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The Angels recalled pitcher Drew Rucinski to the major-league roster on Sunday, according to ESPN.com. 

Rucinski was recently optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake before being brought back before Sunday's game against the Yankees. 

In two previous appearances with the Angels, Rucinski is 0-1 with a 7.71 ERA in 4 2/3 innings. 

Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander made his second rehab start with Triple-A Toledo on Saturday. His results on Saturday were an improvement over his first outing.

On Saturday, the right-hander went 5 2/3 innings, allowing just an unearned run on four hits. He struck out nine and did not walk a batter, tossing 69 of his 93 pitches for strikes. 

"I feel like today was the step I wanted to see," said Verlander, per MLive.com. "The biggest thing was getting my pitch count up and getting some innings, not just throwing three innings."

It had been reported earlier that this could be Verlander's final rehab start, as he recovers from a triceps injury that has kept him out all season. But the Tigers have not officially made any announcements regarding Verlander's status.

Rays starter Jake Odorizzi, who left Friday's outing in the fifth inning with tightness in his left oblique muscle, is likely to miss some time with the injury, according to manager Kevin Cash, per the Tampa Tribune. 

Cash said it was "fair" to think Odorizzi would be sidelined for a bit, but that the team would know more after the pitcher visits with the doctor on Monday. 

Odorizzi is 4-5 with a 2.47 ERA in 12 starts this season. 

Orioles pitcher Kevin Gausman will pitch three innings at Class A Frederick on Saturday. Gausman is on the disabled list with shoulder tendinitis. 

Buck Showalter said that Gausman could be ready to return to the Orioles after two more rehab starts, but it would probably be three, per the Baltimore Sun.

Red Sox pitcher Justin Masterson may be ready to return to the team without another minor league rehab appearance, manager John Farrell said, per the Providence Journal.

Masterson is on the disabled list with shoulder tendinitis. Farrell said he would throw a bullpen session on Sunday, and the team would then decide if he needed another injury rehab start. 

"There's a definite progressive step being taken here," Farrell said, per MLB.com. "We'll probably wait until he throws his bullpen [session] tomorrow to determine if there's another one needed or we insert him back with us. He got to 80 pitches last night, which is the minimum somebody's got to throw on a rehab [assignment] to come back in a rotation spot."

Twins starter Ricky Nolasco received a cortisone injection in his troublesome right ankle, general manager Terry Ryan told reporters Saturday, per the St. Paul Pioneer Press. The injury landed Nolasco on the disabled list Thursday, after starting the year 5-1 with a 5.51 ERA in seven starts. Ryan added that Nolasco will get a few days off before he resumes playing catch.

Twins starter Kyle Gibson gave up five runs on six hits over seven innings in a no-decision against Milwaukee. 

Gibson didn't walk a batter and struck out nine. He was tagged for three home runs, one in each of the first three innings, before he settled down.

"It's no secret tomorrow is a bullpen day, so if I went four or five innings it was going to hurt the bullpen even more," Gibson said. "I had a job to do and that was to try to get through six or seven innings to give the bullpen a break." 

Gibson's next start is next Friday at Texas. 

White Sox starter Jose Quintana allowed nine hits over seven innings. He gave up three runs, walked two batters and struck out four.

The White Sox rallied to send Friday's game against Detroit to extra innings to allow Quintana to escape with a no-decision.

Quintana walked two and struck out four. His next start is Wednesday, against Houston. 

Rays starter Jake Odorizzi had to leave Friday's game against Seattle in the fifth inning. 

Odorizzi had pitched 4 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing four hits, one walk and striking out four.

With one out in the fifth, Odorizzi met with the trainer on the mound and left the game. The team later said that he was suffering from left oblique tightness, per the Tampa Bay Times.

Yankees starter Nathan Eovaldi moved to 5-1 on the season with a win over the Angels on Friday. 

Eovaldi allowed one run on four hits over 5 1/3 innings. He walked four batters and also struck out four.

"Overall I felt really good about the outing. I threw a lot of splits tonight. I had a lot of swings and misses, balls put in play. I was pleased with that. I felt like I attacked the hitters for the most part until the sixth," he said.

Eovaldi's next start will be Wednesday against Washington.