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With Joey Ortiz returning from the injured list on Friday, there simply wasn’t room for Capra on the active roster any longer. He’ll bide his time at Triple-A Nashville until he’s needed once more.

Flores got a rare afternoon off with right-hander Bryan Woo toeing the slab for the Mariners, but he still managed to make an impact in the game. He was called upon to face Gregory Santos with a man on second and two outs in the ninth inning and he smacked a first-pitch single into right field to plate Luis Matos and send the Giants’ faithful home happy. Flores is off to a terrific start to the 2025 season, slashing .273/.314/.636 with four homers and 12 RBI.

Doval was once again called upon with Ryan Walker unavailable after having worked in each of the previous two games. Unlike his first two save chances, this one didn’t go according to plan. He allowed a one-out single to Victor Robles and a two-out walk to Cal Raleigh before giving up a game-tying RBI double to Randy Arozarena. He then walked Miles Mastrobuoni before escaping the inning. Doval was then rewarded with a victory after the Giants walked it off in the home half of the ninth. He remains the clear understudy to Walker for save chances in the Giants’ bullpen.

The right-hander punched out five opposing hitters on the afternoon while allowing only one base on balls. He served up solo homers to Julio Rodriguez and Cal Raleigh in the first and third innings respectively, but aside from that the only damage came on an RBI single by Ryan Bliss after Hicks had departed in the sixth. He exited with a one-run lead and in line for a victory, but the Giants couldn’t hold on in the ninth inning for him. He’ll try once more to improve to 2-0 on the season when he carries a 2.38 ERA, 0.88 WHIP and an 11/3 K/BB ratio into a tough matchup against the Yankees in New York on Saturday.

Raleigh smacked a one-out double off of Jordan Hicks in the first inning but was left stranded there. He then led off the third inning with a 347-foot (97.6 mph EV) solo shot that increased the M’s early lead to 2-0. With his three-hit effort, the 28-year-old backstop is now hitting .222/.349/.417 with a pair of long balls and three RBI on the season.

The right-hander racked up six strikeouts on the afternoon while issuing only one free pass. All of the damage done against him came via in the fourth inning as Heliot Ramos delivered an RBI single and Mike Yastrzemski followed with a three-run blast. Aside from that one mistake to Yastrzemski, Woo pitched very well here. He got 11 whiffs on 89 pitches on the day — seven on his fastball — while registering a CSW of 31 percent. He’ll carry a 3.75 ERA, 0.92 WHIP and an 11/3 K/BB ratio (12 innings) into Saturday’s matchup against the Rangers.

In doing so, O’Hoppe became the first catcher in Angels’ history to go deep in four consecutive games. The hard-hitting 25-year-old backstop did his damage off of Guardians’ starter Luis L. Ortiz in the second inning, with his 391-foot (105.6 mph EV) solo shot evening the score at 1-1. O’Hoppe also singled in the contest, finishing the afternoon 2-for-4. He’s off to a very strong start to the 2025 season, slashing .345/.367/.862 with five homers and nine RBI.

Castellanos came through with the biggest hit during Philadelphia’s six-run explosion in the third inning when he took Dodgers lefty reliever Alex Vesia deep with the bases juiced. It was his second big fly of the season and lone hit in four at-bats during the high-scoring shootout.

Hernández took Phillies emerging lefty ace Cristopher Sánchez deep in the first and fourth innings, respectively, before tagging him for an additional run-scoring double in the fifth. He also tacked on an additional RBI with a seventh-inning sacrifice fly, finishing 3-for-5 at the dish in the back-and-forth slugfest. The 32-year-old veteran remains a top-20 range outfielder for fantasy purposes as one of the primary igniters in Los Angeles’ loaded lineup.

It’s not hyperbolic to suggest that Romano might be finished as a viable closing option. He got the call to work the seventh inning with the Phillies leading by two runs at the time and was pulled after allowing three consecutive batters to reach base safely without recording an out. It’ll be José Alvarado handling the closing duties for the Phillies until further notice.

Alvarado was summoned to protect a narrow one-run advantage and needed just 10 pitches (seven strikes) to set down the top of the Dodgers order including Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Tommy Edman. The hard-throwing 29-year-old southpaw has looked like one of the most dominant relievers in baseball since the start of spring training and appears to be firmly-entrenched as Philadelphia’s primary closer.