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Hammel (9-5) allowed two runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings to earn the win Friday at the Brewers.

Hammel was staked to a 4-0 lead in the second inning before allowing single runs in the fourth and fifth innings, leading to his exit from the contest after throwing only 76 pitches. After allowing 10 runs on July 1, he's now held opponents to two runs or fewer in each of his last three starts to lower his ERA to 3.35 on the season. He'll make his next start Wednesday against the White Sox.

Teheran left Friday's game with right lat tightness and is day-to-day.

He exited after chasing down a dribbler to the left side of the mound, but considering the injury was to his back/shoulder muscles, he may have suffered the injury while taking a hard swing during an earlier at-bat. Teheran tossed four shutout innings, allowing three hits while walking two and striking out three before leaving with zero outs in the fifth inning. Consider him questionable to make his next scheduled start July 28 (Thursday) against the Phillies.

Wacha (5-7) pitched six innings Friday, allowing two runs, 10 hits and one walk while striking out four Dodgers. He did not factor in the decision.

The 10 hits allowed were Wacha's most since first start of the year back on April 5 against the Pirates. Now in his fourth MLB season, the 25-year-old owns a career-worst 4.37 ERA and 1.44 WHIP. In his defense, Wacha has been a bit unlucky in that his BABIP is significantly higher than any of his other seasons, and it puts the righty in the top ten for worst BABIP among qualified starting pitchers.

Teheran left Friday's game in the fifth inning after suffering an apparent lower-body injury while trying to field a slow roller.

It's unclear what the nature of the injury is, but it could be lower-body related, given the nature of the play. He was shutting out the Rockies in Coors Field through four innings, allowing three hits while walking two and striking out three. His status will be updated when the team releases the specifics.

Glasnow will start Saturday against Philadelphia, Adam Berry of MLB.com reports.

The Pirates' top minor league pitcher will make the start against Aaron Nola and the Phillies in what figures to be a pretty favorable matchup. Glasnow made his major league debut on July 7 -- allowing four earned runs over 5.1 innings in a loss to St. Louis. His ratios may be unpredictable early on, but the strikeouts should be there. He can be reasonably deployed in the vast majority of formats Saturday.

Urias has been optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City on Friday.

Urias pitched four innings for the Dodgers on Thursday, giving up one earned run and striking out four. Urias can't be back with the Dodgers for the next 10 days, but it looks like they won't need a fifth starter for a while as they have three days off in the next two weeks. Urias has pitched 82.1 innings so far in 2016, five less than his career high of 87.2 in 2014.

Solis (knee) will begin a rehab assignment for High-A Potomac on Friday, Kan Kolko of MASN reports.

The 27-year-old left-hander is having a terrific year for the Nationals, posting a 2.43 ERA with 34 strikeouts in 29.2 innings. If Solis comes out of his rehab appearance with no setbacks, he could rejoin the Nationals rotation at some point next week.

Wainwright struck out eight without a walk while allowing two runs on seven hits over six innings Thursday against the Padres.

He actually left the game trailing thanks to the two-run rally the Padres pieced together in the fifth inning, but the Cardinals' offense bailed him out. This has been a tough year for Wainwright on the whole, but he's really turned the page in July, allowing only three runs over 29 innings (0.93 ERA) with a terrific 27:5 K:BB spanning four starts this month. Start him with confidence moving forward.

Eickhoff (6-11) was beat up over five innings in Thursday's loss to the Marlins. He allowed six runs (five earned) on nine hits while tallying six strikeouts.

For the second time in three starts, Eickhoff gave up five-plus runs and eight-plus hits while failing to get past the sixth inning. The sophomore tied his season high for hits allowed, and gave up the third-most runs he's surrendered in any of his 20 starts. Eickhoff lowered his ERA in each month before the break, and started showing signs of a player worthy of a roster spot in a majority of leagues. However, July has thrown a wrench into that idea as he now owns a 6.38 ERA through four starts this month. Eickhoff is now 0-2 this season against the Marlins, but he won't have to wait long to try for that first win, as his next start just so happens to come against the Fish on Tuesday in Miami.

Strasburg (13-1) pitched six innings Thursday, allowing six runs, seven hits and one walk while striking out 10 Dodgers in his first loss of the season.

Even though his record is no longer spotless, Strasburg is enjoying perhaps his best season in the majors. Thursday, he recorded his eighth double-digit strikeout game of the year, second only to the Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw (nine) this season. Despite Strasburg's worst outing of the 2016 campaign, and the first time he has allowed six-plus runs in a game since May 12, 2015, Washington's ace still has a sweet 2.83 ERA. Although it may be a little later than expected, the top pick of the 2009 MLB Draft is a legitimate NL Cy Young candidate headed toward the home stretch.