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White Sox starting pitcher Jose Quintana was impressive on Wednesday against the Cardinals.

Quintana struck out eight batters and allowed just one earned run in six innings of work. He picked up his fourth win of the season with the dominant, 94-pitch performance.

Quintana (4-7) has a 3.81 ERA with 84 strikeouts and 27 walks and 99 1/3 innings this season.

Rays starting pitcher Jake Odorizzi was solid during his first rehab outing for Class A Advanced Charlotte on Wednesday, per MLB.com.

Odorizzi tossed four innings, struck out two batters and allowed one run. He threw 57 pitches and was impressive while recovering from a left oblique strain.

"This is my first time doing a rehab assignment, so it probably went about as well as it could," Odorizzi said. "My arm felt really good, the breaking pitches were really good -- I was surprised with the sharpness after not pitching for three weeks, and it felt like I hadn't skipped a beat. So it was a great sign."
 
Odorizzi said he is on track to return to the team with at least one more rehab start under his belt.
 
"I feel like the stuff I had today, I could have taken into today's [Rays] game and been perfectly fine and out there doing normal things," Odorizzi said. "I was really encouraged with how everything went."

Yankees pitcher Nathan Eovaldi kept the Angels from scoring any runs during his 5 1/3 innings on the mound in Wednesday night's 3-1 win. 

Eovaldi threw 94 pitches and received the benefit of a sound defense. He gave up five hits, walked three batters and struck out three. Eovaldi is now 8-2 with a 4.52 ERA, a 1.54 WHIP.

Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco didn't allow a hit for 8 2/3 innings, coming one out away from history. 

However, a base hit from Tampa Bay's Joey Butler ended the bid. Carrasco, of course, still came away with a victory in Cleveland's 8-1 win over the Rays. Carrasco allowed the run on the lone hit of the game. He walked two batters and struck out 13. 

"Everything was great," Carrasco said, via MLB.com. "Everyone played good. I had my teammates, my defense. You know what? It's most important that we won today. That's most important."

Carrasco had only walked one batter entering the ninth inning before walking Asdrubal Cabrera and hitting Brandon Guyer with a pitch. After getting Grady Sizemore and Kevin Kiermaier out, Carrasco gave up his only hit of the game to Butler. 

The 13 strikeouts are a season-high for Carrasco. 

Carrasco now has a 3.88 ERA this season. 

Mariners starting pitcher Taijuan Walker was simply dominant on Wednesday against the Padres.

Walker allowed just one hit over six innings of work, while striking out seven batters and picking up his seventh win of the season. Walker didn't allow any runs and needed just 76 pitches to get through six innings.

Walker (7-6) has a 4.34 ERA with 90 strikeouts and just 26 walks in 91 1/3 innings this season.

Athletics starter Sonny Gray was diagnosed with bacterial gastroenteritis, and is still in the hospital. However, the right-hander is said to be feeling better and could be released later on Thursday or Friday, according to the Bay Area News Group.

"It's been a bit of a roller coaster for him," manager Bob Melvin said, per MLB.com. "Just when he started feeling good, then he wouldn't for a period of time. He's been there for a couple days."

It is still unknown if Gray will be able to make his next start on Sunday, as his expected return to the team is currently unknown.

Tigers starter Justin Verlander walked five batters in six innings on Tuesday. Verlander took a no-decision in the 14-inning loss to Pittsburgh, walking the most batters in a start since July 31, 2013. 

Verlander allowed three runs, two earned, on five hits, while striking out a season-high three. The veteran right-hander hadn't pitched since June 19 due to back tightness.

"I'd be lying to you if I said it wasn't in the back of my mind a little bit, hoping that it wasn't going to spasm up on me again," Verlander said, per MLB.com. "It was present, but it wasn't impeding me in any way."

Angels starter Andrew Heaney earned his first career win, Tuesday, over the Yankees. 

Heaney was 0-3 last year and had a no decision in his first start of this season. He pitched a career-high seven innings on Tuesday, allowing one run on two hits and striking out a career-high seven batters. 

Although White Sox pitcher Chris Sale pitched another masterful performance Tuesday, he received a no-decision during the 2-1 win over the Cardinals.

Sale allowed one run on six hits over eight innings of work. He also struck out 12 and walked one during the outing. His lone mistake was giving up a solo home run to Randal Grichuk in the fourth inning.

Sale has now struck out at least 10 batters in his last eight starts, but he is winless in his last four outings.

Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel was dominant throughout his start Tuesday against the Royals, which the Astros won 4-0.

Keuchel scattered seven hits over eight innings of work while not allowing a run. He also struck out seven and did not walk a batter. He is now 10-3 with a 2.03 ERA.

Keuchel has not allowed a run over his last two starts. He has received a quality start in six of his last seven starts.