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Young is following Ron Washington from Atlanta to Anaheim, having served as the Braves’ first base coach since 2018. The 35-year-old Goins will be making his coaching debut after wrapping up a 14-year career that he finished in the Braves’ minor league system.

After the Padres tied the game in the ninth and scored the go-ahead run in the tenth, Estrada was summoned to close things out. A sacrifice bunt moved the runner on second before two groundouts ended the game with Estrada’s second save of the season.

The Giants handed the ball to Doval in the ninth to close out the game with a two-run lead. A base hit and two walks loaded the bases with two outs for Manny Machado, who knocked a base hit to drive in two runs to tie the game. It snaps a 21-game scoreless streak for Doval. Despite the blown save, expect the 27-year-old right-hander to continue to get the bulk of the Giants’ save chances.

Bergert, making his first major league start for the Padres after pitching in relief in early May, held the Giants scoreless through two innings before Heliot Ramos took him deep for a two-run blast in the third. The 25-year-old right-hander held on for two more scoreless frames to end an overall impressive first start. Bergert could get another turn through the rotation against the Brewers in Milwaukee on Sunday.

Roupp was outstanding on Tuesday, holding the Padres scoreless into the seventh inning. He scattered four hits and two walks, with no baserunners reaching scoring position against him, while collecting five strikeouts. The 26-year-old right-hander has now allowed just one earned run over 22 innings across his last four starts. Roupp will take a 3.18 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, and a 61/22 K/BB ratio across 62 1/3 innings into a start against the Rockies in Colorado next Tuesday.

The 24-year-old superstar shortstop got the scoring started in the opening inning as he ambushed a first-pitch fastball from Andre Pallante for a 428-foot (106.9 mph EV) two-run blast. He then delivered a two-run single during the Royals’ six-run rally to take the lead in the fifth inning and scored on a double by Vinnie Pasquantino. Witt continues to deliver star-quality production across the board, slashing .287/.346/.494 with seven homers, 35 RBI, 32 runs scored and 20 stolen bases (in 25 attempts).

The 22-year-old top prospect hit a ball (98.4 mph EV) into the gap in right center in his first at-bat, but it was run down by Victor Scott II. He then smoked (112.1 mph EV) a ground ball to Nolan Arenado in the fifth inning that was the second hardest hit ball in a game that featured 17 runs scored. The hardest hit ball was also Caglianone (113.9 mph) on a ground out to second base in the ninth inning. Fantasy managers shouldn’t lose the faith after one game, he’s going to be just fine.

After the Royals rallied back from a 7-2 deficit in the ballgame, there was extra motivation to hang on and not blow the game. Estévez made things interesting in the ninth, allowing a one-out single to Ivan Herrera and a two-out walk to Alec Burleson that brought the tying run to the dish, but he rallied to strike out Nolan Gorman to end the threat and put it in the win column for the Royals. On the season, the 32-year-old stopper holds a terrific 1.71 ERA, 1.10 WHIP and a 25/11 K/BB ratio over 26 1/3 innings while securing 17 saves in his first 19 opportunities.

Lorenzen walked one and struck out two batters in the abbreviated outing. After working a scoreless first inning, he served up a game-tying two-run homer to Nolan Gorman in the second inning. The Cardinals then broke it open against him in the third, scoring five times — the final two on a blast by Alec Burleson that finally chased the 33-year-old right-hander. Lorenzen got just three whiffs on 74 pitches on the night, posting a miserable CSW of 22 percent. It’ll be interesting to see if the Royals can justify keeping him in the rotation instead of Noah Cameron when Cole Ragans returns from the injured list. He’s now 3-6 with a 5.12 ERA, 1.46 WHIP and a 54/20 K/BB ratio over 65 innings on the season. If he gets the ball again, it would be on Tuesday against the Yankees.

Burleson singled with two outs in the second inning and then rode home on Nolan Gorman’s two-run blast. He then capped off a five-run uprising in the third inning with a 428-foot (106.8 mph EV) two-run shot off of Michael Lorenzen that made it a 7-2 ballgame. That would be the extent of the Cardinals’ offense however. With his two-hit night, the 26-year-old is now hitting .291/.341/.430 with five long balls and 18 RBI on the season.

The 26-year-old right-hander struck out a pair of batters on the night and didn’t allow a walk. Pallante served up a two-run homer to Bobby Witt Jr. in the opening inning, but then settled in after the Cardinals staked him to a 7-2 lead. That all fell apart in the fifth though, as he gave up a one-out solo homer to Nick Loftin and then four consecutive singles, including a two-run knock off the bat of Witt. Pallante got just six whiffs on 71 pitches on the night, posting a CSW of only 24 percent. Despite a miserable 4.91 ERA, 1.38 WHIP and 44/23 K/BB ratio (66 innings) on the season, the Cardinals will probably still trot Pallante out there against the Blue Jays on Monday instead of giving Michael McGreevy the opportunity he deserves.