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Donaldson (hamstring) is starting Thursday's game against the Tigers.

Donaldson had missed the last four games due to right hamstring soreness, but he ran the bases as part of a full workout ahead of Thursday's matchup, Dan Hayes of The Athletic reports. He apparently checked out fine after his workout and will start at third base and bat second in his return to the lineup.

Chapman (illness) is starting Thursday's game against the Astros.

Chapman missed Wednesday's game while battling a stomach flu, but he'll start at third base and bat fifth in Thursday's series finale. The 28-year-old has gone 5-for-14 with a run and three strikeouts across his last three appearances.

Chapman is resting Wednesday due to a stomach flu, Shayna Rubin of The San Jose Mercury News reports.

Manager Bob Melvin said Chapman, who is dealing with dehydration, was briefly at the hospital before being released. Further updates should hint at whether the 28-year-old will return to the hot corner for Thursday's series finale in Houston.

Bregman (quadriceps) will hit on the field ahead of Wednesday's game against the Athletics, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports.

Bregman began light running at the beginning of July, and he'll take another significant step in his recovery by hitting Wednesday. While the 27-year-old has indicated that he's way ahead of schedule in his recovery timetable, he won't return until sometime after the All-Star break.

Chapman isn't starting Wednesday's game against the Astros.

Chapman had recorded hits in each of the last three contests, and he went 5-for-14 with a run and three strikeouts during that time. He'll get a rare day off while Chad Pinder starts at the hot corner and bats ninth.

Rivera (wrist) participated in fielding drills ahead of Wednesday's game against the Orioles, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.

Rivera still had a cast on his left wrist during Wednesday's drills, but he was still able to do some light throwing during pregame warmups. It's still not yet clear when he could return to game action as he continues to recover from a left hamate fracture that has kept him sidelined since June 30, but it's encouraging that he's still able to participate in activities while he's in a cast.

Moncada isn't in the lineup Wednesday against the Twins.

Moncada returned from a hand injury Monday and went 1-for-9 with a triple, two RBI and two strikeouts across his last two appearances. Jake Burger will start at the hot corner while Gavin Sheets takes over at first base.

Donaldson (hamstring) isn't starting Wednesday's game against the White Sox, Do-Hyoung Park of MLB.com reports.

Donaldson will miss a fourth consecutive game as he continues to deal with right hamstring soreness, and he hasn't appeared off the bench in any of the last three contests. Per Park, manager Rocco Baldelli said Donaldson will be available off the bench Wednesday and will go through another full workout Thursday before it's determined if he's ready to rejoin the starting nine.

LeMahieu went 3-for-6 with an RBI and a run scored in Tuesday's 12-1 win over the Mariners.

All three of LeMahieu's hits went for singles and he had all three base knocks before the end of the third inning. The 32-year-old led off the game with a base knock and then came around to score on a three-run blast by Giancarlo Stanton and later drove in a run during the third. LeMahieu has hit safely in 20 of his last 22 games and has raised his slash line to .276/.350/.375 with seven homers, 34 RBI, 46 runs scored, two steals and a 37:55 BB:K over 363 plate appearances.

Rendon was placed on the 10-day injured list Tuesday with a left hamstring strain, retroactive to Monday.

The club initially sounded optimistic that Rendon would be able to avoid his third trip to the IL this season after he exited Sunday's game. While he is going on the injured list after all, manager Joe Maddon said that Rendon may have been healthy enough to play later this week, per J.P. Hoornstra of the Los Angeles Daily News. With that in mind, the third baseman figures to have a good chance of being activated when the club returns from the All-Star break July 16. Jack Mayfield was recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake in a corresponding roster move.