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Suarez is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Phillies.

Suarez will take a seat after he went a collective 3-for-25 with a home run and three walks while starting each of the past seven games, resulting in his season-long batting average plummeting to .173. He benefited largely from the Reds encountering a heavy stretch of left-handed pitching, but the struggling Suarez doesn't look as though he'll receive regular opportunities versus right-handed pitching following Mike Moustakas' recent return from the 60-day injured list.

Devers went 2-for-3 with a walk, a home run and four RBI in Saturday's 16-2 rout of the Orioles.

He set the tone early with a three-run shot off Jorge Lopez in the first inning, part of a five-homer, 17-hit rampage by the Boston offense in support of Chris Sale during the southpaw's first big-league start in almost exactly two years. Devers had gone yard only once in his last 15 games, but on the season he's up to 29 homers and 89 RBI through 113 games, putting him within striking distance of career highs in both categories.

Arenado went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, two-run double and a walk in Saturday's 9-4 win over the Royals.

After homering off Brad Keller on Aug. 7, Arenado went deep again off the Royals' starter Saturday. He then smacked a ground-rule double off Greg Holland in the ninth to cash two of his four RBI on the night. The Cardinals' third baseman has had a tough go of it in August, but in five games against Kansas City, he is hitting .316 with three home runs.

Newman went 4-for-4 with four doubles, four runs scored and two RBI in a 14-4 win over the Brewers during the first game of Saturday's doubleheader.

Getting the start at shortstop and batting eighth, Newman tied the major-league record with four two-baggers in a game. The 28-year-old has been flashing some extra-base power in August, batting .333 (11-for-33) through 11 games with seven doubles, but on the season he's still hitting just .226.

Chapman went 2-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs in Saturday's 8-3 win over Texas.

Chapman, who hadn't homered since July 30, took Jordan Lyles deep twice in this one, first giving Oakland a 2-1 lead in the second inning, and then making it a 5-3 game in the seventh. The homers were Nos. 15 and 16 of the season for Chapman, who has had a tough year offensively, slashing just .218/.316/.382 in 472 plate appearances. He's 7-for-22 (.318) with 9:7 BB:K over the last week, however, so perhaps he's finally starting to find his way out of it.

Longoria (shoulder) was activated off the 60-day injured list Saturday.

Longoria had an excellent start to his age-35 season, hitting .280/.376/.516 through his first 50 games. He then sprained his left shoulder in early June and wound up missing over two months. The Giants will hope he can recapture his early season form for the stretch run, beginning Saturday against the Rockies, when he'll bat fifth and play third base. Thairo Estrada was optioned in a corresponding move.

Escobar is not starting Game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Pirates.

Escobar went hitless with a pair of strikeouts in the afternoon loss, ending his streak of four consecutive multi-hit games. Luis Urias is starting at third base and batting sixth in the nightcap.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone stated that Urshela (hamstring) won't be able to return during the team's current road trip that runs through Sunday, per MLB.com.

Urshela recently received a PRP shot to speed healing, but he isn't ready to rejoin the active roster. It's unclear how much longer the infielder is expected to be out, though a return by the end of next week isn't out of the question.

Urias (upper leg) remains on the bench for Saturday's game in Boston, Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com reports.

Urias has sat for five of the Orioles' last seven games due to soreness in his right leg. Jorge Mateo and Richie Martin will again start as the middle infielders in his absence.

Moustakas is not in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Phillies, Bobby Nightengale of The Cincinnati Enquirer reports.

The infielder has started almost exclusively against right-handed pitching since returning from the injured list, and that trend continues Saturday with southpaw Matt Moore on the hill for Philadelphia. Eugenio Suarez is playing third base and batting sixth.