In the thick of the American League West and AL wild-card races, the Houston Astros placed right-handed starter Spencer Arrighetti on the 15-day injured list Saturday with nerve irritation in his foot.

Arrighetti, 26, left Friday’s start against the Chicago White Sox after one inning and 33 pitches due to the foot issue.

In a corresponding move, Houston recalled left-handed reliever Bryan King from Triple-A Sugar Land.

In 17 starts this season, Arrighetti is 7-5 with a 4.60 ERA, allowing six or more earned runs in three of his final four starts before the All-Star break. The 2021 sixth-round pick, who debuted with Houston in 2024, is 15-23 with a 4.66 ERA in 53 games (52 starts).

The 29-year-old King has made 42 relief appearances with the Astros in 2026, posting a 2-3 record with a 3.40 ERA. Across his three MLB seasons, all with Houston, he is 8-7 with a 2.91 ERA in 138 relief outings.

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The American League West-leading Texas Rangers placed starting third baseman Josh Jung on the 10-day injured list on Saturday — retroactive to Wednesday — with a left calf strain.

In a corresponding move, the Rangers recalled infielder Josh Smith from Triple-A Round Rock before Saturday’s home game against the second-place Seattle Mariners.

Jung, 28, exited Tuesday’s game against the Chicago White Sox after three innings with a left calf issue and has not played since. In 92 games this season, the 2023 All-Star is hitting .294 with nine home runs and 35 RBIs. He is eligible to return to the active roster on Aug. 1.

Texas’ first-round pick (No. 8 overall) in the 2019 MLB Draft, Jung has hit .264 with 58 home runs and 196 RBIs in 417 games with the Rangers.

Smith, 28, is in his third stint with the Rangers this season, batting .230 with one run and eight RBIs in 40 games. The versatile five-year veteran has played five positions in 2026, mainly seeing time at second base (34 games/30 starts).

In 496 games with Texas since being acquired from the New York Yankees in 2021, Smith has hit .236 with 32 homers and 136 RBIs.

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Salvador Perez, who hit the first home run of his career at Comerica Park in Detroit in 2011, set the Kansas City Royals’ all-time record with No. 318 on Saturday at the same venue.

In the Royals’ 3-2 win over the Tigers, Perez tied the game at 2 in the seventh inning with a 401-foot solo shot to left off right-handed reliever Kyle Finnegan.

Perez’s blast broke a tie with Hall of Famer George Brett, who hit 317 homers for Kansas City from 1973-93. Like Brett, Perez has played his entire career with the Royals since debuting in 2011.

“I think for everybody, he’s the type of player everybody wants to be,” Perez said of Brett. “Hall of Famer. Everybody loves George in Kansas City. When you’re around a name like him, it’s pretty special.”

The celebration continued in the dugout, where Perez put on a broadcast headset and was surprised with a recorded tribute from Brett, who is in Cooperstown, N.Y., for Sunday’s Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

“You know, we played in different eras, but I think we got a lot in common,” Brett said. “Playing for the name on the front of the jersey. Wanting to be on the field no matter what. And most importantly, hating to lose. So today, I’m as proud as ever to share a spot in Royals history with you.”

The 36-year-old is batting .210 with 15 homers and 44 RBIs in 98 games this season. He is a nine-time All-Star and a five-time Gold Glove catcher.

In 1,805 games with Kansas City, Perez has hit .261 with 748 runs and 1,060 RBIs.

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The Athletics signed former American League Cy Young Award winner Dallas Keuchel to a minor league contract, ESPN reported Saturday.

The 38-year-old left-hander, a two-time All-Star, last pitched in the majors for the Milwaukee Brewers on July 13, 2024.

He has 13 years of major league experience, most prominently with the Houston Astros (2012-18). In 2015, he went 20-8 with a 2.48 ERA and 216 strikeouts, en route to winning the AL Cy Young Award.

The veteran will now attempt another comeback with the Athletics. Per ESPN, he will report to Triple-A Las Vegas.

With the Astros, Atlanta Braves, Chicago White Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks, Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins and Brewers, Keuchel is 103-92 with a 4.04 ERA and 1,254 strikeouts in 282 games (267 starts).

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Nick Loftin hit a go-ahead homer in the ninth, Salvador Perez set the franchise home run record and the visiting Kansas City Royals squeaked by the Detroit Tigers 3-2 on Saturday.

