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It was Pagan's third home run of the year, and he's on a five-game hitting streak. He has a .262 batting average on the season.
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Locke baffled Brewers hitters, allowing just three hits over six shutout innings. He allowed runners to reach second base in each of the first two innings, but never again through the rest of the outing. He walked three and struck out seven, while throwing 60 of 100 pitches for strikes.
Locke has thrown two scoreless outings in a row, with a 14-inning scoreless streak. He has a 2.45 ERA and 1.14 WHIP on the season, while going 5-1 in 10 starts, without a loss in nine straight.
He will try to keep his unbeaten streak going in his next start, scheduled for Thursday against the Tigers at home.
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Betancourt suffered his second loss of the month to fall to 1-2 and saw his ERA rise to 2.55 after recording just one out before the game-winning hit.
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His ERA improved to 3.24 after picking up his ninth save of the season. Perkins has allowed just two runs over his last eight innings of work. He has struck 13 and walked one over that span.
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Nicaso threw just 86 pitches Saturday after throwing between 89 and 94 pitches in his previous four starts in May. He's slated to face the Astros at home Thursday.
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Bailey needed 116 pitches to get through six innings, but allowed just two runs on five hits and three walks, while striking out eight. He threw 78 of 116 pitches for strikes.
Bailey left trailing 2-1, but the Reds scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth to get him the win.
Bailey, who has a 3.08 ERA, is expected to start Thursday against the Indians.
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Wood allowed a run on three hits and two walks through the first five innings but seemed to run out of gas in the sixth. He walked the first batter then allowed four runs on four hits before being pulled.
He allowed five runs on seven hits and three walks in 5 2/3 innings, while striking out five and throwing 69 of 115 pitches for strikes. Wood (4-3) takes a 2.73 ERA into his next start, Thursday against the White Sox.
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Zito hasn't won in his last six starts, but Saturday's game was a decent bounce-back for the lefty after he gave up 10 earned runs on 23 hits in 11 1/3 innings over his previous two starts. He'll face the A's at home Thursday.
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Walters (1-0), who was called up from the minors before Saturday's start, will make his second start Thursday at home against Milwaukee. He went 0-4 with a 7.27 ERA in six starts at Target Field last season.
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Guthrie was fine through five innings then allowed a run in the sixth and seventh. But he really struggled in the eighth when three of the first four batters got on base. He loaded the bases by hitting Albert Pujols and was then pulled after 106 pitches.
All three batters Guthrie left on base scored and he was charged with seven runs -- six earned -- over 7 1/3 innings. He allowed five hits and a walk, while striking out two. He also surrendered a two solo home runs.
Guthrie (5-3) has seen his ERA rise more than a run-and-a-half to 3.92. He has allowed 17 runs over the last 19 1/3 innings. He will try to end his losing streak Thursday against the Cardinals.





