The New Jersey Devils continued their summer upgrade on Monday, trading a third-round pick in 2020 and a second-round pick in 2021 for left wing Nikita Gusev of the Vegas Golden Knights.

The Knights brought Gusev, 27, over from the Russian Kontinental Hockey League for the Stanley Cup playoffs last season, but he didn't see any action. Gusev became a restricted free agent, and it became clear to Vegas that his asking price and their offer -- reported to be $2 million apart -- weren't in sync.

Who came out ahead in the swap? We grade both GMs:

The deal:

Devils get: LW Nikita Gusev

Golden Knights get: 2020 third-round pick, 2021 second-round pick

New Jersey Devils: A

SINGAPORE -- It was clear that word had spread around town that Inter were on the way back from their morning training session. All of a sudden, a crowd gathered outside the JW Marriott, the Philippe Starck-designed hotel where the team were lodging in Singapore. Tens of Inter fans hung around the foyer, an eclectic bunch of people for which the South Korean artist Lee Lee Nam's seven-meter-high wall installation, popping and mixing in the entrance, felt like an analogy.

There were locals, expats and practically every nationality from the Southeast Asia region. Kitted out in new and old replica jerseys, the names and numbers on the back reflected what an odd time it is to be an Inter supporter. Aside from the guy who had bought stock early in Andrea Pinamonti, the teenage striker Inter sold (with a buy-back clause) to Genoa this summer, the other members of the blue and black flock congregating along this stretch of South Beach were identifying with an excommunicado, Mauro Icardi.

Icardi was not on the bus returning from Choa Chu Kang stadium, where Inter had completed the first of their daily double sessions. Sent home from Inter's first training camp of the offseason in Switzerland, Icardi had effectively been quarantined, made to train alone as far from the team as possible, while the club awaited in hope -- and, for now, in vain -- for the right offer to sell him. Stripped of the captain's armband in February after the latest in a series of provocations that split the dressing room, there is no way back for a player who, at 26, is already Inter's eighth all-time top scorer and had the chance to eventually succeed Giuseppe Meazza at the top.

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"The Icardi situation is very clear, the club was very clear," Antonio Conte would say in a news conference before the July 20 meeting with Manchester United in the International Champions Cup. "He is out of Inter's project." Despite there being more than 10,000 kilometres between them, Icardi would still find a way to irritate the club by making an impromptu trip to Ibiza while the rest of the squad were sweating it out in Singapore.

'Frustrated is a big word'

When Inter's transport finally arrived and the players and coaching staff filed into the lobby, security had to intervene to protect only one of the Inter party from the autograph and selfie hunters.

Raised in Belgium but of Indonesian origin, Radja Nainggolan has a huge following in this part of the world. He stopped, signed autographs and smiled, emerging as the biggest rival to the Inter colour-coordinated Lamborghini Urus parked outside the hotel for the title of most popular photo opportunity with fans. And yet when game day arrived, Nainggolan would not even make the substitutes' bench.

Conte and Inter's general manager, Beppe Marotta, had been clear at the coach's presentation to the media two weeks ago: Nainggolan is in the same boat as Icardi. He crossed the line last season. It doesn't matter that his skill set is exactly what Conte wants from a midfielder. The goal he scored to clinch Champions League qualification on the final day of last season apparently changes nothing. Nor does his presence on tour.

Those who thought it was indicative of a rethink on the club's part were wrong. For all the compassion shown to Nainggolan amid the news of his wife's fight against breast cancer, the club is not wavering its stance regarding his future. Conte has ideas for Inter's midfield, and they do not include the 31-year-old who likes a smoke and a late night on the town.

The prevailing sentiment in Singapore amounted to this: The team is here, just not the team everyone hoped to see. It was one thing for the fans to feel that way, another entirely to learn that no one felt it more than Conte. Barely a fortnight after his unveiling as Inter's new coach, he gave the opposite of the vibe of being on honeymoon in Asia, instead cutting the same figure he did for much of his second year at Chelsea.

Inter have already bought four players for Conte. Leaving aside the gnarled Uruguayan defender, Diego Godin, who joins for free after a sparkling stint at Atletico Madrid, they have committed €101 million in fees to sign the new recruits. If a series of performance-related bonuses are met and activated, the €49m deal for Cagliari midfielder Nicolo Barella could end up breaking the club record for most expensive signing ever. The problem, as Conte saw it, was writ large on the team sheets for the Lugano and Manchester United games.

