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Manny Machado 3B | SD
Padres' Manny Machado: Big day Sunday
Machado went 2-for-5 with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored in Sunday's 13-6 win over the Rockies.
Machado got in on the Padres' rout of the Rockies early with a base hit and run scored in the first inning and later hit a two-run home run to put San Diego up 10-5. The home run was his 31st of the season and seventh in the month of September. With his two hits Sunday, Machado has reached base safely in 10 straight games, during which he is batting .355 with three home runs, 10 RBI and nine runs scored.
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Ryan McMahon 3B | NYY
Rockies' Ryan McMahon: Homers in second straight contest
McMahon went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Sunday's 13-6 loss to San Diego.
McMahon out-dueled Mike Clevinger in the third inning, as he took the ninth pitch of the at-bat 439 feet to center field for his 19th homer of the season. After going homerless in seven games, McMahon has homered in two straight games for the first time this season. He is slashing .246/.329/.415 through 145 contests.
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Patrick Wisdom 3B | SEA
Cubs' Patrick Wisdom: Homers, steals base in win
Wisdom went 1-for-4 with a three-run homer, two runs scored, a hit-by-pitch and a stolen base in an 8-3 victory Sunday in Pittsburgh.
Wisdom got the scoring started Sunday with a three-run, two-out homer in the fifth. In the seventh, he was hit by a pitch, stole a base and scored. He's now 8-for-12 in stolen base attempts on the season and has been successful in six of his last seven attempts. While he is just 4-for-32 at the plate in September, three of his hits have left the park. He's also homered in three of his last five games.
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Rafael Devers 1B | SF
Red Sox's Rafael Devers: Not starting Sunday
Devers is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Yankees.
Devers will step out of the lineup for the first time since Sept. 7, and he had an .815 OPS with two home runs and 11 RBI during that 13-game stretch. Bobby Dalbec will step in at the hot corner and bat seventh in Sunday's series finale.
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Josh Donaldson 3B | MIL
Yankees' Josh Donaldson: Takes seat Sunday
Donaldson is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Red Sox.
Donaldson started the past 12 games and will head to the bench after he posted an .864 OPS with three home runs during that span. Marwin Gonzalez will take over at the hot corner in Sunday's series finale.
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Nolan Arenado 3B | ARI
Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Reaches milestone marks
Arenado went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run and a walk in Saturday's 6-2 loss to the Dodgers.
Arenado's homer was his 30th of the year, and it also accounted for his 100th RBI. He's reached those milestone marks in seven straight full seasons, missing them only in the shortened 2020 campaign. The third baseman has supplemented his usual hearty power numbers with a career-high five stolen bases, 41 doubles (two shy of his best mark), a triple, 71 runs scored and a .295/.359/.542 slash line through 142 contests this year. Arenado has tailed off a bit in September, slashing .221/.294/.364 across his last 21 games.
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Jace Peterson SS | ARI
Brewers' Jace Peterson: Sitting against lefty
Peterson is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Reds.
Peterson is on the bench Sunday for a third consecutive game amid a 1-for-17 slump. Mike Brosseau will receive the start at the hot corner with lefty Nick Lodolo on the mound for Cincinnati.
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Matt Duffy 3B | TEX
Angels' Matt Duffy: Riding pine Sunday
Duffy is not in Sunday's lineup against the Twins.
Duffy is hitting .267 with one home run and four RBI over his last 10 games. Michael Stefanic is starting at second base, pushing Luis Rengifo to third base.
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Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B | CIN
Pirates' Ke'Bryan Hayes: Back in action Sunday
Hayes (back) is starting at third base and batting fifth Sunday against the Cubs, Kevin Gorman of TribLive.com reports.
Hayes was held out Saturday for the third straight game due to lower-back discomfort, but he'll retake the field for Sunday's series finale. The 25-year-old has a .241/.311/.352 slash line with one home run, four RBI, eight runs and three stolen bases through 15 games in September.
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Ramon Urias 3B | STL
Orioles' Ramon Urias: Day-to-day with neck spasms
Urias is day-to-day with back/neck spasms, Andy Kostka of The Baltimore Sun reports.
Manager Brandon Hyde said Sunday that Urias would miss a day or two, so it sounds like he should return either Monday or Tuesday in Boston. Rougned Odor is starting in his place Sunday.