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Duffy went 1-for-4 with a walk in a loss to the Athletics on Friday.

Duffy missed three starts with back tightness earlier this week, but he was finally healthy enough to resume a full-time role Friday. The hot-hitting infielder has reached safely in eight of nine September games, leading to a .300 average for the month.

Donaldson is not in the lineup against the Tigers on Saturday, Jordan Bastian of MLB.com reports.

Donaldson will head to the bench following his second start with Cleveland on Friday, during which he went 2-for-4 with a solo home run. In his place, Yandy Diaz will pick up a start at third base and bat seventh. Look for Donaldson to return to the lineup Sunday.

Moncada went 3-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored in Friday's 8-6 win over the Orioles.

Moncada had been dealing with a sore hip leading up to Friday's game, but apparently Thursday's off day was the right remedy. This was his fourth multi-hit game in the last 13, a stretch in which he's hitting .313 (15-for-48) with a 22.6 strikeout percentage. For the league leader in strikeouts (196), that strikeout rate is a great improvement on his season-long 33.1 K%.

Davis entered Friday's game after George Springer left with a shoulder injury and grounded out in his lone plate appearance.

Davis played left field while Marwin Gonzalez slid from left to center. We would normally see Tony Kemp ahead of Davis, but he had been used as a pinch hitter earlier. If Springer sits out Saturday's game, expect Kemp, not Davis, to be in the starting lineup.

Donaldson went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 5-4 loss to the Tigers.

Donaldson went deep in the sixth inning to tie the ballgame 2-2, but the Tigers would pull ahead in the seventh and bring home the victory. Since being traded from the Blue Jays to the Indians on Aug. 31, the 32-year-old has gone 2-for-9 with two strikeouts and a home run. He figures to see scheduled days off down the stretch of the regular season in order to get him back into game shape.

Candelario went 2-for-5 with a home run, a double and two RBI in Friday's win over the Indians.

Candelario got the game started on a good note for the Tigers, as he took Cleveland starter Josh Tomlin deep to lead off the top of the first inning. The 24-year-old also doubled home the go-ahead run in the seventh. Candelario is still batting just .228 this season, but his 19 home runs in 495 at-bats are encouraging, and he could be primed for another step forward in his development in 2019.

Segura (illness) will play shortstop and bat second Friday against the Angels, Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times reports.

Segura had been battling an illness, but he'll make an appearance in the starting nine after missing three straight games. He's off to a 6-for-32 start through eight games in September.

Moncada (hip) will lead off and start at second base against the Orioles on Friday.

Moncada was out of Wednesday's lineup as he dealt with a sore hip, but appears good to go following Thursday's scheduled off day. The 23-year-old is slashing .243/.300/.270 with 10 strikeouts in 37 at-bats since the start of September.

Duffy (back) is back in the lineup Friday against the Athletics, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Duffy missed three straight starts with back tightness, though he did make an appearance as a pinch hitter Tuesday. He'll bat second and play third base Friday.

Devers entered Thursday's game for an injured Eduardo Nunez (knee) and went 1-for-2 with a solo home run in a 4-3 win over the Blue Jays.

Devers was held out of the starting lineup for the third time in the last four games, but should be in the lineup for Friday's series opener against the Mets while Nunez is day-to-day heading into the weekend. The homer was Devers' 17th of the season, but just the third since July 1. It's been a learning season for the third baseman, who has run into a sophomore slump after a promising rookie campaign. A couple of injuries derailed him over the past month, but even before that, he battled inconsistency at the plate and leads all third basemen with 22 errors, with advanced defensive metrics to match (-3.8 UZR, -11 DRS). "He missed not a few steps, a lot of steps, as far as like player development," manager Alex Cora told Stephen Hewitt of the Boston Herald while noting Xander Bogaerts and Andrew Benintendi went through similar introductions to the majors. "They've been through situations like that. Get called up early in their careers, and all of a sudden they're not playing, or there's struggles. He has a few mentors down there. The good thing is about him, he listens. He listens to them."