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Walls went 0-for-1 with two walks, a stolen base and a run scored Friday against the Twins.

Walls has started three consecutive games at third base with Ji-Man Choi (elbow) sidelined, which has in turn shifted Yandy Diaz to first base. Walls has only one hit in 10 plate appearances in that span, though he's also earned three free passes. On Friday, Walls led off the second inning with a walk and proceeded to steal second base -- his fourth swipe of the season. Once Choi is able to retake the field, Walls will likely return to a super-utility role along the Rays' infield.

Ramirez went 2-for-3 with a home run, double, two walks, three RBI and three runs in a 9-8 victory against the Athletics on Friday.

Ramirez opened the scoring with a solo shot off Oakland starter Frankie Montas in the first, walked in the third and fifth, scoring on the former, and delivered a two-RBI double and run during a four-run seventh that gave Cleveland the lead. The 29-year-old has been scorching through 20 April games and ranks among the league leaders in many offensive categories, including a league-best 28 RBI and .760 slugging.

Bregman went 1-for-4 with a solo home run, two walks and three runs scored Friday against the Blue Jays.

Bregman got the Astros on the board with a solo home run in the first inning, his fourth long ball of the season. He reached base an additional two times on free passes, and he came around to score on each occasion. Even after this performance, Bregman has only five extra-base hits across his last 18 games. However, he's still reaching base regularly thanks to a 16.9 percent walk rate, so he has been able to rack up 12 runs scored across 83 total plate appearances on the campaign.

Chapman went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer and two runs scored in Friday's 11-7 loss to the Astros.

Chapman singled and scored on a Raimel Tapia double in the second inning. He then knocked his fourth homer of the year off of Phil Maton in the seventh. The slugging third baseman is slashing .231/.286/.436 with eight extra-base hits through 21 games as a Blue Jay.

Kreidler will undergo surgery on his right hand, which was fractured when he was hit by a pitch earlier this week, Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press reports.

He hit .246/.346/.462 with four home runs and four steals in 18 games at Triple-A prior to suffering the injury. It's possible he could return in the second half of the season.

Groshans will make his debut for Triple-A Buffalo on Friday.

He was dealing with an oblique injury in spring training and was then sent to Single-A Dunedin, which is where the Jays' spring training complex is, to ramp up in games. Groshans notched four hits in five games at Single-A and is now ready to get his first taste of Triple-A. He is capable of playing all over the infield and was reportedly very impressive this spring before getting injured.

Nevin was recalled from Triple-A Norfolk and will start at third base Friday against Boston, Nathan Ruiz of The Baltimore Sun reports.

Nevin missed out on the Opening Day roster but will join the big-league club after spending the first three weeks of the season at Triple-A. He has a .979 OPS in 17 games with Norfolk and may see most of his opportunities at third base since Ryan Mountcastle (neck) is rejoining the lineup Friday and Trey Mancini is also healthy.

Donaldson is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Royals.

Donaldson started the past six games and will head to the bench after going 4-for-19 with a home run, a double, five walks, two RBI and three runs during that stretch. DJ LeMahieu will shift to third base while Gleyber Torres starts at the keystone.

LeMahieu went 1-for-5 with a double and three runs scored Thursday against the Yankees.

LaMahieu benefitted from some poor defense by the Orioles, as he came around to score on two occasions after reaching base on an error. However, he also doubled to lead off the seventh frame and scored for the third time in the contest. LeMahieu now has at least one hit in 13 of his last 14 games, which has helped him maintain a .313/.389/.469 line across 72 plate appearances to begin the campaign.

Urshela went 3-for-4 with a run and a RBI in a 7-1 win Thursday over Detroit.

Urshela singled and scored in the second and drove in a run with another single in the sixth. He now has three multi-hit games in his last four appearances and has raised his batting average to .321. The journeyman has only one extra-base hit on the season, a homer on Opening Day, but has made up for it with a high average, a .393 OBP and just six strikeouts in 61 plate appearances.