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Cabrera did not factor into Saturday's decision against the White Sox, allowing one run on three hits and one walk while striking out two over five innings.

Cabrera got off to a shaky start after yielding a solo home run to Andrew Vaughn in the first inning. Cabrera was able to recover and kept the White Sox off the board for the next four frames, tossing 85 pitches (55 strikes). It was the least amount of hits and runs allowed across his six starts this season, though he still has a 5.52 ERA, 1.53 WHIP and 26:13 K:BB across 29.1 innings. Cabrera is lineup to face Tampa Bay at home next weekend.

Baty went 2-for-4 with a pair of home runs and five RBI in Saturday's loss to the Cubs.

All five of New York's runs in the contest came as a result of a Baty homer -- he belted a three-run shot in the fourth frame and added a two-run blast in the eighth. He's started at third base in three straight games and has gone 4-for-12 with three homers and six RBI during that span. Mark Vientos was on the bench for the first two of those contests and started at DH on Saturday, and given his mediocre results so far this season (he has a .675 OPS through 36 games), Vientos could be asked to cede more starts at third while Baty is swinging a hot bat.

Singer did not factor into the decision against the Astros on Saturday, allowing seven runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out one batter across 2.1 innings.

It took some time for Singer to take the mound Saturday after the Reds racked up 10 runs in the top of the first inning. However, that commanding lead was short lived as he proceeded to yield six runs in the third frame, highlighted by a Victor Caratini two-run homer that led to Singer being lifted for Lyon Richardson. It ended Singer's streak of six-inning outings at three, and his ERA ballooned from 3.66 to 4.97. He's slated to face the Guardians at home next weekend, when he'll look to get back in the win column.

McLain went 1-for-3 with a stolen base, two-run home run and two additional runs scored in Saturday's 13-9 win over the Astros.

After drawing a bases-loaded walk in the first inning, McLain pushed the Reds' lead to 11 runs in the third with a two-run homer off Logan VanWey. It was McLain's fifth home run of the season, but his first since April 18 against the Orioles. He also managed to extend his on-base streak to 11 games, and over that span he has gone 8-for-41 with six stolen bases, six runs scored, one home run and four RBI.

De La Cruz went 1-for-4 with a three-run homer and an additional RBI in Saturday's 13-9 win over the Astros.

De La Cruz -- who entered Saturday's game 0-for-8 with four strikeouts over his prior two games -- put the Reds on the board with a three-run home run off Lance McCullers in the first inning, and the shortstop tacked on another run in the same frame on an RBI groundout. De La Cruz has struggled at the plate in May, going 6-for-39 (.154 average) with a 31.1 percent strikeout rate.

Swanson went 2-for-3 with a solo home run, an additional RBI and a walk in a 6-5 win against the Mets on Saturday.

Swanson plated a run on an infield single in the first inning and added a solo shot to left-center field in the fourth. The veteran shortstop has reached base safely in 11 consecutive contests, batting .421 (16-for-38) with four homers, 11 runs and seven RBI over that stretch. Swanson was hitting below the Mendoza Line as recently as April 29, but the hot stretch has pushed his season slash line to .240/.298/.455 with eight home runs, 22 RBI, 28 runs and four stolen bases through 40 games.

Megill (3-3) pitched 4.2 innings in a loss against the Cubs on Saturday, allowing four runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven batters.

Megill continues to rack up punchouts -- he's now struck out at least six batters in each of his past four starts -- but he otherwise struggled to contain Chicago's top-scoring offense. The right-hander fell behind by two runs after the first half-inning, and he gave up a single run in each of the third and fourth frames, with the final one coming on a Dansby Swanson solo homer. Megill began the campaign by allowing no more than two earned runs in each of his first five starts, but he's faded a bit of late, yielding three or more runs in each of his past three outings. That's pushed his season ERA up to a still-solid 3.10.

Hodge earned a save against the Mets on Saturday, walking one batter in a scoreless and hitless inning of work.

With Chicago holding a one-run lead heading into the bottom of the ninth inning, manager Craig Counsell turned to Hodge to close things out. The right-hander walked the first batter he faced but was subsequently able to induce a double-play groundout by Francisco Lindor before retiring Juan Soto to end the game. Hodge's deployment Saturday against the heart of the Mets' order could be an indication that he's gaining traction as the preferred closing option for Chicago; Ryan Pressly did pitch an inning Friday, but that was in a non-save situation and was his first appearance following a nine-run, no-out implosion against the Giants on Tuesday. Hodge certainly hasn't been flawless this year -- he has an implosion of his own and has posted a poor 16:10 K:BB over 17 frames while recording a 4.24 ERA -- so the situation remains murky.

Horton (1-0) nabbed the win over the Mets on Saturday, allowing three runs on four hits and no walks while striking out five batters over four innings.

Horton was called up from Triple-A Iowa earlier in the day and served as a bulk reliever for the Cubs behind opener Brad Keller. The performance was a mixed bag for Horton -- he gave up a three-run homer to Brett Baty but was otherwise pretty effective, notching nine whiffs on 77 pitches and fanning five batters in four frames. That was enough for him to get credit for the win in his MLB debut, and the right-hander will likely get additional opportunities while Shota Imanaga (hamstring) is on the 15-day IL. It's unclear if Horton will pitch behind an opener again his next time out, but regardless he's tentatively lined up for a juicy cross-town matchup against the White Sox next week.

Ramos went 3-for-3 with a solo home run and a double in Saturday's loss to the Twins.

Ramos supplied nearly all of San Francisco's offense in the loss, tallying three of the team's four hits and accounting for the only run on a solo blast in the second inning. The three-hit effort came three games after Ramos notched a season-high four hits against the Cubs on Tuesday. The 25-year-old is posting a .268/.333/.456 slash line with six homers, 15 RBI, 27 runs and three stolen bases through 165 plate appearances on the campaign.