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The 31-year-old left-hander retired the first four hitters that he faced before allowing a one-out single to Michael Massey in the second inning. Massey was then caught stealing and Gilbert punched out Hunter Renfroe to face the minimum through his two frames. He got just one swing and miss on his 26 pitches on the day, posting an underwhelming CSW rate of 19 percent. It’s unclear if the White Sox view him as more of a swingman or if he’ll have a chance to compete for a spot in their rotation to start the season, but either way Sunday was a nice start for him.

Neto led off the bottom of the first with a homer against Yoshinobu Yamamoto and later took Alexis Díaz deep in the sixth for his third career two-homer game. It’s the first time that he’s ever reached base safely five times and the fourth time that he’s scored three runs, with three of those taking place since the beginning of July. It’d be nice if he showed more plate discipline, but he’s batting an impressive .272/.329/.481 with 19 homers and 21 steals in 100 games at age 25.

Things got hairy when Shaun Anderson gave up four runs in the eighth, but the Angels held on to win 7-4 afterwards. It’s the sixth scoreless start of at least six innings for Soriano this year. Unfortunately, he’s also given up at least five runs on seven occasions while going 8-9 with a 3.84 ERA. He’s due to face the A’s on Sunday.

Jansen has struggled some against his original organization in his years since exiting in 2022, but that wasn’t the case tonight. It helped that he got to face the bottom of the lineup, and he retired Michael Conforto, Alex Freeland and Alex Call in order to end the game. It’s his 22nd save of the year and the 469th of his career.

Yamamoto was hit quite a bit harder than usual tonight, but he was a little unlucky in giving up four runs on a HBP and three singles in the fifth. The six runs allowed is a new season high and is two more than he gave up in his previous four starts combined. He’d seem to deserve considerably better than a 10-8 record with his 2.84 ERA for a first-place team. He’ll likely make his next start Monday in Colorado.

Rafael Devers’ sixth-inning homer accounted for the Giants’ lone run tonight. Darvish allowed only three other hits, all of which were singles, and he finished with six strikeouts and no walks. The win makes him 2-3 with a 5.61 ERA, though he’s throwing better than that suggests. He’s not a great play with the Dodgers next on the schedule, but it looks like he’ll offer a little value down the stretch.

Suarez notched his major league-high 33rd save after being set up by Mason Miller, who struck out the side in the eighth. Odds are he’ll keep closing for the rest of the year, at which point he’ll opt out of his contract. Miller could then take over as the Padres’ closer next year, though there’s been some speculation that the club could try him as a starter.

It was one run through six, but Webb gave up a double, a single and a homer to open the seventh. We’re sure that won’t stop John Smoltz from ranting this weekend about how any time you use three or four relievers, one is going to have a bad day, but it’s data point No. 618,463 for the rest of us. Webb is due to make his next start Sunday at home against the Rays.

Adames is still homering once or twice per week, but his July resurgence hasn’t really spilled over into August. He’s batting .122/.200/.268 in 45 plate appearances this month.

Campero tried jumping to catch the homer and got his left foot stuck in the wall, causing an injury that forced him to be carted off. The Angels didn’t update his status after the game, but odds are that he’ll be forced to the injured list.

Caminero reached on an infield single to open the second inning and scored the game’s first run on a two-run knock by Nick Fortes. He then crushed a 419-foot (105.4 mph EV) solo shot off of Osvaldo Bido in the seventh inning that extended the Rays’ lead to 6-1. With his three-hit evening, the 22-year-old budding superstar is now slashing .262/.301/.529 with the aforementioned 33 long balls, 81 RBI and five stolen bases in what has been an impressive all-around season.