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Crowe (shoulder) advanced to throwing live batting practice Thursday, Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

Crowe is currently working out at the Pirates' spring training complex in Florida and could be cleared to head out on a minor-league rehab assignment within the next week. He's been on the shelf since late April due to right shoulder trouble.

Martinez allowed five runs on four hits and a walk without retiring a batter during Pittsburgh's defeat of San Diego on Wednesday.

Martinez entered in the seventh inning with the game still very much in reach for the Padres, who were down 2-1 at the time. However, things quickly got out of hand for the veteran hurler, as he allowed all six hitters he faced to reach base on four singles, a walk and a hit-by-pitch. Martinez had been one of San Diego's most reliable relievers over the first two months of the campaign, but he's taken a step back in June with a 9.26 ERA and 1.89 WHIP over 11.2 innings across 11 appearances.

Misiewicz was designated for assignment by the Tigers on Thursday.

The move clears out a 40-man roster spot for Zach Logue, who is joining Detroit's bullpen ahead of Thursday's series finale against the Rangers. Misiewicz has allowed eight earned runs on 15 hits and three walks over 8.1 major-league innings this season between the Tigers and Diamondbacks.

The Tigers selected Logue's contract from Triple-A Toledo on Thursday, Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press reports.

Logue was removed from the 40-man roster over the offseason but has gotten the spot back even after collecting a 5.92 ERA across 15 appearances (13 starts) with Toledo. Presumably, he'll be in line for long-relief duty.

Snead (shoulder) was credited with a hold in Triple-A Las Vegas' win over Round Rock on Wednesday, allowing an earned run on two hits and a walk over 1.1 innings.

Snead had to navigate some trouble that included a solo home run allowed to J.P. Martinez and pushed his pitch count to 30 in the process. The left-hander has logged at least one frame in four of his seven rehab appearances, and although he's allowed one earned run in four of his five outings with the Aviators, he appears built up enough for the relief role he'd fill at the big-league level.

Tarnok (shoulder) allowed two earned runs on one hit and four walks over four innings in Triple-A Las Vegas' win over Round Rock on Wednesday. He did not record a strikeout.

The subpar control wasn't ideal, but it did serve to boost Tarnok's pitch count to 61 offerings, the biggest workload yet of his rehab assignment. The right-hander is likely on the cusp of activation, but even with 12.2 minor-league frames under his belt, the Athletics may want to give Tarnok at least one more outing on the farm to push his pitch count into the 70-to-75 pitch range.

Cleveland recalled Kelly from Triple-A Columbus on Thursday, Mandy Bell of MLB.com reports.

Kelly made his MLB debut with the Phillies last year at age 29 and will get another big-league opportunity -- this time with the Guardians -- after delivering a 2.73 ERA and 48:18 K:BB through 29.2 innings this season at Columbus. The right-hander figures to operate in long relief.

Pressly picked up the save Wednesday against the Cardinals, striking out two over a perfect inning.

Pressly retired Paul Goldschmidt, Lars Nootbaar and Paul DeJong in order to record his 15th save of the season. The right-hander went just 2-for-5 in save chances from May 29-June 14, but he hasn't allowed an earned run over his last five appearances (six innings) and is a perfect 3-for-3 in save opportunities during that stretch. Overall, Pressly is 15-for-18 as a closer and sports elite numbers across the board (2.88 ERA, 0.93 WHIP and 9.7 K/9).

Fujinami fired two scoreless relief innings in a loss to the Yankees on Wednesday, allowing three hits while recording two strikeouts.

Although he got only 18 of his 30 pitches into the strike zone, Fujinami's scoreless effort represented a welcome resurgence from a rough showing Saturday when he'd allowed two earned runs on four hits over just two-thirds of an inning while taking his seventh loss. The Nippon Professional Baseball import has been appreciably steadier as a reliever than he was as a member of the rotation, with Fujinami now owning a 2-2 record and a serviceable 4.26 ERA in the 12.2 innings covering his last 12 appearances.

Puk recorded the final two outs of Wednesday's 6-2 win over the Red Sox to collect his 12th save of the season.

Dylan Floro made things interesting in the ninth, giving up three straight singles with one out to put the potential tying run in the on-deck circle, but Puk needed only three pitches to squash the Boston rally by getting pinch-hitter Masataka Yoshida (forearm) to ground into a double play. Puk has given up earned runs in only one of 10 appearances since returning from the IL in early June, posting a 2.89 ERA, 0.86 WHIP and 7:1 K:BB through 9.1 innings over that stretch while converting six of seven save chances. The 28-year-old southpaw remains entrenched as Miami's closer.