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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.

  • Josh Naylor 1B | SEA

    Padres' Josh Naylor: Called up to big club

    The Padres recalled Naylor from their alternate training site Sunday.

    Naylor will provide some extra insurance in the corner outfield for San Diego while Wil Myers (back) remains on the bench for Sunday's series finale with the Diamondbacks. The 23-year-old earned a spot on the Padres' Opening Day roster but saw little action, going 3-for-13 while appearing in six games before he was optioned to the alternate site Aug. 6.

  • Giants' Wilmer Flores: Getting regular work

    Flores will serve as the Giants' designated hitter and will bat sixth Sunday against the Athletics, Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic reports.

    Flores will make his sixth consecutive start and seems to have at least temporarily emerged as manager Gabe Kapler's preferred designated hitter. The 29-year-old has produced six hits over his last two games, raising his season average to .307.

  • Pete Alonso 1B | BAL

    Mets' Pete Alonso: Day off Sunday

    Alonso is not in Sunday's lineup against the Phillies.

    He is hitting .263 with a home run, six strikeouts and one walk over his last five games. Dominic Smith will start at first base while Robinson Cano shifts to designated hitter.

  • Diamondbacks' Christian Walker: Crosses home plate twice

    Walker went 2-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in Saturday's win over the Padres.

    Walker has hit safely in four of the Diamondbacks' last five games, and he has produced multi-hit performances in each one of those four contests. The first baseman is hitting .286 with seven extra-base hits in 49 at-bats this month, but he has also struck out in 26.4 percent of his plate appearances during that span.

  • 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.

  • Cardinals' Paul Goldschmidt: Hits well in return

    Goldschmidt went 3-for-8 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored across both games of the Cardinals' doubleheader Saturday against the White Sox.

    Goldschmidt delivered a single in the first game, and he added a solo home run in the fourth inning of the second contest. He later reached on an infield single that resulted in an RBI, and he ultimately came around to score as well. Due to the Cardinals' long layoff, Goldschmidt has only 29 plate appearances this season, though he has two home runs, six runs scored and three RBI to go along with a .333/.379/.556 line.

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