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Ruiz went 3-for-5 with a solo home run and an additional RBI in Thursday's 4-1 extra-inning win against the Astros.

Offense wasn't exactly abundant in the contest -- neither team scored until the ninth frame -- but Ruiz still finished with a big night at the plate. He accounted for the game's first run with a solo blast off Ryan Pressly in the top of the ninth, and after Houston countered with a run in the bottom of the frame, the backstop capped a three-run 10th for Washington with an RBI single. Ruiz finished with his fifth three-hit performance of the campaign, and the long ball gave him eight homers, establishing a single-season career high.

Rutschman went 3-for-5 with a solo homer in Thursday's win over Toronto.

After going down on strikes in his first at-bat, Rutschman went on to reach base in each of his next three trips to the plate. His leadoff home run in the bottom of the fifth tied the game at 2-2, while his two-out single in the sixth advanced Austin Hays to second base before the latter eventually came around to score the leading run. The home run was Rutschman's first since May 26, and he's now 6-for-14 at the plate over his last three games.

Jansen went 3-for-4 with two solo home runs in Thursday's loss to the Orioles.

Jansen provided Toronto's only offense Thursday, launching solo homers off Tyler Wells in the third and fifth innings while collecting three hits in total on the afternoon. The catcher had seen his average dip below .200 coming into Thursday's matchup after being held hitless in each of his previous three games. He's now up to eight long balls on the season and brought his average up to .214 with the three-hit performance.

Thaiss isn't in the Angels' lineup Thursday against the Rangers, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports.

After going 4-for-7 with three RBI and a run scored across his last three games, Thaiss will get a breather Thursday. Chad Wallach will take over behind the plate and bat seventh.

Colorado optioned Serven to Triple-A Albuquerque on Thursday.

Jorge Alfaro has been brought up by the Rockies in a corresponding roster move to help at catcher and mix in at DH. Serven, 28, is batting just .130 with a .304 OPS in 23 plate appearances this year at the major-league level.

Sanchez is not in the lineup Thursday against the Guardians.

Austin Nola is catching and Nelson Cruz is serving as the Padres' designated hitter versus the Guardians and left-hander Logan Allen. Sanchez will grab some rest after delivering a .936 OPS with six home runs and 15 RBI across his first 14 games with San Diego.

Garver isn't starting Thursday against the Angels.

After a hot start since returning from a knee injury, Garver has cooled down considerably, slashing just .214/.214/.357 across his last four games. Robbie Grossman will instead serve as the Rangers' designated hitter Thursday while batting seventh.

Haase is absent from the lineup for Thursday's game against the Twins.

Tigers manager A.J. Hinch has been siding with Jake Rogers at catcher lately, as Haase has started just two of the last seven games (one of which came in a doubleheader). Haase homered Wednesday but is just 4-for-36 over his last 40 plate appearances.

Realmuto is out of the lineup Thursday against the Diamondbacks, Matt Gelb of The Athletic reports.

It's a planned day off for Realmuto, who went 7-for-12 with two home runs, two doubles and two triples over the first three games of the four-game series at Arizona. Garrett Stubbs will start behind the plate in Thursday's matinee.

Langeliers is absent from the lineup for Thursday's game versus the Rays.

It's a day game after a night game, which is a prime spot to get your starting catcher some rest. Carlos Perez will be behind the plate.