Andre Pallante

Pallante gave up five hits, walked five and struck out three. He was done in by two home runs. He allowed a three-run shot to Willy Adames in the first inning and a two-run shot to Rhys Hoskins in the fourth inning. Pallante had allowed more than three earned runs in only two of his previous 10 starts. He has a 4.07 ERA, 1.36 WHIP and 71 strikeouts in 97 1/3 innings on the year. The 25-year-old right-hander is set to face the Mariners at home this weekend.

Adames' home run was his 29th of the year. He hit a three-run shot off Andre Pallante in the first inning. He's been a catalyst for the Brewers and an absolute steal for fantasy managers this season. Adames is 30-for-102 (.294) with 12 home runs and 28 RBI in his last 27 games. He's hitting .255 with an .812 OPS and 99 RBI on the year.

This was a battle for Pallante. The Padres had at least one hit in every inning and there was constant traffic on the bases. It was a marvel he only allowed two runs after all the hard-contact, base runners, and inordinate number of fly balls as Pallante is usually a ground ball whiz. Alas, he was just one out short of a quality start and kept his ratios relatively in check. He has a two-start week coming up in Milwaukee and then home against the Mariners.

Pallante is yet again supposed to be bumped from the rotation with Lance Lynn due back next weekend, but he's made an excellent case to stick around in allowing five earned runs over 19 2/3 innings in his last three outings. What seems particularly obvious is that the Cardinals had more need for Tommy Edman than they did Erick Fedde going forward.

Ohtani launched one off of Cardinals pitcher Andre Pallante Saturday night