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The Pirates designated Honeywell for assignment Friday, Noah Hiles of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

Pittsburgh selected the 29-year-old's contract last weekend, but he won't stick in the big leagues after he allowed one earned run with a 1:2 K:BB over 3.1 frames in two appearances. Honeywell could return to Triple-A Indianapolis, where he has a 4.85 ERA in 31 outings this year, if he goes unclaimed on waivers.

Sewald picked up the save over Atlanta on Thursday, allowing one hit in a scoreless ninth inning while striking out one.

Sewald entered the game with a one-run lead in the ninth and retired the first two batters before coughing up a single to Marcell Ozuna. However, the reliever was able to quickly put out the fire, getting Adam Duvall to ground out. The save was Sewald's 13th of the season and he's now converted each of his last two save opportunities after previously blowing three straight.

Fried (7-5) took the loss against Arizona on Thursday, allowing one run on five hits and three walks over six innings. He struck out seven.

Fried held the Diamondbacks scoreless over the first four innings before surrendering a leadoff shot to Eugenio Suarez to open the fifth. That would end up being the only run scored all night, leading to the lefty's second straight loss. Fried has logged quality starts in three of his last four outings, though he has just one win to show for it. He's also issued three walks in three of his last five starts.

Pfaadt (4-6) picked up the win over Atlanta on Thursday, allowing three hits over six shutout innings while striking out four.

Pfaadt retired the first nine batters he faced and never allowed a runner to reach second base. It was the first scoreless outing of the season for the right-hander, who induced 11 whiffs in the contest, and he's now logged quality starts in four of his last six trips to the mound. He's also gone at least six innings in 12 of his last 14 starts and hasn't walked a batter in either of his last two to open the month of July.

Carroll batted seventh and went 0-for-2 with a walk in Thursday's 1-0 win over Atlanta.

Carroll, who was held out of the starting lineup the last two times Arizona faced a left-hander, started in right field against southpaw Max Fried, while another lefty-hitting outfielder, Alek Thomas, took a seat. Carroll hasn't hit pitchers of either hand well in 2024, but he is still batting leadoff against right-handed pitching.

Moreno started at catcher and went 1-for-3 with a walk in Thursday's 1-0 win over Atlanta.

Moreno was back in the lineup after being scratched from Wednesday's game due to back tightness. His biggest contribution was guiding four pitchers to an impressive shutout win, which got the Diamondbacks back to .500 in the standings.

Suarez went 1-for-2 with a walk and a solo home run in Thursday's 1-0 win over Atlanta.

Suarez provided the game's only offense with a solo shot in the fifth inning. It was the second consecutive game with a home run for Suarez, who's hit three over the last five games and is 15-for-49 (.306) with eight extra-base hits and 13 RBI over the last 15 contests. It might be a good time to buy low on the third baseman; Suarez's first three months (.591 OPS) have been well below his career norm (.756).

De La Cruz went 3-for-4 with a solo homer in Thursday's loss to the Astros.

De La Cruz jumped on a hanging slider from Jake Bloss in the first inning and launched it into the stands in left field to give Miami an early lead. It marked the outfielder's 16th home run and his fourth three-hit performance of the season. He's batting .294 (10-for-34) in July with four RBI and a run scored. However, Thursday's homer was also De La Cruz's first extra-base hit this month.

Munoz (1-4) was charged with the loss against the Astros on Thursday, allowing six runs (four earned) on five hits and two walks over 6.2 innings while striking out two.

The Astros were able to get to Munoz early, tagging him for runs in four of his first five innings of work, although some shaky defense buffered the right-hander's ERA. The 24-year-old then went on to retire six consecutive batters to close out his night, before being relieved by Andrew Nardi with two outs in the seventh. Munoz has now surrendered multiple runs and two or more walks in five consecutive outings, including a relief appearance his last time out, and he hasn't picked up a win since May 1 against the Rockies.

Ramos went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Thursday's 5-3 loss to the Blue Jays.

Ramos went deep in the first inning, though his blast only cut the deficit to 3-2. The outfielder has hit safely in seven straight games and has homered four times over nine contests in July, batting .333 (12-for-36) for the month. Overall, Ramos is at a .300/.371/.538 slash line with 14 long balls, 45 RBI, 28 runs scored and two stolen bases over 57 contests, production that has earned him a reserve spot on the National League's All-Star roster.