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Kimbrel nailed down his 28th save Tuesday in Baltimore, allowing one walk while striking out one in a hitless inning of work.

Kimbrel hasn't given up a single hit in his last five appearances and hasn't allowed an earned run since Aug. 9. He's about as reliable as it gets in the ninth inning.

Betances struck out one in a clean ninth to notch his 12th save of the season Tuesday against the Rays.

Betances hadn't pitched since blowing a save and taking the loss late last week. In fact, the 28-year-old has been tagged as the losing pitcher in each of his last two appearances before bouncing back Tuesday. Overall, Betances is 12-for-17 in save chances this season, though 12-for-14 since taking over closer duties in the wake of the trade deadline.

Farmer will start Wednesday's game in Minnesota, MLive's Evan Woodberry reports.

His move to the rotation will send Anibal Sanchez and Mike Pelfrey to the bullpen, at least for now. Farmer has a 4.32 ERA and 10:7 K:BB in 8.1 innings of relief since being recalled at the start of September, and his career 10.09 ERA in 30.1 innings as a big league starter make it awfully tough to trust him, even in a solid matchup Wednesday.

Giles struck out two in a scoreless inning for his 12th save Monday against the Athletics.

Giles has bounced back from a blown save September 13 against the Rangers by converting consecutive saves with four combined strikeouts. He is now a sharp 11-for-12 with a 25:3 K:BB in 16 innings since taking over the closer's role August 9, as Giles has finally given the Astros some valuable stability in the back of their bullpen.

Garton (1-1) gave up a go-ahead solo homer and one other hit over the course of an inning in Sunday's 2-1 loss to the Orioles. He also recorded a strikeout.

The reliever gave up a 429-foot blast to Mark Trumbo in the eighth, which led to a 2-1 final score in favor of the Orioles. Garton saw a streak of three straight scoreless appearances snapped, but still sports a solid 3.24 ERA over the 8.1 innings covering his current Rays stint.

Pomeranz has insisted his recent struggles are not related to fatigue despite pitching a career-high 164.1 innings this season, Chris Mason of the Boston Herald reports. The left-hander has managed just 5.2 innings over his last two starts.

Pomeranz's previous career high was 96.2 innings in 2012, and he's thrown a combined 176.2 innings from 2013 through 2015. There's some merit to the argument that fatigue is catching up to him. At least that's what manager John Farrell feels may be a root cause for his recent short outings. "It's the command that's been lacking," Farrell said. "Whether or not that's a direct result of the number of innings pitched to date - it comes down to just locating better, more consistently." Pomeranz will next take the mound Friday against the Rays in Tampa.

Pomeranz took a no-decision after allowing four runs on seven hits and two walks with three strikeouts in 3.2 innings in Sunday's 5-4 win over the Yankees.

After lasting just two innings in his previous outing, Pomeranz got another early hook with the Red Sox falling behind 4-0. Pomeranz had been pitching well prior to his last two starts, however, and still owns a 3.40 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and 180 strikeouts in 164.1 innings. He'll look to bounce back Friday against the last-place Rays at Tropicana Field.

Green (elbow) was transferred to the 60-day DL on Sunday.

The move was made in order to make room for Donovan Solano on the 40-man roster. After pitching in 12 games, eight of which were starts, Green's season will end with a 4.73 ERA and 1.40 WHIP.

Duffey will have his next start pushed back to Saturday against Seattle, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.

The Twins will skip his start Tuesday to align the rotation so that their best starters can face the Tigers, who are in the playoff hunt. Duffey has struggled this season with a 6.39 ERA, but he could get two more starts as the Twins give him experience for next year.

Colome nailed down his 34th save, allowing just one hit to preserve a 5-2 victory over the Orioles on Saturday.

He allowed a leadoff single, but induced a groundout, foulout and lineout from the next three batters to end the game. Colome is 34-for-36 in save chances with a 1.93 ERA, a 1.03 WHIP and 66 strikeouts in 51.1 innings pitched.