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Starting up front in both matches were Samuele Longo and Sebastiano Esposito, the former a 27-year-old centre-forward about to go out on loan for a 10th time, the latter the next big thing out of Inter's academy, a 17-year-old playmaker already part of Mino Raiola's stable who, for all the hype, still looks like a boy playing a man's game.

The solution, as Conte saw it, could be found down the sideline in the United dugout at the National Stadium. Romelu Lukaku wore a blue and black training top and left the ground with Inter's emerald-coloured away shirt, but he remains a United player. Asked if he was frustrated about the lack of progress in closing a deal for the Belgian striker, Conte said: "Frustrated is a big word." Over the course of his answer, it became clear it was not big enough.

Inter haven't bought all the players he wants, nor have they sold all the players he wants rid of. Lukaku and Edin Dzeko are not on board yet. Icardi and Nainggolan still are. Buyers for Joao Mario and Borja Valero are yet to be found, and the clock is ticking. Without the money from their sales, Inter can't deliver Conte's top targets.

"I'm optimistic," Conte bluffed. "Still, I expected we'd be further along. Problems need solving. We're behind and need to get our act together because, as I like to say, time waits for no one. You all know how important it is to me to have the players at my disposal."

Conte's strategy of ratcheting up the tension continued after the 1-0 loss to United, as he concluded publicly that Ivan Perisic doesn't have the stuff to play as the left wing-back in his system. Conspiracy theorists among the press pack speculated whether or not this constituted signalling of a different kind. Less Perisic representing a bad fit for Conte's system, more of a "GoFund Lukaku" alternative.

The pressure is on, and Conte appeared to question whether decision-makers at the club felt it as much as he did. His reputation as a serial winner -- with three Serie A titles as Juve boss and a Premier League title with Chelsea since 2011-12 -- means people are expecting instant success, and Conte knows it. Inter's season ticket allocation at San Siro sold out in a flash, and nine years without any silverware has only heightened anticipation. Millions of Inter fans consider Conte the best chance of ending that drought.

'When the games that matter come around, we'll be ready'

In Nanjing, China, the home of Inter owners Suning, Conte seemed to walk back his demands, striking a more realistic and diplomatic tone providing expectations are lowered, too. Anyone familiar with Conte, though, knows he will not settle for second place and the messaging within the camp is very different from that without.

"I'm confident," Antonio Candreva said after the United defeat, and he isn't the only one. His teammate, midfielder Roberto Gagliardini went further. "I'm convinced it's going to be a great year for us. It's only the beginning and there's a lot of work to do, but when the games that matter come around, we'll be ready."

As for Barella, he didn't have to join Inter. Former club Cagliari accepted an offer from Roma before coming to agreement with the Nerazzurri, but there was never any doubt in his mind about where he wanted to go. "I was totally convinced by Inter's project, I'm an ambitious kid," he said. "I think I've joined an ambitious club with a great coach, a great club. They want to improve, I want to improve, so I think I've joined the best club for me."

There's still a lot of work to do on and off the pitch. United, Juventus and Spurs all attracted more fans in Singapore. The Straits Times described Inter's arrival as "generally an inconspicuous affair," and but for a couple of thousand at the National Stadium, the crowd was almost entirely red. "Today was Old Trafford," Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said. "It felt like we were at home. The atmosphere was unbelievable."

When Inter's goalkeepers came out to warm up, Tommaso Berni applauded the crowd, thinking the roar from the stands was for them. Little did he know United's players were running out behind him. The International Champions Cup hype man, busy highlighting the players to look out for, elicited a big reaction while listing off the names of David de Gea, Paul Pogba and new signing Aaron Wan-Bissaka. When he switched to Inter, it was evident Samir Handanovic and Stefan de Vrij, both fine players in their own right, didn't capture the imagination in quite the same way.

The absence of a superstar with a truly international profile hit home to all but the magnificent Inter Club Indonesia, who did the Curva Nord proud. Led by a megaphone-wielding capo ultra, they marched to the ground, sang Inter songs and unfurled the choreography they brought with them from Jakarta.

