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Lorenzen's third start of the season has been pushed up from Sunday to Saturday, Mark Sheldon of MLB.com reports.

This is part of the fallout from the Reds' decision to shut down Luis Castillo. Anthony DeSclafani will move from Saturday to Friday, and Sunday's start remains open right now.

Quintana didn't factor into the decision in Wednesday's 7-6 extra-inning win over the Pirates, allowing two runs on four hits over five innings while striking out four.

The southpaw left the game with a tidy 6-2 lead, but a late meltdown by the bullpen denied him what would have been his career-best 14th win of the year. Quintana ends the regular season with a 4.09 ERA and 154:68 K:BB in 169.1 innings.

Greinke (15-11) got the win Wednesday, allowing two runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings against the Dodgers.

Greinke allowed a couple of runs early, falling behind 2-0 by the second inning, but he was able to recover and shut down the Dodgers' lineup the rest of the way. He'll wrap up the 2018 campaign with another solid season under his belt, working to a 3.21 ERA, 1.08 WHIP and 199:43 K:BB over 207.2 innings in his age-34 season.

Stripling (8-6) took the loss Wednesday, allowing three runs on five hits and two walks while striking out two over 1.2 innings against the Diamondbacks.

It was another brief outing for Stripling, who's been unable to work more than 3.1 innings in four straight starts, while taking the loss in three of those. The 28-year-old got through the first inning without much incident, but ran into trouble in the second frame with a home run, a triple, a double, two singles and a walk allowed before being lifted. While he may shift to the bullpen should the Dodgers make the postseason, this figures to be Stripling's final appearance of the regular season.

Lugo struck out one in a perfect ninth inning Wednesday to record his third save of the season in a 3-0 win over the Braves.

While he hasn't been able to claim the Mets' closer job on a full-time basis down the stretch, Lugo has been exceptional in a high-leverage role, posting a 1.35 ERA and 18:1 K:BB through 13.1 innings in September with two saves and three holds in nine appearances. The 28-year-old should be a key part of the team's bullpen in 2019, but whether he'll be a consistent source of saves remains to be seen.

DeGrom (10-9) picked up the win Wednesday, allowing only two hits over eight scoreless innings while striking out 10 in a 3-0 victory over the Braves.

Getting one final chance to state his case for the NL Cy Young, deGrom didn't waste his opportunity, fanning double-digit batters for the seventh time in 13 second-half starts and lowering his MLB-leading ERA to a stunning 1.70. In fact, it's the best ERA by a Met since Dwight Gooden's legendary 1985 campaign, and the third best in franchise history behind Tom Seaver's 1971 season.

Marquez (14-10) got the win Wednesday, shutting out the Phillies over seven innings while striking out 11 and allowing three hits with a walk.

Marquez was brilliant in this one, fanning each of the first eight batters he faced and inducing a whopping 20 swinging strikes in all. Despite pitching his home games at Coors Field, Marquez emerged as a frontline starter over the season's second half, pitching to a 2.14 ERA and 12.0 K/9 over his final 12 starts while notching a quality start in all 12. The 23-year-old is likely done for the regular season, finishing up with a 3.76 ERA and 1.20 WHIP over 32 starts.

Manager Gabe Kapler said Wednesday that Eflin has a strained left oblique and will not start against the Braves this weekend, Matt Gelb of The Athletic reports.

Due to this injury, it's highly unlikely that Eflin will be available out of the bullpen for the club's three-game set versus Atlanta this weekend. In 24 starts with the Phillies in 2018, Eflin logged a 4.36 ERA and 1.30 WHIP with a 123:37 K:BB in 128 innings. Jerad Eickhoff will take the mound for Friday's series opener in his absence.

Eickhoff will toe the rubber against the Braves on Friday, Matt Gelb of the The Athletic reports.

Eickhoff will make his first start for the Phillies in 2018 due to Zach Eflin's strained oblique, which will prohibit the latter from pitching during the final series of the year. Across two relief appearances with the big-league club this month, Eickhoff has allowed two earned runs on five hits while striking out three in two innings.

Taillon will take the mound against the Reds on Saturday, Bill Brink of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

There was a chance Taillon would be shut down prior to his last projected start of the season due to the fact that he's pitched a career-high 185 innings, but he will toe the rubber one last time in Cincinnati. Through 31 starts, he's logged a 3.16 ERA, 1.18 WHIP and 8.4 K/9.