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Olson took Brewers starter Freddy Peralta deep in the fourth inning before walloping a 416-foot moonshot off reliever Nick Mears in the eighth inning to record his first multi-homer performance of the season. It’s been a disappointing offensive campaign for Olson, relative to fantasy manager’s lofty expectations coming off last year’s 54-homer explosion, as he’s gone deep just 17 times through 107 contests. Despite his prolonged struggles, it wouldn’t be shocking at all to see him get hot and go on a power surge to close out the year.

Altuve suffered an oblique injury before leaving Wednesday’s game. Espada said, “Things look OK. Nothing I can tell you I’m worried about.” Altuve seems to have avoided a serious injury. He’s still day-to-day.

Skubal was hit on his glove hand by a liner during the game against the Rockies, but he stayed in and finished the inning. More tests are expected, but Skubal believes he’ll be just fine.

The move makes room for Brett de Geus on the 40-man. Rodríguez had a 15.43 ERA in four appearances for the Jays this season. He had been pitching in Triple-A for the last month.

Winn had as many hits as he did while going 2-for-29 in his previous seven games. In spite of the occasional slump, the Cardinals haven’t wavered on Winn as a leadoff man since moving him to that spot in May. He’s hitting an unexceptional .251/.295/.394 in that role, but he has scored 57 runs in 88 games.

Gray outlasted Jakob Junis, who allowed one run over five innings, and got the win after the Cardinals moved ahead in the sixth. It’s the third straight start in which Gray has given up exactly one run, a stretch that’s lowered his ERA from 4.07 to 3.75. He’ll make his next start at home against the Pirates.

Romero, who has 30 holds in his setup role, got to stay in for the ninth because the Cardinals increased their lead from three to five runs in the bottom of the eighth, allowing the team to stay away from Ryan Helsley after he pitched last night.

They’ve all been fairly short after he previously spent the year as a reliever, but Junis has done a great job in all three of his starts for the Reds, allowing a total of one run in 13 innings. We still wouldn’t say it makes him a great play in mixed leagues, particularly since he’s due to face the Braves next.

Saggese was 0-for-9 as a major leaguer until his third at-bat today, when he delivered a bloop single in the seventh. Coming up again an inning later, he hit a liner to center that TJ Friedl probably correctly decided against making a diving attempt to catch. That single gave Saggese his first RBI. He’s started all three games since he joined the Cardinals, so it looks like he’ll have some value in deeper leagues.

The Rangers needed to clear space on the active roster for Kumar Rocker, so they’ll move on from Anderson, who they just signed to a minor league contract at the beginning of August. The veteran will potentially land back with the Rangers if he clears waivers.

The Rangers announced this move on Monday, but now it’s official. The 24-year-old has a 0.91 ERA and a 47/4 K/BB in 29 2/3 innings between Double-A and Triple-A this season. He should throw around 80 pitches tonight against the Mariners which could be good enough for a win. Rocker is talented enough to be added in most formats. Chase Anderson was designated for assignment to make room.