Last weekend, Shohei Ohtani reached a milestone when he belted career home run No. 100. On Wednesday night, the reigning American League Most Valuable Player will be making his presence felt on the mound.

Ohtani (3-2, 2.78 ERA) makes his seventh start of the season in the series finale with the host Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers will be going for the sweep with Dane Dunning (1-2, 4.06) on the mound.

The Angels will be looking for Ohtani to help salvage the series. On Tuesday night, Texas rallied with seven runs in the eighth inning and beat the Angels, 10-5.

Mike Trout was a triple shy of the cycle on Tuesday. His home run in the seventh inning put the Angels in front, 4-3. But Corey Seager, who had a home run in the first inning, doubled to open the eighth and the Rangers broke the game open.

Ohtani and Dunning met earlier this season, on April 14, also in Texas. The Rangers won 10-5 that day, with Dunning not involved in the decision. He worked 3 2/3 innings, giving up two runs.

Ohtani was tagged with the loss, giving up six runs in 3 2/3 innings.

Since then, Ohtani has yielded three earned runs in his last four starts.

Ohtani has made news with his hitting this past week. On Saturday at Oakland, he connected on his 100th MLB home run, making him the third Japanese-born MLB player to reach the century milestone — joining Hideki Matsui (175) and Ichiro Suzuki (117).

“One hundred is a big number, and I’m proud of it,” Ohtani said through his interpreter. “But it’s early in the season. I just want to keep it going. Early in my career, I went through a lot of injuries and surgeries, but I made it back strong, and I’m planning on hitting more and trying to get better.”

Dunning is coming off a loss to the Red Sox in his last start. In 5 2/3 innings, he allowed five earned runs.

This is a critical stretch of games for the Rangers against the top two teams in the AL West. The Angels and Houston Astros are neck-and-neck atop the division. After this home series wraps up, Texas heads to Houston for three games and will follow that up with a two-game set at the Angels.

“If you’re going to win the division, this stretch is important,” Rangers manager Chris Woodward said.

Defensively, the Rangers have been stepping up, especially in the outfield, with center fielder Adolis Garcia, who seemingly makes highlight plays every game.

“It’s one of the best (defensive outfields) in the game, if not the best,” Woodward said on his pregame radio show. “It’s a huge plus for us, especially her with how much outfield there is to cover. It’s definitely an advantage for us.”

Angels’ first baseman Jared Walsh, a lefty batter, was not in the starting lineup on Tuesday night against Texas southpaw Taylor Hearn. He did replace Matt Duffy at first base in the eighth inning after Duffy was shaken up on a collision at first base with Garcia. Walsh struck out in the ninth, snapping his 26-game hit streak against the Rangers.

–Field Level Media

Following a lengthy rough stretch, the Chicago Cubs have achieved some much-needed success.

It partially has come at the expense of the scuffling Pittsburgh Pirates.

Looking to extend their season-high winning streak to five games, the Cubs will aim for a series sweep of the visiting Pirates on Wednesday night.

Chicago lost five straight to conclude a 3-14 run from April 19-May 8. The Cubs followed that stretch by winning six of eight games, highlighted by outscoring Pittsburgh 16-0 in taking the first two contests of this three-game set.

“Winning helps build confidence, which can translate into more wins and more confidence,” Cubs manager David Ross told Marquee Sports Network.

“I think it’s a group that’s just gonna go about their business on the daily, and bring all that they have to win that day.”

While the Cubs have 43 runs over the last eight games, their starting pitchers own a 2.18 ERA over that stretch, and have allowed two earned runs over 23 2/3 innings in the last four.

After Wade Miley and Keegan Thompson helped Chicago post back-to-back shutouts for the first time since 2019, Drew Smyly (1-4, 3.64 ERA) will take the ball in the finale.

Smyly tossed five scoreless innings during a 2-1 win at Pittsburgh on April 12. However, the Pirates tagged the veteran left-hander for four runs and six hits in five innings of their 4-2 victory at Wrigley Field on April 22. That began a stretch of four straight losing decisions for Smyly, who also yielded four runs with a season-high 10 hits over six innings in Friday’s 4-3 loss at Arizona.

Pittsburgh, though, is batting .140 with 49 strikeouts while totaling six runs during its current 2-4 rut. The Pirates, blanked in consecutive games three times since May 3, 2021, have been outscored 37-0 during their three losses — in six games — at Chicago this season.

