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Wendle will not start Tuesday's game against Houston, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Wendle hits the bench after starting nine of the last 10 games. Yandy Diaz starts at third base, with Brandon Lowe and Wander Franco starting in the middle infield spots.

Crawford went 3-for-5 with an RBI and three runs Monday in the Mariners' 13-4 win over the Athletics.

The shortstop had been stuck in a rut offensively for the first month and a half following the All-Star break, but the Mariners' faith in Crawford as their primary leadoff man never seemed to waver. The decision to stick with Crawford atop the lineup has paid dividends in September, with the 26-year-old responding with a .311/.368/.466 slash line through his first 24 games on the month. The Mariners will hope for a big finish from Crawford and the rest of their everyday lineup while the team looks to chase down two of the Yankees, Red Sox and Blue Jays for one of the two available American League wild-card spots.

Mondesi went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Monday's 8-3 loss to Cleveland.

While it was Mondesi's first theft in his last five games, the infielder has now recorded 13 stolen bases in September. He's 14-for-15 on the basepaths this year while adding a .252/.292/.495 slash line across 116 plate appearances in an injury-riddled season, although a move to third base and regular rest has kept him in good shape recently.

Anderson is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Tigers.

Since activating Anderson from the 10-day injured list Sept. 14, the White Sox have been managing his workload carefully coming off a hamstring issue. He'll sit Monday for the fourth time in 13 games, and another off day or two could be in store for Anderson over the final week of the regular season with Chicago essentially locked in as the American League's No. 3 seed in the playoffs.

Franco went 2-for-4 with a double, a triple and two runs scored in Sunday's 3-2 win over Miami.

Franco is up to 41 consecutive games reaching base as the superstar rookie continues to impress. He doubled and scored in the first inning before ripping a triple and scoring again in the fifth. He improved his season slash line to .287/.350/.476 with 29 extra-base hits through 280 plate appearances.

Correa is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Athletics, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.

It appears to be a regular day off for Correa, who's hitting .282 with two home runs and 10 RBI in his last 10 games. Aledmys Diaz plays shortstop and bats sixth Sunday.

Franco is available off the bench Saturday and should see normal usage over the rest of the season, radio broadcaster Steve Carney reports.

He only got into one rehab game on his way back from a hamstring injury, so the Rays wanted to give him a breather Saturday. Manager Kevin Cash said Franco will start Sunday, and with an off day Monday, he shouldn't need any scheduled days off next week.

Franco is not in Saturday's lineup against the Marlins, Neil Solondz of the Rays Radio Network reports.

He returned from the injured list Friday after missing two weeks with a hamstring injury. Joey Wendle will start at shortstop and bat fifth.

Franco went 1-for-4 with a double and a walk in Friday's 8-0 victory over Miami.

Making his first appearance since Sep. 10, Franco extended his on-base streak to 40 games after a sixth-inning walk. He then knocked a double in the eighth. The star rookie is hitting .323 during his on-base streak and now owns an .812 OPS on the year.

Smith was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo on Friday.

Smith was recalled by Toronto on Wednesday, but he didn't record any plate appearances during his time on the major-league roster. He'll head back to Buffalo after Santiago Espinal (hip) was reinstated from the 10-day injured list Friday.