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Kitchen will serve as the Marlins' opening pitcher for Friday's game against the Phillies, Christina De Nicola of MLB.com reports.

Edward Cabrera was slated to start Friday, but he was scratched for an unspecified reason. The Marlins will turn to Kitchen to open Friday's contest, but because he hasn't pitched more than two innings in any of his three major-league appearances this season, he shouldn't be expected to provide much length in what could end up being a bullpen game for Miami. Kitchen will be pitching on two days' rest after tossing 1.1 scoreless innings in a relief appearance Tuesday against the Nationals.

Ortiz will not start Friday against the Nationals as the game has been postponed due to inclement weather.

Friday's contest will be made up Saturday as part of a doubleheader, and Ortiz will start in the matinee, per Alex Stumpf of MLB.com. The right-hander has appeared in 33 games games this season, including 11 starts, and has a 3.19 ERA and 1.10 WHIP across 113 innings.

The Giants recalled Warren from Triple-A Sacramento on Friday.

The move corresponds with Kyle Harrison being placed on the 15-day injured list due to left shoulder inflammation. Warren made his lone major-league appearance Aug. 28 against the Brewers, during which he pitched two scoreless innings while allowing one walk and one hit. Across 23 outings in Triple-A this season, Warren has a 4.91 ERA and 1.27 WHIP across 22 innings. Warren will be available out of the Giants' bullpen for Friday's game against the Padres, per Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic.

Weaver worked around a walk in a scoreless ninth inning against the Cubs on Friday en route to his first career save. He struck out two batters.

Isaac Paredes made Weaver work for the final out, but Weaver ultimately shut the door on his 25th pitch to earn the first save of his nine-year MLB career. Manager Aaron Boone said earlier in the week that the club would get "creative" with the closer role in light of Clay Holmes' struggles in the ninth inning, and while Weaver has not been part of the saves mix until now, he leads the team in holds and would appear to have the leg up for save chances down the stretch.

Hendriks (elbow) had a minor setback in his rehab this week but said Friday that he remains convinced he will return this season, Alex Speier of The Boston Globe reports.

The setback prevented Hendriks from making rehab appearances on back-to-back days this week, as had been previously planned. Hendriks also said that while he expects to be effective upon his return, he thinks his stuff will fully bounce back to pre-surgery levels in 2025, when he will be under contract with Boston for one more season.

Eisert was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo on Friday.

Eisert was called up Sunday but did not get into a game with the big club this time around. Luis Frias will take his place in the Jays' bullpen.

Frias was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo prior to Friday's game against Atlanta.

The 26-year-old righty gave up seven earned runs in 6.1 innings out of Arizona's bullpen earlier this year. Frias did not allow an earned run while striking out 11 in 8.1 innings while at Triple-A since getting claimed by the Blue Jays.

Suarez (8-3) took the loss and blew a save against the Tigers on Thursday, allowing four runs on two hits and two walks while striking out one batter over two-thirds of an inning.

Suarez entered Thursday having successfully converted eight straight save chances, but he didn't have his best stuff against Detroit. The right-hander had a three-run lead to work with in the top of the ninth and found himself in quick trouble, giving up a leadoff single followed by a walk. Suarez retired Spencer Torkelson on a popup but then issued another walk to load the bases. It looked like the closer might get out of the jam when he fanned Kerry Carpenter for the second out, but Parker Meadows followed with a grand slam on a 3-2 fastball to push the Tigers into the lead. Suarez has been great this year with 31 saves in 35 opportunities, but he has faded a bit lately, posting a 6.23 ERA and 1.69 WHIP over his last 13 innings while giving up at least one earned run in six of 14 appearances since Aug. 3. If San Diego were to consider moving Suarez out of the closer role, Tanner Scott -- who has 20 saves (mostly with Miami) and a 1.44 ERA on the campaign -- would be a very capable fill-in.

The Nationals claimed Rucker off waivers Friday and optioned him to Triple-A Rochester.

The right-hander was designated for assignment by the Phillies on Wednesday, and he'll stick in the NL East after being claimed off waivers. Rucker hasn't pitched in the majors this season and has struggled at the Triple-A level with a 7.36 ERA across 22 innings, though he was a solid bullpen piece for the Cubs in 2022 with a 3.95 ERA in 41 appearances.

Taylor recorded his first career hold in a win over the Athletics on Thursday, firing a perfect sixth inning.

The rookie needed just seven pitches, five which he landed for strikes, to get through his one frame following an effective five-inning outing from starter Bryan Woo. Taylor, who rocketed up the organizational ranks following his debut at Single-A Modesto to start last season, has had no trouble acclimating to the big leagues. He carries an 0.87 ERA, 0.68 WHIP and 10.5 K/9 across his first 10.1 innings in the majors.