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Coulombe (1-1) fired 1.1 scoreless innings in Friday's 7-6 win over the Yankees, recording a strikeout.

The lefty snuffed out a seventh-inning threat by getting Chase Headley on a swinging strikeout with two aboard and then kept the Yankees at bay in the eighth as well. It was Coulombe's first victory of the season and also extended his streak of not allowing an earned run to 10 appearances. Friday's effort brought his ERA down below 2.00 for the first time since after his first appearance of the season.

Manaea didn't factor into the decision in Friday's 7-6 win over the Yankees, giving up five earned runs on eight hits and two walks over six innings. He struck out seven.

The young lefty did have the advantage of facing a Yankees squad that was sitting a couple of regulars, but he turned in a serviceable performance in many respects despite giving up five runs. Manaea notched 17 swinging strikes among his 107 pitches and was mainly done in by two mistakes, a three-run home run by Aaron Judge in the third and a solo shot by Chris Carter in the sixth. The 25-year-old did an impressive job keeping the ball down otherwise, inducing 11 groundballs overall. The outing did snap a five-start winning streak for Manaea, but he'll look to start a new one when he takes on the Astros at home next Wednesday.

Curtis was optioned to Double-A Arkansas on Saturday.

After two stellar outings for the Mariners earlier in the year, Curtis struggled Friday night, uncorking two wild pitches, hitting a batter and serving up a home run in a three-inning outing. Now that he's likely unavailable to pitch for the next few days, he'll return to the minors in favor of Rob Whalen, a fresh arm recalled from Triple-A Tacoma in a corresponding move.

Whalen was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma on Saturday.

As has been the case numerous times this season, Whalen will return to the big leagues to act as a fresh arm in a swingman role. He'll be available for Saturday's game against the Rangers out of the bullpen, so it seems like this trip to the bigs will see him in a long-relief role. To make room for Whalen on the active roster, Zac Curtis was sent down to Double-A Arkansas.

Rogers has 15 strikeouts and five walks with an ERA of 2.82 over 22.1 innings.

It's been a great couple weeks for Rogers. In eight innings since May 24, he's given up seven hits and one run, which came off a solo home run. The four holds over that span brought his season total up to 15, good enough for a first-place tie for the AL lead, and he's also recorded two wins to push his record up to 3-1. The southpaw hasn't received a save opportunity yet this season, but it might only be a matter of time until his name gets called in the ninth inning.

Neal was optioned to Triple-A Nashville on Saturday.

Michael Brady was brought up by the A's in a corresponding move. Neal had allowed a whopping 13 earned runs and five home runs in 10.2 innings over his last four outings.

Pressly was optioned to Triple-A Rochester.

After a terrible start to the season (9.50 ERA), Pressly made some progress when called up earlier this month by giving up just one run in four innings over two appearances. He'll likely be called up to the majors again soon as the Twins continue to shuffle their bullpen.

Andriese (hip) was moved to the 60-day DL from the 10-day DL, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Andriese will be out until August or later with a stress reaction in his hip. His move to the 60-day DL clears a 40-man roster spot for newly acquired Trevor Plouffe.

Busenitz will be recalled from Triple-A Rochester for Saturday's doubleheader against Cleveland, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. He has a 2.15 ERA and 32:9 K:BB in 29.1 innings at Rochester.

Busenitz isn't considered a top prospect and was a throw-in on the Hector Santiago trade last summer from the Angels. However, he has an opportunity to stick in the majors as the Twins are desperate for any consistent production in the bullpen.

Johnson underwent an examination that confirmed inflammation in his left shoulder, Christopher Smith of MassLive.com reports.

Manager John Farrell doesn't feel like this is a severe condition and is hoping it's a relatively quick turnaround for Johnson, who is 2-0 with a 4.29 ERA in four starts for Boston this season. His next turn in the rotation Monday will be taken by right-hander Hector Velazquez.