64 Sam Tuivailala RP

Tuivailala (1-3), who took the loss against the Phillies on Wednesday while surrendering an earned run on two hits and recording a strikeout over an inning, now has a 6.14 ERA across 7.1 June frames.

The 26-year-old right-hander has allowed at least one earned run in half of his eight appearances during the month and has suffered two losses overall. Tuivailala has also managed three holds during that span, so it hasn't all been doom and gloom. However, after allowing just one earned run across 11 outings between early April and late May, Tuivailala has yielded six overall in his last nine trips to the mound.

Tuivailala (1-1) allowed an earned run on four hits over two innings in a loss to the Brewers on Wednesday. He also recorded a strikeout.

Tuivailala was called on to prevent further damage after Tyler Lyons had surrendered a game-tying solo home run to Christian Yelich to open the seventh. However, he ran into trouble quickly as well, allowing singles to Jesus Aguilar and Danny Santana over the first three batters he faced. Following a swinging strikeout of Jonathan Villar, the right-handed reliever surrendered a go-ahead hit to Orlando Arcia, which gave the Brewers a 3-2 lead that would ultimately prove to be the final margin of victory. It was Tuivailala's first loss of the season, and it snapped what had been a seven-appearance scoreless streak.

Tuivailala (1-0) fired a scoreless seventh inning in a win over the Pirates on Sunday, recording a strikeout.

Tuivailala fired all eight of his pitches for strikes while extending what has been a stellar month. Factoring in Sunday's outing, he's allowed a minuscule 1.08 ERA and generated an 8:1 K:BB across 8.1 May innings.

Tuivailala fired a scoreless inning in a loss to the Phillies on Saturday, recording two strikeouts.

The 25-year-old right-hander has now generated four consecutive scoreless efforts, and he's accomplished the feat in five of his six outings overall since returning from the disabled list. Tuivailala has been demonstrating plenty of swing-and-miss upside over that stretch as well, recording seven strikeouts over the seven innings encompassing those appearances.

Tuivailala fired two perfect innings in Sunday's extra-innings win over the Cubs, recording one strikeout.

Tuivailala was just activated from the disabled list Friday after a near-month-long absence due to a knee injury. The 25-year-old picked up where he'd left off in his last outing on April 9, when he'd fired a pair of scoreless frames against the Brewers. Tuivailala's ability to work more than one inning as necessary -- a role he was particularly prepped for during his minor-league rehab assignment -- should render him a valuable component of the bullpen as long as his health endures.