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McCann went 3-for-4 with a run scored in Tuesday's regularly scheduled game against the Royals.

The White Sox and Royals played a modified doubleheader Tuesday, finishing off Monday's suspended game in the afternoon before playing the regularly scheduled tilt at night. McCann had himself quite a couple of days, going 6-for-8 with a double and three runs scored to raise his average to .350, well above his career mark of .248. He's likely to sit out Wednesday's series finale.

Smith went 2-for-4 with a double and a run in the Dodgers' 7-3 defeat to the Mets on Tuesday.

Making his MLB debut, Smith made a positive first impression, slapping a single in his first career at-bat before cranking a two-bagger later in the game. The 24-year-old is a talented hitter and was lighting up Triple-A Oklahoma City before he was called up, so hopefully it continues to translate and he can make a case to manager Dave Roberts that he deserves regular at-bats while Austin Barnes (groin) is on the injured list.

Grandal went 2-for-4 with a triple and a solo home run in Tuesday's 5-3 loss to the Twins.

The catcher now has 11 homers on the year, with three of them coming in the last six games. Grandal's .268/.373/.512 slash line through 50 games has the 30-year-old on pace for career highs in all three categories over the course of a full season.

Sanchez went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a 5-4 loss to the Padres on Tuesday.

The homer by Sanchez to dead center field cut the Padre lead to 4-1 for the only run against Eric Lauer. The round-tripper was his fifth in nine games, and his 17th homer out of 37 total hits. He also has 33 RBI and a .264/.335/.657 slash line in 140 at-bats.

McCann went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Royals in the completion of Monday's suspended game.

McCann scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning. After a quick break, McCann was back at it in the regularly scheduled game Tuesday night. Prior to Monday's action, the 28-year-old backstop told Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times that he's ready for an added workload with Welington Castillo (concussion) on the injured list.

Maldonado is out of the lineup for Tuesday night's game against the White Sox.

Maldonado played the final four-plus innings of Monday's suspended game earlier Tuesday, so it's no major surprise to see him on the bench for the regularly scheduled contest. Cam Gallagher will start behind the dish and bat eighth in his absence.

Gomes isn't in the starting lineup for Tuesday's game against the Braves.

Gomes has reached base safely in each of his last six games, but he's in line for an off day. Kurt Suzuki draws the start behind the dish and is set to bat sixth.

Leon went 1-for-3 with a three-run home run in Monday's 12-5 win over the Indians.

Leon put a cap on Boston's six-run fifth inning that broke open a knotted game. It was his second homer in 2019, both three-run jobs. Leon is batting just .174, but his skills behind the plate will keep him in the lineup three times a week. Boston's pitchers have a 3.44 ERA when pitching to Leon.

Sanchez went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a 5-2 victory against the Padres on Monday.

This was a typical performance for Sanchez, who is batting .265 but owns a .647 slugging percentage this season. He has 36 hits this year -- 19 of them have gone for extra bases, including 16 home runs. He also has 32 RBI and 22 runs in 136 at-bats.

D'Arnaud went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three runs scored in Monday's 8-3 win over the Blue Jays.

The catcher had gone just 3-for-29 (.103 batting average) since joining the Rays earlier in May, but d'Arnaud doubled that hit total in one fell swoop. He's still looking for his first RBI with Tampa, and time could be running out for him to get it with Mike Zunino (quad) and Michael Perez (oblique) both close to beginning rehab assignments.