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Madrigal isn't starting Saturday against Cleveland.

Madrigal had gone 4-for-7 with a double, three runs and an RBI across the last two contests. Leury Garcia will start at second base and bat ninth.

Astudillo isn't starting Saturday's game against the Royals.

Astudillo will be excluded from the lineup for a second straight game. Alex Kirilloff will start at first base while Luis Arraez starts in left field.

Urshela isn't starting Saturday's game against Detroit.

Urshela had gone 4-for-13 with a home run, four RBI and five strikeouts in the last three contests. DJ LeMahieu will start at the hot corner while Mike Ford takes over at first base.

Devers went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Friday's 6-1 win over Texas.

Devers' 105.6 mph line shot the opposite way barely cleared the wall in left field for his seventh of the season. He had earlier lined out on a ball that exited his bat at 105.5 mph. Boston manager Alex Cora said before the game that it looked like Devers was getting into a groove where he hits everything hard, Christoper Smith of MassLive.com reports. "It feels like he's going to go into one of those runs like he did in Baltimore early on that he's going to start hitting everything hard and the ball is going to start going out of the ballpark," Cora said. During the streak in Baltimore to which Cora referred, Devers went 7-for-16 with five homers and 10 RBI in three games.

Bregman went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run and a second run scored in Friday's 9-2 win over the Rays.

He took Ryan Yarbrough deep in the third inning for his fourth homer of the season, Bregman has been on a tear since returning to the lineup from his stint on the COVID-19 IL, going 13-for-38 (.342) over the last 10 games with two home runs, eight RBI and nine runs.

Ramirez went 2-for-4 with a homer, three RBI and two runs scored in Friday's 5-3 win over the White Sox.

Ramirez got Cleveland on the board with a two-run single in the third inning. He then tacked on an insurance run with his solo shot in the eighth. The 28-year-old switch hitter now has hits in 13 of his last 14 games with five homers and 11 RBI during that span.

Astudillo is not in the lineup Friday against the Royals.

Astudillo is 8-for-31 with two homers and four RBI while starting eight of the past nine games, but he'll head to the bench Friday. Alex Kiriloff will receive the start at first base while Luis Arraez works in left field for the Twins.

Devers went 1-for-4 with an RBI double and a strikeout in Thursday's 4-1 loss to Texas.

Devers' RBI double brought home Alex Verdugo and tied the score at 1-1. The young star is now slashing .292/.366/.562 with six homers and 20 RBI.

Moncada went 2-for-3 with a three-run homer in Thursday's win over Tigers in the second leg of the doubleheader.

The 25-year-old smacked a three-run home run off Alex Lange in the sixth inning. Moncada is currently slashing .272/.375/.420 as he continues to bounce back from a poor 2020 campaign.

Chapman went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, a double and two RBI Thursday against the Rays.

Chapman was left out of the starting lineup for the second game of the team's series against the Rays, but he's gone 4-for-8 in two contests since. His performance Thursday was highlighted by his fourth-inning homer -- his fourth of the season. Overall, Chapman is hitting .184/.298/.391 with 13 RBI and nine runs scored across 104 plate appearances.