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Carpenter will take a seat for Saturday afternoon’s matinee with lefty-masher Matt Vierling getting the nod to face Oakland rookie southpaw Brady Basso. The 27-year-old slugger is batting .279 (19-for-68) with six homers in 20 games since returning from the injured list back on August 13.

The 31-year-old right-hander racked up eight strikeouts on the evening while walking just one batter. He got up to 78 pitches in the contest, throwing 51 of those for strikes. All of the damage done against him came on a three-run blast by Carlos Cortes. No official word yet from the Dodgers, but it seems likely that Glasnow could be cleared to return to the team’s rotation next week.

The 29-year-old hurler was pulled from Thursday’s start against the Blue Jays after three innings due to tightness in his forearm. Anytime forearm and MRI are mentioned in the same sentence, there’s reason for concern. With the All-Star break upcoming, you’d think that Schmidt would land on the injured list and miss his next start at an absolute minimum here. Look for the Yankees to provide an update on his status after Friday’s exam.

The 24-year-old superstar has been saying that he plans to return before the All-Star break, and the fact that he’s already back in live game action puts him on a path to accomplish that goal. The assumption is that he’ll at least remain there through the weekend, but we’re not putting anything past Carroll at this point.

Springer hit two-run homers in the third and eighth innings as he continues to make a strong charge for a spot on the AL All-Star roster. It was his second two-homer game of the three-game series sweep and 27th of his career. He’s currently hitting .281/.378/.513, giving him the 11th-best OPS in the majors. It’s a huge turnaround, considering that he finished at .732 in 2023 and .674 last year.

Bassitt labored early in this one, and he risked pitch clock violations several times, making us wonder if something was wrong physically. Bassitt, though, powered through and got better as the evening went along, which was huge for the Jays with the bullpen having worked a whole lot lately. He ended up earning his eighth win, while throwing a season-high 113 pitches. Bassitt will face the White Sox next week.

Hoffman worked around Jasson Domínguez’s double with one out, though things were a whole lot less urgent there after the Jays upped their lead from one run to three in the bottom of the eighth. The appearance tonight was Hoffman’s fourth in five days, so he should get Friday off. Yimi García and Yariel Rodríguez will divvy up late-inning duties if the Jays have a lead.

Devin Williams opened the door for Weaver last night by taking a loss after coming into a tie game, but Weaver walked straight into the wall once again. He’s surrendered seven runs — six earned — in five innings since coming off the IL two weeks ago.

Barger’s line drive homer tonight left his bat at 108.2 mph and traveled 401 feet, but his first double might actually have been more impressive; it was an opposite field shot at 104.9 mph and 383 feet. It would have been a homer in seven ballparks, according to Statcast. There are only a handful of major leaguers consistently hitting the ball as hard as Barger right now. He doesn’t always make contact, but there’s enough here to think he’ll last as a fantasy contributor.

A hot streak would be huge for Domínguez, who, thanks in part to injuries to Trent Grisham and Austin Wells, has gotten to start three games in a row after being excluded from the starting lineup in four of the previous eight games. He’s 14-for-31 in his last seven contests, raising his OPS from .709 to .752.

On a night where both starters and both team’s bullpens were brilliant, the Cubs finally broke through and put a run up in the home half of the 10th inning. Michael Busch started it with a ground out to shortstop that advanced Nico Hoerner to third base. Shaw then followed by smacking a 1-0 cutter deep enough into center field to bring home the game’s only run. He finished the night 0-for-3 and is hitting just .218/.299/.309 with two homers, 14 RBI and 10 stolen bases in what has been a disappointing rookie campaign for the 23-year-old third baseman.