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Montas (2-1) allowed two hits and a walk over six scoreless frames Friday, striking out seven and earning a win over Detroit.

After an ugly outing against the Dodgers to start the season, Montas has put together back-to-back wins in impressive outings. In his six shutout innings Friday, no Tiger made it past first base. Over his last two starts, the 28-year-old righty has yielded just one run while striking out 12 batters across 12 innings. Montas will carry a 4.91 ERA into next Wednesday's home contest against the Twins.

Manager A.J. Hinch said Friday that there's a "definite chance" that Turnbull (COVID-19 protocols) could return to the rotation during the team's upcoming series against the Pirates, Cody Stavenhagen of The Athletic reports.

Turnbull reported to the Tigers' spring-training facility at the beginning of April after he cleared the league's health and safety protocols. The right-hander has been building up since then, and Hinch revealed that Turnbull had a throwing session Thursday. The Tigers' manager was apparently pleased with Turnbull's progress since he was optimistic that the 28-year-old could make his season debut next week. Turnbull made 11 starts last year and posted a 3.97 ERA and 1.34 WHIP in 56.2 innings.

Cease (COVID-19 protocols) was reinstated from the injured list Friday.

Cease's reinstatement from the COVID-19 IL was expected after he had a series of negative tests following a mild illness Wednesday. Since Friday's series opener against the Red Sox was postponed due to inclement weather, Cease will start Saturday's contest against Boston.

Milone will make a spot start in the second game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Royals.

Milone has appeared as a reliever in both of his outings thus far this season, though he threw three innings both times, so he should be able to handle four or five Saturday if he works efficiently. As a starter for Atlanta and Baltimore last season, the veteran lefty struggled to a 6.69 ERA.

Kremer will start Saturday against the Rangers, Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com reports.

Kremer will be on three days' rest, as he most recently took the hill Tuesday against the Mariners. He was knocked out of that game after throwing just 54 pitches, however, so he should be allowed to go fairly deep into Saturday's contest if he can keep runs off the board.

Paxton (forearm) was placed on the 60-day injured list Friday.

The team announce earlier this week the 32-year-old will require Tommy John surgery, so it was only a matter of time before he moved to the 60-day IL. Paxton will miss the rest of the season and is looking at a potential return during the middle of the 2022 campaign.

Matz and the Blue Jays won't play the Royals on Friday as the game was postponed due to rain, Alec Lewis of The Athletic reports.

The 29-year-old will receive at least one extra day of rest due to the postponement. The game will be made up via a doubleheader Saturday, with Matz taking the hill for the first game.

Cease (COVID-19 protocols) and the White Sox won't play against the Red Sox on Friday as the game was postponed due to inclement weather.

The 25-year-old was supposed to start in his return from the COVID-19 injured list Friday, but the game was instead pushed to Sunday due to snow. Chicago hasn't announced its updated pitching plans, but it could push back the rest of the rotation and have Cease start Saturday's contest.

Lyles allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over 5.1 innings Thursday. He did not factor in the decision in the win over the Rays.

Lyles was decent in his start Thursday, where most of his damage came on a fourth inning two-run home run from Mike Brosseau. The right-hander was able to improve on strikeouts compared to his last start when he only picked up a single punchout. Lyles is being used as a traditional starter for the time being and is scheduled to face the Angels next.

Hill allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out a pair over 4.1 innings Thursday. He did not factor in the decision in the loss to the Rangers.

Hill surrendered a pair of home runs to Nick Solak and Charlie Culberson causing the bulk of his damage. Hill has allowed four runs in each of his three starts. The veteran southpaw was less effective in striking out batters Thursday, with only two punchouts. He is scheduled for a date with the Royals next week.