After being no-hit in a 1-0 win over Cincinnati on Sunday, Pittsburgh managed eight hits through the first two games of this series. Meanwhile, its starting pitchers have allowed 11 runs — nine earned — over 6 1/3 innings during the set.

The Pirates have not named a starter for Wednesday’s contest, which appeared to be slotted for Mitch Keller. However, the right-hander is 0-5 with a 6.61 ERA on the season and has allowed five runs in each of his last two starts over nine combined innings.

“As we’ve talked about deploying pitchers, we’ll deploy them based on what we feel is best,” Pirates manager Derek Shelton told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

The Pirates will try to contain Chicago’s Frank Schwindel, who is batting .333 with a pair of doubles and four RBIs in his last six games. He’s 5-for-14 in the last three games vs. Pittsburgh.

Meanwhile, rookie teammate Seiya Suzuki is hitting .303 with seven RBIs in eight games against the Pirates.

Pittsburgh’s Michael Chavis has two of his team’s eight hits in this series. Fellow Pirate Ke’Bryan Hayes is 0-for-11 in his last three games and could be back in the lineup after not playing Tuesday.

Hayes has two hits in seven at-bats against Smyly since the start of last season.

–Field Level Media

After three games last month in Missouri, the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets looked at one another and saw enemies.

After two games Tuesday afternoon, the Cardinals and Mets might have looked at one another and wondered if they were staring at a mirror.

The Cardinals and Mets will each be aiming to take the series lead Wednesday night, when St. Louis visits New York in the third contest of a four-game set.

Jordan Hicks (1-3, 4.15 ERA) is slated to start for the Cardinals against Max Scherzer (4-1, 2.66) in a battle of right-handers.

The teams split a doubleheader Tuesday. Five Mets pitchers combined on a five-hitter in a 3-1 win in the opener. Tyler O’Neill salvaged his day by beating out the tie-breaking RBI infield single in the top of the ninth to lift the Cardinals to a 4-3 victory in the nightcap.

Nolan Arenado — who was ejected following a bench-clearing skirmish in the teams’ series finale in St. Louis on April 27 — was booed every time he stepped to the plate Tuesday. However, peace appeared to be brokered when New York first baseman Pete Alonso and St. Louis first base coach Stubby Clapp exchanged nods in the first inning of the second game. Clapp tackled Alonso from behind during the fracas 20 days earlier.

On Tuesday, the Mets and Cardinals were linked by their grinding and persistent approach at the plate. The two teams combined to throw 618 pitches — 311 by St. Louis and 307 by New York.

The hit by O’Neill — who struck out six times, the most in franchise history in a doubleheader — capped a Cardinals’ rally that consisted of two walks, a stolen base and a passed ball.

The Mets almost came back in the bottom of the ninth, when Dominic Smith drew a one-out walk and Luis Guillorme singled before Giovanny Gallegos struck out Mark Canha and Francisco Lindor.

“This club — you look at it, they’re not going to give in,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. “There are days when we sit here and scratch our head (and say), ‘Where is the offense going to come from?’ But these guys aren’t going to give in and that’s to their credit.”

The Mets appeared on their way to a fruitful afternoon and evening when they took a 3-0 lead in the third inning of the opener. But New York got just three hits in the final six innings of its win and stranded eight runners, including five in scoring position, in the nightcap.

“We had some opportunities,” Mets manager Buck Showalter said. “We just couldn’t cash them in.”

Hicks took the defeat last Friday, when he allowed three runs over five innings as the Cardinals fell to the San Francisco Giants, 8-2. Scherzer didn’t factor into the decision last Friday after giving up one run over seven innings in the Mets’ 2-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners.

Hicks is 0-1 with a 3.68 ERA in six career games (one start) against the Mets.

Scherzer is 4-6 with a 2.55 ERA in 14 starts versus the Cardinals.

–Field Level Media

Left-hander Marco Gonzales will face another tough mound opponent on Wednesday night when the visiting Seattle Mariners attempt to avoid a three-game sweep by the Toronto Blue Jays.

Gonzales (1-4, 3.38 ERA) will face right-hander Kevin Gausman (3-2, 2.40), who is out to give the Blue Jays their first series sweep of the season.

