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Burnes had kept the Rays off the board for the first six innings before a two-run shot by Jonny DeLuca ended that. While the overall line looks good for Burnes, he struck out just three batters and posted just a 16 percent whiff rate and 22 percent CSW. He has benefitted from some soft competition of late, but this doesn’t seem like the version of Corbin Burnes we’ve seen in the past. The good news for him is the easy matchups keep coming with the Tigers up next.

Soriano was struck by a 107-mph line drive during Wednesday’s start against the Brewers. Though X-rays came back negative for any fractures, he’s still dealing with a contusion and wasn’t going to be able to make his next scheduled start, so he’ll finish the year on the injured list. The 26-year-old wraps his 2025 campaign with a 10-11 record, 4.26 ERA, 1.40 WHIP and a 152/78 K/BB ratio over 169 innings in 31 starts.

Baz struck out four and walked one while throwing just 74 pitches. With the Rays trying to curb his workload some, he’s topped out at 83 pitches in four starts this month. After Baz left, Griffin Jax, Kevin Kelly, Garrett Cleavinger and Bryan Baker pitched scoreless frames to finish the shutout. Baz moved to 10-12 with a 4.99 ERA. He’s due for one final start next week against the Orioles.

Bassitt gave up eight hits and most of them were deserved, but two bloop singles in a three-batter span in the second hurt badly in the three-run inning. It’s the first time in six starts that he’s been charged with more than two runs, and he still hasn’t given up more than three since July 28. Nevertheless, he’s been stuck on 11 wins for 10 starts now. He’ll face the Red Sox next week.

Simpson drove in multiple runs for the second time in 103 career games; he also had two RBI on Aug. 24. His average is back up to .301 now, with his OPS sitting at .685. He has a chance to become the first player since Ben Revere in 2014 to finish with a .300 average and a sub-.700 OPS over at least 300 plate appearances. Revere also did it in 2013. Before that, the last person to do it was Willie Wilson in 1981 (and Wilson, who batted .303, actually had a .700 OPS after rounding up).

Williams has performed pretty much as expected offensively through 24 games, hitting .186/.230/.400 over 75 plate appearances. At least according to the metrics, his defense at shortstop hasn’t been quite as strong as expected, but one imagines that will get better. The Rays will probably be content to let him battle it out with Taylor Walls for the shortstop job next spring.

Moncada continues to be hobbled by a left ankle injury, though as of yet there haven’t been any rumblings about him potentially requiring a trip to the injured list. Luis Rengifo will once again cover the hot corner in his absence and will bat fifth for the Halos against Quinn Priester and the Brewers on Thursday evening in Milwaukee.

Hicks gave the Marlins the lead in the third inning as he ambushed a first-pitch fastball from Tanner Gordon and clobbered a 411-foot (100.9 mph EV) two-run shot that made it a 3-2 ballgame. He then added on with a two-out, two-run single in the seventh that increased the Marlins’ advantage to 6-2. For the season, the 26-year-old backstop is now slashing .249/.346/.355 with just six homers and 44 RBI in 367 plate appearances.

Lopez did his damage in the third inning, crushing a mammoth 446-foot (103.8 mph EV) solo shot off of Tanner Gordon that extended the Marlins’ edge to 4-2. That would be his only hit in five at-bats on the afternoon. For the season, the 26-year-old infielder is slashing a respectable .245/.308/.370 with 15 homers, 75 RBI and 13 stolen bases in 555 plate appearances.

Marsee reached on a two-out infield single in the seventh inning and scored on a two-run single off the bat of Liam Hicks. He then smacked a hustle double with one out in the ninth inning, swiped third base and rode home on a two-run blast by Heriberto Hernandez. With his two-hit attack, the 24-year-old outfielder is slashing an impressive .320/.392/.535 with five homers, 30 RBI, 26 runs scored and 12 stolen bases (in 15 attempts) in his first 194 big league plate appearances.

The 30-year-old hurler piled up eight strikeouts in the ballgame while issuing a pair of free passes. The Rockies got to him for two early runs in the second inning — including a solo blast by Blaine Crim — but he settled in beautifully after that and kept them off the board until Yanquiel Fernandez swatted a solo homer in the seventh inning. Alcantara generated 11 swings and misses on 104 pitches in the ballgame, registering a CSW of 22 percent. He’ll attempt to finish his season on a three-game winning streak as he carries a 5.48 ERA, 1.28 WHIP and a 139/55 K/BB ratio (167 2/3 innings) into Wednesday’s showdown against the Phillies in Philadelphia.