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Bogaerts went 1-for-3 with a solo home run, a walk and a strikeout in Sunday's 18-4 loss to the Blue Jays.

Bogaerts had missed the last two games due to a knee injury, but he returned to the lineup Sunday and homered in his first at-bat. However, Boston's offense was unable to keep up with the Blue Jays' hot bats in the loss. The shortstop is now hitting .325 with 12 home runs, 39 RBI and 38 runs this season.

Bichette went 4-for-5 with a home run, a double, five runs, three RBI, a stolen base and a walk in Sunday's 18-4 win over the Red Sox.

Bichette has been quite productive to begin the series in Boston, and he displayed his power and speed in Sunday's blowout win. Across the last three games, the 23-year-old has gone 7-for-15 with two home runs, seven runs and five RBI.

Fletcher will bat ninth and start at second base in Sunday's series finale against the Diamondbacks.

Even with the Angels needing the pitcher to hit for the three-game weekend series in Arizona, Fletcher continues to serve as the team's No. 9 hitter. He's filled that spot in the batting order for every game dating back to May 19, and manager Joe Maddon has shown no inclination to push Fletcher up in the lineup. Fletcher is hitting a credible .267 over that 23-game stretch, but a .321 on-base percentage to go with only four extra-base hits (three doubles, one triple) have muted the impact of his solid batting average.

Wendle went into Sunday's series finale against the Orioles having gone 4-for-6 with a double, a home run, three RBI and two runs over the last two games.

The versatile infielder pushed his season line to an outstanding .293/.353/.505 with the mini-surge while also hitting the 30-RBI mark for only the second time in his career. Wendle has also regularly put good wood on the ball, as 25 of his 55 hits have gone for extra bases.

Anderson will receive a scheduled day off as expected Sunday against the Tigers, Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

It was reported Saturday that Anderson would get the day off Sunday, and he is indeed absent from Tony La Russa's lineup card for the series finale. Danny Mendick will shift to shortstop as Leury Garcia mans second base as the leadoff hitter.

Bogaerts (knee) is back in the starting lineup Sunday against the Blue Jays, Christopher Smith of The Springfield Republican reports.

Bogaerts was absent from the starting nine during the first two games of the series after he banged his knee diving for a ball Thursday against Houston. The 28-year-old appears to feel better Sunday, as he's set to bat fourth as the shortstop during the series finale against Toronto.

Bogaerts (knee) reported feeling better Saturday, Christopher Smith of MassLive.com reports.

Bogaerts was given Friday and Saturday off after he banged his knee diving for a ball Thursday against Houston. Manager Alex Cora targeted Sunday for his shortstop's return to the starting lineup, and he'll see where Bogaerts is at before committing him to the lineup card.

Anderson is not expected to play Sunday's finale against the Tigers, Dawn Klemish of MLB.com reports.

This is a scheduled day off for Anderson, whose only recent break was being held out of the back end of a doubleheader in late May. No replacement has been named, but Leury Garcia or Danny Mendick are the likely candidates to play shortstop.

Anderson went 3-for-5 with a double, two RBI and three runs scored in Saturday's 15-2 win over Detroit.

Anderson scored all three times he got on base, and he added a two-RBI single in the fifth inning. The shortstop continues to impress atop Chicago's order. He has a .299/.341/.431 slash line with six home runs, 25 RBI, 38 runs scored and 12 stolen bases across 226 plate appearances. He has yet to go more than three games without a hit this season after entering Saturday 0-for-7 in his last two contests.

Correa is not in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Twins.

Correa isn't dealing with any injury but is simply getting a routine day off, as he finds himself on the bench for just the fifth time this season. Robel Garcia starts at shortstop in his absence.