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Max Muncy 3B | LAD
Dodgers' Max Muncy: Dealing with quad tightness
Muncy exited Friday's win over the Rockies due to a tight quad, Bill Plunkett of The Orange County Register reports.
Muncy felt tightness in his quad while breaking out of the batter's box on his two-run double in the seventh inning. Though Muncy temporarily remained in the contest to run the bases, Jedd Gyorko came in to replace him at third base at the start of the eighth. Manager Dave Roberts indicated that Muncy will be reevaluated Saturday, at which point his availability for the evening game against Colorado will be determined.
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Yoan Moncada 3B | LAA
White Sox's Yoan Moncada: Homers in win
Moncada went 2-for-3 with a walk, a two-run homer and a second run scored in Friday's 10-1 win over the Tigers.
Moncada continues to terrorize AL pitching this month, raising his batting average 26 points following a stretch during which he's batted .477 (31-for-65) over his last 15 games. He ranks fourth in the AL with a .314 average, 79 points better than where he finished in 2018.
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Nolan Arenado 3B | ARI
Rockies' Nolan Arenado: Smacks 41st homer
Arenado went 2-for-3 with a solo home run in Friday's loss at Dodger Stadium.
Arenado cracked open the scoring with a 399-foot solo homer off Clayton Kershaw in the first inning. It was his fourth career long ball off Kershaw and his team-leading 41st of the season. He also leads the Rockies in hits (179), RBI (118) and on-base percentage (.379).
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Jean Segura 3B | CLE
Phillies' Jean Segura: Scratched from starting nine
Segura was scratched from Friday's starting lineup against the Indians due to an ankle injury, Jim Salisbury of NBC Sports Philadelphia reports.
Segura was initially listed in the starting lineup, but after going through batting practice, he's been scratched. Scott Kingery will move over to shortstop and Maikel Franco is set to man third.
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Ryan McMahon 3B | NYY
Rockies' Ryan McMahon: Not starting Friday
McMahon is not in the lineup for Friday's game against the Dodgers.
McMahon has struggled this month outside of a two-homer game Sunday, so manager Bud Black decided to hold him out Friday night. With McMahon out, Pat Valaika will cover second base, and Daniel Murphy will get the start at first.
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Jean Segura 3B | CLE
Phillies' Jean Segura: In Friday's lineup
Segura (hamstring) is in the lineup for Friday's game against the Indians.
Segura left Thursday's game with a hamstring camp and was sent for more tests, but those apparently did not reveal anything more serious. He will assume his regular spot at shortstop Friday night.
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Kevin Newman 3B | LAA
Pirates' Kevin Newman: Strong finish continues
Newman went 2-for-6 with an RBI single in Thursday's loss to Seattle.
He's slashing .379/.429/.563 in his last 112 plate appearances since Aug. 21, lifting his overall batting average to .317 -- good for sixth in the NL, right next to teammate Bryan Reynolds. Newman is showing few signs of slowing down after his disappointing late-season debut (.209/.247/.231) in 2018. He continues to thrive hitting exclusively out of the leadoff spot and has three hits in five career at-bats against Friday's starter Chase Anderson.
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DJ LeMahieu 2B | NYY
Yankees' DJ LeMahieu: Clubs 25th home run
LeMahieu went 1-for-4 with a three-run homer in Thursday's victory over the Angels.
LeMahieu kicked off the scoring for the Yankees with a three-run shot to right field in the second inning. The blast was his 25th of the season -- 10 more than the career high he set last year while playing half his games in the high altitude of Colorado. LeMahieu has exceeded all expectations in his first year as a Yankee, complementing the power numbers with a .329/.377/.518 slash line, 97 RBI and 106 runs scored.
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Austin Riley 3B | ATL
Braves' Austin Riley: Takes advantage of rare start
Riley went 1-for-4 with a solo home run Thursday against the Phillies.
Riley took Aaron Nola deep in the sixth to record his 18th home run of the season. It was his first long ball since he returned from the injured list Sept. 6 and only his fourth hit in 19 at-bats. To make matters worse, Thursday's start marked just his second in the team's last seven games.
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Jose Ramirez 3B | CLE
Indians' Jose Ramirez: Ramping up activity
Ramirez (hand) is ramping up activity in an effort to return before the end of the regular season, Ryan Lewis of the Akron Beacon Journal reports.
He took batting practice from both sides of the plate Thursday and has been taking infield practice this week. The original timeline was an early-October return, but it sounds like Ramirez is doing everything in his power to beat that estimate.