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Anderson isn't starting Saturday's game against the Rays.

Anderson tied Friday's game in the ninth inning with a solo home run, but he'll be out of the lineup for the second time in the last three games following the extra-innings win. Danny Mendick will take his place at the keystone and bat eighth.

Diaz went 2-for-5 with a double in Friday's 12-3 win over the Mariners.

Per usual, Diaz started at third base for the injured Alex Bregman (quadriceps), who remains away from the team. The injured third baseman resumed his minor-league rehab Friday for Triple-A Sugar Land, his first game action since Aug. 7. It's uncertain how many games or plate appearances are needed before Bregman rejoins the Astros, but this is the first sign that Diaz's regular appearance in the starting lineup will be coming to a close soon.

Anderson went 3-for-6 with a home run, four runs scored and two RBI in Friday's 7-5 extra-innings win over the Rays.

The White Sox put runs on the board in four different frames during the 11-inning affair, and Anderson was a key figure each time, with his solo shot off JT Chargois in the ninth sending the game to extras. The shortstop has hit safely in 10 straight contests, slashing a dazzling .388/.388/.714 over that stretch with four of his 14 homers on the season in addition to 10 RBI and 12 runs.

Correa went 2-for-3 with a triple, a walk, three runs scored and an RBI in Friday's 12-3 win over the Mariners.

Correa continued his scorching hot week with his fourth multi-hit effort over the last five games. He tripled in the first inning to get the Astros on the board and wound up crossing home three times before the fourth inning ended as the Astros wasted no time building up a 10-1 lead. The 26-year-old has found a lot of success against the Mariners this year, as he's slashing .317/.391/.463 with five extra-base hits, four RBI, 12 runs scored and 5:3 BB:K over 41 at-bats.

Bogaerts went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI in Friday's 6-0 win over Texas.

The shortstop opened the scoring with an RBI single to plate Enrique Hernandez in the first inning. In the fifth, Bogaerts went yard to left field to achieve his fourth 20-homer campaign. He's slashing .309/.378/.526 with 69 RBI, 75 runs scored, five stolen bases and 32 doubles in addition to the aforementioned 20 long balls in 115 games this year.

Crawford went 2-for-5 with a walk and two runs in an extra-innings win over the Rangers on Thursday.

Crawford was productive out of the leadoff role in the 11th-inning win, authoring his third two-hit effort of the last four games. The veteran shortstop has enjoyed a resurgent August, as he owns a .304 batting average, .776 OPS and 14.3 percent strikeout rate over his last 15 contests.

Wendle is not starting Friday against the White Sox, Neil Solondz of the Rays Radio Network reports.

Wendle will take a seat for the second time in four games after going hitless in Thursday's win. Yandy Diaz gets the start at the hot corner while Brandon Lowe mans second base.

Correa went 2-for-3 with two walks, a double and three runs scored in Thursday's 6-3 extra-inning win over Kansas City.

Houston avoided a four-game sweep at the hands of the Royals with the win, and Correa was instrumental. He was part of a momentum-shifting sixth inning when the Astros plated two runs to tie the game -- the shortstop led off the frame with a single then scored on an Aledmys Diaz double. Correa finished the series 7-for-14 with three walks and four runs.

Downs owns a .181/.271/.32 batting line with 11 homers, 13 steals, 27 RBI and 32 runs in 74 games for Triple-A Worcester this season.

Things haven't been getting better, as Downs has gone 3-for-44 (.068) with 21 strikeouts over his last 13 games. The fact that he's cracked double digits in both homers and steals is well and good, but the rest of his numbers -- including an unsavory 32.2 percent strikeout rate -- are, to be blunt, extremely bad. Maybe he just wasn't (and isn't) ready for Triple-A after playing just 12 games in Double-A in 2019; that's a charitable interpretation of this year's struggles, but Downs' well-rounded skill set and past results suggest that writing him off completely would be a mistake.

Bogaerts went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Wednesday's 5-2 loss to the Yankees.

Bogaerts' opposite-field blast off Andrew Heaney was his 19th of the season and gave Boston an early 1-0 lead. The star shortstop has now driven in a run in six of his last eight games, plating 11 runs in total over that span.