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Walters punched out eight and walked two while improving to 2-1 with a 2.95 ERA through three starts this year. The Twins' rotation has been awful in 2012, and Walters has been a breath of fresh air. He'll make for a solid streaming play when he takes on the A's on Monday.

He finished the game 2-for-5 with a run scored and three RBI, raising his average to .215 in the process. Tampa Bay skipper Joe Maddon's gamble of hitting Pena first paid off handsomely, as it forced the slugger to take more pitches and improve the quality of his at-bats. Interesting to note: Pena has now homered at least twice out of each spot in the lineup in his MLB career.

Carpenter was pulled from Tuesday's game against the Padres after tweaking his right oblique muscle on a first-inning double. He told reporters after the 4-0 victory that he didn't think it was torn, but the MRI will provide the true diagnosis. Carpenter was filling in at third base Tuesday for the struggling David Freese.

He drove home both runs on a fifth-inning single off Rays starter Matt Moore. After struggling for the first month and a half of the season, Bautista is hitting .340 (16-for-47) with six homers and 13 RBI over his last 12 games, and is starting to look like the fantasy force that owners are expecting him to be.

Morneau finished with a pair of runs scored and three RBI. While the average is lacking at .240, he's provided solid power and run production with six homers and 18 RBI in just 96 at-bats. He may not be the offensive force that he was in the past, but Morneau is still a capable power option in most fantasy leagues.

Waino displayed his best command of the season, striking out nine batters and walking only one in a vintage performance. He surrendered only four hits in his nine innings of work and lowered his ERA from 5.77 to 4.78. It was the Padres, sure, but Wainwright suddenly feels like a must-start in all fantasy formats. He'll face the Phillies next time out.

An earlier report indicated that his activation over the weekend was expected, but apparently he won't quite be ready. It sounds like Jennings is coming along nicely and should be good to go early next week.