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Devers went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Monday's 5-4 loss to the Mariners.

Devers was the second of back-to-back jacks in the eighth inning, but that's where Boston's rally ended. The blast was the 34th home run of the season for Devers and gives him 103 RBI, tied for third in MLB.

Bregman went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run in the win over the Rangers on Monday.

The 27-year-old took reliever A.J. Alexy deep in the sixth inning, driving in teammate Jose Altuve. The homer marked number 10 for him on the season. He has now secured at least one hit in 14 of 16 games since returning from the 10-day injured list Aug. 25. The third baseman has batted .386 with three home runs and 13 RBI over that stretch.

Longoria went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI in Monday's 9-1 win over the Padres.

Longoria launched a three-run blast off Yu Darvish as part of San Francisco's five-run first inning. He later added an RBI single in the eighth. It was his 12th home run of the year and second over his last three appearances. Longoria has gone 6-for-17 (.353) with 13 RBI over the last six games, improving his season OPS to .931.

Henderson was promoted to Double-A Bowie on Monday, Nathan Ruiz of The Baltimore Sun reports.

Henderson joined High-A Aberdeen in mid-June and appeared in 65 games following his promotion. During that time, he slashed .230/.343/.432 with nine home runs, 35 RBI, 34 runs and 11 stolen bases. The 20-year-old has recorded extra-base hits in each of his last four games and will face off against a higher level of competition to close out the 2021 campaign.

Davis remains out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Cardinals, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports.

With only two starts since the beginning of September, Davis is clearly behind Jonathan Villar in the pecking order at third base. Even if the Mets were to lose another everyday player to an injury, Davis won't necessarily be the next man up to crack the regular lineup. Dominic Smith has also faded into a reserve role this month, with Jeff McNeil taking over as the Mets' primary option in left field.

Sosa (wrist) will start at shortstop and bat seventh Monday against the Mets.

Sosa checks back into the lineup after he was on the bench for the past four games with a sore left wrist. Before the injury surfaced, Sosa had supplanted Paul DeJong as the Cardinals' top shortstop. Dating back to Aug. 14, Sosa is slashing .371/.446/.565 with 12 runs and 12 RBI.

Sosa (wrist) entered Sunday's win over the Reds as a defensive replacement at shortstop and subsequently went 0-for-2.

Sosa's blanking at the plate pales in relevance to the fact the ailing infielder managed to take swings in game action again after missing the previous four contests with wrist pain. Assuming he has no residual effects from Sunday's activity, Sosa, who'd opened September hitting .364 (8-for-22) over his first seven games of the month, could be back in the starting lineup Monday against the Mets.

Farmer returned from the paternity list Monday.

Farmer had been away from the team since Friday. He'll likely return to his role as the Reds' primary shortstop going forward, though it wasn't Jose Barrero who was optioned in his place, so he could potentially have competition. Instead, Brad Brach was designated for assignment.

Urshela is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Twins, but manager Aaron Boone said he expects the 29-year-old to serve as the Yankees' primary shortstop for the remainder of the season, Lindsey Adler of The Athletic reports.

After recently shaking off a hand injury and proceeding to go 2-for-14 in four straight starts upon rejoining the lineup, Urshela is just getting some maintenance Monday in a day game after a night game. His absence from the starting nine is probably of lesser significance than the fact that he's poised to shift over from third base to shortstop, as the Yankees look for a defensive upgrade in light of Gleyber Torres' struggles in the field of late. Torres will move down a spot in the defensive spectrum to second base, while the primary option at the keystone, DJ LeMahieu, kicks over to Urshela's old post at third base. After Monday, the Yankees will have 18 games remaining on their regular-season schedule, and since he's already made eight starts at shortstop in 2021, Urshela should have a decent chance at carrying eligibility at the position in 2022 in certain leagues if he plays nearly every day the rest of the way.

Arenado went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in Sunday's win over the Reds.

The star third baseman carried the Cardinals to victory by putting the lone two runs of the game on the board thanks to his 31st homer of the season -- a two-run shot off Sonny Gray in the bottom of the first. Arenado has homered in back-to-back games and is hitting .250 with five homers, 12 RBI, nine runs scored and a .937 OPS across 11 games (41 plate appearances) this month.