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Rogers allowed one hit and struck out three over a scoreless eighth inning to earn a hold in Tuesday's 7-6 win over the Reds.

Rogers continues to thrive in a setup role this year. He allowed a two-out double to Eugenio Suarez in this outing, but struck out Mike Moustakas to end the threat. The 30-year-old Rogers has a 1.29 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, five holds and seven strikeouts across seven outings. He's also been charged with two blown saves.

The Royals reinstated Staumont from the COVID-19 injured list Wednesday.

Staumont was placed on the 10-day injured list Tuesday without a defined injury, but the Royals' ability to activate him a day later implies that he was sidelined due to COVID-19-related reasons. The hard-throwing right-hander has apparently cleared all health and safety protocols, so he should be be available out of the bullpen for Wednesday's game against the Angels.

Peralta (2-0) allowed a run on two hits over one inning to earn the win Tuesday versus the Reds.

Peralta allowed a game-tying RBI single to Alex Blandino in the seventh inning, which stuck him with a blown save. The Giants retook the lead in the bottom of the seventh and held onto it, which gave Peralta his second win in five outings. He's pitched to a 1.80 ERA, 1.00 WHIP and four strikeouts across five innings. He's also notched a save, but the 29-year-old won't often see such opportunities with Jake McGee and Tyler Rogers commanding the late innings so far.

Romano appears in line to handle the bulk of the save chances for Toronto for at least the next week and a half after Julian Merryweather (oblique) was placed on the 10-day injured list Wednesday, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports.

Manager Charlie Montoyo had yet to anoint a pitcher as the team's closer this season, but Merryweather's initial usage seemed to suggest that he was the skipper's preferred option for the ninth inning. If Merryweather can move past the injury in the minimum amount of time or close to it, he should factor back into the closing picture, but Romano looks like the top candidate for saves out of the Toronto bullpen in the short term. Though he was tagged with a blown save earlier this season, Romano was Toronto's best reliever when healthy in 2020, submitting a 1.23 ERA and 0.89 WHIP while striking out 21 over 14.2 innings.

Merryweather was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left oblique strain Wednesday, Hazel Mae of Sportsnet reports.

Merryweather was removed from Tuesday's win over the Yankees due to left hip irritation. It's not yet clear how much time he'll be forced to miss after he was diagnosed with a left oblique strain Wednesday, but Jordan Romano should be in line for most of the save chances while Merryweather is sidelined, and Rafael Dolis could also be in the mix. Right-hander Anthony Castro was recalled by the Blue Jays to serve as bullpen depth.

The Orioles optioned Lakins to their alternate training site Wednesday.

Baltimore dropped Lakins from its active roster after he served as the 27th man for Tuesday's doubleheader against the Mariners. He was used out of the bullpen in the first game of the twin bill, striking out two over a perfect inning.

The Rays recalled Fleming from their alternate training site Wednesday.

Fleming will slot into Tampa Bay's rotation for Wednesday's game against the Rangers as a replacement for Chris Archer (forearm), who was placed on the 10-day injured list over the weekend. As a rookie last season, the 24-year-old southpaw worked as a traditional starter and as a bulk reliever, but manager Kevin Cash suggested that Fleming would fill the former role Wednesday. According to Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times, Cash said Fleming is built up to handle five or six innings, so if he's performing well, the southpaw should be able to pitch at least half the game before turning things over to the bullpen.

The Red Sox called Bazardo up from their taxi squad ahead of Wednesday's doubleheader with the Twins.

The 25-year-old will be moving up to the big leagues for the first time in his career, but because he's being designated as the 27th man for the twin bill, he'll likely be headed back to the Red Sox's alternate site following the doubleheader. Bazardo will provide Boston with a fresh right-handed arm out of the bullpen Wednesday.

Curtiss (1-0) allowed one hit and struck out two over 1.2 scoreless innings as he picked up the win Tuesday against Atlanta.

Curtiss entered to begin the fifth after Pablo Lopez had reached his limit and pitched an easy 1-2-3 inning on just nine pitches. The 28-year-old Curtiss came out again to start the sixth and got another quick out before surrendering a single to Austin Riley. He finished his day strong, however, as he struck out Ronald Acuna on three pitches before being taken out of the game in favor of Ross Detwiler. Curtiss has thrown back-to-back scoreless outings after allowing a run in each of his first two appearances this year, and he's lowered his ERA to 4.15 over 4.1 innings for the season.

Clarke allowed three runs on three hits while striking out three over 2.1 innings of relief in Tuesday's 7-5 loss to the Athletics.

With Zac Gallen coming off the injured list to make his first start of the season, the Diamondbacks were cautious with his pitch count, so Clarke entered in the fifth inning with Arizona leading 5-1. He set down six straight A's before tiring in the seventh, spoiling Gallen's debut. For Clarke, it was was his fifth appearance and second in which he was required to threw more than an inning. He's been bypassed for a possible rotation spot twice already, by Taylor Widener and Riley Smith, so middle/long-relief may be his lot for the season.