In Nanjing, Inter's "second home," roughly 5,000 fans greeted the team at the airport. Juventus anticipated that Wednesday's Derby d'Italia would be a bit like playing at San Siro, so it came as a something of a surprise that their Chinese fans outnumbered Inter's. Call it the Cristiano Ronaldo effect. Put it down to this decade belonging to Juventus, the irresistible draw of glory, and factor in the efforts made to internationalise the club.

All told, it served as a reminder of the task ahead of Conte and Inter. The "little war machine" he created at Juventus is now a global juggernaut, and taking it down represents the biggest challenge of his career.

David Warner and Jonny Bairstow may have formed a blistering opening partnership in this year's IPL but Bairstow expects that will all be forgotten on the field once the pair line up on opposite sides for the first Specsavers Ashes Test, which begins on Thursday at Edgbaston.

The pair combined for an IPL opening partnership record when they blitzed 185 runs in 16.2 overs for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Royal Challengers Bangalore ahead of the World Cup. It was an eyebrow-raising combination, not just because of the brutal power-hitting on display but that it came after the 2017-18 Ashes series in Australia, during which rumours swirled about excessive sledging aimed at Bairstow by the Australian.

"I've spoken about batting with Dave a few times," Bairstow said, before a training session with partially sighted cricketers in Birmingham on Monday. "It's still England v Australia. Part and parcel of franchise cricket around the world - you'll play with people, it's something you get used to doing.

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"He'll be wanting to win for Australia, I want to win for England, but we'll still shake hands off the field. Know what I mean?"

"A lot of cricket, a lot of things have happened since Brisbane. It's so long ago. They will be looking to target people, of course they will. They will be looking for areas in people's games - like we analyse them. It is part of professional sport."

Earlier in the day Ashley Giles spoke about England handling a World Cup "hangover" and Bairstow was one of several players who backed up from the Lord's final by playing in the Test against Ireland and struggling with the bat, making a pair for the first time in Tests. But Bairstow said he had no qualms about playing in the match and was particularly eager to get back into the rhythm of wicketkeeping ahead of the Ashes.

"I didn't want to be going into the first Ashes Test having not kept - I wanted to get back keeping and the rhythm of my keeping and that was the main reason for playing in the Ireland Test," Bairstow said.

"Keeping in white ball is different to keeping in red ball - back into the rhythm. The shuttles, the moving, getting your angles with the fields - the general gist back into the swing of red-ball cricket again. Everyone was bedding back in - we haven't played it for a few months."

Bairstow is relishing the challenge of being behind the stumps for the express pace of Jofra Archer at some stage during the series, having only briefly kept to newest member of England's bowling attack after subbing in for the injured Jos Buttler against Bangladesh during the World Cup.

"Jos was having a laugh about it, saying, 'Good luck!' I've not kept to him [much] yet but it's exciting. That's another decision that has to be made - whether he starts. He's put the body through a fair bit."

While the memories and euphoria of winning the World Cup are still fresh in the mind, Bairstow believes it's important that England capitalise on the feel-good factor during the Ashes.

"I don't think that will be lost if we didn't win the Ashes. There have been series since the 2005 Ashes but everyone remembers it fondly, there have been World Cups since the rugby win in 2003 but the impact of it wasn't lost. But it is important to keep the momentum going 100 percent. It could be the biggest summer in the history of English cricket if we win the Ashes and the World Cup."

Jonny Bairstow trained with the Birmingham Vision partially-sighted cricket team ahead of the Specsavers Ashes Series opener at Edgbaston

Cricket Australia has opted not to reprise a fully-fledged home and away domestic 50-over competition in 2019-20 as the format continues to feel the squeeze in the summer schedule.

However, CA has placed a priority on playing more 50-over domestic games on international-sized grounds in order to better replicate international conditions. The games have also been spread over three months instead of one and the number of increased to seven matches per team plus one final.

CA released the 2019-20 men's domestic fixtures on Tuesday following on from the BBL fixture announcement last week which saw a shorter regular season and new-look finals.

The Sheffield Shield remains intact but the Marsh Cup, previously the JLT Cup, has been reshaped. Six states will play seven matches each, with each state playing each other once and two teams twice. The tournament will start on September 21 and the last three games will be interspersed between the first four Sheffield Shield games with the top two sides meeting in the final on November 26.

