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Mountcastle went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 8-3 loss to the Yankees on Saturday.

Mountcastle has gone 11-for-36 (.306) with two homers and three doubles since the All-Star break. While he has just three RBI in that 13-game span, it's an improvement on how he was hitting prior to a monthlong stint on the injured list with vertigo. The first baseman has a .240/.279/.441 slash line with 13 homers, 43 RBI, 41 runs scored and two stolen bases through 74 games this season. He's splitting time at first base with Ryan O'Hearn, though Mountcastle is usually in the lineup as the designated hitter when O'Hearn is in the field.

Cronenworth went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and a run scored in Saturday's 4-0 win over the Rangers.

The steal was Cronenworth's career-best fifth of the season and his first since July 7. The infielder has continued to struggle at the plate this month, going 17-for-78 (.218) over 23 contests in July. For the season, he has a .210/.303/.355 slash line with eight home runs, 38 RBI, 43 runs scored, 17 doubles and six triples through 103 games.

Abreu went 3-for-3 with a three-run home run and two additional runs scored in Saturday's win over Tampa Bay.

For the second straight night Abreu logged a roundtripper, boosting his home run total to 10 this season. Abreu has been on fire since the All-Star break, batting .315 (17-for-54) with 11 RBI and 11 runs scored across 14 contests. He'll look to continue his power streak Sunday in the series finale against the Rays, who will be having a bullpen day.

Raley is not in Saturday's lineup against the Astros, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

The Rays were slated to face three righties this weekend, but they will still find opportunities for some of their right-handed bench bats. Harold Ramirez is starting at designated hitter against righty Hunter Brown. Raley is hitting .185 with zero home runs and a 32.4 percent strikeout rate in his last 10 games.

Wade (back) isn't in the Giants' lineup Saturday against Boston, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.

Back tightness kept Wade out of Friday's series opener, and it will cost him at least one more start Saturday. Wilmer Flores will take over as San Francisco's first baseman and bat second while Wade recovers.

Diaz (groin) returned to the lineup Friday but said he is still sore when he runs, swings and plays defense, MLB.com reports.

Diaz missed only one full game with the injury and returned as the DH on Friday, when he went 0-for-3 with an RBI. Manager Kevin Cash hopes his first baseman will return to playing the field Saturday, but the skipper also noted the injury will require management for the rest of the season. Diaz has been one of the Rays' better hitters this season, so the team certainly won't want to keep him out of the lineup, but his recovery may ultimately dictate extra days off down the stretch.

Olson went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI in Friday's 10-7 win over the Brewers.

He took Bryse Wilson deep in the seventh inning, adding to Olson's NL-leading 33 homers on the season. The first baseman is slashing .301/.395/.575 through 20 games in July, and his .934 OPS on the year would be his highest mark since he rang up a 1.003 OPS in 2017 in his first extended stint in the majors.

Alonso went 2-for-4 with two home runs and five RBI in Friday's 5-1 win over the Nationals.

After launching two homers against the Yankees on Tuesday, Alonso repeated the feat against a division rival, taking MacKenzie Gore deep in the fifth inning for a three-run shot before driving a Rico Garcia fastball over the wall in center field for two more runs in the seventh. Alonso's bat may have woken up too late to salvage the season for the Mets, but over his last eight games he's batting .400 (12-for-30) with seven extra-base hits (two doubles, a triple and four homers) and 11 RBI.

Naylor went 3-for-4 with a double in Friday's 3-0 loss to the White Sox.

Naylor accounted for half of the Guardians' hits in the shutout loss. While the first baseman has gone nine games without a home run, he's smacked three doubles and gone 10-for-34 (.294) in that span. For the season, he's maintained a .309/.349/.510 slash line with 15 homers, 79 RBI, 41 runs scored, 25 doubles and six stolen bases over 378 plate appearances in a breakout campaign.

Steer went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 6-5 win over the Dodgers.

Steer's solo shot in the seventh inning sparked a three-run rally for the Reds. The infielder snapped his 18-game homer drought, which dated back to July 2. He hit .235 during the power outage, taking some of the shine off of what's been a strong first full season in the majors for the 25-year-old. Steer is at a .276/.362/.463 slash line with 15 homers, 56 RBI, 50 runs scored and nine stolen bases through 100 contests this year.