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  • Drew Ellis 1B | PHI

    Diamondbacks' Drew Ellis: Enters off bench Tuesday

    Ellis (side) played the final three innings at third base in Tuesday's 8-6 win over Kansas City. He walked in his lone plate appearance.

    Both Ellis and Josh Rojas (hand) were held out of the starting lineup but were available off the bench if needed, according to Jack Sommers of MLB.com. Jake Hager started at third base and was pinch-hit for by Jordan Luplow in the sixth. Arizona is off Wednesday, and it's presumed both Ellis and Rojas will be available when the Diamondbacks kick off a four-game series against the Dodgers on Thursday.

  • Matt Beaty 1B | KC

    Padres' Matt Beaty: Begins rehab assignment

    Beaty (shoulder) reported to Triple-A El Paso on Tuesday to begin a rehab assignment, Jeff Sanders of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.

    Beaty has been sidelined by a shoulder impingement since May 8, but he's now in the final stages of his rehab program. The 29-year-old could rejoin the Padres' active roster by this weekend if all goes well during the rehab stint with El Paso.

  • Giants' Wilmer Flores: Not in Tuesday's lineup

    Flores is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Mets, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.

    Flores started the past six games and will take a seat Tuesday after posting a .661 OPS during that stretch. Tommy La Stella will bat leadoff as the designated hitter while Thairo Estrada starts at the keystone.

  • Brewers' Rowdy Tellez: Sitting versus lefty

    Tellez is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Padres.

    Tellez has started 12 games against left-handed pitching this season, but he had a .182/.270/.333 slash line in 37 plate appearances and will sit Tuesday with southpaw Blake Snell on the mound for San Diego. Keston Hiura will man first base in his place for Milwaukee.

  • Alfonso Rivas 1B | STL

    Cubs' Alfonso Rivas: Late addition to lineup

    Rivas is starting at first base and batting seventh Tuesday against the Reds, Meghan Montemurro of the Chicago Tribune reports.

    The 25-year-old was absent from Chicago's initial lineup, but he'll join the starting nine with Tuesday's designated hitter, Yan Gomes, a late scratch with an oblique issue. Rivas is 3-for-26 with 12 strikeouts across his past 10 games.

  • Luke Voit 1B | NYM

    Padres' Luke Voit: On bench Tuesday

    Voit is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game versus the Brewers.

    Voit has a .829 OPS across his past 10 games and will take a seat for Tuesday's contest. Robinson Cano will bat sixth as the designated hitter against Milwaukee.

  • Drew Ellis 1B | PHI

    Diamondbacks' Drew Ellis: Sidelined Tuesday

    Ellis (side) is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Royals.

    After exiting Monday's 9-5 win in the third inning with right side discomfort, Ellis will get at least one day off to heal up. Top third baseman Josh Rojas (hand) is also on the bench for the third straight game, so the Diamondbacks will turn to Jake Hager to man the hot corner.

  • Alfonso Rivas 1B | STL

    Cubs' Alfonso Rivas: Sits amid slump

    Rivas is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game in Cincinnati.

    The slumping Rivas will take a seat for the second time in four games Tuesday, even with the platoon advantage being in his favor with right-hander Tyler Mahle toeing the rubber for Cincinnati. Since the start of May, Rivas is slashing .130/.273/.217 with a 40 percent strikeout rate.

  • Cardinals' Paul Goldschmidt: Walks it off with grand slam

    Goldschmidt went 1-for-5 with a grand slam in Monday's 7-3 extra-inning win over the Blue Jays.

    The veteran first baseman's seventh homer of the season was a dramatic one, as he ripped a Ryan Borucki slider down the left-field line for a walkoff slam in the 10th inning. Goldschmidt also extended his hitting streak to 15 games in the process, a stretch during which he's slashing .438/.456/.859 with five home runs and 22 RBI.

  • Dodgers' Freddie Freeman: Continues barrage of doubles

    Freeman went 3-for-5 with two doubles, two runs and two RBI in Monday's 10-1 victory against the Nationals.

    Freeman drove in a run with a sixth-inning double and notched another RBI with a single in the following frame. The star first baseman has three three-hit performances in his past six contests, and five of his 10 hits during that span have been two-baggers. Freeman has been stuck on three home runs since April 24, but he is tied for the league lead with 16 doubles on the campaign.

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