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Oakland Athletics - PlayerWatch

C Derek Norris accounted for two of the four Oakland hits against the Rangers on Wednesday. Norris finished with a pair of doubles and is hitting .355 (11-for-31) in eight games at Texas. LHP Tommy Milone is scheduled to make his 10th start of the season against the Astros on Friday in Houston. He is 1-0 with a 3.65 ERA against the Astros in two career starts. His last start against the Astros came on April 15 in Oakland, where he allowed eight hits and two earned runs in 6 2/3 innings and struck out six.

Chicago Cubs - PlayerWatch

RHP Rafael Dolis was recalled from Triple-A Iowa to take RHP Shawn Camp's place in the bullpen. This is Dolis' third stint with the Cubs this season and he pitched a 1 2/3 scoreless innings in two relief appearances earlier in the year. At Iowa, he was 1-0 with one save and a 5.40 ERA in 12 games. 1B Anthony Rizzo had another tough night, going 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in a 1-0 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night. He is 6-for-37 (.162) in his last nine games, dropping his batting average to .261.

Atlanta Braves - PlayerWatch

RHP Brandon Beachy, coming back from Tommy John surgery, will make his first minor league rehab start Friday, pitching four innings for Triple-A Gwinnett against Toledo. He was scheduled to start for Gwinnett last Sunday, but the game was rained out. Beachy had surgery last June and hopes to return to the Braves during the second half of June -- about a year after the operation.

Philadelphia Phillies - PlayerWatch

1B Ryan Howard went 2-for-4 on Wednesday against the Miami Marlins. One of his hits was probably the shortest-traveling double he'll ever hit. With the Marlins playing an extreme pull shift, Howard meant to check his swing, made contact with a pitch and had it slowly trickle down the third-base line. He hustled around first and reached second. SS Jimmy Rollins went 2-for-4 hitting leadoff for the Phillies on Wednesday night. Rollins has now reached base safely in his last six games against the Miami Marlins.

St. Louis Cardinals - PlayerWatch

RHP Fernando Salas went on the 15-day disabled list (retroactive to May 21) with a right shoulder strain. The move cleared a spot on the active roster for Wednesday's starter, LHP Tyler Lyons. Salas is 0-2 with a 3.86 ERA in 15 appearances this season.

Los Angeles Angels - PlayerWatch

CF Mike Trout had a single and triple in his first two at-bats Wednesday against the Mariners, one day after hitting for the cycle. But any hope of becoming the first player in major league history to hit for the cycle in back-to-back games fizzled as Trout struck out looking in his next two at-bats.

New York Mets - PlayerWatch

RHP Matt Harvey had what amounted to his worst start as a big leaguer Wednesday, when he allowed a career-high nine hits and four runs over 6 1/3 innings in the Mets' 7-4 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. Harvey preserved his unbeaten record, though, when the Mets came back to tie the game in the seventh. Harvey walked three and struck out six while throwing 116 pitches, his second-most of the season. He had allowed three runs or less in 16 straight starts, the longest active streak in the bigs and the fourth-longest streak in Mets history.

Miami Marlins - PlayerWatch

RHP Tom Koehler will make the first interleague start of his career as the Marlins travel to the south side of Chicago to start a three-game set against the White Sox. In Koehler's last start he gave up a leadoff home run to Arizona's Gerardo Parra and took a 1-0 loss against the Diamondbacks after going six innings and striking out a career-high seven batters.

Seattle Mariners - PlayerWatch

RHP Tom Wilhelmsen has not allowed a hit to a right-handed batter this season (0 for 31). He's allowed only one earned run in 18 games (19 innings) this season. 3B Kyle Seager was not in the starting lineup Wednesday against the Angels. Seager had started 29 consecutive games and manager Eric Wedge said coupled with Thursday's off-day, it was a good time to get Seager off his feet.

Baltimore Orioles - PlayerWatch

3B Manny Machado went 2-for-4 in Wednesday's win and is batting .350 vs. right-handed pitching this season. He has a .322 average overall this season, his first full year in the majors. RHP Kevin Gausman will be making his major-league debut. The Orioles picked him in the first round of last year's draft, and he had a 2-4 record with a 3.11 ERA in eight starts for the Bowie Baysox of the Class AA Eastern League this season. Gausman also had 49 strikeouts and only five walks in 46 1/3 innings.
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