CA's head of cricket operations Peter Roach told ESPNcricinfo that after a long process, which included feedback from the states, players and CA's high performance unit, they are pleased with the changes.

"We're playing on bigger grounds. We've got nine of those games on international venues. Last year we only had three," Roach said. "And we're able to add one game per team as well. We think we've achieved what we wanted to achieve within the confines of our season."

Australia's domestic 50-over competition has been a source of much consternation over the last decade as it has been squeezed to the margins of a busy summer calendar. It follows a trend globally of cricket boards having trouble finding room for 50-over domestic cricket. England, having just secured their first men's 50-over World Cup, will significantly reduce their domestic 50-over competition to make room for introduction of The Hundred, a new 100-ball format from the 2020 season.

The competition has gone through many experimental phases and in recent seasons has been played as a pre-season tournament, predominantly on smaller club grounds during September and early-October. Last season, all six sides played each other once with all six qualifying for the finals with Victoria the eventual winners from fourth spot.

The inequitable nature of the fixture has not been redressed given that teams will only play some opposition once and others twice, but not home and away. Western Australia, for example, are set to face a New South Wales team that may have all Australian players available twice in three days at Drummoyne Oval.

Roach said this was the unavoidable cost of both the travel burden on the domestic teams throughout the summer and not having access to some of the international grounds in September and early October.

"The teams that we selected to play each other twice was more around how do we make it easier for the teams to manage their travel requirements," Roach said. "There's clearly a cost benefit to that as well for those teams. But more importantly, these teams travel a lot, especially during the BBL period, so how can we make it easier for them so they're better prepared to play at their best. In an ideal world we would try and ensure that teams over a few years would play about the same number of games against each other. We'll work towards that over the coming years if this is the sort of structure that we continue with going forward."

CA gave serious consideration to splitting the one-day competition either side of the Big Bash but opted against that model. Australia will play nine ODI's between January and March, but domestic players looking to push their case for ODI selection will not play 50-over cricket after November 26. Shield cricket remains the number one priority for CA and the states and as a result, 50-over cricket got squeezed from the post BBL period.

"Strong feedback was of the 10 Shield games, we wanted to have six before the BBL and four after," Roach said. "Then why didn't the one-day stuff bump into BBL? The priority was to play Shield cricket right up to the BBL, so it gave our long-form players a chance to impress and stay in form closer to that bank of Test matches prior to Christmas."

The lower number of domestic 50-over games could be viewed as a hindrance to the development of players in that format. Australian players in their early years of domestic cricket had the potential to play 10 or 11 games of 50-over cricket per season prior to the competition being restructured in 2013. This season it will be seven or eight, which though higher than recent years still gives fewer opportunities for players to develop.

Ashton Turner, Australia's most recent batting debutant in ODI cricket, had only played 30 List A matches between 2013 and 2019 prior to his debut in India. Even if Turner had played every possible match for WA in the six years since the old home and away 50-over tournament was abandoned, he would have played 41. As a comparison England's Jason Roy was able to play 60 List A matches between 2008 and his ODI debut in 2015. Mayank Agarwal, who was called up to India's World Cup squad during the tournament but has yet to debut in ODI cricket, has played 75 List A games between 2012 and 2019.

CA is comfortable with the number of domestic one-day games that are played given the schedule burden but has not ruled out changing that in the future if required.

"We've got places in Australia where we can play cricket in what is historically cricket's off season," Roach said. "That has been mooted, but at the moment we believe our best model is not to start earlier than we are at the moment. We're squeezing in as many games as we possibly can to allow for rest and Premier cricket to play a part as well. We would have to extend the season if that's the case but anything is possible."

Le'Veon Bell's season-long holdout wrecked many fantasy football teams last season, when he sat out in a bitter contract dispute with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

On Monday, the star running back took a moment out to tweet an "overdue" apology.

this is loooong overdue!! but I want to take a moment to apologize to all the fantasy owners who picked me last year, I'm sorry I couldn't pull through for y'all...but trust me, this year's about to be wayyyy different, I'm bringing the ?? this year ?? pic.twitter.com/IvANCzwJ6F

— Le'Veon Bell (@LeVeonBell) July 29, 2019

Bell was ranked at or near the top in many fantasy player rankings last year, but he sat out the entire season.

