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The Pirates have not given Taillon, who threw six innings in his first outing since June 29 on Tuesday, a specific innings count for the remainder of the season, CBS Radio in Pittsburgh reports.

Speaking on the Pirates postgame show Tuesday, Taillon said the goal is for him to complete the entire season -- rather than pitching to an innings limit before shutting things down. He's thrown 95.2 innings between Triple-A and Pittsburgh in 2016 after missing both 2014 and 2015. As a result, the promising righty will likely continue getting extended breaks between starts.

Cabrera got the win in extra innings against the Reds on Tuesday, throwing 1.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts and a hit allowed. Meanwhile, Jim Johnson blew the save in the ninth inning.

Afterward, Cabrera drew praise for his performance. "[Cabrera] just keep pitching those stressful innings, and it doesn't bother him a bit," Braves manager Brian Snitker said. "The expression never changes. He just keeps throwing, he keeps pitching. I've been very impressed with his makeup, his mound presence, the way he goes about it, and he's going to get better and better." It's possible that Cabrera could close eventually, especially if he turns his high velocity into more strikeouts.

Lorenzen allowed a two-run homer to the Braves' Gordon Beckham in Tuesday's loss.

The homer was the third allowed by Lorenzen this season. Since returning from the DL, Lorenzen has a 4.26 ERA and 1.18 WHIP along with a 13:6 K:BB in 12.2 innings of relief work. Despite it being the MLB-leading 67th homer allowed by the Reds bullpen, it was the first since July 4th, the longest homerless streak by the Reds' bullpen all season.

Urena pitched 5.2 innings Tuesday, allowing just one run on three hits while striking out five in a no-decision against the Phillies.

Urena shined in his first start of the season for the Marlins. The night was a bright spot in what has otherwise been a miserable season for Urena. Urena entered the game with a 7.52 ERA while being used as a reliever, and lowered his ERA by over a point down to 6.23. The Marlins are looking for someone to fill the fifth starter role full-time, and manager Don Mattingly said after the game that Urena has earned "at least the consideration for that", mlb.com reports.

Velasquez pitched seven innings of one-run ball while allowing three hits and four walks while striking out five and receiving a no-decision against the Marlins on Tuesday

Velasquez bounced back after experiencing some dead arm before the All-Star break, flashing the fine form and upper-90's fastball that made him a popular early-season pickup. Unfortunately, the Phillies failed to provide him much run support, and lost the game in the 10th inning on a Christian Yelich walkoff hit. Yelich also accounted for Velasquez's lone blemish, a monster 447-foot homer in the fourth. Velasquez has now allowed just five earned runs in his four most recent starts, and should take the hill next against Jameson Taillon and the Pirates on Sunday.

Clemens will start Game 2 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Cardinals after Tuesday's game was postponed, the San Diego Union-Tribune's Dennis Lin reports.

Clemens will get the nod in the second half of Wednesday's doubleheader, although he may not stick in the rotation after that start, as the team simply needs a sixth starter this week. He has been pretty poor in the big leagues this season (4.73 ERA in 13.1 innings) and was only slightly better at Triple-A (4.30 ERA in 75.1 innings), so there is not much cause for optimism Wednesday.

Rea will start Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Cardinals after Tuesday's game was postponed, the San Diego Union-Tribune's Dennis Lin reports.

He will receive an extra day of rest following Tuesday's postponement, and will face Cardinals starter Carlos Martinez in his 17th start of the season. Paul Clemens will start Game 2 of the doubleheader for the Padres, with Andrew Cashner taking the ball Thursday.

Martinez will start Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Padres after Tuesday's game was postponed, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Derrick Goold reports.

The electric righty will get an extra day's rest before making his 18th start of the season Wednesday in a favorable matchup against the Padres, who will be starting Colin Rea in Game 1. Jaime Garcia, Wednesday's originally scheduled starter, will take the ball for Game 2 of the doubleheader.

Syndergaard (9-4) pitched 5.2 innings, allowing one unearned run, seven hits and two walks while striking out eight Tuesday against the Cubs. He did not factor in the decision.

Syndergaard needed 105 pitches to work his way out of a few jams in his first start since leaving his July 8 outing early due to arm fatigue. He quelled any concerns about his arm strength by pumping his fastball at 97-plus mph throughout most of the night, including one clocked at 100 mph in the first inning. In his 43rd game, Syndergaard also reached 300 career K's, making him the third-fastest among active pitchers to do so -- Yu Darvish notched 300 in 37 games, and Jose Fernandez reached the mark in 42 games.

Taillon stayed in Tuesday's game against Milwaukee after very scary moment where he took a 105 mph comebacker off the back of his head in the second inning. He gave up just one run on five hits and zero walks while striking out three over six innings.

It was incredible that Taillon remained in the game after being examined by the training staff, and even more impressive that he went on to post a quality start after the scary incident. That said, he left after throwing just 65 pitches (44 strikes), so the comebacker likely contributed to the decision to pull him while he was dominating the Brewers. The Pirates will likely release a statement about Taillon's health after Tuesday's game, but the decision to leave him in presumably means he was not displaying concussion symptoms during the initial evaluation.