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Blach gets DFA’d for a second time this year after giving up five runs in 3 2/3 innings in a start against the Brewers on Saturday. He’s 3-8 with a 6.94 ERA for the Rockies.

Oof. Marte suffered a left hamstring strain while running the bases during the first inning of Friday’s ballgame. Lovullo noted that the severity of the injury would be determined over the next couple of days, but a stint on the injured list seems increasingly likely. Garrett Hampson is the most likely candidate to fill in at second base while Marte is sidelined.

Ozuna opened the scoring in the contest with a two-run double off of Max Meyer in the third inning. He then came around to score on an RBI single by Austin Riley. The 34-year-old slugger then crushed his first home run of the season in the fifth inning — a 395-foot (105.0 mph EV) solo shot that made it a 4-0 ballgame. He finished the day with a single in the eighth inning and scored on another RBI knock from Riley. With the three-hit night, Ozuna is now hitting .286/.559/.476 with the one aforementioned home run and five RBI.

Olson went back-to-back with teammate Marcell Ozuna off of George Soriano in the seventh inning, with his 434-foot (113.4 mph EV) bomb increasing the Braves’ advantage to 5-0. He also added a two-run single in the eighth inning and scored on an RBI knock by Drake Baldwin. He finished the night 2-for-5 and is now hitting .222/.382/.444 with one homer and five RBI on the young season.

Harris started the game with a double off of Max Meyer but wound up getting stranded at third base. He then led off the third inning with a single and scored the game’s first run on a two-run double off the bat of Marcell Ozuna. He also singled in the eighth inning and scored on a two-run knock by Matt Olson. With his three-hit attack, the 24-year-old outfielder is now hitting .233 (7-for-30) with one homer and one RBI on the season. He has yet to swipe any bases.

The 24-year-old right-hander allowed just two hits on the night, both of them singles, and didn’t walk a batter. He allowed a two-out single to Liam Hicks in the fifth inning and a one-out single to Griffin Conine in the seventh, and neither of them ever advanced past first base. Pure dominance. Schwellenbach amassed 23 swinging strikes on 99 pitches on the night — 11 of them on his fastball alone — while registering an elite CSW of 39 percent. It simply doesn’t get much better than that. He’ll try to extend his dominance as he carries a 0.00 ERA, 0.29 WHIP and a 14/1 K/BB ratio (14 innings) into Wednesday night’s battle against the Phillies.

As a team, the Marlins totaled just four hits — all of them singles — in the ballgame. Conine collected his hit off of Spencer Schwellenbach with one out in the seventh inning, but he never advanced past first base. He’s off to a nice start overall on the season, hitting .280 (7-for-25) with one home run and one RBI.

The 26-year-old right-hander punched out eight batters on the night while issuing a pair of walks. All of the damage done against him came in the third inning as Marcell Ozuna roped a two-run double to center and Austin Riley followed with a run-scoring single. Aside from that, Meyer was terrific. He got 15 swings and misses on 92 pitches on the night — eight of those on his slider — while posting a CSW of 28 percent. He’ll bring a 3.09 ERA, 1.37 WHIP and a 15/3 K/BB ratio (11 2/3 innings) into Wednesday’s showdown against the Mets in New York.

The Phillies’ leadoff man doubled off of Yoshinobu Yamamoto in the opening inning, swiped third base and scored the game’s first run on a throwing error. He also worked a walk to lead off the sixth inning. The dynamic 31-year-old shortstop is still searching for his first home run of the season but is now hitting .313 (5-for-16) with a pair of runs scored, one RBI and two stolen bases.

Castellanos legged out an infield single in the fourth inning but was erased on a double play. He then smacked a double in the seventh and scored on a ground out off the bat of Brandon Marsh. With his two-hit effort, the 33-year-old outfielder is now hitting .292/.393/.458 on the season with one homer and one RBI.

Romano came on with the Phillies leading 3-0 in the ninth inning, but things got tighter in a hurry as he walked Mookie Betts and served up a two-run blast to Tommy Edman. After striking out Teoscar Hernandez, Romano walked Will Smith to put the tying run on base. He then punched out Max Muncy and pinch runner Chris Taylor was cut down trying to steal second base to end it. He now holds a troublesome 9.00 ERA, 1.75 WHIP and a 6/3 K/BB ratio over four innings on the season and could soon fall behind Jose Alvarado in the pecking order for saves in the Phillies’ bullpen.