The three-time Pro Bowler signed as a free agent with the New York Jets this offseason and said last week that he feels so refreshed, he's willing to stretch his limit this season.

"I'm up for 500 [touches] if it's going to take us to a Super Bowl," Bell said, exaggerating the number to make a point.

Bell, who led the league with 406 touches in 2017, is ranked as the No. 12 fantasy running back in points-per-reception formats by ESPN's Matthew Berry.

ESPN's Rich Cimini contributed to this report.

DAVIE, Fla. -- The Miami Dolphins have fired offensive line coach Pat Flaherty and replaced him with Dave DeGuglielmo.

Flaherty was hired in February shortly after Brian Flores took over as head coach, but the Dolphins' offensive line has struggled throughout the spring and summer.

This move was football-based with nothing to do with an off-the-field incident, a source told ESPN.

Flores has made it clear that there are no "sacred cows" in the organization and players are competing for their jobs every day. It's apparent that refers to coaches, too, after the move to let go of Flaherty.

The fact that the move happened even before the preseason shows that the issues with how Flaherty was guiding the offensive line were significant. The interior of the offensive line, in particular, has been dominated by the defensive line through four days of training camp.

DeGuglielmo, who spent 2018 as the Indianapolis Colts' offensive line coach, was hired as a Dolphins football analyst in May. He's very familiar with Miami. This is his third stint as an assistant coach here (2009-11; 2017 after Chris Foerster resigned).

The move also means another former Patriots assistant in DeGuglielmo (offensive line coach, 2014-15) has a significant role on the Dolphins' coaching staff.

DeGuglielmo, also known as Guge, is recognized for turning the Colts' offensive line into one of the NFL's best last season, most notably thanks to the performances of rookie starters Quenton Nelson and Braden Smith.

The Dolphins are expected to have at least two new starters on their offensive line and need to groom several young players in that room, including third-round pick Michael Deiter.

Anthony Davis already has six All-Star appearances, an NCAA championship and an Olympic gold medal to his name, but the newly minted Los Angeles Lakers forward admits there's still something missing.

"I don't think I have a failure that I've had yet," Davis told ESPN as a guest on That's What She Said with Sarah Spain. "Obviously at the end of my career if I don't win a championship that would be, I would feel that's one of my biggest failures. But right now, I still have a lot to do in this world on and off the court.

"So I don't feel like I've failed in anything. I think I just continue to do it over until I succeed at it."

The former No. 1 pick hasn't come close to an NBA championship yet. His teams made the playoffs just twice in his seven seasons with the New Orleans Pelicans, maxing out with a second-round loss to the Golden State Warriors in five games in 2018.

However, Davis' relocation to L.A. to pair up with LeBron James via a trade last month could help fill the hole in his resume. The Lakers have the second-best odds to finish the 2019-20 season as the NBA champions at 4-1, according to Caesars Sportsbook, trailing only the L.A. Clippers (7-2).

The acknowledgement by the 26-year-old Davis jibes with the urgency felt by Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka. Following six straight seasons failing to make the playoffs -- the longest drought in franchise history -- Pelinka restated the team's title expectations at Davis' introductory news conference.

"For us, anything short of a championship is not success," Pelinka said. "So we have to learn from last season, because we didn't win a championship. And a lot of that went into the construction of the roster this year."

Lakers fans just better hope that the theater-style lighting the team uses for its home games at Staples Center -- where the spotlight is concentrated on the court, leaving the fans in the seats dimmed as if attending a Broadway show -- doesn't affect Davis' performance.

Davis told Spain that he is scared of the dark.

"TV on, bathroom light on, some light has to be on (when he goes to bed)," Davis said. "I wish I wasn't scared of the dark ... I watched too many crazy movies when I was a kid and it messed me up for life."

Houston Astros outfielder Jake Marisnick has lost his appeal of a two-game suspension resulting from a violent home plate collision with Los Angeles Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy on July 7.

Lucroy, who was carted off after the collision, suffered a concussion and a broken nose on the play that Marisnick later called "a split-second decision at full speed."

Joe Torre, MLB's chief baseball officer, said July 11 that he thoroughly reviewed the play from all angles. While acknowledging he didn't believe Marisnick intended to injure Lucroy, Torre said the actions warranted discipline because they violated MLB rules designed to protect catchers from that type of situation.

