MLB Player News
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LaMonte Wade 1B | CHW
Giants' LaMonte Wade: Delivers walk-off knock
Wade went 3-for-5 with one RBI in Monday's 5-4 extra-inning win over the Guardians.
Wade remains limited to a strong-side platoon role, but he's thrived with that usage in September. He's gone 9-for-24 (.375) with four RBI over seven contests this month, and his RBI single in the 10th inning Monday was a walk-off hit. The first baseman is up to .258/.374/.407 slash line with 14 home runs, 39 RBI, 57 runs scored and two stolen bases over 120 contests this year. After hitting leadoff against right-handers for much of the year, Wade has been deeper in the lineup for the last three games while Mike Yastrzemski gets the leadoff nod.
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Nolan Schanuel 1B | LAA
Angels' Nolan Schanuel: Two hits in return
Schanuel went 2-for-6 with one RBI in Monday's 8-5 extra-innings win over the Mariners.
Schanuel was sidelined with shoulder soreness over the weekend. He hit leadoff and played the full 11-inning game at first base in his return to the lineup. The 21-year-old rookie has hit .275 with three RBI, 13 runs scored and a 14:11 BB:K over his first 18 contests, but he has just one extra-base hit, a double, to his name.
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Yandy Diaz 1B | TB
Rays' Yandy Diaz: Knocks four hits
Diaz went 4-for-6 with a home run, a double and two runs scored in Monday's win over the Twins.
Diaz scored a run in the first inning but did most of his damage with a solo shot in the sixth. It was his third straight multi-hit game and he reached the 20-homer mark for the first time in his career. Since the start of August, he's gone 47-for-138 (.341) with six homers, raising his season slash line to .324/.404/.513 through 545 plate appearances.
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Dominic Smith 1B | ATL
Nationals' Dominic Smith: Homers in win
Smith went 2-for-4 with one double and a solo home run in Monday's win over the Pirates.
Smith clobbered his eighth home run in the sixth to tack on an insurance run for the Nationals, then added a double in the eighth for his third multi-hit effort in six games. Since the start of September, Smith has hit .346 with three doubles and two homers in 26 at-bats.
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Matt Olson 1B | ATL
Braves' Matt Olson: Reaches 50 homers
Olson went 2-for-3 with two homers and four RBI in Monday's 7-5 loss to the Phillies.
Olson got Atlanta on the board with a three-run homer off Michael Lorenzen in the third inning before adding a solo blast, his 50th of the season, in the sixth. Olson has been on a sensational run of late -- he's hit safely in nine straight games, going 17-for-33 (.515) with seven homers and 15 RBI in that span. He leads the league in both homers and RBI (127) while batting a career-best .279 with a 1.000 OPS through 645 plate appearances this season.
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Nolan Schanuel 1B | LAA
Angels' Nolan Schanuel: Will lead off Monday
Schanuel (shoulder) is in the lineup for Monday's game against the Mariners, Erica Weston of Bally Sports West reports.
A sore shoulder prevented Schanuel from seeing any action Saturday or Sunday, but he has put that behind him and will lead off like he usually does Monday night.
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Jeimer Candelario 3B | LAA
Cubs' Jeimer Candelario: Held out Monday
Candelario (back) is not in the lineup for Monday's game against the Rockies.
Candelario left Sunday's victory over the Diamondbacks with tightness in his back, and he will not play a full nine innings one day later. It's unclear both if he will be available off the bench and if he will miss any further action.
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Alec Bohm 3B | PHI
Phillies' Alec Bohm: Bows out for nightcap
Bohm is not in the lineup for Game 2 of Monday's doubleheader with Atlanta.
Bohm went 2-for-4 with three RBI in the first game of Monday's twin bill, but with him not having a day off since Aug. 8, manager Rob Thomson decided it was time for some rest. Edmundo Sosa will enter the lineup in Bohm's place.
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Alfonso Rivas 1B | STL
Pirates' Alfonso Rivas: Sitting against southpaw
Rivas is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Nationals.
Though he'll hit the bench Monday against southpaw Patrick Corbin, the lefty-hitting Rivas may have recaptured a strong-side platoon role at first base. He started in each of the Pirates' last three matchups with right-handers, going 1-for-8 with a walk and a stolen base.