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Reds' starter Raisel Iglesias suffered a hard-luck loss to Arizona on Friday. 

Iglesias matched a season low by allowing one run in six innings, but the Reds were shut out. He lost for the fourth time in the last five decisions and dropped to 2-4 on the year. 

Iglesias gave up a home run for the sixth straight start. 

Braves reliever Arodys Vizcaino pitched a scoreless ninth, Friday against Miami, to earn his second save of the year. 

Vizcaino has earned saves in his last two outings and hasn't given up a run in his last nine appearances. 

Rockies reliever Tommy Kahnle recorded the first save of his career, as he closed out the 5-4 win over the Nationals on Friday. Kahnle struck out a pair, including Bryce Harper to end the game.

Kahnle picked up the save on his 26th birthday. He has been a very pleasant surprise for the Rockies this year. He has not allowed an earned run in each of his past nine appearances, and owns a 2.60 ERA over 27 2/3 innings in 2015. 

It took nearly a week after Arodys Vizcaino was declared the new closer for the Braves for a save situation to crop up. It finally did in a one-run game Thursday against Miami and he was up to the task.

Vizcaino allowed a one-out single to Ichiro Suzuki, but retired Adeiny Hechavarria and Tomas Telis to close it out for his first career save. He has allowed just one run in 12 2/3 innings this season.

Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen earned a save in a second-straight game, as he needed two outs to close out the 10-8 win over the Phillies on Thursday.

Jansen inherited a mess left by Joel Peralta, as he entered the game with the Dodgers up by four, but with runners on first and second with one out. Jansen promptly served up a two-run double to Maikel Franco to cut the Dodgers' lead to two. Both runs were charged to Peralta.

After allowing a single to the next batter, Jansen coaxed a game-ending double play, recording his 21st save of the season. 

Mets starting pitcher Rafael Montero resumed a rehab assignment in the Gulf Coast League on Thursday, making his first appearance since July 20.

The right-hander tossed two scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks. He also had one strikeout. He has not allowed a run through six innings (three appearances) in the Gulf Coast League.

Montero has been on the disabled list since late April due to rotator cuff inflammation in his right shoulder.

The offense came around at just the nick of time Wednesday night for Diamondbacks starter Rubby De La Rosa.

De La Rosa was out of the game after five innings, having thrown just 54 of 101 pitches for strikes, when his team put up a four-spot to provide him with his ninth win. He allowed two hits with three walks and three strikeouts.

He struggled only in the first on a double, two walks and two sacrifice flies. He then retired 13 of the next 15 batters he faced.

The inconsistent De La Rosa has given up 17 runs in the last 34 2/3 innings to inch his ERA up to 4.56.

Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen struck out the side in order to record his 20th save of the season, as the Dodgers beat the Phillies 4-3 on Wednesday. The hard-throwing righty needed just 13 pitches to retire the three batters to face him.

Jansen has converted each of his past 13 save opportunities, though he had been scored upon in each of his three previous outings coming into Wednesday's game.

Pirates closer Mark Melancon had a rough outing on Wednesday, but he was able to hang on to record his 34th save of the year in the 7-5 win over the Cubs. 

Melancon entered the game in the ninth, working with a three-run lead. He allowed a lead-off single to Starlin Castro, who would wind up scoring. But Melancon got Dexter Fowler swinging to end the game.

This was the first time Melancon had been scored upon since June 5, spanning 24 appearances. It's the first earned run he has allowed since May 11. 

The strong early-summer run of Rockies starter Chris Rusin is becoming a distant memory. He continued his recent struggles Wednesday against Seattle.

Rusin yielded three runs on eight hits in five innings to take a no-decision. He walked three and struck out three.

At least his problems were limited to one inning - a miserable fourth in which he gave up four consecutive hits, including run-scoring singles by Robinson Cano and Franklin Gutierrez. Pitcher Taijuan Walker added an RBI double as the Mariners batted around.

Rusin has given up 13 runs on a whopping 28 hits in his last 15 innings pitched. His ERA now sits at 4.66 after he had dropped it to a respectable 3.88.