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Giants catcher Buster Posey, shortstop Brandon Crawford and center fielder Angel Pagan are not in the starting lineup for Sunday's game against the Marlins.

Second baseman Joe Panik will serve as the team's No. 3 hitter, a slot that normally features Pagan, while shortstop Matt Duffy will slot into Panik's regular No. 2 spot. First baseman Brandon Belt has been bumped to the cleanup role.

The Giants are a coin flip (-105) against the Marlins Sunday.

Indians infielder Zach Walters gets his first start of the season at shortstop on Sunday. 

Walters replaces Jose Ramirez, who has started 23 games at short this season. He'll bat ninth in the order. 

The Indians are -160 money-line favorites at home against Minnesota. 

Red Sox outfielder Jackie Bradley , just promoted from Triple-A, will make his first start of the year for the Sox on Sunday. 

Bradley will play right field and hit eighth in the order. Shortstop Xander Bogaerts, who has batted eighth the last 13 games, bumps up to the seventh spot for just the third time this season. 

Mets rookies Dilson Herrera and Kevin Plawecki are out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Phillies.

Herrera has made seven straight starts at second base since joining the lineup but will get a breather Sunday, with Ruben Tejada taking his place. Plawecki has made five straight starts behind the plate, but Anthony Recker will catch Sunday.

The Mets are road favorites (-150) in Philadelphia.

Mets infielder Ruben Tejada is battling his way back into the rotation in the infield. Saturday, Tejada made a beautiful stop at short, earning the respect of manager Terry Francona, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Collins said after the game Tejada made a great play by a good player and that ever since he lost his job, Tejada has never worked harder.

That hard work is paying off as Tejada will draw the start at second base on Sunday, his third start of the season at second.

Marlins reserve infielder Jeff Baker will get his second start of the season and first at second base Saturday in San Francisco and will bat sixth, filling in for Dee Gordon, who’s out of the lineup (leg) for the second straight game. 

Gordon is dealing with a sore right leg muscle. He is expected to be back in the starting lineup for Sunday's game, according to MLB.com.

In 12 at-bats this season, Baker has three hits and one double.

Citing a sore right leg muscle, the Marlins kept second baseman Dee Gordon out of Friday's lineup, reports MLB.com.

"Precautionary to make sure it doesn't lead into something," general manager Dan Jennings said.

In his first 28 games, Gordon has amassed 52 hits. Second baseman Donovan Solano will start at second base and bat eighth.

The Marlins are the underdogs (+115) at San Francisco on Friday.

The Indians made a pair of roster moves on Friday. 

Infielder Mike Aviles was placed on the Bereavement/Family Emergency list. He's eligible to return to the team on Monday. Aviles is hitting .288 this season, with two home runs and four RBI.

To fill his spot on the roster, the Indians promoted Zach Walters from Triple-A Columbus. Walters appeared in 30 games with Cleveland last year. He was hitting .239 with one home run and nine RBI in Columbus.

Marlins second baseman Dee Gordon continued his torrid start to the season, recording his fourth three-hit game in May on Thursday at San Francisco. He had two singles, one double, one run and one RBI.

Gordon, who is batting .437 through 28 games, has totaled 15 multihit games, including nine during a 12-game hitting streak. He is batting .560 (28 for 50) with one triple, two doubles, three RBI, five walks, eight runs and five stolen bases in his last 12 games.

Gordon is the first player since Rod Carew in 1983 to have as many as 52 hits through his first 28 games, according to The Miami Herald.

In an exchange of backups, the Angels have traded catcher Drew Butera to the Royals for infielder Ryan Jackson.

The 31-year-old Butera, who had been designated for assignment Monday, has four hits in 21 at-bats this season.

"Obviously, our hope was that we would be able to maintain Drew in the organization, but he's been a backup catcher in the big leagues for a number of year," Angels general manager Jerry Dipoto told MLB.com. "As soon as we designated him for assignment, it became fairly clear that he was going to get claimed on waivers, so putting together a trade made the most sense."

Jackson, who has now been with four different organizations since 2012, has two hits in 24 big-league at-bats. But he was batting .305 this year with Triple-A Omaha.