MLB Player News
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Junior Caminero 3B | TB
Rays' Junior Caminero: Homers in second straight
Caminero went 3-for-5 with a solo homer, two RBI and three runs scored in Saturday's extra-inning win over the Dodgers.
Caminero put the Rays on the board with an RBI single in the first inning before coming around to score himself following a double from Christopher Morel. The shortstop would add two more hits on the night, including a solo homer in the top of the ninth to tie the game and send it into extra innings, giving him the first three-hit performance of his major-league career. Caminero has also homered in back-to-back games and is now slashing .308/286/.487 with three extra-base hits, four RBI and five runs scored since being called up in the middle of August.
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Jazz Chisholm 2B | NYY
Yankees' Jazz Chisholm: Notches two hits Saturday
Chisholm went 2-for-4 with an RBI double in a 9-2 defeat against Colorado on Saturday.
In his second game back from the injured list, Chisholm collected New York's lone multi-hit effort. His double in the third inning knocked in the first of the team's two runs. Chisholm went 0-for-3 with a walk in his return from the IL on Friday and seems to have no lingering effects from the elbow injury that sidelined him.
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Jose Ramirez 3B | CLE
Guardians' Jose Ramirez: Lifts 33rd homer
Ramirez went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 13-5 win over the Rangers.
Ramirez snapped his longest power drought of August, a six-game stretch in which he collected just one hit. This was his first multi-hit effort since Aug. 12. The third baseman is batting .263 (21-for-80) with six homers, 15 RBI and 10 stolen bases over 22 contests this month. For the year, he's maintained a .273/.333/.532 slash line with 33 homers, 102 RBI, 94 runs scored, 30 steals, 27 doubles and a triple through 126 games.
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Connor Norby 2B | MIA
Marlins' Connor Norby: Hits first homer with Marlins
Norby went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and two strikeouts in Saturday's 14-2 loss to the Cubs.
Norby took Shota Imanaga deep to center field for his third long ball this season and first as a member of the Marlins. Norby has started the Marlins' last five games and picked up a hit in each game, with four going for extra bases. The rookie was acquired from the Orioles, and with Xavier Edwards nursing a back injury, Norby could be seeing plenty of time down the stretch.
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Tyler Wade SS | TEX
Padres' Tyler Wade: Sitting third straight
Wade is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Mets.
Wade got the first crack at shortstop duties following Ha-Seong Kim's (shoulder) injury but didn't capitalize on the opportunity, going 0-for-11 at the dish. He'll yield to Mason McCoy for a third consecutive contest Saturday and it appears as though Wade has been usurped by McCoy as the Padres' temporary starting shortstop.
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Noelvi Marte 3B | CIN
Reds' Noelvi Marte: Absent from lineup
Marte is not in the starting lineup for Saturday's game against Pittsburgh.
For the month of August, Marte is slashing .230/.242/.377 with seven runs scored, two home runs, five RBI and a 32.3 percent strikeout rate over 62 plate appearances. Santiago Espinal is starting at third base and batting eighth.