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Chapman (3-0) pitched a scoreless ninth inning Friday against the White Sox, allowing one walk with zero strikeouts while picking up the win.

He came on during a 1-1 game in the top of the ninth and Gleyber Torres walked it off in the bottom of the ninth, leaving Chapman as the pitcher of record. Chapman has been completely automatic this season, as he has yet to allow a run while striking out 36 in 18 innings.

Wilson will be called up to start Saturday's game against the Pirates, David O'Brien of The Athletic reports.

It's certainly a favorable matchup for Wilson, who has a 3.27 ERA, 1.36 WHIP and 8:1 K:BB in 11 innings (two starts) at Triple-A Gwinnett. He was less successful in the big-league rotation earlier this season, logging a 5.50 ERA, 1.61 WHIP and 11:5 K:BB in 18 innings (four starts). If Wilson impresses this time out, he could stick around while Huascar Ynoa (hand) is on the injured list.

Helsley earned his second hold Wednesday against the Pirates with a scoreless two-thirds of an inning, his fifth straight appearance of that length, but he has a 10.80 ERA over that stretch.

After similar inconsistency over his first three outings of the campaign, Helsley appeared to hit his stride by fashioning a 0.66 ERA and 0.80 WHIP across a 14-appearance stretch with two wins, a save and a hold. However, a recent pair of hiccups have contributed to his ratios on the season remaining at an elevated 4.91 ERA and 1.47 WHIP.

Hildenberger was designated for assignment Friday, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.

He was claimed by the Giants just three days ago, but will relinquish his 40-man roster spot to Nick Tropeano, whose contract was selected.

Doval was optioned to Triple-A Sacramento on Friday, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.

The rookie righty has a bright future in relief, but he registered a 7.59 ERA, 1.59 WHIP and 13 strikeouts in 10.2 innings during his first stint with the Giants. Nick Tropeano was added to the big-league bullpen in a corresponding move.

Puk (biceps) fired a perfect inning in Triple-A Las Vegas' win over Salt Lake on Thursday, recording one strikeout.

The left-hander's third rehab outing saw him get three outs on just nine pitches. Puk has produced scoreless efforts in two of his three appearances for the Aviators and could be deemed ready for activation at some point over the weekend.

Ramirez was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma on Friday.

Four members of Seattle's bullpen landed on the COVID-19 injured list in the same flurry of moves. Ramirez had a 6.48 ERA in 8.1 innings at Triple-A.

Yamamoto joined the Mets in Miami on Friday and is expected to start one of the weekend games against the Marlins, Tim Healey of Newsday reports.

The Mets are dealing with injuries seemingly everywhere at the moment, including in the rotation. The team has yet to announce its starting pitcher for either Saturday or Sunday's contest, but one of them will presumably be Yamamoto. He'll get the chance to face his former team, a club for which he struggled to a 6.20 ERA in 90 innings over the last two seasons.

Mills was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma on Friday.

Four Mariners relievers were placed on the COVID-19 injured list, so the team recalled several arms from Triple-A. Mills should pitch in low-leverage spots.

Vest was placed on the injured list due to a potential positive COVID-19 test by a member of the Mariners' pitching staff.

Robert Dugger, Anthony Misiewicz and Drew Steckenrider all landed on the injured list in the same list of roster moves, so the assumption is that one of them tested positive and the others are being held out due to contact tracing. Vest has given up eight earned runs in 8.1 innings this month.