Marisnick also was fined by Major League Baseball for the play. He will miss games against the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Since the play, Marisnick has talked with Lucroy and apologized.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

CINCINNATI -- Jordan Lyles is heading back to the Milwaukee Brewers, who are desperate for starting pitching as they try to repeat as NL Central champions.

The Brewers acquired the right-hander from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday for pitching prospect Cody Ponce, giving them a familiar name in their injury-depleted rotation. Lyles has struggled since the end of May.

"I'm definitely looking forward to a change,'' Lyles said during a conference call. "This last month hasn't gone in my favor. I've pitched poorly. We got off to a really good start, hot start, and kind of faced after some injuries here and there.''

Lyles worked out of the bullpen for Milwaukee last fall, going 1-0 with a 3.31 ERA in 11 appearances for the Brewers while helping the club win the NL Central title. Lyles translated his success with Milwaukee into a one-year contract with the Pirates and earned a spot in the starting rotation out of spring training.

He won five of his first six decisions, and then fell into a deep slump. He had a 9.58 ERA in eight starts since the end of May, leaving him 5-7 overall with a 5.36 ERA.

"It was never for a lack of preparation or a lack of work,'' manager Clint Hurdle said. "There's still enough career in front of this guy to find out whether his niche is as a starter or whether his niche is in the bullpen.

"He gave us everything he had. Some days it was really good, some days it wasn't as good.''

The Brewers were a game behind division co-leaders St. Louis and Chicago on Monday, but their rotation has been decimated in July. Milwaukee All-Star right-hander Brandon Woodruff went on the injured list with a strained left oblique and right-hander Jhoulys Chacin was sidelined by a strained muscle in his side. Left-hander Gio Gonzalez developed a tight shoulder in the seventh inning of his start Friday against the Cubs.

"I think every season takes its own twists and turns, and every season brings up unexpected situations and circumstances,'' general manager David Stearns said. "Certainly, we went into the season with what we thought was a very deep pitching staff with numbers we thought could help us get through the rigors of a major league season."

Lyles was scheduled to start Monday against the Reds in Cincinnati when he was dealt. Alex McRae (0-2, 7.71) was picked to take his place. Hurdle isn't sure who will fill Lyles' spot in the rotation long-term.

Pittsburgh could be involved in more deals as the Wednesday trade deadline approaches. The Pirates had lost eight straight and were 2-14 since the All-Star break, slipping behind the Reds into last place in the NL Central.

Ponce, a second-round pick in the 2015 draft, is 1-3 with one save, 44 strikeouts and a 3.29 ERA in 27 appearances at Double-A Biloxi this season.

WASHINGTON -- Max Scherzer is back on the 10-day injured list, unwelcome news for the Washington Nationals as they push for a wild card berth and try to catch the Atlanta Braves in the NL East.

The Nationals announced Monday that Scherzer was placed on the IL with a minor rhomboid strain. The injury is in the same area as the inflammation under his right shoulder that forced the ace right-hander to the IL for 19 days earlier this month.

Scherzer was dominant in June and won seven consecutive starts as Washington worked its way back into playoff contention following a 19-31 start. He returned from the IL last Thursday and allowed three runs in five innings in a no-decision against the Rockies. The next day, he had an MRI that revealed the injury.

Last week, Nationals manager Dave Martinez said he was relieved the famously intense Scherzer, known as "Mad Max," would be back on the mound, giving him an outlet for his competitive energy. But on Monday, Martinez said Scherzer needs to be cautious about his recovery.

"Right now, we just want him to understand, 'Let's just take our time and get it right so this doesn't continue to be an issue,'" Martinez said.

Martinez said he was the "wrong person to ask" about whether the injuries were related, noting that Scherzer now has a muscle strain instead of inflammation.

The move to the IL is retroactive to July 26, which means Scherzer could pitch as soon as Aug. 5.

"That's not by any means a target date," Martinez said. "We just want him to be 100 percent."

The three-time Cy Young Award winner is 9-5 with a 2.41 ERA.

Washington recalled right-hander Erick Fedde from Double-A Harrisburg to take Scherzer's place on the roster. Fedde was slated to start Tuesday night against the Braves in Scherzer's rotation spot. He is 1-1 with a 3.40 in 13 appearances (eight starts) this season.