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Montas (8-8) allowed two runs on six hits and a walk with seven strikeouts in six innings, taking the loss Saturday versus Cleveland.

Montas had little trouble until Cleveland scraped two runs together in the fifth inning. Oakland never pulled even, leaving Montas with his first loss since June 21. The 28-year-old has a 4.33 ERA, 1.30 WHIP and 112:29 K:BB through 106 innings this year. The right-hander will try to get back in the win column during next weekend's series in Seattle.

Quantrill (2-2) allowed a run on four hits and two walks with five strikeouts in five innings, earning the win Saturday over Oakland.

While it wasn't exactly a gem, Quantrill did enough to put Cleveland in position to win. The right-hander has won consecutive starts, but he's still allowed 17 runs in 24 innings across his last five outings. For the year, Quantrill has a 4.05 ERA, 1.37 WHIP and 48:22 K:BB across 66.2 innings. He projects to make his next start versus Tampa Bay next week.

Means (shoulder) will be activated to start Tuesday's game in Tampa Bay, Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com reports.

It's been an eventful year for Means, who logged the best start of his career -- a no-hitter May 5 in Seattle -- amid a breakout season before missing almost six weeks with a shoulder injury. He made three rehab appearances, building up to three innings in each of his last two outings. Means could go deep enough to get the win Tuesday, but he will likely be on some sort of pitch count.

Urena (groin) was placed on the 10-day injured list following Game 1 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Twins, Jason Beck of MLB.com reports.

Groin tightness shortened Urena's start Saturday and will now sideline him for an indefinite period of time. Details and a timeframe for his return should become clear in the coming days.

Allard will not start Saturday against the Blue Jays due to a postponement.

The southpaw figures to start one of the two games in Sunday's doubleheader, but the Rangers have yet to confirm as much. Allard yielded four solo home runs in a six-inning outing last Sunday, raising his ERA to 3.69 in 2021.

Urena was removed from Saturday's start against the Twins after three innings with right groin tightness, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.

The righty threw 42 pitches, striking out a pair and allowing two hits in three scoreless frames. Daniel Norris entered in the fourth inning with Detroit leading 1-0. Additional details regarding Urena's condition should become available during or following the Saturday afternoon contest.

Ryu will not start Saturday against Texas due to the game being postponed.

The teams will play a doubleheader Sunday, so Ryu figures to start one of the two contests. The lefty most recently allowed one run and struck out seven over five innings July 7 in Baltimore. It should become clear at some point Saturday whether Ryu is in fact starting a game Sunday.

The White Sox signed Lynn to a two-year, $38-million contract extension Saturday.

The deal will keep Lynn in Chicago through the 2023 season and includes a club option for 2024. Through 16 starts with the White Sox, the righty has gone 9-3 and posted a 1.99 ERA and 1.04 WHIP in 90.2 innings. Lynn is expected to make his next start Monday against the Twins.

Wacha allowed four runs on five hits and two walks while striking out five over four innings Friday against the Braves. He did not factor into the decision.

Wacha kept Atlanta off the scoreboard for the first three innings before allowing two home runs in the third. He has been quite unpredictable this season. Over his last four outings, he's had two in which he's allowed one run or less and two in which he's allowed at least four runs. He stands at a 5.14 ERA, 1.35 WHIP and 55:18 K:BB over 61.1 innings so far and is lined up to take the mound against the Orioles next week.

Ray (8-4) picked up the win in Friday's 10-2 victory over the Rangers, allowing four hits and two walks over 6.2 scoreless innings. He struck out eight.

The left-hander came out firing in the second half, tossing 66 of 100 pitches for strikes to extend his quality start streak to five. Ray has been one of the best pitchers in baseball since the beginning of June, posting a 2.11 ERA, 0.98 WHIP and 78:14 K:BB through 55.1 innings over that stretch.