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All five were in Braves camp this spring as non-roster invitees with no real shot at making Atlanta’s season-opening roster. García, López and Evans have all spent time in the big leagues, while Holmes and Walsh figure to continue providing extra organizational relief depth back at Triple-A Gwinnett.

It’s Hendricks’ first scoreless start since June 10, 2023, when he blanked the Giants for eight innings. He has a 4.26 ERA in five starts since rejoining the Cubs rotation last month, leaving him 2-7 with a 6.78 ERA overall.

The Cubs hoped to avoid Neris in a 5-0 game, but Hunter Bigge allowed three of the four batters he faced to reach in the ninth, opening up a save chance for Neris. It was Neris’s seventh straight scoreless appearance, a stretch that’s seen him lower his ERA from 4.73 to 3.86.

Gray struck out six and walked none, but he surrendered nine hits, eight of which were singles. It’s kind of par for the course for him lately; he has a 4.41 ERA over his last 12 starts, but his peripherals are considerably better than that.

Winker got sweet revenge against the club that he hit .199 with one home run for last season. He’s at .264/.378/.438 this year, and he has 12 steals after never once stealing more than one base in his first seven seasons. So, that that, Milwaukee Brewers.

Rutledge struck out six, and he had a 4-2 lead when the Nationals opted to pull him one out shy of qualifying for the victory. It seemed like an odd call from a team that very much appears poised to sell, but when in doubt, Dave Martinez will always choose to overwork the bullpen.

Finnegan gave up three runs in his previous two appearances, but he had no such issues tonight. The trade candidate is now 24-for-28 in save chances and has a 2.52 ERA in 39 1/3 innings.

Peralta struck out six and walked none, but he didn’t have much in the way of luck tonight; he gave up 10 hits, three of which came on weak flies to the outfield. He’s definitely been a fantasy disappointment since excelling in his first four starts of the year, but his peripherals are better than his ERA; odds are that he’ll bounce back in the second half.

Brown bounced back nicely from last weekend’s defeat, when he gave up six runs to the Twins to snap his quality-start streak at eight. He’ll take a 4.39 ERA into the break, but that’s mostly a product of a bad April; he has a 2.36 ERA since May 22.

Hader has pitched hitless innings his last three times out, which is a nice change after he gave up four homers in his previous six outings. He’s been far short of perfect this year, but even though he’s allowed eight homers, he is 18-for-19 in save chances.

The two long flies Heaney allowed would have been homers in 19 and 16 ballparks, respectively. Alas, they were both homers in Houston, while only one would have been a homer in Arlington. Heaney fell to 3-10 in spite of his solid 3.79 ERA. He’ll probably log some bullpen time in the second half, if only because the Rangers figure to get Tyler Mahle and Jacob deGrom back from Tommy John at some point.