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Yankees pitcher Luis Severino dropped to 0-2, Sunday against Toronto after taking a loss in his third career start. 

The 21-year-old Severino struck out nine in six innings, becoming the youngest Yankee pitcher to strike out nine since 20-year-old Ray Keating in 1914. 

Twins general manager Terry Ryan was not optimistic pitcher Ricky Nolasco would be able to return later this season, reports T3sports.

"It's not looking promising because we're running out of schedule," Ryan said.

Nolasco has been out since May 31 after undergoing ankle surgery.

The Athletics will turn to pitcher Sonny Gray to start Monday's game at Baltimore, reports MLB.com.

When Gray would next pitch was in question after he started dealing with back spasms. He is 12-4 with a 2.06 ERA in 23 starts this season.

As expected, Tommy Milone was activated from the disabled list and start Sunday's game for the Twins. 

Milone has been on the 15-day disabled list with an elbow sprain since the start of August. 

To make room on the roster, the Twins optioned Michael Tonkin to the minor leagues. Tonkin had a 6.17 ERA in 17 appearances. 

Rays pitcher Jose Dominguez was designated for assignment Sunday, reports The Tampa Tribune. Dominguez did not surrender a run over 5 2/3 innings this season.

He was designated to make room for Drew Smyly, who was activated from the disabled list to start Sunday's game at Texas.

Good was not good enough for White Sox starter Jose Quintana on Saturday night against the sizzling Cubs.

Quintana yielded three runs on seven hits in six innings to take a defeat that lowered his record to 6-10 and raised his ERA to 3.62. He walked one and fanned four.

He retired the first eight batters he faced and had allowed just one run on a groundout until an RBI single by Kyle Schwarber in the sixth put his team behind to stay.

Quintana has four quality starts in his last five outings with 11 runs given up in 34 innings during that stretch.

Tigers starting pitcher Justin Verlander was dominant during his start against the Astros on Saturday.

Verlander didn't allow a run through seven innings of work. He struck out seven batters and gave up just three hits in the no-decision.

Verlander (1-5) has a 4.11 ERA in 70 innings this season.

Royals starting pitcher Johnny Cueto showed off how godd he can be during his start against the Angels on Saturday.

Cueto allowed just one run on eight hits in eight solid innings of work. His lone mistake was a solo home run allowed to Albert Pujols.

With the win, Cueto improved to 9-7 on the season with a 2.46 ERA.

Emerging Athletics starter Chris Bassitt isn't winning games, but he's winning respect. He hurled another strong one Saturday night in Baltimore.

Bassitt pitched a career-long eight innings and allowed three runs on five hits with one walk and six strikeouts. He remains 1-4 after the no-decision despite a sparkling 2.60 ERA.

The long ball proved to be his undoing. He was sailing along with a 3-0 lead in the fourth when Chris Davis slammed a two-run homer, then Gerardo Parra added a solo blast in the sixth. Bassitt faced only one batter over the minimum after the Davis tater.

The right-hander has given up just 14 runs on 41 hits over his last 51 2/3 innings.

Red Sox starting pitcher Wade Miley excelled during his start against the Mariners on Saturday.

Miley allowed just two runs on four hits in seven innings of action. He struck out eight batters and limited Seattle to just three walks.

With the win, Miley improved to 9-9 on the season with a 4.58 ERA in 139 2/3 innings of work.