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  • Athletics' Shea Langeliers: Sitting Thursday

    Langeliers isn't in the Athletics' lineup for Thursday's game against the Angels.

    Langeliers will get a breather after he went 1-for-4 and stole a base during Wednesday's win. Kyle McCann will start behind the plate instead and bat fifth.

  • David Fry DH | CLE

    Guardians' David Fry: Heading to bench Thursday

    Fry is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the White Sox.

    Fry has a .606 OPS over his past 12 games and will take a seat for Thursday's contest. Jose Ramirez will rest his legs as the designated hitter while Gabriel Arias receives a start at the hot corner.

  • Jonah Heim C | TEX

    Rangers' Jonah Heim: Out of Texas lineup

    Heim is not in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Padres.

    It's an afternoon game Thursday after Heim had caught each of the first two games of the series, so he will begin this one on the bench. Andrew Knizner will be behind the dish for the Rangers.

  • Cal Raleigh C | SEA

    Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Belts homer in loss

    Raleigh went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a loss to the Orioles on Wednesday.

    The Mariners' offense remained mired in a funk Wednesday, but Raleigh prevented a shutout defeat with a sixth-inning, 423-foot shot to center for the final run of the night for either team. The slugging backstop has now left the yard in three of his last eight games, putting him halfway to the career-best total of 30 homers he established last season.

  • Athletics' Shea Langeliers: Swipes fourth base in win

    Langeliers went 1-for-4 with a stolen base and a run in a win over the Angels on Wednesday.

    The power-hitting backstop showed off the wheels following his sixth-inning single, working his way into scoring position with a steal of second and subsequently racing home on Brett Harris' knock for the Athletics' fifth and final run of the night. Langeliers, who now has a career-high four stolen bases, has hit safely in three of his last four games, and while he maintains a forgettable .204 average and .256 OBP, he's sporting a solid .427 slugging percentage thanks to having laced 25 of his 52 hits for extra bases.

  • Twins' Christian Vazquez: Homers Wednesday

    Vazquez went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 9-2 loss to the Tigers.

    The veteran catcher got the Twins on the board in the third with a long blast to left-center field off Keider Montero for this third home run of the season. Wednesday was Vazquez's first game with an RBI since June 12 and his third game with multiple hits since that date. He's struggled mightily as a whole on the year, slashing .189/.214/.277 with 12 RBI, 11 runs and a 5:37 BB:K in 171 plate appearances.

  • Brian Serven C | TOR

    Blue Jays' Brian Serven: Optioned to Triple-A

    The Blue Jays optioned Serven to Triple-A Buffalo on Thursday, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports.

    The 29-year-old is no longer needed on the MLB roster since Danny Jansen is back from paternity leave. Serven went 1-for-3 at the plate during his brief stint with the big club.

  • Danny Jansen C | BOS

    Blue Jays' Danny Jansen: Activated from paternity leave

    The Blue Jays activated Jansen from the paternity list Thursday, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports.

    Jansen missed the first three games of the series while tending to more important matters. He's back in the lineup for Thursday's finale, batting second and occupying the designated hitter spot.

  • Connor Wong C | BOS

    Red Sox's Connor Wong: Exits starting nine

    Wong is not in the lineup for Thursday's game in Miami.

    Wong extended his hit streak to 17 games in Wednesday's win over the Marlins, but he'll take a seat for Thursday's matinee. Reese McGuire will be behind the plate for Nick Pivetta.

  • Connor Wong C | BOS

    Red Sox's Connor Wong: Hit streak at 17 games

    Wong went 2-for-5 with a stolen base in Wednesday's 7-2 win over the Marlins.

    The backstop continued his breakout campaign, hitting safely in his 17th straight game while swiping his fourth bag of the year. Wong is slashing .333/.405/.470 during his hit streak, the longest by a Boston catcher since Victor Martinez put together a 25-game streak in 2009. The only other catcher in Red Sox history with a hitting streak of 17 games or longer is Hall of Famer Carlton Fisk, who reached that number twice between the 1975 and 1976 seasons.

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