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Hill (6-8) allowed two runs on two hits and four walks while striking out six in five innings, taking the loss Saturday versus Milwaukee.

Hill is 0-4 in his Mets tenure, although he's rarely pitched poorly with his new team. He's allowed four or more runs just once in 12 appearances since he was traded from Tampa Bay. The 41-year-old has a 3.87 ERA, 1.19 WHIP and 144:52 K:BB across 153.2 innings overall. Hill lines up for one more start this season, which projects as a home date versus Miami next week.

Burnes (11-4) allowed a run on five hits and a walk with nine strikeouts in seven innings, earning the win Saturday versus the Mets.

The right-hander was able to limit the Mets to Javier Baez's RBI single in the fourth inning. Burnes has recorded 18 quality starts in 27 outings this season, including in each of his last three starts. He owns a stellar 2.29 ERA, 0.93 WHIP and 230:33 K:BB through 165 innings. The 26-year-old is in line to make his last regular-season start versus the Dodgers next weekend.

Gallen (3-10) got the win in Saturday's 7-2 victory over the Dodgers, allowing one run on three hits and two walks with eight strikeouts in six innings.

Gallen was staked to an early lead and prevented Los Angeles from scoring until a Trea Turner sixth-inning home run. The outing was the 26-year-old's first permitting fewer than three runs in his last four turns, and he approached his season high of nine strikeouts. He's set to take the mound for the final time this season next Saturday against Colorado.

Cortes yielded two runs on four hits over 4.1 innings Saturday against Boston. He had four strikeouts and did not factor into the decision.

Cortes gave up a solo homer to Kevin Plawecki in the third inning and was chased from the game with one out in the fifth after giving up singles to Plawecki and Kyle Schwarber. Cortes hasn't been able to complete five innings in either of his last two starts, but he's at least limited the damage to five total runs while providing 11 strikeouts against just two walks. He projects to face the Rays at home next Friday in his final start of the regular season.

Lyles (9-13) allowed three runs on seven hits and one walk with four strikeouts through 6.2 innings, taking the loss in Saturday's 3-2 defeat to the Orioles.

Lyles worked six shutout innings Saturday night, but he couldn't tame the Baltimore bats in the seventh. A walk, an RBI double and a two-run homer by Kelvin Gutierrez spelled an unfortunate end to an otherwise stellar performance. Regardless, the rubber-armed Lyles has been a reliable innings-eater for the Rangers this season. He's slated to make his final appearance of the year next Saturday against Cleveland.

Skubal pitched four scoreless innings in a no-decision Saturday against Kansas City, giving up just one hit to go with one strikeout.

The 24-year-old had his workload limited once again, but he was nearly perfect in his four innings of work, limiting the Royals to just an Edward Olivares single while registering 32 of his 45 pitches for strikes. Skubal has gone 8-12 in 30 appearances (28 starts) this season, posting a 1.24 WHIP and 163:46 K:BB over 146 innings.

McClanahan (10-6) allowed one run on six hits and one walk with three strikeouts through five innings, picking up the win in Saturday's 7-3 victory over the Marlins.

The Marlins embarked on a hit parade against McClanahan in his first three innings, but the left-hander retired eight of the final nine batters he faced to turn the tides of his evening. The only damage to his line came on a Miguel Rojas solo homer in the third inning. Since surrendering four runs in five innings against Boston on Sept. 2, McClanahan has a 1.20 ERA and a K:BB of 13:4 in his last three starts.

Alcantara (9-14) allowed three earned runs on nine hits and no walks with six strikeouts through six innings, taking the loss in Saturday's 7-3 defeat to the Rays.

Instead of being lights out as he had been over his prior three starts, Alcantara was merely fine against Tampa Bay. Five Rays crossed home under his watch, with the big blow coming via a two-run homer by Mike Zunino in the fifth inning. Alcantara emerged from the dugout to start the seventh, but found himself heading back to the bench rather quickly after giving up a single and an RBI double. With his six frames worked Saturday night, the right-hander presently trails only the Phillies' Zack Wheeler in innings pitched this season. The 26-year-old lines up for one more start, which projects to come against the Phillies on Friday.

Miley was placed on the 10-day injured list Saturday with a strained neck, retroactive to Sept. 22.

Miley was originally scheduled to start Friday before having his outing pushed back due to the neck injury, but he appeared on track to take the mound Monday against the Pirates before being put on the IL. The move is retroactive to Wednesday, so the veteran left-hander will be eligible to be activated next weekend, though there's a decent chance he's already pitched his last game in 2021. Cionel Perez was recalled from Triple-A Louisville in a corresponding move.

Watkins was recalled from Triple-A Norfolk on Saturday.

The 29-year-old rookie owns an 8.42 ERA in 10 starts and four relief appearances so far this season, striking out just 13.6 percent of opposing batters. It looks as though he's up as a reliever this time around, taking the bullpen spot that had belonged to Tyler Wells, who landed on the injured list with a shoulder injury.