Gonzales faced New York Mets ace Max Scherzer on Friday, and neither factored in to the decision during the Mariners’ 2-1 victory. Gonzales matched Scherzer, allowing one run on five hits with five strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings. Scherzer gave up one earned run in seven innings.

“That was vintage Marco Gonzales (Friday) — awesome job,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said. “Obviously the Mets are playing good baseball. He came in and really competed his tail off, going back and forth with the fastball and changeup and kept them off balance.”

Gonzales will need more of the same against the Blue Jays on Wednesday. He last faced them on Aug. 25, 2019, when he allowed one run and three hits over seven innings. He is 1-1 with a 3.21 ERA in two career starts vs. the Jays.

Gonzales also will need help from the Mariners’ hitters, who were shut out for the sixth time this season in the 3-0 loss on Tuesday.

Gausman faced Seattle once last season when he was with the San Francisco Giants, allowing one run and two hits in 6 1/3 innings. In seven career games (six starts), he is 1-2 with a 2.63 ERA vs. the Mariners.

Toronto extended two hitting streaks in Tuesday’s 3-0 victory over Seattle.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was 1-for-3 with a walk to extend his streak to a career-high-tying 14 games. He is 15-for-51 (.294) with two doubles, one home run and four RBIs during that span.

Santiago Espinal was 1-for-3 on Tuesday to extend his streak to a career-best 11 games, going 13-for-36 (.361) with five doubles and four RBIs.

Espinal insists he does not look too closely at his statistics.

“No, no, no, not really,” he said. “I just go out there and play. You know, once in a while I’ll go look, I’m not going to lie to you, I mean, that’s what we all do. But basically, I’m just staying consistent with my work and making sure I’m ready for the game.”

Seattle’s Jesse Winker was 1-for-4 to extend his hitting streak to nine games, going 11-for-35 (.314) with two doubles, a homer and four RBIs.

Seattle’s offensive woes continued, however.

“We’ve got to change the record because it’s the same old song,” Servais said.

The difference Tuesday came in the second inning. Seattle loaded the bases with one out, but Steven Souza Jr. grounded into a double play.

In the bottom half of the inning, Toronto loaded the bases with one out and George Springer blooped a two-out triple that eluded Souza’s dive.

“The story of the game was the second inning,” Servais said. “We hit into a double play, and they found a hole and got their runs in.”

The Mariners had some concerns when J.P. Crawford limped off the field after grounding out in the ninth inning. He went directly to the clubhouse but soon returned and was smiling. It turned out that he had hit his ankle with his bat on a swing and had temporary pain and numbness.

“He’s fine,” Servais said.

–Field Level Media

The New York Yankees will look to extend their dominance and defeat the host Baltimore Orioles for the seventh time in nine games this season when the teams continue their four-game series on Wednesday night.

The Yankees, who are a major-league-best 27-9, have won 22 of their past 26 games after defeating the Orioles for the fifth straight time with a 5-4 win on Tuesday.

The Orioles have dropped five straight games after a stretch in which they won six of eight.

The Yankees will turn to right-hander Gerrit Cole (3-0, 2.95 ERA). Cole most recently pitched on Friday, allowing three earned runs on six hits, with nine strikeouts and a walk in 6 1/3 innings during a 10-4 win over the Chicago White Sox.

Cole has been dominant against the Orioles throughout his career, going 4-1 with a 1.41 ERA with 64 strikeouts and nine walks in 44 2/3 innings. He went 2-0 against Baltimore in 2021, allowing an earned run on eight hits with 20 strikeouts and three walks over 12 innings.

The Orioles will counter with right-hander Jordan Lyles (2-3, 4.38), who gave up four earned runs on six hits to go with six strikeouts and three walks in 5 2/3 innings during a 4-2 loss at Detroit on Friday.

Lyles has faced the Yankees twice this season with mixed results.

He produced a strong start when he allowed an earned run on six hits, with four strikeouts and two walks in 5 1/3 innings of a 2-1 win in 11 innings at Camden Yards on April 15.

But he got rocked by New York on April 26. He picked up the loss after giving up six earned runs on seven hits — three of which were homers, including two by Anthony Rizzo — in just 4 2/3 innings during a 12-8 defeat at New York.

