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Rangers left-hander Martin Perez went four innings in his Triple-A rehab start on Thursday. Perez allowed three runs on five hits, walking two and striking out five. He threw 72 pitches, 47 for strikes for Round Rock.

Perez, who is recovering from Tommy John surgery, will likely need at least two more rehab starts before being able to return to the big-league team, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 

Twins right-hander Kyle Gibson had one of the finest outings of his young career on Thursday. Gibson held the Royals scoreless over eight innings in the 2-0 win. He struck out seven and walked four, as he evened his record to 6-6. 

Gibson worked around a high amount of baserunners, but he managed to avoid any serious damage. The fine outing lowered his ERA to 3.04. Gibson has allowed three runs or fewer in four consecutive starts.

Red Sox left-hander Wade Miley picked up his eighth win of the season in the 12-6 victory over the Blue Jays on Thursday. Miley allowed four runs on seven hits over five innings of work. He struck out two and matched a career-high with seven walks. Still, he improved to 8-7 on the season.

Miley was staked to an early 8-0 lead in the first inning. But he gave half of those runs back in a four-run second inning. 

Despite his underwhelming 4.53 ERA, Miley has been rather effective lately. He has won four of his last six starts, allowing more than three runs in two of those six outings. 

Despite producing a quality start Thursday at Tampa Bay, Indians pitcher Corey Kluber received a no-decision during the 5-4 win over the Rays.

Kluber allowed four runs (three earned) on seven hits over eight innings of work. He also struck out 14 batters, which was his second most this season and he walked one. His ERA now stands at 3.64.

Although Kluber is now winless in his last six starts, he has earned a quality start in three of those outings. He has also recorded double-digit strikeouts in his last two starts.

Athletics starting pitcher Sonny Gray was released from the hospital Wednesday after he was admitted Monday evening due to a severe case of bacterial gastroenteritis, according to MLB.com. 

Gray is expected to be back in the Oakland clubhouse Thursday. Although, manager Bob Melvin isn't sure yet if Gray will make his next scheduled start Sunday against the Mariners.

"He's getting much better, no fever," A's team physician Allan Pont said. "He's rounding into shape."

Chris Bassitt would start in Gray's absence again, if he can't start Sunday.

White Sox starting pitcher Jose Quintana was impressive on Wednesday against the Cardinals.

Quintana struck out eight batters and allowed just one earned run in six innings of work. He picked up his fourth win of the season with the dominant, 94-pitch performance.

Quintana (4-7) has a 3.81 ERA with 84 strikeouts and 27 walks and 99 1/3 innings this season.

Rays starting pitcher Jake Odorizzi was solid during his first rehab outing for Class A Advanced Charlotte on Wednesday, per MLB.com.

Odorizzi tossed four innings, struck out two batters and allowed one run. He threw 57 pitches and was impressive while recovering from a left oblique strain.

"This is my first time doing a rehab assignment, so it probably went about as well as it could," Odorizzi said. "My arm felt really good, the breaking pitches were really good -- I was surprised with the sharpness after not pitching for three weeks, and it felt like I hadn't skipped a beat. So it was a great sign."
 
Odorizzi said he is on track to return to the team with at least one more rehab start under his belt.
 
"I feel like the stuff I had today, I could have taken into today's [Rays] game and been perfectly fine and out there doing normal things," Odorizzi said. "I was really encouraged with how everything went."

Yankees pitcher Nathan Eovaldi kept the Angels from scoring any runs during his 5 1/3 innings on the mound in Wednesday night's 3-1 win. 

Eovaldi threw 94 pitches and received the benefit of a sound defense. He gave up five hits, walked three batters and struck out three. Eovaldi is now 8-2 with a 4.52 ERA, a 1.54 WHIP.

Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco didn't allow a hit for 8 2/3 innings, coming one out away from history. 

However, a base hit from Tampa Bay's Joey Butler ended the bid. Carrasco, of course, still came away with a victory in Cleveland's 8-1 win over the Rays. Carrasco allowed the run on the lone hit of the game. He walked two batters and struck out 13. 

"Everything was great," Carrasco said, via MLB.com. "Everyone played good. I had my teammates, my defense. You know what? It's most important that we won today. That's most important."

Carrasco had only walked one batter entering the ninth inning before walking Asdrubal Cabrera and hitting Brandon Guyer with a pitch. After getting Grady Sizemore and Kevin Kiermaier out, Carrasco gave up his only hit of the game to Butler. 

The 13 strikeouts are a season-high for Carrasco. 

Carrasco now has a 3.88 ERA this season. 

Mariners starting pitcher Taijuan Walker was simply dominant on Wednesday against the Padres.

Walker allowed just one hit over six innings of work, while striking out seven batters and picking up his seventh win of the season. Walker didn't allow any runs and needed just 76 pitches to get through six innings.

Walker (7-6) has a 4.34 ERA with 90 strikeouts and just 26 walks in 91 1/3 innings this season.