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Chapman picked up the save Thursday, striking out one over 0.2 innings against the Nationals.

Chapman entered a five-run game in the ninth with the tying run on deck and needed just six pitches to close things out without allowing any further damage. It was the second save in as many opportunities for Chapman since replacing a struggling David Bednar in the closer role for the Pirates. Outside of a three-run blowup last week against the Cubs, Chapman has been unscored upon over his last 13 appearances, accumulating 21 strikeouts with a 2.08 ERA, 0.77 WHIP one win, two saves and seven holds over 13 innings.

The Pirates activated Wentz on Thursday after he was claimed off waivers Tuesday from the Tigers.

Wentz was designated for assignment by the Tigers on Friday, but finds himself back on an active roster Thursday. In his last seven appearances, he has pitched 10.1 innings and had shutout outings in all but one of them. The one blemish in the stretch was when he gave up four earned in one inning against the Cubs on Aug. 22. To make room for Wentz on the active roster, Domingo German was designated for assignment Thursday.

Diaz picked up the save Thursday against Houston, striking out one without allowing any hits or walks.

Diaz pitched a perfect ninth inning to earn his first save since Aug. 13, ending a streak of eight straight appearances without a save. The 27-year-old pitched to a 7.36 ERA over those prior eight outings, but he's now pitched clean innings in back-to-back appearances. With his 25th save of the season, Diaz becomes the sixth reliever with 25 or more saves in each of the last two seasons.

The Rockies optioned Justice to Triple-A Albuquerque on Thursday.

Justice will head back to the minors just four days after joining the big club and recording one out in his season debut Sunday. The 26-year-old southpaw owns a 9.90 ERA through 20 innings at Albuquerque, though he's surrendered just one earned run across his last six minor-league appearances. Jaden Hill was selected from Triple-A in a corresponding move.

The Mets transferred Reid-Foley (shoulder) from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day injured list Thursday, Mike Puma of the New York Post reports.

The move clears a spot on the 40-man roster for the addition of waiver claim Jose Azocar. Reid-Foley had already been ruled out for the season with his right shoulder injury.

Gibaut (forearm) is targeting Sept. 15 as the start of a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville, MLB.com reports.

Gibaut has been out all of this season following forearm surgery and more recently a calf strain. He will need a handful of rehab outings given how much time he's missed, but a return later this month is doable if he can avoid another setback.

Atlanta outrighted Logue to Triple-A Gwinnett on Thursday.

Logue was removed from the 40-man roster over the weekend and will remain in the organization after passing through waivers unclaimed. The 28-year-old has spent all of the 2024 season in the minors, holding a 2.58 ERA and 90:28 K:BB over 94.1 innings between Double-A Mississippi and Gwinnett.

Faucher gave up a hit and a walk in a scoreless inning of relief Wednesday, getting charged with his second blown save of the season in a 4-3 extra-inning win over the Nationals. He struck out one.

With the Marlins ahead 3-0, Mike Baumann took the mound to begin the eighth inning but immediately ran into trouble, loading the bases without recording an out. Faucher was quickly brought in, but he walked in a run before giving up an RBI groundout and a James Wood double that tied the game. Despite the stumble, Faucher has had runs charged to his own ledger only twice in his last 13 appearances, posting a 2.08 ERA, 1.08 WHIP and 19:5 K:BB in 13 innings over that stretch while converting six of seven save chances.

Antone (elbow) reports feeling no pain and will undergo an MRI and ultrasound exams in October to check on his progress, MLB.com reports.

If all goes well next month, Antone could be cleared to begin throwing with weighted plyo training balls. The right-hander has undergone two Tommy John surgeries in his career and had surgery to repair tears in his ulnar collateral ligament and flexor mass tendon April 12.

Kittredge (3-4) walked one and struck out two over 1.2 scoreless and hitless innings to earn the extra-inning win over the Brewers on Wednesday.

Kittredge worked out of the trouble JoJo Romero created in the eighth inning and then delivered a perfect ninth to keep the game tied at 2-2. The Cardinals pulled ahead in the 10th with a two-out RBI single from Luken Baker. Kittredge is now on an eight-inning scoreless streak, allowing three hits and posting a 6:1 K:BB while earning two wins and two holds in that span. For the season, he has a 3.03 ERA, 1.15 WHIP and 55:17 K:BB through 59.1 innings with one save, six blown saves and 32 holds.