“Rizzo, he’s a tough at-bat,” Lyles said of Rizzo, who went 3-for-4 with six RBIs on April 26. “The first one, I threw a good pitch on the black. I threw two of them. He put it in the seats. The second one, he put a good swing on a changeup that I wish I could have back. Smart hitter, sitting on pitches, good hitter.”

Rizzo hit a home run Monday before going 1-for-4 on Tuesday to raise his average to .225.

“It’s a part of the season where you put in the work, and you don’t necessarily get the results (at times),” Rizzo said. “It’s definitely a battle.”

Lyles also will have to be wary of Aaron Judge, who went 4-for-5 with two home runs and three RBIs in Tuesday’s win.

After the Orioles took a 3-2 lead in the fourth, Judge tied the game in the fifth with a 422-foot home run to center field. Judge also hit a solo home run in the third that traveled 410 feet.

The Yankees took the lead for good in the sixth when Gleyber Torres scored on DJ LeMahieu’s groundout to shortstop.

The Yankees extended their lead to 5-3 in the seventh when Josh Donaldson, who had doubled, scored on an error by shortstop Ramon Urias.

–Field Level Media

The Philadelphia Phillies won five of seven games on a difficult West Coast trip at the Seattle Mariners and Los Angeles Dodgers.

After a day off, the Phillies fell flat in a 3-0 loss to the San Diego Padres on Tuesday.

The Phillies will aim to bounce back from a two-game losing streak when they host the Padres again on Wednesday evening.

“We didn’t necessarily swing the bats great,” Phillies manager Joe Girardi said after his team produced only five hits. “I just think it was one of those nights.”

Kyle Schwarber especially struggled, going 0-for-4 and striking out all four times.

“He’s missing his pitches when he gets them,” Girardi said.

It’s unclear whether reigning Most Valuable Player Bryce Harper will be back in the lineup on Wednesday. Harper sat out Sunday at Los Angeles after receiving a PRP injection in his right elbow and then missed Tuesday’s game.

“Plan on either (Wednesday) or hopefully Thursday being in there,” Harper said. “I want to be out there. I want to be helping my team, especially against a great team in San Diego. But I think that was the perfect day to get it on Sunday and have that Monday off day and, hopefully, just miss two or three games. I think that was the perfect time.”

The Phillies will hand the ball to Zack Wheeler (1-3, 4.26 ERA). Wheeler is 2-1 with a 2.45 ERA in six career starts against the Padres.

In Wheeler’s last start Thursday against the Dodgers, he gave up six hits and three runs in 5 1/3 innings after being reinstated from the COVID-19 injured list.

Jean Segura will take a 13-game hitting streak into Wednesday’s game.

The Padres will look to maintain their momentum and extend their winning streak to three.

San Diego left-hander Blake Snell is expected to make his first start of the season after being sidelined with an adductor and elbow injury. Snell, who has been on the injured list since April 15, is stoked for his turn in the rotation.

“It’s been a long time,” Snell said over the weekend in Atlanta. “A month and a half ago I thought I was gonna be down for like three days. That’s what I remember. I was like, ‘It should be a couple of days. I’ll be good.'”

Snell is 0-1 with a 3.00 ERA in two career starts against the Phillies.

On Tuesday, Padres starter Mike Clevinger picked up his first win of the season with five scoreless innings after starting the season on the injured list.

The Padres also received tremendous support from the bullpen as MacKenzie Gore threw three scoreless innings in his first relief appearance. Taylor Rogers then completed the ninth for his 14th save in 15 chances.

“I think the ceiling is super high for everyone involved,” Clevinger said.

Offensively, Robinson Cano contributed a pair of hits and Trent Grisham continued his hot hitting with a clutch RBI double as the Padres moved 10 games above .500 with manager Bob Melvin recovering from prostate surgery.

Ryan Christenson will keep serving as the interim manager until Melvin returns.

–Field Level Media

After a pair of comfortable victories, the Miami Marlins will look to complete a three-game series sweep of the visiting Washington Nationals on Wednesday night.

While role players made key contributions for Miami the past two nights, the Nationals need to count more on veterans to help them out of a funk that has seen the team lose three in a row and 10 of the past 13 games.

“For me it’s about addressing the issues every day,” Nationals manager Dave Martinez said. “Hopefully, we get better. We’ve got some young guys that are learning and they’re getting better. We’ve got some older guys who’ve got to play better, but I think that will come.”

