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Nationals president of baseball operations Paul Toboni said Wednesday that Early (elbow) is tentatively scheduled to make his team debut Sept. 26 against the Mets, Spencer Nusbaum of The Athletic reports.

Early made his first rehab appearance with Triple-A Rochester on Tuesday, allowing three runs and throwing 35 pitches in one inning. The southpaw is scheduled to throw again Sunday -- presumably at Rochester -- before making his Nationals debut on the penultimate day of the regular season. Acquired at the trade deadline from the Red Sox, Early has missed the better part of three months with left elbow inflammation.

Adell went 1-for-4 with two RBI in Wednesday's 6-3 win over the White Sox.

Adell was a significant contributor for a second straight game, delivering a two-run single in the third inning. This, after he belted a two-run home run during Tuesday's 7-6 win. Adell, playing meaningful September baseball for the first time in his career, has hit safely in five consecutive contests, going 6-for-20 with one double, two home runs and six RBI during the streak.

Pecko is expected to pitch in bulk relief behind opener Miguel Ullola in Thursday's game against the Royals, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.

The Astros will go back to an arrangement that yielded strong results in last Friday's 3-1 loss to the Rays. In that contest, Ullola started and tossed a scoreless inning, while Pecko entered the game in the midway through the third. The 24-year-old righty proceeded to deliver his best MLB performance to date, limiting the Rays to one run on one hit and two walks while striking out four over 5.2 innings.

Halpin started in center field and went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI and an additional run scored in Wednesday's 6-3 win over the White Sox.

Halpin was in the starting lineup for a second straight day with both Chase DeLauter (wrist) and Angel Martinez (side) unavailable and became an unlikely difference-maker in the win. The left-handed batter, who had gone deep just three times through 73 games, went into his home run trot after belting a three-run shot in the sixth inning to give Cleveland a 5-3 lead. Halpin's contributions enabled the Guardians win the series and take over first place in the AL Central, a half game ahead of the White Sox.

Wrobleski is slated to start Thursday's game against the Reds in Cincinnati, Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reports.

Wrobleski hasn't worked more than two innings in any of his three appearances since returning from the 15-day injured list Sept. 1, so he's expected to operate as more of an opener than a traditional starter Thursday. The Dodgers plan to recall Landon Knack from Triple-A Oklahoma City on Thursday, and he'll likely be called upon to cover multiple frames out of the bullpen once Wrobleski exits the game.

McLain went 1-for-4 with a double, a stolen base and two runs scored in Wednesday's 6-2 win over the Dodgers.

This was the second game back from a shoulder injury for McLain. The stolen base was his 18th in 125 games, tying the career high he set last season over 147 contests.

Brito started in right field and went 3-for-3 with an RBI in Wednesday's 6-2 win over the Dodgers.

Brito, normally an infielder, made his first start in the outfield at any level this season and was eventually replaced in the late innings. He's hit safely in five consecutive games (9-for-17) and is 13-for-32 (.406) with two home runs and nine RBI over 11 contests since joining the Reds on Sept. 1.

Lawlar entered Wednesday's game as a pinch runner with two outs in the ninth inning and made the final out attempting to steal second base in a 4-3 loss to the Marlins.

The Diamondbacks were trying to get the tying run to second base with Ketel Marte at the plate, but Miami catcher Joe Mack's throw beat Lawlar. It was the first time in six attempted steals that Lawlar had been caught.

Nelson allowed a hit and two walks over 1.1 scoreless innings in Wednesday's 4-3 loss to Miami.

Nelson, who was reinstated from the injured list Wednesday, entered the contest with a runner on and two outs in the fifth inning. He walked a batter before getting out of the inning. Nelson then worked around a walk and a single for a scoreless sixth. He will be used as a reliever down the stretch.

Guzman went 4-for-5 with one run scored in Wednesday's 7-2 loss to the Mariners.

Guzman has had some spotty hitting lately. He has just two multi-hit efforts in September, going 11-for-37 (.297) over 11 contests this month, though just two of his knocks in that span have gone for extra bases. The infielder is batting .230 with a .622 OPS, seven home runs, 28 RBI, 28 runs scored and two stolen bases across 77 contests.