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Padres relief pitcher Brandon Maurer will receive more treatment on his injured shoulder after he didn't feel strong during a catch session last week, according to MLB.com.

Mets reliever Carlos Torres, who pulled up lame with a calf injury trying to field a ball Monday against Washington, will miss multiple games, according to ESPN.

Terry Collins has already conceded that the team will require help from Triple-A Las Vegas to compensate for his loss.

The good news for Torres is that he at least performed better than he had recently. He hurled 1 1/3 scoreless innings before going down after having allowed six runs on seven hits over his previous 1 2/3 innings.

Mets relief pitcher Carlos Torres was forced to leave Monday's game against the Nationals with what the team is calling a strained right calf, per MLB.com. 

Torres injured himself while running to field a ground ball. After recording the out, the Mets training staff immediately came onto the field and Torres was removed from the contest after tossing 1 1/3 innings of two-hit relief. 

Cardinals pitcher Matt Belisle recently threw a live batting practice session and is expected to throw another session in the next few days, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. An elbow injury has kept him out since late June.

Meanwhile, first baseman Matt Adams was able to conduct sprints close to full speed Saturday. He recently suffered a setback from his quad injury, but is expected to return in mid-September.

Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen needed just 10 pitches to retire the Padres in order, preserving the 2-0 win on Saturday. Jansen struck out a batter, en route to his 29th save of the season. 

Jansen hasn't allowed a run in seven consecutive appearances, and has just one blown save on the year.

Braves starter Shelby Miller continued his winless trend, as he took the loss on Saturday against the Nationals. Miller was mostly responsible for this loss however, as he allowed seven runs on seven hits over 4 1/3 innnings. He walked three and struck out four in the 8-2 loss.

Miller (5-13, 2.68 ERA) was lit up for four runs in the third inning, incluing a two-run bomb by Bryce Harper. The Nationals scratched across two more runs in the fourth and another in the fifth before Miller was pulled from the game.

In his last 15 starts, Miller has been given a total of 14 runs of support. Of course, Miller has now gone 20 consecutive starts without a win.

Marlins starter Brad Hand did not have a good effort against the Mets on Saturday. The left-hander was unable to make it out of the second inning, as he allowed seven runs on six hits over 1 2/3 innings in the 7-0 loss.

Hand (4-5, 5.20 ERA) was greeted rudely in this one, as Travis d'Arnaud (three-run) and Wilmer Flores went (solo) went back-to-back in the first inning. Juan Lagares added a two-run shot as part of a three-run second inning against Hand.

Hand is 2-3 with an ugly 7.19 ERA over his last five starts.

Cardinals pitcher Matt Belisle was able to throw a bullpen session Friday, reports MLB.com. It was the first time he threw off a mound since being placed on the disabled list with an elbow injury in late June.

Rockies left-hander Chris Rusin didn't just beat the Giants on Thursday night. He made history.

Rusin became the first Colorado pitcher to toss two complete games at Coors Field in the same season since Aaron Cook in 2008. He allowed three runs on six hits with one walk and five strikeouts. He threw 69 of 103 pitches for strikes.

Oddly, two of the three runs he allowed came off the bat of opposing pitcher Ryan Vogelsong, who took him yard in the third.

Rusin has four quality starts over his last five outings and has lowered his ERA to 4.78, which is not bad considering he gave up 11 runs in two innings in a start two weeks ago.

Reds closer Aroldis Chapman had to dance out of danger to record his 27th save of the year on Wednesday against the Cubs. Chapman entered the ninth inning with the Reds up by three, and he allowed two of the first three batters to reach safely, bringing the tying run to the plate.

But he enduced a fielder's choice groundout and got Dexter Fowler swinging to close out the game and protect the 7-4 win.