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Nittoli was optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Sunday, Corey Seidman of NBC Sports Philadelphia reports.

Nittoli made two scoreless appearances after being called up Sept. 1, but the Phillies decided to remove him from the roster to open up a spot for fellow reliever Seranthony Dominguez. Nittoli will garner consideration if the Phillies need to bring up a reliever before the season comes to a close.

Dominguez (triceps) was activated from the injured list Sunday, Corey Seidman of NBC Sports Philadelphia reports.

Dominguez was expected to be activated Sunday, and he is now officially back in the Phillies' bullpen. It's not clear if he will jump right back into the closer's role, but given his 0.90 ERA, 0.80 WHIP and 13:3 K:BB since the All-Star break, it seems likely that will be the case.

Bautista (arm) will be available out of the bullpen Sunday, Nathan Ruiz of The Baltimore Sun reports.

Bautista was held out for a few days with arm fatigue, but he played catch Saturday without issue and said Sunday that he is now feeling "really good." As such, expect Bautista to get the ball if the Orioles find themselves needing to protect a lead of three runs or less in the ninth inning of Sunday's game against the Red Sox.

Martinez (4-4) took the loss against the White Sox on Saturday, allowing seven runs on 14 hits, a walk and a wild pitch over 3.2 innings while recording two strikeouts.

Martinez hung in for 93 pitches, but it was an arduous journey that saw the rookie endure arguably his worst major-league outing yet. The right-hander's troubles began in the second inning when he allowed an RBI single to Yasmani Grandal and a three-run home run to Elvis Andrus, and he also subsequently conceded an Eloy Jimenez sacrifice fly and Andrew Vaughn two-run double in the fourth before exiting. Heading into Saturday's turn, Martinez was coming off a brilliant three-start stretch during which he'd pitched to a 1.72 ERA and 0.96 WHIP, so he'll be aiming for a major course correction in his next projected start, which is likely to come against the Astros on the road Thursday.

The Oriolesn="Baltimore Orioles" data-type="SPORTS_OBJECT_TEAM" data-league-abbreviation="MLB" data-team-abbreviation="BAL">Orioles optioned Cano to Triple-A Norfolk on Sunday.

Cano's demotion comes after he was blitzed for seven runs on six hits and three walks while recording just five outs in his mop-up appearance in Saturday's 17-4 loss to the Red Sox. The Orioles called up Mike Baumann from Triple-A to replace Cano in the bullpen ahead of Sunday's series finale.

The Orioles recalled Baumann from Triple-A Norfolk on Sunday.

Baumann will be back with Baltimore for the second time in less than a week after he previously made a spot start in the first game of a doubleheader with the Blue Jays on Monday. During his upcoming stint with the Orioles, Baumann is likely to serve as a multi-inning option out of the bullpen after Baltimore needed three relievers (not including position player Ryan McKenna) to cover the final 5.1 innings of Saturday's 17-4 loss to the Red Sox. One of those relievers -- Yennier Cano -- was optioned to Triple-A to clear room on the active roster for Baumann.

Boxberger tossed a clean ninth inning in the Brewers' 5-1 victory over the Reds on Saturday.

With the Brewers up by four runs, manager Craig Counsell used Boxberger to close out Saturday's contest rather than going to closer Devin Williams in a non-save situation. Boxberger has been a bit shaky of late, but he retired all three batters he faced Saturday and secured the win for his club. Boxberger remains part of the Brewers' late-inning mix, but he is presumably behind all of Devin Williams, Taylor Rogers and Matt Bush in the pecking order for saves.

Doval allowed a hit and struck out one in a scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Cubs.

Doval turned in his fourth straight scoreless outing, spanning 4.1 innings with three saves and a win in that stretch. He's given up only four runs (two earned) in 15 innings since the start of August despite a 14:8 K:BB in that span. For the season, the Giants' closer has 21 saves, a 2.64 ERA, 1.26 WHIP and 69:26 K:BB through 58 innings overall.

Sewald earned the save over Atlanta on Saturday, striking out two batters in a perfect inning.

Sewald notched four swinging strikes on 10 pitches and struck out All-Stars Dansby Swanson and Austin Riley to end the game. The veteran reliever hasn't allowed a run since Aug. 24, surrendering just three hits and posting a 10:2 K:BB over 6.1 innings in that span. Sewald's 19 saves are a career high and are tied for eighth most in the American League.

Bard earned a save against the Diamondbacks on Saturday, striking out one batter in a perfect inning of work.

Bard entered in the ninth with Colorado up by three runs and needed 16 pitches to retire Arizona in order. The veteran is up to 29 saves on the campaign, tied with Edwin Diaz for seventh-most in MLB. Bard faded in the second half last season but has been solid since the All-Star break this year, going 9-for-10 in save chances while posting a 2.16 ERA and 13:6 K:BB over 16.2 innings.