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Collier kicked off the scoring by smashing a gargantuan 409-foot blast to right-center field off Angels prospect Caden Dana in the third inning at Globe Life Field. It was his lone hit in a pair of at-bats in the prospect showcase, but it helped lead the National League to a commanding 6-1 win over the American League. The 19-year-old former first-round pick from the 2022 MLB Draft got off to a sizzling-hot start this season with 13 homers in 78 games for High-A Dayton in the pitcher-friendly Midwest League and showcased his big-time power potential in this one.

Muñoz said he’s OK to pitch, and given that he’s spent much of his career managing his elbow, we’ll take his word for it. He never warmed in a 2-2 game tonight, and the Mariners ended up losing with Trent Thornton on the mound in the bottom of the ninth.

Miguel Rojas plated the go-ahead run in the 10th before Betts put the game away against Roansy Contreras. Betts has driven in seven runs the last two days, giving him 62 RBI in just 93 games. The steal was his 14th. If you say it quickly enough, Betts’ 15/14 season sounds just as impressive as what Shohei is doing.

The runs came on solo shots from Logan O’Hoppe and Taylor Ward. The four remaining hits surrendered by Buehler were all singles. This rates as his best outing in the four since he returned from the minors. He doesn’t seem worth playing in mixed leagues right now.

Detmers looked good tonight, particularly with his breaking balls. Before being sent down, he averaged 86.0 mph with his slider and 75.4 mph with his curveball this season. Tonight, he was at 87.2 mph and 74.3 mph, respectively, and the added separation seemed to pay off. Detmers is still a tough mixed-league play on a bad Angels team, but a strong finish would be nice. He’ll get the Twins next.

The 105.5-mph offering was the third fastest ever recorded by Statcast, behind a 105.8 and a 105.7 recorded by Aroldis Chapman several years ago. Joyce averaged 103.8 mph with his six fastballs tonight and struck out two of the three batters he faced in a 2-2 contest.

It’s really not ideal to have your DH batting ninth, but the Angels do need to take a look at Kavadas, who was picked up from the Red Sox in the Luis García trade. Unfortunately, he’s just 3-for-38 with a 20/3 K/BB so far. He offers power and patience at the plate, but the strikeouts might be too much for him to overcome.

The Mariners used Trent Thornton in a tie game in the bottom of the ninth, ensuring that Andrés Muñoz will be well rested for Wednesday’s game. Brown, who was left for dead in June, is hitting .320 with eight homers and 25 RBI in 134 plate appearances since being brought back to the majors on July 11. As long as he’s steady for the rest of the month, he’ll probably be part of Oakland’s plans for 2025, something that seemed highly unlikely two months ago.

10 of the 14 balls in play against Ginn were hit hard, but he allowed only three singles and two doubles. He also got his seven strikeouts in spite of a middling 25% CSW. It’s nice that Ginn is holding his own since callup, but his success tonight seemed more about Seattle’s unceasing failure. He’ll face the Tigers next time out.

Castillo allowed only four hits, but two of those were solo homers. The Mariners went on to lose this game, falling to 69-70 on the season. They’re 14-15 in Castillo’s starts, even though he has a 3.60 ERA. They’ve totaled two runs or fewer in 11 of the 29 games he’s started.

In Arozarena’s defense, the caught stealing on a 3-2 pitch should have been ball four, giving him the base. Still, it was foolish that he simply assumed that and didn’t run out the steal on what turned out to be a called strike three, allowing himself to be tagged while standing up. Arozarena is 20-for-29 stealing bases this year. 36 players have more steals than him, but only six have more caught stealings.