninth win in the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 over the Minnesota Twins. Matt Carpenter went 2-3 in the win.
• The Houston Astros are 25-0 went hitting multiple home runs in the game after today’s 8-5 over the Colorado Rockies. Hank Conger and Luis Valbuena both went deep for the Astros.
• Matt Harvey looked like himself tonight in his seven innings of shutout work, giving up four hits and striking out six.
• Craig Kimbrel gave up the game winning run in the San Diego Padres 6-5 loss to the Oakland A’s.
• Matt Duffy’s three hit performance, including his seventh home run, was enough to help lift the San Francisco Giants over the Seattle Mariners.
• Todd Frazier homered twice in the Cincinnati Reds’ 5-2 win over the Detroit Tigers. Jay Bruce went 2-3, including his 10^th home run of the year.
• Trevor Bauer tossed seven scoreless innings against the Chicago Cubs, giving up four hits with seven strikeouts. Carlos Santana went 2-3 with a home run and four runs batted in.
• The Texas Rangers walked off against the Los Angeles Dodgers thanks to Robinson Chirinos’ sixth home run of the year.
• Garrett Richards improved to 7-4 as the Los Angeles Angels took down the Arizona Diamondbacks, 4-1. Albert Pujols went 1-3 with a home run, his 19^th of the year.
• The AL All-Star team, uh, I mean the Kansas City Royals beat the Milwaukee Brewers on the road, 7-2. Lorenzo Cain and Mike Moustakas both went deep for the Royals.

IF YOU ONLY READ ONE THING…

Jeff Francoeur was the first Phillies’ pitcher tonight to record a 1-2-3 inning. Yes, you read that correctly. Things didn’t go too well for the Phillies, as the Baltimore Orioles crushed them 19-3, which included eight home runs from the O’s offense. If you didn’t know by now, the Phillies are a bad team, so this type of thing happening isn’t much of a surprise, especially when Jerome Williams is on the mound.

Manny Machado went off tonight, going 3-4 with two home runs, brining his home run total up to 13 on the year. Shortstop J.J. Hardy did not contribute to the home run outburst, but he did collect three hits in four at-bats, scoring twice and driving in a run. Fantasy owners would have loved for the struggling shortstop to join the home run parade tonight, but the solid multi-hit night is something that owners haven’t seen too often this year. Chris Davis went 1-3 in the win, with the one hit being a home run that landed on Eutaw street.

Chris Tillman was the fortunate pitcher on the mound for the O’s tonight, as it seemed he was in line for a win right out of the gate no matter how poorly he pitched. Tillman tossed a solid six innings of three run ball, walking three and striking out just one batter to pick up his fifth win of the year. The one bright spot for the Phillies in this game was young third baseman Maikel Franco who continued to swing a hot bat as he hit his seventh home run of the year.

JUST AS WE EXPECTED…

If you didn’t read our own Seth Klein’s piece this morning about adding Brock Holt, I suggest you do. Seth touches on the fact that Holt is a favorite of manager John Farrell, as Farrell continues to hit Holt in the number two spot in the lineup. Today, Holt continued to take advantage of the opportunity of hitting atop of the lineup (he batted first today), as he hit for the cycle (4-5) in the team’s 9-5 win over the Atlanta Braves. Holt’s offensive explosion, which included two RBIs and his second home run of the year, helped snap Boston’s seven game losing streak. Holt raised his average to .309 on the season, and he’s worth the pickup if he is still available on your waiver wire.

Mookie Betts had a nice afternoon as well, collecting three hits in five at-bats with an RBI and two runs scored. Wade Miley bounced back in today’s start, tossing 6.1 innings of two run ball to go along with eight strikeouts, as he picked up his sixth win of the season.

As for Miley’s counterpart, Julio Teheran, things weren’t as pretty. Teheran gave up six runs across 13 hits in his 6.1 innings of work, as his brutal 2015 campaign continues. The start took his ERA to 5.07, and it may be safe to say that he’s not the ace some of us thought he was. Some evaluators have been predicting this for some time now, as Teheran’s FIP over the past couple of years have been drastically higher than his ERA, so perhaps the regression isn’t a total surprise. What is a surprise, though, is just how bad he has been. Teheran is walking 3.5 batters per nine innings, which is almost a walk and a half higher than his average the past two seasons (2.15). If you have the opportunity to buy low on Teheran, I suggest you do it since I don’t think he’s the pitcher that he has show us this season, but I also wouldn’t do it thinking that he has a chance to reach ace potential again.

The Washington Nationals, just like the Orioles, had an offensive explosion tonight, as they beat down on the Rays, 16-4. Bryce Harper has now tied his career high hitting his 22^nd home run in his three hit performance, as he continues to be the clear favorite for NL MVP. It’s only June 16^th, so it’s going to be so much fun to see what Harper does for the rest of the season. Anthony Rendon collected two hits for the second night in the row in the win, and perhaps he’s settling into the plate since being activated from the disabled list. Danny Espinosa went 5-5 for the Nats with three runs scored to bring his average up to .267. Tanner Roark picked up the win for the Nats, his third of the season, tossing seven innings of one run ball with four strikeouts. Alex Colome lasted just two innings for the Rays, as he was responsible for six of the Nationals runs, giving up seven hits and walking three.

BUT WE DIDN’T SEE THIS COMING…

Among the offensive outbursts tonight were the Miami Marlins, who put up a twelve spot on the New York Yankees, who have now lost five of their last six games. New York’s Nathan Eovaldi was absolutely rocked in the start, as he lasted just two thirds of an inning, giving up eight runs on nine hits. It was a nightmare of a start for Eovaldi in his return to Miami, and the outing brought his ERA up to 5.12 on the season. The Bronx Bombers thought they had found a hidden gem when they traded for Eovaldi, who flashes a plus fastball but doesn’t quite have his secondary pitches down yet. The season is still young (like Eovaldi, only 25), so there is plenty of time to get things together, but so far things haven’t looked good for the right-hander. Giancarlo Stanton hit his 24^th home run of the season, a three run shot in the fifth inning. Christian Yelich collected two hits in the win, while teammate Dee Gordon went 3-5 with an RBI and two runs scored.

THE REST OF THE DETAILS

SAVE CHANCES

Luke Gregerson (17)

Kevin Siegrist (3)

Tyler Clippard (10)

Huston Street (20)

Aroldis Chapman (14)

Mark Melancon (21)

Bobby Parnell (1)

LINEUP MOVES

Dustin Pedroia (knee) was held out of the lineup.

INJURIES

Dustin Pedroia – Day-to-day – (knee)

Trevor Rosenthal – Day-to-day – (biceps)

Adam Jones – Day-to-day – (shoulder)

RUMORS & TRANSACTIONS

A day after relieving Bud Black of his managerial duties, the San Diego Padres announced that Triple-A manager Pat Murphy as the interim manager for the remainder of the season. It’s no secret that the Padres have struggled to meet expectations this season, as the team currently sits in fourth place in the NL West at 32-35. The team has dealt with poor production from some of their new faces, including outfielder Matt Kemp and closer Craig Kimbrel. The 30-year old Kemp has just two home runs this year to go along with his .246/.288/.336 slash line in his first season with the Padres. The team currently sits 6.5 games back in the division, and they could be right back in the mix of things if they put together a nice winning streak. If the club fails to do so, it would seem as if General Manager’s A.J. Preller’s experiment was a failed one.