Miami, which has won all five meetings with the Nationals this season, is pursuing its second three-game sweep of Washington.

“We’re going to face these guys a lot,” Marlins shortstop Miguel Rojas said. “We’re playing at home and we’re playing really good baseball against the guys in our division.”

The Marlins have won consecutive games for the first time since claiming their last seven games to end April. They benefited from a strong spot start from Cody Poteet on Tuesday, as the right-hander put up 4 2/3 scoreless innings.

Jesus Sanchez came off the Miami bench after center fielder Bryan De La Cruz departed with a forearm contusion stemming from being hit by a pitch. Sanchez promptly homered the next time that spot in the lineup came up.

“It’s a great feeling when everybody in the lineup up and down is contributing for the win,” Rojas said. “It feels nice to be part of it.”

Washington hasn’t generated much offense the past three games, scoring a total of three runs. The Nationals seemed to have the right player in a good spot on Tuesday, but Nelson Cruz struck out with the bases loaded in the sixth inning when they trailed by one run in an eventual 5-1 loss.

Cruz has struggled, hitting .188 with four homers in 34 games.

“I expect him to come back tomorrow to be on time,” Martinez said. “We’ve got to get our big horses to drive in some runs. When those guys hit, we’re in good shape.”

Washington has endured disastrous seventh innings in both games of the series, allowing a total of six runs.

Right-hander Josiah Gray (4-3, 4.34 ERA) will try to give Washington a boost in the series finale. Gray won consecutive starts before losing to the Houston Astros on Friday, when he allowed six runs on six hits in six innings. He has worked at least five innings in each of his past six outings.

Gray is 1-1 with a 4.08 ERA in three career starts against Miami, with 25 strikeouts and seven walks in 17 2/3 innings.

The Marlins will go with right-hander Pablo Lopez (4-1, 1.05), who fired six shutout innings on April 27 in a win at Washington. He allowed three hits and one walk while fanning six.

His most recent outing was a seven-inning no-decision in which he struck out 11 without a walk Friday against the Milwaukee Brewers. Lopez yielded one run on three hits.

Lopez has a 4-2 record and a 4.53 ERA in 10 career starts against the Nationals.

–Field Level Media

Things didn’t go as planned for the Cincinnati Reds over the first month of the season.

However, the Reds might be turning around their fortunes, as they have won seven of their last 11 games. Unfortunately, their dreadful 3-22 start figures to leave them in the hole for most of the season.

Cincinnati will attempt to complete a sweep of the host Cleveland Guardians when the teams finish a two-game interleague series on Wednesday evening.

The Reds will hand the ball to right-hander Tyler Mahle (2-4, 5.89 ERA), hoping he can continue their run of solid starting pitching. Right-hander Cal Quantrill (1-2, 3.93) will start for the Guardians.

The past two games, Cincinnati got strong outings from rookies Hunter Greene and Connor Overton.

The flame-throwing Greene threw 7 1/3 innings of no-hit baseball on Sunday against the Pittsburgh Pirates, yet Cincinnati lost 1-0.

It was a different story on Tuesday, as the Reds nipped the Guardians 5-4 in 10 innings. Overton, 28, was outstanding for his second consecutive outing. Last Thursday, he earned his first major-league victory in a 4-0 win over Pittsburgh, tossing 6 1/3 scoreless innings.

On Tuesday, he pitched 7 2/3 innings and allowed three hits, two runs and one walk while striking out two. He retired 15 batters in a row at one point.

It was the longest start of the season by a Cincinnati pitcher.

“He attacked the strike zone,” Guardians acting manager Carl Willis said. “He kept us off balance, especially with his split (fastball).”

Cleveland hitters didn’t know much about Overton, who was making his seventh major-league start.

“There wasn’t a lot of data on him,” Guardians first baseman Owen Miller said.

Overton said, “Obviously I’m happy, but there’s a lot I could have done better.”

Miller cost Overton his second win of the season by hitting a towering two-run homer in the ninth inning off reliever Art Warren, tying the score at 4-4.

From the seventh inning on in games this season, Miller is hitting .382 with three home runs and six RBIs. He has been particularly hard on Cincinnati, going 6-for-14 (.429) with two doubles, three homers and four RBIs.

“We’re never out of it,” Miller said. “We feed off each other. It’s good to see us battle like that.”

