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White Sox starter Jose Quintana picked up his ninth win of the season with a quality outing against the Twins on Saturday. The left-hander threw six innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits. He walked three and struck out five, en route to the 8-2 victory.

Quintana (9-10, 3.3 ERA) allowed two runs in the top of the first inning, putting his team down early. But the White Sox came storming back with a seven-run fourth inning, which was more than enough for Quintana the rest of the way.

The Indians must wait another day to make an attempt to reach .500 for the first time since they were 2-2. Their game against visiting Detroit was rained out Saturday for the second straight night.

A makeup date has yet to be determined. The teams will play a doubleheader Sunday with Indians right-hander Cody Anderson facing hot Tigers starter Justin Verlander in Game 1 and Cleveland starting Trevor Bauer against veteran Randy Wolf in the nightcap.

Astros ace Dallas Keuchel allowed no earned runs Friday against the host Angels. If he had allowed no runs at all, he'd be celebrating his 18th victory.

Instead, he gave up three unearned runs and is lamenting his seventh defeat.

Keuchel surrendered five hits, walked two and whiffed seven.

He has only himself to blame. His error on what would have been the third out in the third inning was followed by a wild pitch and two-run single. He retired the last nine batters he faced, but his offense could not bale him out.

The defeat ended a personal four-game winning streak for Keuchel, who had not lost since Aug. 7.

Yankees rookie starter Luis Severino endured the first poor outing of his young career. The young right-hander got rocked by the Blue Jays, allowing six runs on six hits in just 2 1/3 innings. The Yankees would drop the game 11-5.

Before he could even get comfortable, Severino (3-3) had already allowed five runs in the first inning, including two-run home runs to Josh Donaldson and Justin Smoak. The rough outing increased Severino's ERA from 2.04 to 3.35.

Red Sox starter Wade Miley was solid in his outing against the Rays on Friday. The southpaw allowed three runs on seven hits and no walks over seven innings. He struck out five, throwing 72 of his 109 pitches for strikes.

All of the runs Miley allowed came in the first inning, and he settled in after that, lowering his ERA a tick to 4.41. 

He left the game with a 4-3 lead. Unfortunately for him, the bullpen coughed up that lead and the Red Sox went on to lose the game 8-4.

It looks more likely than ever that Mariners left-hander James Paxton will start Sunday against Colorado, per the Seattle Times.

"It's trending toward Paxton," Lloyd McLendon said.

Paxton has been dealing with a torn fingernail on the middle finger of his throwing hand, but he came away from a Thursday bullpen session talking optimistically.

"No problems at all and it's feeling good," Paxton said. "As long as [McLendon] gives me the ball, I'm out there."

Paxton has been sidelined since May 28, before which he compiled a 3-3 mark and 3.70 ERA.

The game between the Tigers and Indians was postponed on Friday due to rain. The game will be made up as a doubleheader on Sunday. Both teams have set their rotations for the rest of the weekend.

Justin Verlander, who was originally scheduled to pitch Friday, will pitch for the Tigers on Saturday. Matt Boyd and Randy Wolf will start the two games of the twinbill on Sunday.

The Indians will have Cody Anderson on Saturday, with Trevor Bauer and Carlos Carrasco following suit on Sunday.

In an attempt to limit the innings of rookie left-hander Carlos Rodon, the White Sox will skip his next start, which was scheduled for next week against Oakland, per CSNChicago.com.

They hope it does not wreck his momentum. Rodon is on a roll with a 4-2 record and 1.76 ERA over his last six starts. He has 41 strikeouts in 41 innings during that stretch.

The Red Sox are being careful with rookie starter Eduardo Rodriguez and plan to limit his innings down the stretch, per the Boston Herald. 

Rodriguez has thrown 152 innings this season over the course of the minors and majors, more than the 127 he threw last year in the minors and above the Red Sox's normal 20 percent increase. 

So, with the team going to a six-man rotation, Rodriguez will sit for more than a week in between starts. 

"We're all here to protect the health of the players," pitching coach Carl Willis said. 

Blue Jays starting pitcher Marcus Stroman was reinstated off the 60-day disabled list on Friday, according to TSN.ca.

Stroman was on the 60-day disabled list because of a knee injury. He is slated to start on Saturday against the Yankees.