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  • Luke Voit 1B | NYM

    Yankees' Luke Voit: Gets Sunday off

    Voit is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Red Sox.

    Voit will rest after starting in each of the Yankees' last six games and going 8-for-23 with a home run, double, two walks, five RBI and five runs. Mike Ford will replace Voit as the Yankees' first baseman, while Clint Frazier gets a start as the team's designated hitter.

  • Yandy Diaz DH | TB

    Rays' Yandy Diaz: Sitting Sunday

    Diaz is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Blue Jays, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

    Diaz played all nine innings of Saturday's suspended game that was resumed earlier Sunday, going 2-for-4 with a walk and a run scored. He'll just be getting a breather for the series finale as Joey Wendle gets a turn at third base.

  • Yuli Gurriel DH | SD

    Astros' Yuli Gurriel: Homers in second straight game

    Gurriel went 2-for-3 with a solo home run in Saturday's win over the Mariners.

    Gurriel lifted a solo shot to center field in the fourth inning for what ultimately proved to be the winning margin in the contest. The long ball was Gurriel's second in as many days and his fifth overall this season. With Saturday's two-hit performance, Gurriel has now logged multiple hits in four of his last seven games.

  • Evan White 1B | LAA

    Mariners' Evan White: Goes deep in loss

    White went 1-for-2 with a solo home run and a walk in a loss to Houston on Saturday.

    White started at first base and batted out of the eighth spot in the contest. He plated Seattle's only run of the game with a solo home run to center field in the eighth inning. The blast was the second of his career and first since July 27. Of White's nine hits this season, five have gone for extra bases (two home runs, three doubles).

  • Matt Olson 1B | ATL

    Athletics' Matt Olson: Slugs eighth homer

    Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and a walk in Saturday's victory over San Francisco.

    Olson's lone hit of the night was a solo shot to center field in the sixth inning to tie the score 3-3. The 26-year-old has hit a solo home run in each of his last three games and is now up to eight long balls on the season, tied for fourth in baseball.

  • C.J. Cron 1B | BOS

    Tigers' C.J. Cron: Elects to undergo surgery

    Cron (knee) will have season-ending surgery, Jason Beck of MLB.com reports.

    Cron suffered a sprained left knee in Monday's game against the White Sox and was hoping to avoid surgery until the offseason, but manager Ron Gardenhire said Saturday that the first baseman will sit out the rest of the schedule. The 30-year-old will hit free agency during the offseason. Jeimer Candelario should step in as the primary first baseman with Willi Castro seeing a potential uptick in playing time at third base.

  • Rowdy Tellez 1B | ATL

    Blue Jays' Rowdy Tellez: Smokes third homer

    Tellez went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and a second run scored in Friday's win over the Rays.

    Sahlen Field in Buffalo is suddenly playing like a bandbox, with the Jays clubbing 13 homers over their last two games, and Tellez has two of them. The 25-year-old still has a mediocre .227/.300/.500 slash line with three home runs and nine RBI in 12 games, but if Tellez keeps slugging, manager Charlie Montoyo may have little choice but to give him more consistent playing time.

  • Ryan O'Hearn 1B | PIT

    Royals' Ryan O'Hearn: Not in Saturday's lineup

    O'Hearn isn't in the lineup for Game 1 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Twins.

    Since returning from a shin injury Tuesday, O'Hearn has gone 2-for-8 with a double, two RBI and two strikeouts. Ryan McBroom will take over at first base in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader.

  • Yuli Gurriel DH | SD

    Astros' Yuli Gurriel: Lifts homer in blowout

    Gurriel went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, an additional run scored and a walk in Friday's 11-1 win over the Mariners.

    Gurriel went deep back-to-back with Yordan Alvarez in the middle of a nine-run first inning for the Astros. In the second, Gurriel laced a triple to right field and scored on a Carlos Correa groundout. Through 19 games, Gurriel has four homers, eight RBI, 12 runs scored and a .267 batting average.

  • Yandy Diaz DH | TB

    Rays' Yandy Diaz: Heads to bench

    Diaz will not start Friday's game against Toronto, Neil Solondz of the Rays Radio Network reports.

    Heavy rotation is certainly nothing new for the Rays, as Diaz hits the bench even after reaching base four times and scoring three runs in Thursday's contest. Joey Wendle gets the start at third base.

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