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Gallen

Lovullo has worked his top relievers hard the last two days, so there will likely be need of Gallen on three days’ rest following his 11-strikeout gem against the Giants. The Diamondbacks pretty much have to win Sunday to have a chance of reaching the postseason. They technically could with a loss, but the Mets would have to lose three in a row in that case.

Gallen ends the regular season with an outstanding start, striking out 11 batters over six innings. The one run he allowed came in the second inning on a walk and a double. He allowed one other hit and one walk on the day. The 29-year-old right-hander ends the day with a 3.65 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, and a 156/54 K/BB ratio across 148 innings.

Gallen allowed three homers, but two of them were solo to help limit the damage. The right-hander didn’t pitch particularly well in either of his starts against the Brew Crew this week; going 10 innings and allowing seven runs. He does get the win to improve to 13-6, and he’ll go for win 14 against the Giants next week.

Gallen left with a two-run lead, but it disappeared right away in the sixth. Gallen struck out seven today and has a nice 36% CSW. It’s the fifth straight outing in which he’s struck out seven, which is great and also really surprising, given that he fanned seven in just four of his first 21 starts.

He struck out seven and walked two. The only flaw was that it took him 94 pitches to get his 15 outs, but that was fine on a night in which the D-backs pen was rested. It’s the third time in four appearances that Gallen has gone without allowing a run. He’ll face the Rockies in Coors Field next time out, but that’s never been a problem for him; he’s 2-0 with a 2.79 ERA in seven career starts in Colorado.

Gallen was outstanding on Wednesday, shutting the Giants out over six frames. He scattered four walks and did not allow a hit while striking out eight batters on his way to the win. The 29-year-old right-hander ends the day with a 3.69 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, and a 126/47 K/BB ratio across 127 innings. He’s in line for a matchup against the Rangers in Arizona on Tuesday.

Gallen allowed six hits and two walks, although he did finish with seven strikeouts. The 29-year-old didn’t follow up his impressive outing last Saturday (six shutout innings, nine strikeouts against Boston) with an equally quality showing, but he did avoid the loss. Gallen will try and rebound and lower his 3.87 ERA against the Giants next week.

Gallen threw 99 pitches, and he did battle some control issues with four walks and 59 of those offerings landing for strikes. Anytime he did have a jam, however, the 29-year-old worked out of it with key strikeouts and a big double play. It’s a nice bounceback from his shaky outing against the Rays on Saturday, and lowers Gallen’s ERA to 3.65. He’ll square off against the Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw on Friday, if there’s no change to either team’s rotation order.

Gallen surrendered a run on a walk and a triple in the first inning. A double steal of second and home brought a second run in to score for the Rays in the opening frame. Yandy Díaz plated two more runs with a base hit in the second inning. Gallen stranded five more baserunners through the fifth inning before his day was done at 98 pitches. The 29-year-old right-hander will take a 3.85 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, and a 102/37 K/BB ratio across 110 innings into a start against the Red Sox in Boston on Friday.

Gallen was lifted in the fifth inning due to the cramping issue. Fortunately, the 29-year-old right-hander believes that he’ll be able to make his next scheduled start against the Rays on Friday in Tampa Bay. Fantasy managers may want to have a contingency plan in place in the event that Gallen is unable to go, but it sounds like he was able to dodge a bullet on this one.