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Peralta looked like he wanted to try some warmup pitches after grabbing at his groin area on his final offering of the night, but the team didn’t let him. Hopefully, it will prove to be a day-to-day injury.

Muncy is hitting well since coming off the injured list. After hitting a homer in each of his last two games, he drove in three of the Dodgers’ eight runs with a pair of doubles against the Mariners. The 33-year-old slugger is hitting .235/.335/.523 with 11 homers and 34 RBI across 179 plate appearances.

Hernández led off the fourth inning with a base hit and stole second before making to third on a wild pitch. He then scored on a sacrifice fly. Hernández later drove in a run with a base hit in the fifth and scored again on a double by Max Muncy. The 31-year-old outfielder is slashing .265/.328/.484 with 26 homers and 81 RBI across 531 plate appearances.

Haniger was on the bench to start this game and entered as a pinch-hitter in the top of the ninth with the Mariners trailing by five runs. He cut into the lead with a solo homer off Alex Vesia. The 33-year-old outfielder is up to 12 homers with 44 RBI while slashing .211/.290/.353 across 376 plate appearances.

Flaherty hit a batter to lead off the second inning and allowed the run to score on a sacrifice fly. He kept the Mariners from scoring again until an error extended the sixth inning with two outs and loaded the bases. Flaherty was done for the day at 99 pitches. One inherited run came in to score, charged as unearned. The 28-year-old right-hander will take a 3.00 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, and a 162/24 K/BB ratio across 129 innings into a start against the Orioles in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

Gilbert retired the first eight batters against the Dodgers before a fielding error extended the third inning. He then walked a batter, putting two on for Mookie Betts, who doubled to plate both baserunners. Los Angeles brought a third run in to score on a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning. Things unraveled for Gilbert in the fifth as the Dodgers brought five more runs in to score, chasing Gilbert from the game with two outs in the inning. The 27-year-old right-hander will look to bounce back when he takes a 3.21 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, and a 162/31 K/BB ratio across 165 2/3 innings into a start against the Rays in Seattle on Tuesday.

Siri knocked a base hit in the fifth inning, then came up big for the Rays in the seventh as he took Mitch Spence deep for a go-ahead, two-run blast. It was his second go-ahead homer in as many days. The 29-year-old outfielder is slashing .199/.270/.386 with 16 homers, 42 runs scored, and 12 steals across 373 plate appearances.

Bleday put the Athletics on the board early, taking Ryan Pepiot deep for a solo homer in the first inning, his third in six games. The 26-year-old outfielder is up to 17 homers while slashing .243/.326/.449 with 59 runs scored and 48 RBI across 504 plate appearances.

Rodríguez was called on to close out the game with a two-run lead in the bottom of the ninth inning. He tossed a clean frame, striking out the final batter for his first save of the season. With Pete Fairbanks on the injured list, Rodríguez could figure into the ninth-inning mix alongside Edwin Uceta, who had pitched in three of the last four days coming into Wednesday’s contest.

Pepiot served up a solo homer to JJ Bleday in the first inning, then settled in to fire four scoreless innings before the A’s brought one more run in to score in the sixth. Pepiot allowed three hits and one walk in all and struck out five batters. The 27-year-old right-hander will take a 3.65 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, and a 104/33 K/BB ratio across 98 2/3 innings into a start against the Mariners in Seattle on Monday.

Spence was impressive despite giving up four runs and taking the loss. He held the Rays scoreless through four innings until Tampa Bay brought two runs in to score on a pair of doubles in the fifth. Then Jose Siri took him deep for a two-run homer in the seventh. Spence induced 15 whiffs to strike out 10 batters, his first double-digit strikeout effort of his career. The 26-year-old right-hander will take a 4.67 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, and a 97/35 K/BB ratio across 115 2/3 innings into a start against the Reds in Cincinnati on Tuesday.