Reliever Bryan Shaw pitched the seventh for Cleveland, his 475th appearance for the Guardians, tying Willis Hudlin for the third-most among pitchers in franchise history. Shaw trails only Mel Harder (582 appearances) and Bob Feller (570).

Mahle enters the Wednesday game 0-2 with a 6.61 ERA in four career starts against the Guardians. He probably would like to forget his lone start at Progressive Field, in 2018, when he allowed seven runs (five earned) in 2 1/3 innings.

Quantrill is 0-1 with a 5.00 ERA in three career outings (one start) against the Reds.

The Reds could be getting a boost soon, as first baseman Joey Votto is close to returning to the lineup after a stint on the COVID-19 injured list. He has been on a minor-league rehab assignment.

The Guardians have a 2-1 edge in the Ohio Cup series with Cincinnati this season. Even if they lose in the Wednesday finale, they will retain the Cup. The teams split six games last year after Cleveland went 3-1 against Cincinnati in 2020.

–Field Level Media

During their current stretch of 13 victories in 15 games, the Houston Astros have benefitted from exceptional pitching performances via sources both familiar and unexpected.

In claiming the second contest of a three-game road set against the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday, the Astros produced a record-tying power surge that overshadowed a timely effort from rookie right-handed reliever Seth Martinez in a 13-4 win.

The Astros and Red Sox will contest the rubber match of the series on Wednesday.

Houston placed veteran right-hander Jake Odorizzi on the 15-day injured list before the Tuesday game after he was carted off the field with a left lower leg injury in the series opener a day earlier.

That development likely will force the Astros to utilize a five-man rotation for the foreseeable future, a change of direction from the six-man rotation that has undergirded their recent run of success and one that was necessary with Houston scheduled to play 33 games over 34 days.

Martinez, recalled from Triple-A Sugar Land, replaced Odorizzi on the roster and immediately delivered three scoreless innings on Tuesday. He entered after starter Jose Urquidy labored over five frames despite being the beneficiary of a nine-run second inning.

Martinez saved the Houston bullpen on a night when it didn’t appear to need salvaging, particularly with eight games scheduled over the next eight days.

The Astros’ offense give the pitchers plenty of wiggle room by matching the major league record with a five-homer inning. Yordan Alvarez, Kyle Tucker, Jeremy Pena, Michael Brantley and Yuli Gurriel all went deep in the second inning. Tucker added a grand slam in the fourth.

“There is no explanation,” Houston manager Dusty Baker said. “I mean, sometimes you hit the great (pitchers) good and sometimes, you know, the so-so (pitchers) you don’t hit them. There’s not an explanation for everything. … It’s not that easy to hit home runs, and like I said, it was just our day.”

The second-inning homers all came off Boston’s Nathan Eovaldi, prompting questions regarding the possibility that the right-hander was tipping his pitches.

Boston manager Alex Cora, the Astros’ bench coach in 2017, linked the onslaught to Houston’s offensive prowess.

“Like I said last year, when they get going, it’s that fastbreak offense,” Cora said. “They attack early and they hit the ball in the air. The conditions, (Fenway Park) was playing small.

“It’s one of those we’ll take a look at it and make adjustments for the next one.”

Right-hander Luis Garcia (3-1, 2.94 ERA) has the starting assignment for the Astros on Wednesday. He worked five scoreless innings in a 5-0 road win over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday, allowing five hits and two walks while recording a season-high-tying nine strikeouts.

Garcia has posted 23 strikeouts and a 1.50 ERA over his past 18 innings and three starts. He faced the Red Sox once last season, his first full season in the majors, allowing one run on five hits and one walk with six strikeouts over seven innings in a 5-1 home victory on June 1.

Right-hander Nick Pivetta (1-4, 5.08) will start the series finale for the Red Sox.

After allowing 13 earned runs over 11 2/3 innings and three starts to open the season, Pivetta has produced a 2.45 ERA over his past four starts.

On Friday against the host Texas Rangers, he surrendered one run on three hits and one walk with four strikeouts over a season-high seven innings during a 7-1 victory. It marked his longest start since July 4, 2021, and was his seventh career start in which he allowed one earned run or fewer over seven or more innings.

Pivetta is 0-2 with a 5.25 ERA over two career starts against the Astros.

–Field Level Media