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Dotel (lat) will begin a rehab assignment at Double-A Altoona on Saturday, Kevin Gorman of TribLive.com reports.

Dotel has been on the injured list with a right lat strain since June 13. It's unclear how many rehab appearances the Pirates will have him make, but he could be cleared to rejoin Pittsburgh's bullpen before the end of the month.

Turner went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a scored in Friday's 2-1 win over the Mets.

Turner is finally starting to gain some steam at the plate, submitting four straight multi-hit games. The 32-year-old shortstop has been a big disappointment overall, slashing .235/.284/.341 with seven home runs, 14 doubles and 24 RBI across 352 plate appearances, but he does have 51 runs scored and 15 stolen bases as Philadelphia's primary leadoff man.

The Cardinals will skip May's turn in the rotation Saturday against Miami while he manages back tightness, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.

May has been dealing with lower-back tightness since tossing a complete-game shutout against the Padres on June 15, which may have played a factor in him getting roughed up for six-runs in a two-inning start versus Kansas City on Sunday. Delaying the 28-year-old's next appearance will give him extra time to heal and move Andre Pallante up a day to start Saturday on four days' rest.

Perdomo went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 6-1 loss to the Rays.

Perdomo's solo home run in the first inning proved to be Arizona's only offense of the game. It marked the first homer and multi-hit effort since June 14 for the shortstop, who had gone just 5-for-32 over nine games in that span. For the year, he's slashing .237/.351/.352 with five long balls, 28 RBI, 36 runs scored and 11 steals across 329 plate appearances.

Gallen (3-7) took the loss against the Rays on Friday, allowing five runs on four hits and two walks over 6.2 innings. He did not record a strikeout.

Four of the five runs Gallen allowed came via the long ball, including a three-run homer off the bat of Junior Caminero in the first inning. While Gallen was able to work deep into the game, the 30-year-old generated just one swinging strike on 86 pitches and has now registered four or fewer strikeouts in six straight outings. He'll take a 6.15 ERA, 1.58 WHIP and 52:27 K:BB across 86.1 innings this season into a home matchup with the Giants next week.

Thornton did not factor into the decision in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Phillies, allowing one run on five hits and one walk with seven strikeouts over six innings.

Making just his second career major-league start, Thornton allowed a run in the first inning before settling in with five scoreless frames. He threw an impressive 54 of 78 pitches for strikes with 13 whiffs while logging his first career quality start. The rookie southpaw likely earned himself another turn in the Mets' rotation, which would line him up for a road matchup against Atlanta next weekend.

Wheeler (8-1) earned the win against the Mets on Friday, allowing one run on four hits and one walk with five strikeouts over seven innings.

Wheeler allowed a run in the fourth inning but was otherwise fantastic, generating 14 swinging strikes on 98 pitches and limiting the Mets to one extra-base hit. The 36-year-old has now yielded two earned runs or fewer in each of his five June outings while logging four quality starts during that stretch. For the year, he owns a 2.03 ERA, 0.86 WHIP and 74:19 K:BB across 75.1 innings and lines up for a home matchup with the Pirates next week.

Duran earned the save in Friday's 2-1 win over the Mets, allowing one hit and no walks with one strikeout in a scoreless ninth inning.

Duran was summoned to protect a one-run lead in the ninth inning and worked around a two-out single to collect his 20th save of the season. It continued a stellar June for the 28-year-old, who's held opponents scoreless in 10 of 11 appearances, with his only blemish coming in a blown save June 9. For the year, he's 20-for-21 in save chances with a 1.63 ERA, 0.94 WHIP and 44:5 K:BB across 27.2 innings.

An MRI on Suarez's right elbow came back negative Friday, Mark Bowman of MLB.com reports.

Suarez landed on the injured list Friday due to inflammation in his elbow, but he doesn't seem to be dealing with a serious injury and is expected to return sometime shortly after the All-Star break. In the meantime, Dylan Lee and Tyler Kinley will be candidates for more setup work ahead of closer Raisel Iglesias.

Dunn was removed from Friday's game against the Pirates with right elbow discomfort, Charlie Goldsmith of Fox 19 Now Cincinnati reports.

Dunn went 1-for-2 with an RBI before coming out of the game in the sixth inning. The severity of his injury has yet to be determined, but the Reds could provide an update on his status after the game.