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Volpe’s stolen base was his 12th of the season. He continues to occupy the leadoff spot in New York even after the return of D.J. LeMahieu. Volpe is up to 46 runs scored in 63 games for the Yankees this season.

Pfaadt got his win of the month tonight, as he improved to 4-6 while the Diamondbacks moved to 10-9 in his starts. He’s given the team 10 quality starts while pitching at least six innings on 14 occasions. With Merrill Kelly and Zac Gallen having missed so much time, it’s scary to think just how much the Diamondbacks would have needed to ask from their pen if Pfaadt hadn’t been so solid to date.

Matt Olson very nearly hit a game-tying homer off Sewald, but Jake McCarthy made a jumping catch at the wall to deny him. This makes two saves in two days for Seward. Since he’s thrown just 23 pitches between the two games, it’s possible he’ll be available to work for a third straight day on Friday. If not, Ryan Thompson might be in line for a save chance, since Kevin Ginkel has also worked two straight days.

Fried’s 100th career decision was a loss, so he’ll debut on the Baseball-Reference leaderboard Friday at No. 7 all-time in winning percentage at 69-31. That .690 mark is slightly behind Clayton Kershaw at .695 for the active lead. Fried has been pretty great in amassing a 3.08 ERA, but since the Braves haven’t been, his career winning percentage has dipped while he’s gone 7-5 this season.

There should still be serious doubts about Suárez’s viability as a regular going forward, but it’s not like he figured to remain this bad all year long. He has three homers in five games, and he’s raised his OPS from .591 to .653 by going 11-for-33 with six walks this month.

Raleigh’s homers left the bat at 113.9 and 113.8 mph. It’s his second two-homer game in three days, and it put him up to 19 homers for the year. His overall .215/.299/.432 line is less impressive, but, really, it hardly seems fair that he’s going to miss out on the All-Star Game again this year. It’s a little odd that MLB has decided All-Star teams need four shortstops and four first basemen but only two catchers.

Castillo has recorded an MLB-high 17 decisions in his 20 starts to date, and he’s tied for 17th with his eight wins and third with his nine losses. None of the other seven pitchers with at least nine losses has more than three wins, so he’s got that going for him. It helps that he gets to face the Angels; he’s thrown 13 scoreless innings in his two wins against the club.

Kochanowicz didn’t walk anyone in his MLB debut, but he allowed seven hits and struck out just one. After Kochanowicz exited, Kenny Rosenberg gave up six runs over six innings to finish the non-competitive game. One or both will probably be sent down tomorrow. They might as well bring back John Lackey and Scot Shields at this point... it’d certainly be more interesting than anything else they’re doing.

Crawford probably ought to be batting in the bottom third of a major league lineup, but since the Mariners have a lot of guys fitting that description, he’s remained the everyday leadoff man this season. The excellent game tonight puts him at .212/.308/.357 in 308 plate appearances.

It’s all or nothing for Rodríguez, apparently. His last three games have seen him go 4-for-4 with a homer, 0-for-4 with four strikeouts and now 3-for-3 with a walk. Despite being so productive, he actually went without a run scored or an RBI in the 11-0 game tonight. Blame Cal Raleigh for homering twice in front of him, depriving him of much of a chance to drive in runs.

Drury might be the next veteran to go on revocable waivers, but it’s doubtful anyone would claim him. After a fine 2023 in the first year of a two-year, $17 million deal, he’s hit just .170/.244/.220 in 42 games this season. The Angels could release him after Luis Rengifo returns, though the likelihood that they’ll trade Rengifo might give them pause there.