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The Rays activated Wacha (hamstring) from the 10-day injured list ahead of his scheduled start Sunday against the Blue Jays, Neil Solondz of the Rays Radio Network reports.

Tampa Bay cleared room for Wacha on the 26-man active roster by optioning right-hander Brent Honeywell to Triple-A Durham following Saturday's 3-1 win over Toronto. Since Wacha didn't head out on a minor-league rehab assignment after he was shut down three weeks ago with the hamstring injury, the Rays likely won't count on him to work deep into Sunday's start. Look for Josh Fleming to cover the bulk of the innings in long relief once Wacha exits the contest.

Dunn is scheduled to start Sunday's game against the Padres after the Mariners elected to push Yusei Kikuchi back a day in the pitching schedule while he recovers from an illness, Shannon Drayer of 710 ESPN Seattle

For the first time all season, Dunn will be called upon to pitch on four days' rest. Though Dunn took a second consecutive loss in his last turn on the mound Tuesday against the Tigers, he struck out a career-high nine batters while permitting only two runs on five hits and two walks over 5.2 innings.

Allard (1-0) picked up his first win of the season Saturday against Houston. He walked one and struck out one over 1.1 scoreless innings.

Allard was the pitcher of record when the Rangers plated five runs in the seventh inning to grab the lead. He came on for Hunter Wood, who left the game with two outs in the sixth inning due to elbow tightness. This was the eighth straight appearance in which Allard threw multiple innings. He's been used as a piggyback reliever for starters that are, by design, not being asked to go deep into games and will continue in that same vein. The left-hander has experience as a starter and could work his way into the rotation at some point. Allard has a 3.15 ERA with 23 strikeouts and six walks over 20 innings.

Odorizzi (forearm) is scheduled to throw between 75 and 80 pitches in Sunday's rehab start for Triple-A Sugar Land, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports.

Both Odorizzi and Framber Valdez (finger) were scheduled to throw for the Skeeters this weekend, but Valdez's start Saturday was wiped out due to weather, which leaves Sunday's rotation plans uncertain. Saturday's postponed game will be made up as part of a doubleheader Monday, so both pitchers should get their work in over the next two days. Odorizzi previously said he'd need just two rehab starts, but an exact timeline has not yet been established. He threw 57 pitches during his first rehab outing last week.

Valdez (finger) had his rehab start Saturday at Triple-A Sugar Land rained out.

This was to be Valdez's second rehab start, and he was scheduled to throw about 65 pitches. Jake Odorizzi (forearm) had been scheduled to follow Valdez in Sugar Land's rotation -- making his second rehab start Sunday -- but the Skeeters have not announced rotation plans in light of the rainout. Both pitchers will get their starts in whether that be Sunday or as part of a doubleheader Monday.

Sandoval (0-1) went five innings and took the loss in Saturday's 6-2 defeat to Oakland, allowing two runs on four hits and two walks with three strikeouts.

Both of Sandoval's runs allowed came at the expense of Mark Canha, but otherwise the righty performed admirably. The five innings was his longest outing of the season and he's allowed two runs or less in four of five outings, though a 4.96 ERA shows there's room for growth.

Bassitt (4-2) beat the Angels , 6-2 on Saturday, throwing 7.2 innings and allowing two runs on five hits and one walk with eight strikeouts.

Bassitt cruised through seven with a 6-0 lead but allowed two runs on three hits in the bottom of the eighth before being removed with two outs. He's averaged more than six innings per start this season with a 3.69 ERA and 16:73 K:BB ratio.

Ray allowed one earned run on five hits while striking out seven across seven innings in the loss to the Rays on Saturday. He did not factor into the decision.

The only damage against Ray came via a solo home run by Mike Zunino in the fifth inning. Unfortunately for Ray, he did not receive enough run support to get the win despite giving his best performance of the season. The 29-year-old has really struggled with keeping the ball in the park. He is tied with Tarik Skubal with most home runs allowed in all of baseball. Although he's surrendered 12 long balls in eight starts, he has managed to carry a respectable 3.42 ERA and 1.08 WHIP in 47.1 innings.

McClanahan allowed one earned run on four hits and two walks while striking out four across five innings in the win over the Blue Jays on Saturday. He did not factor into the decision.

McClanahan allowed his only run to score in the first inning on a two-out double by Teoscar Hernandez. The rookie has struggled with retiring batters with two outs, but he got away with minimal damage Saturday. It was a good bounce-back performance from his last outing against the Mets in which he allowed four runs on a pair of long balls. The 24-year-old has a 4.03 ERA and a 1.25 WHIP with a 10.5 K/9 in 22.1 innings this season.

Lyles allowed four runs on seven hits and two walks across six innings during Saturday's 8-4 win against Houston. He had two strikeouts and didn't factor in the decision.

The right-hander surrendered three runs over the opening two frames, but he responded well over his final four innings to give the offense a chance to stage comeback. Lyles has a 5.94 ERA, 1.54 WHIP and 44:18 K:BB over 50 innings (10 starts) in 2021.