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Colome allowed two earned runs on two hits and a hit batsman over one inning in a win over the Rays on Thursday. He struck out one.

Last week, Colome had stymied his former squad while earning a pair of holds at Safeco Field, but it was a different story Thursday. Brought on with Wilson Ramos at second and none out in the ninth to protect a 5-1 lead, Colome promptly retired Matt Duffy and the debuting Jake Bauers on a groundout and strikeout, respectively, before plunking Carlos Gomez. A Mallex Smith single later, Johnny Field touched Colome up for a bases-clearing two-bagger that brought the Rays within a run. Colome was subsequently able to close out the game by retiring Daniel Robertson on a game-ending roller to third, but the two runs he surrendered marked the first blemishes on his Mariners resume across five appearances.

Palumbo (elbow) has started throwing live batting practice, Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News reports.

It's been a long road back for Palumbo, who underwent Tommy John elbow surgery in April of 2017. The Rangers are hoping the left-hander will advance to pitching in games by the start of July.

Giles finished off Thursday's 5-2 win over the Rangers by allowing a run on two hits while striking out one over one inning.

Giles, who was making his first appearance in four days, entered the game with Houston holding a four-run lead, making it his second consecutive appearance in a non-save situation. Not so coincidentally, it was the second straight appearance in which he's allowed runs. He's been perfect in save situations, but much less so when given a big cushion. Across 13 appearances in a non-save situations, Giles has a 9.82 ERA.

Treinen struck out one in a clean ninth inning to record his 14th save of the season Thursday against the Royals.

Treinen recorded one of his easier saves of the season, entering the game with a three-run lead. He took care of the top of the Royals' lineup with few problems, as he didn't allow a baserunner and needed only 13 pitches to secure the win. He has now converted 14 of 16 save opportunities this season and ranks fifth in the American League in saves.

Pruitt (1-3) allowed five earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out six across seven innings to take the loss Thursday against the Mariners.

Pruitt entered the game in the second inning and immediately allowed three earned runs on a string of singles by the Mariners. He surrendered two solo home runs later in the game, but mostly settled in, allowing only four hits in his next six innings. Most of his work now comes in long relief, pitching the majority of innings in Rays "bullpen" games. However, he doesn't generate many strikeouts and his ratios aren't particularly impressive, so his fantasy value comes from his occasional wins and saves.

Beeks was optioned after his start Thursday against the Tigers, Evan Drellich of NBC Sports Boston reports. He was tagged for six earned runs over four innings while registering four strikeouts and three walks.

It wasn't the debut Beeks, the minor-league strikeout leader entering Thursday, had envisioned. He struck out the first batter he faced before surrendering five earned runs in a rocky first inning. With that, it's clear that Beeks isn't quite ready to stick in Boston's rotation just yet. The club will make a corresponding roster move Friday.

VerHagen is expected to work out of the bullpen during the Tigers' weekend series with the Indians after manager Ron Gardenhire named Artie Lewicki as the team's starter for Sunday, Chris McCosky of The Detroit News reports.

Due to a doubleheader Monday against the Yankees, VerHagen was summoned from Triple-A Toledo and made his first start of the season with the big club, giving up seven runs on seven hits and two walks in 3.2 innings. With Jordan Zimmermann (shoulder) and Francisco Liriano (hamstring) both set to remain on the disabled list through the weekend, VerHagen could have made a case to stick in the rotation for one more turn with a strong showing Monday. Since VerHagen fared poorly in that outing, it was likely an easy decision for Gardenhire to give another start to Lewicki, who filled in for Liriano on Tuesday against the Red Sox and also lasted only 3.2 innings, but limited the damage to four runs (two earned). VerHagen seems unlikely to stick around in the Tigers' bullpen for long, regardless of how he performs in his subsequent appearances.

Covey will remain in the rotation for at least one more turn and start Friday against the Red Sox, Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

When Covey was called up from Triple-A Charlotte on May 19 to replace Carson Fulmer in the rotation, it was widely assumed the right-hander would merely be a seat filler until Carlos Rodon (shoulder) was ready to return from the 60-day disabled list. Though Rodon appears set to make his season debut this weekend, Covey looks like he has done enough to maintain his starting role after three solid outings, perhaps putting Lucas Giolito or Hector Santiago more at risk of losing their rotation spots. Covey has posted a 1.65 ERA, 1.35 WHIP and 18 strikeouts in 16.1 innings over his last three turns, a stark turnaround from the 7.71 ERA, 1.67 WHIP and 41 strikeouts he submitted over 70 frames in 2017 as a Rule 5 pick. Per James Fegan of The Athletic Chicago, an uptick in Covey's fastball velocity -- along with his increased usage of the offering -- seems to be a major reason behind his improved swinging-strike and groundball rates, and could continue to make him a serviceable back-end arm in spite of his still-spotty control (4.0 BB/9).

Pruitt will piggyback starter Ryne Stanek in Thursday's game against the Mariners and is expected to cover most of the innings for the Rays, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Though the Rays have no healthy full-time starters at the moment beyond Blake Snell and Nathan Eovaldi, it doesn't appear manager Kevin Cash is itching to fill the remaining two openings in the rotation. Instead, the Rays will continue to mix and match relievers as "openers" for games when needed, with Ryan Yarbrough and Pruitt acting as de facto starters and maintaining more regimented pitching schedules. The unorthodox usage pattern has seemingly suited Pruitt well, as he has posted a 1.78 ERA and 0.91 WHIP over the five games this season in which he has thrown at least four innings out of the bullpen.

Beeks was called up by the Red Sox prior to Thursday's start against Detroit.

In a corresponding move, the team optioned reliever Bobby Poyner to Triple-A Pawtucket. Through 10 starts with Pawtucket this year, Beeks has accumulated a 2.56 ERA with an 80:14 K:BB in 56.1 innings.