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Hart will come up to the big leagues from Triple-A Norfolk, Roch Kubatko of MASN Sports reports.

With Danny Valencia going on paternity leave, Hart will join the big-league club and figures to provide additional support in relief. He's appeared in four games for Baltimore this season, posting a 1.93 ERA with two strikeouts in 4.2 innings out of the bullpen.

Pagan fired two perfect innings in a loss to the Rays on Tuesday, recording four strikeouts.

Pagan has been a different pitcher since returning to the big-league club after a stint at Triple-A Nashville, having now fired 6.1 scoreless innings during which he's only allowed a pair of singles and recorded seven strikeouts. The 27-year-old right-hander has already lowered his ERA by more than a full run (5.17 to 4.05) since his return to the majors.

Diaz (0-2) allowed four runs on three hits and a walk while recording just one out -- a strikeout -- en route to taking the loss Tuesday against the Rangers.

It was a non-save situation, as Diaz entered in a tied 5-5 game in the ninth inning. He needed 25 pitches just to get the one out and was tagged for a couple singles and a double before coming out. The 24-year-old hadn't allowed a run in seven straight outings -- he last gave up a run in a blown save against the Rangers. His ERA jumped up from 1.59 to 2.83 as a result of Tuesday's outing.

Fulmer (2-4) allowed five runs on six hits and four walks across 3.1 innings while taking the loss Tuesday against the Angels. He recorded one strikeout.

Fulmer struggled in the second inning, allowing an RBI single to Luis Valbuena before Ian Kinsler hit a three-run home run to left. He lasted into the fourth but was removed after walking a pair behind a solo shot from Valbuena. Home runs have been a problem for Fulmer, who's allowed multiple home runs in three of the four starts in which he's allowed five earned runs or more. He's now done just that in three of his last five starts and will take a hefty 4.60 ERA into his next scheduled start Sunday against the Blue Jays.

Chapman (2-0) pitched a scoreless 10th inning Tuesday against the Astros en route to his second win of the season.

Brett Gardner hit a game-tying two-run home run off of Chris Devenski in the ninth inning to send the game to extras. Chapman then pitched a scoreless inning with a walk and a strikeout before Gleyber Torres laced a walkoff single to end things. Chapman has not allowed a run in his last seven relief appearances and currently owns a shiny 1.21 ERA.

Devenski allowed two runs on three hits and a walk in the ninth inning of Tuesday's extra-innings loss to the Yankees.

Devenski got the nod for the save opportunity Tuesday after Ken Giles had pitched on both Sunday and Monday. Staked to a two-run lead, the hard-throwing reliever issued a leadoff walk to Miguel Andujar before serving up a game-tying homer to Brett Gardner. It was Devenski's first blown save of the season and the Yankees went on to win in extras.

Kimbrel recorded the final two outs in Tuesday's 8-3 win over the Blue Jays to pick up his 17th save of the season.

Kimbrel entered the game in a based-loaded, one-out situation but was able to retire Kevin Pillar via strikeout and induce a groundout from Yangervis Solarte to quiet the rally. The 30-year-old has now converted his last eight save opportunities and holds a 34:5 K:BB over 24.2 innings of relief.

Stanek is scheduled to start Thursday's game against the A's, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Stanek got the start and went 1.2 innings in Monday's bullpen game and will again be deployed as the first-inning pitcher just three days later. He holds a 3.24 ERA over 8.1 innings this season.

Hendriks (groin, hip) is set to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Nashville, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Hendriks is ready to advance to the final stage of his nearly seven-week rehab program following his April groin strain and subsequent cyst removal from his hip. Barring any setbacks, he'll likely rejoin the Athletics' bullpen during the first two weeks of June.

Rodriguez (elbow) has been reinstated from the disabled list and will head to Triple-A Round Rock on Tuesday, John Blake of the Texas Rangers reports.

Rodriguez will come off the disabled list after being shifted to the 60-day DL on April 2 due to elbow inflammation. As expected, he'll be sent to Triple-A. Rodriguez hasn't allowed a run and has struck out six batters across eight innings at Round Rock this season.