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Bridwell (elbow) gave up one run on four hits and two walks with four strikeouts in three innings for Triple-A Salt Lake on Friday.

He came off the disabled list to make this start after missing a little over a month with an elbow injury. Bridwell will provide organizational rotation depth and could be an option for a spot start at any point going forward. He has a 7.82 ERA and 2.05 WHIP, but he's made just three starts this season for the Bees.

Kopech (1-2) allowed two hits and two walks while striking out nine over seven scoreless innings for Triple-A Charlotte on Friday.

Kopech earned his first win of the season while throwing a season-high number of pitches (102) and innings. He halted a two-start slide in which he walked eight batters over 6.1 innings. If much of life is about timing, then Kopech picked a great time to have his best outing of the season. The White Sox demoted starter Carson Fulmer to Charlotte after Friday's game and are in need of a fifth starter.

Hamels (neck) will not pitch Saturday, Jeff Arnold of MLB.com reports. The Rangers will call up Ariel Jurado from Double-A Frisco to start Saturday against the White Sox.

Hamels was scratched from a scheduled start Thursday and there's no word on when he might make his next start. As of late Friday, manager Jeff Banister said Hamels was not being placed on the disabled list, which suggests he could be in line for Sunday against the White Sox or Monday against the Yankees.

Snell (5-3) got the win against the Angels on Friday, giving up just two earned runs on four hits over 6.2 innings. He struck out eight and walked three in the 8-3 victory.

Snell got blown up by the Orioles for five earned runs in just 3.1 innings in his last start but was able to bounce back with a solid effort against the Angels that was much more representative of how he's pitched this season. The 25-year-old left-hander is in the midst of a standout 2018 campaign that has seen him log a 3.07 ERA and a 1.04 WHIP to go along with 61 strikeouts over 58.2 innings, all while holding opponents to a minuscule .199 batting average.

Morton (6-0) held Cleveland to one run on four hits and a walk with eight strikeouts through seven innings to pick up the win Friday night.

Morton was characteristically efficient, as he needed just 97 pitches to get through seven innings and lower his ERA to a stellar 1.94. He improved his K:BB to 70:18 and has allowed more than three runs in a start just once all season long. The money pitch for Morton was the curveball, which induced seven swinging strikes on just 30 offerings. That pitch has been nasty all season. Entering Friday, Morton's 56.7 percent whiff-per-swing rate on his curveball was best in the majors. Expect him to ride that pitch all year long, including his next time out Thursday night, when he'll get another shot at Cleveland.

Clevinger (3-1) allowed three runs on eight hits and four walks with six strikeouts over 6.1 innings in a loss Friday to the Astros.

Despite the loss, Clevinger delivered his fourth straight quality start, a testament to the 26-year-old's endurance and ability to show hitters different looks as he faces them multiple times. Astros hitters were able to get to his fastball, though, as Clevinger surrendered six hits on 10 fastballs put in play. His off-speed pitches were still nasty, as his changeup, slider and curveball combined to induce 10 swinging strikes on 51 offerings, but Houston was able to get to Clevinger early enough to put him in the loss column for the first time all year. He'll get a chance for revenge in his next start when the Astros come to Cleveland on Thursday.

Gibson (1-2) allowed five runs on eight hits and four walks with five strikeouts over 5.1 innings in a loss Friday to the Brewers.

A big part of Gibson's success entering Friday was his ability to keep the ball in the yard. Gibson posted HR/9 marks under 1.0 in each of his first two full seasons with the Twins, not coincidentally his two best seasons in the majors, and he had allowed just two homers in his first eight starts of 2018. The Brewers doubled that total in just three innings, as Ji-Man Choi and Jesus Aguilar both went deep. Gibson walked at least four batters for the fourth time this season as well as his ERA jumped over a half a point to 3.96.

Chirinos (elbow) completed a bullpen session Friday and will throw live batting practice Monday, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

The right-hander apparently got through Friday's session without setbacks. He'll take a full two days off before getting back to work Monday against live hitters, and he appear on track for his original projected early-June return date, at a minimum.

Cobb (1-5) picked up the win over the Red Sox on Friday, allowing three runs on 10 hits and a walk over 6.1 innings while striking out three.

The right-hander was far from dominant, but a four-run outburst by the Orioles' bats in the fourth inning was enough to get Cobb his first win of the season. After a brutal beginning to 2018 he's now delivered quality starts in three of his last four outings, and he'll take a 6.56 ERA into his next start Wednesday on the road against the White Sox.

Eovaldi (elbow) allowed an earned run on two hits and recorded four strikeouts over three innings in his rehab start for High-A Port Charlotte on Friday.

Eovaldi fired 47 pitches overall, 35 of which found the strike zone. Perhaps the most important news coming out of the outing was the fact his fastball topped out at 99 mph, helping corroborate the fitness of his surgically repaired elbow. It remains to be seen if the velocity Eovaldi demonstrated will be enough to convince manager Kevin Cash that the veteran is ready for activation from the disabled list.