He was equally impressive in the ninth after the Padres added a couple of insurance runs. Tapia came into the game with a three-run lead in the eighth and made easy work of the Padres lineup. As previously noted, Domingo Tapia returned to the Padres and threw two scoreless innings to pick up his second save of the year.Legumina is fresh off his first MLB win a couple of days ago and pitched another two scoreless innings here with three strikeouts. The only bright spot for the Reds here was the emergence of young Casey Legumina as a serious option in the bullpen.Wandy Peralta took over only to walk two batters and in doing so walk in what turned out to be the winning run.

It was a complete disaster for Clay Holmes and the Yankees in this one – the men in pinstripes went into the top of the ninth with a shutout on the cards only to fall behind after Holmes messed up a come-backer and was charged with an error to allow Amed Rosario to reach base before two singles saw the Guardians draw level.It was Enyel De Los Santos who picked up the win after getting two outs in the eighth in relief of Cal Quantrill, who was impressive in his start. Clase is 9-for-11 in save chances with a 1.88 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, and 8:4 K:BB over his 14.1 innings and remains an elite option in the ninth inning. After a blip in extra innings at the weekend, Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase returned to form with a perfect ninth inning in which he struck out Aaron Hicks to end the contest.David Robertson then spun two impressive innings to pick up his sixth save of the year. Smith worked Megill out of a jam before returning for a clean seventh frame. After a solid start from Tylor Megill, Drew Smith picked up his second win of the season thanks to the Mets’ resurgence in the top of the sixth.Tonkin retired Brett Baty before allowing a two-run double to Francisco Álvarez which gave the Mets the lead, tagging Morton with the loss and he with the blown save. Michael Tonkin could not clear up a mess left by starter Charlie Morton, who left in the bottom of the sixth with only one out and two men on after back-to-back walks.The Mets deployed a bullpen strategy in this one using five low-leverage relievers including recently recalled Stephen Nogosek and John Curtiss for multiple innings.Minter remains the best option in the bullpen but Nick Anderson impressed again with a clean eighth inning with two strikeouts. Minter, who gave up another home run but still picked up the save in the first game of the doubleheader against the Mets. It’s been a tough run for Atlanta closer A.J.

Walk by Cora Brent