Perez’s seventh-inning blast was his 318th career homer, surpassing Hall of Famer George Brett on the franchise’s all-time list. It was also Perez’s 31st homer against the Tigers.

Vinnie Pasquantino had three hits and scored a run for Kansas City.

Hao-Yu Lee drove in both Tigers runs with a double and a solo homer. The Tigers had a three-game winning streak snapped.

Detroit starter Casey Mize gave up one run and three hits in six innings. Royals starter Michael Wacha lasted seven innings, allowing two runs and six hits.

Loftin gave the Royals the lead with one out in the ninth, pulling an 0-2 pitch from Jacob Waguespack (0-1) over the left field wall.

Riley Greene led off the bottom of the inning with a single off Daniel Lynch IV (4-2). Alex Lange then replaced him and struck out Lee. Zach McKinstry moved Greene to third with a single. Lange then struck out Matt Vierling and induced a popout by pinch hitter Spencer Torkelson to end the game, allowing Lange to notch his 10th save.

The Royals took the lead in the second as Pasquantino led off with a single, moved to second on a sacrifice and reached third on a Mize wild pitch. He scored on Michael Massey’s sacrifice fly.

Detroit tied it in the bottom of the second. Greene banged a double off the left field wall and scored on Lee’s opposite-field double.

With one out in the fourth, Lee took advantage of a hanging changeup and clobbered it over the left field wall to give the Tigers a 2-1 lead.

Perez smashed his historic homer off Kyle Finnegan, pulling a hanging slider 401 feet over the left field wall.

Perez couldn’t deliver again in the eighth with runners on the corners and two out as he grounded into a fielder’s choice.

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Miami Marlins minor league pitcher Eiver Mosquera has received an 80-game suspension for testing positive for Boldenone, a performance-enhancing substance.

This season with Class-A Jupiter and the rookie-level Florida Complex League Marlins in 12 games (nine starts), the 19-year-old was 3-3 with a 4.50 ERA, 30 strikeouts and 16 walks in 38 innings.

Mosquera joined the organization in 2024 as a $150,000 international signing out of Venezuela.

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Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a complete game four-hitter as the Los Angeles Dodgers scored three times off Cam Schlittler and pulled away for an 8-2 victory over the host New York Yankees in the opener of a day-night doubleheader on Sunday afternoon.

Yamamoto (10-6) allowed two runs in his first career regular-season complete game. He tossed a pair of complete games last postseason in Game 2 of the NLCS against Milwaukee and Game 2 of the World Series at Toronto.

Yamamoto struck out seven and walked none. He threw first-pitch strikes to 21 of 30 hitters.

The right-hander joined Felix Hernandez (2010) as the second visitor to throw a nine-inning complete game in the regular season at the current Yankee Stadium, which opened in 2009.

Shohei Ohtani hit an RBI double off Schlittler (9-6) after manager Dave Roberts said the two-way star would miss his next start on the mound in Philadelphia on Wednesday due to left knee irritation. Freddie Freeman hit an RBI single that scored Ohtani and Andy Pages contributed an RBI double before the Dodgers added five runs in the eighth.

Teoscar Hernandez chipped in an RBI double, Tommy Edman hit a two-run single and Ohtani had a run-scoring single off reliever Jake Bird. Freeman contributed a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the inning off Camilo Doval.

Schlittler allowed three runs on six hits in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out the first four hitters and eight overall, but the Dodgers constantly reached deep counts and fouled several pitches off to run up his pitch count to 98.

Trent Grisham homered in the fourth and Anthony Volpe had an RBI single in the eighth as the Yankees dropped to 18-21 since losing Aaron Judge to a fractured right rib.

The Dodgers went ahead in the third when Edman singled and Ohtani followed with a double to the right-center-field gap. After Schlittler retired Pages, Freeman lined a two-strike single to center field to easily score Ohtani.

Edman started the fifth by getting grazed on the arm and scored on Pages’ double that hit the right field line, chasing Schlittler.

In the eighth, Los Angeles capitalized on third baseman Ryan McMahon losing Max Muncy’s foul ball in the sun as the third baseman went on to walk. Kyle Tucker followed with a single and Hernandez doubled down the right field line for a 4-1 lead.

After Dalton Rushing walked, Edman and Ohtani followed with singles to right field to extend the margin to 7-1 before the Yankees inserted Doval and Freeman lifted a fly ball to center.

–Field Level Media