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Giles pitched a perfect ninth inning to pick up his 16th save Monday against the Orioles.

He did not allow a baserunner or record a strikeout, using an efficient 10 pitches to get the final three outs. Giles has successfully picked up the save in each of his last four appearances, giving up just one run on a solo home run while striking out four over that four-inning stretch. He has a firm hold on the closer role in Toronto.

Adams signed a minor-league contract with the Twins on Monday, Brandon Warne of ZoneCoverage.com reports.

The 32-year-old had been pitching for the the Sugar Land Skeeters of the independent Atlantic League. He's thrown 58.2 big-league innings in his career, struggling to a 6.29 ERA. He'll be assigned to Double-A Chattanooga.

Yarbrough is expected to cover the bulk of the innings out of the Tampa Bay bullpen once opener Hunter Wood exits Monday's game against the Royals, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

The Rays used both of their other two multi-inning relievers -- Yonny Chirinos and Jalen Beeks -- over the weekend, leaving Yarbrough as the only long man available out of the bullpen on at least four days' rest. With that in mind, Yarbrough should be in store for a sizable workload, as has been the case in his last handful of appearances. Yarbrough has covered at least four innings in five of his last six outings, factoring into the decision four times and going 3-1.

The Twins recalled Gonsalves from Triple-A Rochester ahead of his scheduled start Monday against the White Sox.

Minnesota had relayed Sunday that Gonsalves would join the big club and slot into the rotation, but the team waited a day to make the transaction official. The lefty has posted a 2.96 ERA and 95 strikeouts over 100.1 innings at Rochester this season, but a 4.9 BB/9 tempers some enthusiasm for his prospects as he prepares for his first MLB start. Regardless of how he performs Monday, Gonsalves should be in line for additional starts with Ervin Santana (finger) potentially done for the season and neither Aaron Slegers (shoulder) nor Adalberto Mejia (elbow) looking especially close to returning from the disabled list.

Devenski (hamstring) will require a third rehab outing later this week at Double-A Corpus Christi or Triple-A Fresno, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.

Devenski made two rehab appearances last week with two days of rest in between. He last pitched Friday, running his pitch count to 20 and striking out three in one inning. The Astros may want to see the right-hander pitch on consecutive days, which would mean at least two more outings.

Barria allowed one earned run on seven hits and one walk while striking out five across five innings Sunday against the Rangers. He did not factor into the decision.

Despite allowing eight baserunners, Barria limited the damage by allowing only one extra-base hit. He generated an impressive 14 swinging strikes and induced 10 of his 15 outs via either a groundball or strikeout. Limiting home runs has been key for Barria, and in his four August starts, he has allowed only one home run across 20.2 innings, which has resulted in him surrendering only five earned runs.

Leclerc finished off the Angels on Sunday, striking out one over a scoreless inning to register his fifth save in a 4-2 win.

Leclerc made his 10th straight scoreless appearance, with six of those being clean outings. The right-hander has a 0.83 ERA over his last 21.2 innings, going back to June 20. It's been a remarkable turnaround for the right-hander who posted a 5.65 ERA with 19 walks over 14.1 innings in August and September of last season. "There were some questions going into the offseason last year, and even going into Spring Training," manager Jeff Banister told Wesley Dotson of MLB.com. "We knew physically where the stuff was -- never in question about that. Usability and confidence-wise, could we build him back up? Would he get himself to a point to what you see now?"

Pearson (broken ulna) says he will throw his first bullpen session Monday.

He has been sidelined with the a broken ulna for 16 weeks, despite an initial 4-to-6-week estimated absence. Pearson suffered the injury in his first start of the season, so he has been unable to build on the hype that surrounded him this past offseason. He is still one of the Blue Jays' best prospects but is running out of time to return to game action this season.

Manaea (11-9) allowed six earned runs on nine hits and no walks while striking out five across four innings to take the loss Sunday against the Astros.

Manaea started the game well, striking out three batters in the first two innings. However, he ran into trouble with two outs in the third inning, as he allowed four consecutive hits with the big blow being a three-run home run by Yuli Gurriel. The trouble continued as Manaea allowed another homer -- this one a solo shot by Evan Gattis -- prior to being pulled. While his 3.70 ERA and 1.07 WHIP are relatively strong, Manaea has had an inconsistent month of August with starts of just 2.2 and four innings while also putting together two quality starts.

Lopez allowed six runs on six hits and one walk across two innings in a no-decision Sunday against the Royals. He struck out five.

Lopez recorded a 1-2-3 first inning, but he was tagged for six runs on five hits and a walk in the second. All the runs against him came via the long ball, including a two-run home run from Ryan O'Hearn, a three-run shot from Whit Merrifield and a solo job from Alex Gordon. This continued a disturbing trend for Lopez, who's now surrendered 12 homers over his last seven starts, posting a 7.34 ERA during that span. He did toss a pair of quality starts to begin the month and will look to right the ship next weekend against the Tigers.