As he has been saying all week, Morant will play in the Grizzlies’ play-in matchup with Dallas. Now, it’s finally official. Morant may be limited by the ankle injury, but he underwent an injection on Thursday, so he hopefully won’t be too limited. Regardless, expect him to play a significant role to try and keep their season alive.

The 32-year-old right-hander had an opt-out clause in his minor league deal that he planned to exercise. The Rangers would like to bring him back — preferably on another minor league pact — but Houser is now free to peddle his wares on the open market. He made nine appearances (eight starts) at Triple-A Round Rock, registering a 5.03 ERA, 1.14 WHIP and a 37/15 K/BB ratio across 39 1/3 innings.

The 32-year-old had been stationed on the injured list at Triple-A Charlotte since April 26 when he injured his wrist on a hit by pitch. It’s unclear if Drury plans to look for opportunities elsewhere or if this could be the end of the line for him. Prior to the injury, he was hitting .179/.319/.282 with one homer, three RBI and a 10/7 K/BB ratio through his first 47 plate appearances at Triple-A Charlotte.

Ohtani delivered a sacrifice fly in the second inning that extended the Dodgers’ early lead to 4-2. He then helped to break the game open with a 382-foot (102.9 mph EV) three-run blast off of Jason Alexander in the third inning that made it 10-2. He victimized Alexander again the following inning — that time for a 418-foot (109.6 mph EV) two-run blast that made it 15-2. The 30-year-old superstar finished the evening 2-for-5 and is now slashing .310/.409/.673 with 15 homers, 28 RBI and 10 stolen bases. The 15 long balls tie him with Aaron Judge and Kyle Schwarber for the most in all of baseball.

Kim smacked a one-out single off of Osvaldo Bido in the second inning, swiped second base and scored on an RBI single off the bat of Mookie Betts. He then delivered a run-scoring single of his own in the second inning and rode home on a three-run shot by Shohei Ohtani. Kim also walked and scored on Ohtani’s two-run shot in the third inning. He then punished catcher Jhonny Pereda with an RBI double in the eighth before scoring on Max Muncy’s sacrifice fly. He has been awfully impressive to start his big league career, hitting .429/.467/.571 with a homer, five RBI and three stolen bases in his first 30 plate appearances.

After hitting just one home run in his first 154 plate appearances on the season, Muncy launched a three-run homer in his final at-bat on Wednesday and followed it by crushing a 408-foot two-run shot off of Osvaldo Bido in his first trip to the dish on Thursday. He also added an RBI single in the second inning and a sacrifice fly in the eighth that capped the scoring in the ballgame. With his three-hit attack, the 34-year-old slugger is now hitting .207/.323/.341 with three long balls and 16 RBI.

Wrobleski came on in the sixth inning with the Dodgers leading 15-2 and all he needed to do was keep the train on the tracks to earn a victory in this one. He did much better than that, allowing just one hit while striking out four batters over his four scoreless frames. It looks like Landon Knack has the leg up on the open spot in the team’s starting rotation, so expect Wrobleski to head back to Triple-A Oklahoma City soon.