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Ohtani went 3-for-5 with a home run, a double, five RBI and a stolen base in Saturday's win over the White Sox.

Ohtani got the Angels on the board with a two-run double in the first inning and drove in three more with a homer to left field in the third. The five runs batted in established a career high and the long ball was his first since Aug. 18. The 25-year-old has experienced a dip in power this season but has remained productive at the plate, slashing .293/.349/.512 with 17 homers and 60 RBI in 409 plate appearances.

Soler went 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs and two walks during a 7-2 victory over the Marlins on Saturday.

The outfielder capped off the Royals comeback with a solo homer in the ninth inning to provide additional insurance. Soler's power has been incredible this season, as he has more homers this year than he did in his previous five MLB seasons combined. He is batting .253, but behind 41 home runs he possesses a .291 ISO. Soler also has 102 RBI, 80 runs and two steals in 517 at-bats.

Martinez went 1-for-4 with a solo home run during Saturday's 5-1 loss to the Yankees.

Martinez hit his 35th homer of the season to avert a shutout with a ninth-inning 397-foot shot off Aroldis Chapman. The 32-year-old now has 12 home runs since the beginning of August and has improved his slash line to .310/.387/.581 in 516 at-bats for the season.

Choi is not starting Saturday against the Blue Jays, Juan Toribio of MLB.com reports.

Choi will hit the bench against southpaw Anthony Kay with Jesus Aguilar getting the start at first base.

Canha, who went 0-for-3 with two walks in an extra-innings loss to the Tigers on Friday, started in right field and will primarily be stationed there for the foreseeable future due to the return of Ramon Laureano (lower leg), Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

The versatile Canha has made himself an everyday fixture in large part due to his bat, which has produced a career-best .269/.393/.526 line (415 plate appearances). However, the equally impressive Laureano's return to action Friday moves Canha over into the corner outfield for the moment, although an eventual return by Stephen Piscotty (ankle) would presumably lead to some form of platoon between him and Canha over the last couple weeks of the regular season.

Cabrera went 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scored in Friday's 5-4 win over the Athletics.

Cabrera extended his hitting streak to six games in the process, and in that stretch, he's batting .455 with four multi-hit efforts. The 36-year-old's power has waned, as he only has 10 home runs and a .399 slugging percentage this season, though he's still batting a solid .287.

Vogelbach went 1-for-3 with a walk and a solo home run in Friday's 7-4 loss to the Astros.

The 26-year-old has reached 30 homers on the season, but his overall numbers have been in free fall. Since the beginning of August, Vogelbach is slashing .157/.306/.348 with only five home runs and 10 RBI in 28 games.

Stanton (knee) participated in a simulated game Friday, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports.

Stanton had five at-bats at the plate and also worked out in the outfield. He's expected to play in another simulated game Saturday and is on track to return to New York before the end of the regular season.

Collins is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Angels.

Collins started the last three games but will receive Friday off after going 2-for-8 with a triple, a run scored, an RBI and four walks. Welington Castillo will serve as the designated hitter in the series opener.

Canha went 1-for-3 with an RBI single, a bases-loaded walk and a run in a win over the Angels on Thursday.

Canha hasn't been swinging quite as hot a bat recently as he did at one point in August, but he's still managed to reach safely in 20 consecutive games. The veteran doesn't have a multi-hit effort since Aug. 26 after generating seven in the nine games prior, yet he's still sporting a career-best .272/.394/.533 line across 409 plate appearances.