MLB Player News
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Jose Tena SS | WAS
Nationals' Jose Tena: Swipes bag, tallies RBI in loss
Tena went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base in Thursday's loss to the Cubs.
Tena drove home James Wood with a two-out single in the top of the third before going on to steal his sixth base of the campaign. The shortstop would then add a leadoff single in the sixth to give him his sixth multi-hit performance this month. Tena has hit safely in 11 of his last 14 games, batting .309 (17-for-55) over that stretch with one homer, five RBI, five runs and five stolen bases.
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Max Muncy 3B | LAD
Dodgers' Max Muncy: Scores four times in rout
Muncy went 2-for-3 with two walks, an RBI and four runs in Thursday's 20-4 rout of Miami.
Muncy reached five times in the contest on two singles, two walks and a hit-by-pitch. He came around to score in four of those instances, marking the most times he has crossed the plate in a single game this season. Muncy has reached base safely in 13 of his past 21 plate appearances and is batting .467 (7-for-15) with two doubles, a homer, seven runs, seven RBI and four walks over five games during that stretch.
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Jazz Chisholm CF | NYY
Yankees' Jazz Chisholm: Homers, swipes bag
Chisholm went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run and a stolen base Thursday against the Mariners.
Chisholm's third-inning blast brought the Yankees to within one but served as the final runs either team would score on the afternoon. Chisholm later reached when striking out on a wild pitch and followed by swiping his 37th bag of the season. Chisholm has excelled this season splitting time between the Yankees and Marlins, establishing new career highs in games played (140), plate appearances (592), homers (23), RBI (68), runs (72), stolen bases (37) and batting average (.258).
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Nolan Arenado 3B | STL
Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Perfect at plate Wednesday
Arenado went 3-for-3 with a double, two walks, one RBI and two runs scored in Wednesday's 10-5 win over the Pirates.
This was Arenado's third multi-hit effort in his last nine games, a span in which he's hitting .323 (10-for-31) with five walks, though just two of his hits over that stretch have gone for extra bases. The third baseman has put together a strong second half to maintain a .269/.323/.396 slash line for the season while adding 16 home runs, 69 RBI, 67 runs scored, 22 doubles and two stolen bases over 145 games.
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Josh Jung 3B | TEX
Rangers' Josh Jung: Receiving Thursday off
Jung is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Blue Jays.
Jung will get a breather for Thursday's day game after he went 1-for-7 with a walk and a run while starting the first two contests of the series with Toronto. Ezequiel Duran will step in for Jung at third base.
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Yoan Moncada 3B | CHW
White Sox's Yoan Moncada: First appearance since activiation
Moncada went 0-for-1 in Thursday's loss to the Angels.
Moncada appeared in his first game since being activated from the injured list. He entered the contest as a pinch-runner in the 12th inning and struck out in his only plate appearance. Moncada does not appear to have a regular role in the White Sox's lineup to the close the season, as he has yet to start in three opportunities since his activation.
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Billy Cook 3B | PIT
Pirates' Billy Cook: Slugs first homer in loss
Cook went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer in Wednesday's loss to the Cardinals.
After going down on strikes in each of his first two at-bats, Cook launched a two-out, three-run homer in the top of the sixth to put Pittsburgh on top 5-4. He would later add a leadoff single in the ninth to give him his second multi-hit performance of the campaign. The long ball was also the first of Cook's big-league career, and he now has five RBI through his first eight games, though he's batting just .208 (5-for-24) over that stretch.
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Enrique Hernandez 3B | LAD
Dodgers' Enrique Hernandez: Crushes three-run homer
Hernandez went 1-for-3 with a three-run home run in an 8-4 victory over the Marlins on Wednesday.
Hernandez capped a big fourth inning for the Dodgers with a 430-foot, three-run blast. The long ball was his first over his past 16 contests, and the trio of RBI were his first runs batted in over that span. Hernandez has been working in a platoon with Gavin Lux at second base -- the former has started four of Los Angeles' past five games against southpaw starters while Lux has been getting all of the starts against right-handers.
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Alec Bohm 3B | PHI
Phillies' Alec Bohm: Knocks homer in loss
Bohm went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Wednesday's 2-1 loss to the Brewers.
Bohm had the Phillies' lone run with a solo shot in the second inning off Freddy Peralta. Bohm has gone 2-for-11 with two strikeouts over three games since he returned from a hand injury that cost him a couple of weeks. The third baseman is up to 14 homers, 90 RBI, 60 runs scored, five stolen bases, 44 doubles and a .288/.341/.461 slash line through 134 contests this season.