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The Mariners optioned Danny Farquhar to Triple-A Tacoma after Sunday's game. 

Farquhar gave up two runs in 2/3 of an inning of relief on Sunday. He's 0-3 with a 6.49 ERA for the Mariners this year. 

Manager Lloyd McClendon said that Farquhar would likely be replaced by a position-player call-up, per Seattle's 710 AM. No announcement was made, but James Jones was scratched from Tacoma's Sunday lineup.  

Yankees relief pitcher Dellin Betances wasn't as crisp as he could have been, but he managed to record his third save of the season against the Orioles on Sunday.

Betances closed out the ninth inning, but it took him 17 pitches to do so. He walked a batter and struck out another in the process.

Betances (4-0) has a 0.27 ERA with 55 strikeouts in 33 1/3 innings of work this year.

The Red Sox called up third baseman Travis Shaw on Sunday, reports ESPNBoston.com.

Shaw is 0 for 2 in one game this season for the Red Sox. He will replace pitcher Matt Barnes, who was optioned to Triple-A. Barnes has a 4.24 ERA over 17 innings this season.

Athletics starter Kendall Graveman took a tough loss on Saturday against the Angels. Graveman went the distance, pitching eight solid innings. He allowed just one run on eight hits, while striking out seven and walking none. He lowered his ERA to 4.22 with the terrific outing.

The only run Graveman gave up was a first-inning solo home run to Albert Pujols. He stifled the Angels lineup the rest of the way, but the offense was absent against C.J. Wilson in this one.

This was Graveman's third straight quality start, as he has allowed four earned runs in 21 innings over that stretch.

He'll look to maintain this string of excellence in his next start, scheduled for Thursday at home against the Padres.

Astros starter Collin McHugh was knocked around for eight runs on nine hits in just 3 2/3 innings on Saturday against the Mariners. McHugh walked two and struck out one, as he never really got going in this one. 

McHugh (6-3) got in deep trouble early, allowing five runs in the first inning, including a three-run bomb off the bat of Logan Morrison. Morrison got him again for a two-run shot in the third.

Saturday's performance was the worst of the season for McHugh in terms of innings pitched and earned runs allowed. His ERA ballooned to 5.08 on the season.

"You got to fix something," he said, per MLB.com. "I got to figure something out. It's frustrating because my stuff's not very sharp right now. But my body feels good, my arm feels good. I feel good in between starts. That's just a matter of kind of getting over the hump, getting back to where we need to go. I think I'm close, it's just today is one of those days, it gets away from you real fast."

He'll look for better results his next time out, scheduled for Thursday in Colorado.

The Angels called up pitcher Trevor Gott from Triple-A Salt Lake before Saturday's game. 

Gott was promoted to Triple-A earlier this year, after getting eight saves for Double-A Arkansas. He has made seven scoreless appearances at Triple-A. 

Rays pitcher Matt Moore will throw 80 pitches in his next minor league rehab start, per TBO.com.

Moore will pitch Monday at Class A Charlotte. He's on the 60-day disabled list with an elbow injury. 

The Mariners have recalled relief pitcher Danny Farquhar from Triple-A Tacoma, per MLB.com.

Farquhar posted a 6.46 ERA and a 0-3 mark in 23 2/3 innings of work this season before being optioned to the minors in May.

Angels starter Hector Santiago gave up two runs in 5 2/3 innings in a no-decision against Oakland. 

Santiago surrendered seven hits and a walk, while striking out six. He gave up two home runs. 

Santiago's next start is Wednesday at Arizona. 

Athletics starter Jesse Chavez pitched seven innings in Friday's game against the Angels but left with a no-decision.

Chavez gave up three runs on seven hits, walking two and striking out three. His next start is Wednesday against San Diego.