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Alec Burleson 1B | STL
Cardinals' Alec Burleson: Leads offense in win
Burleson went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, a walk and three additional runs scored in Friday's 10-3 win over the Reds.
Burleson was a thorn in the Reds' side all game, launching a solo blast in the third inning and scoring a career-high four runs. The 27-year-old is in the midst of a modest six-game hitting streak that includes four multi-hit efforts, eight RBI and five runs scored. On the season, he's slashing .291/.356/.457 with eight long balls, 43 RBI, 30 runs scored and two steals across 261 plate appearances.
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Lars Nootbaar DH | ARI
Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Posts two hits in season debut
Nootbaar went 2-for-6 with a double, one RBI and one run scored in Friday's 10-3 win over the Reds.
Nootbaar hit leadoff and recorded a single in his first at-bat of the campaign before adding an RBI double in the sixth. The 28-year-old slashed .234/.325/.361 with 13 homers, 48 RBI, 68 runs scored and four steals across 583 plate appearances in 2025 and should settle into an everyday role as long as he can stay healthy.
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Jordan Walker RF | STL
Cardinals' Jordan Walker: Tallies three more hits in rout
Walker went 3-for-5 with two doubles, one RBI and a stolen base in Friday's 10-3 win over the Reds.
Walker tallied his second straight three-hit performance, highlighted by what proved to be the game-winning RBI double in the fifth inning. The 24-year-old has also swiped a base in back-to-back games and now sits one steal shy of matching the career-high 10 he recorded last season. Overall, he's slashing .297/.359/.547 with 15 homers, 45 RBI, 42 runs scored and nine stolen bases across 256 plate appearances.
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Brady Singer SP | CIN
Reds' Brady Singer: Loses fourth straight
Singer (2-6) took the loss against the Cardinals on Friday, allowing four runs (one earned) on four hits and three walks with six strikeouts over four innings.
Singer allowed runs in three different frames and struggled with his command, throwing just 49 of 89 pitches for strikes. While only one of the three runs he allowed Friday was earned, the 29-year-old has now surrendered at least three runs in six straight starts, a stretch in which he's gone 0-5 while yielding 12 home runs. He'll carry a disappointing 5.89 ERA, 1.69 WHIP and 42:19 K:BB across 55 innings this season into a road matchup against the Padres next week.
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Kyle Leahy SP | STL
Cardinals' Kyle Leahy: Another brief outing in no-decision
Leahy did not factor into the decision in Friday's 10-3 win over the Reds, allowing three runs on five hits and two walks with one strikeout over four innings.
Leahy surrendered three runs in the first inning but was able to rebound with three scoreless frames before departing at 79 pitches. While the 29-year-old has allowed just four earned runs over his past two starts, he's managed only 8.1 innings during that stretch. For the year, he owns a 4.42 ERA, 1.58 WHIP and 47:24 K:BB across 59 innings and lines up for a road start against the Mets next week.
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Michael Harris II CF | ATL
Braves' Michael Harris: Pulled early with back tightness
Harris was removed from Friday's game against Pittsburgh due to back tightness, Barrett Sallee of 680 The Fan Atlanta reports.
Manager Walt Weiss said after the game that the team isn't too concerned about Harris' back, and there's a strong chance that he'll be back in the starting nine Saturday. If the 25-year-old were to sit, Eli White and Mauricio Dubon would likely share center field duties.
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Coby Mayo 3B | BAL
Orioles' Coby Mayo: Belts two-run homer off Yesavage
Mayo went 1-for-5 with a two-run home run and an additional run scored during the Orioles' 13-3 win over the Blue Jays on Friday.
Mayo put the exclamation point on the Orioles' five-run sixth inning with a 396-foot, two-run home run off Trey Yesavage. It was the eighth home run of the season for Mayo, three of which have come over his last seven games. He has logged at least one hit in seven of his last eight games, and over that span he has gone 8-for-29 with five extra-base hits, seven RBI and nine runs scored.
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Daulton Varsho CF | HOU
Blue Jays' Daulton Varsho: Day-to-day with wrist inflammation
Manager John Schneider said after Friday's game against Baltimore that Varsho has been dealing with left wrist inflammation over the last couple of days, Keegan Matheson of MLB.com reports.
Varsho had to leave Friday's contest after aggravating his wrist during his first plate appearance. X-rays came back negative after the game, so he isn't dealing with anything severe, but he could sit out a game or two to give his wrist a chance to recover properly.
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J.P. Crawford SS | SEA
Mariners' J.P. Crawford: X-rays negative
X-rays on Crawford's hand came back negative following Friday's loss to Detroit, Tim Booth of The Seattle Times reports.
Crawford was pulled from Friday's game after taking a pitch off his hand in the third inning, but he appears to have escaped the encounter with no more than a bruise. He could sit out a day or two to allow for any lingering soreness to subside, but an extended absence is unlikely.
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Brandon Young SP | BAL
Orioles' Brandon Young: Another quality start
Young (4-1) earned the win against Toronto on Friday, allowing three runs on seven hits while striking out four across 6.1 innings. He did not issue a walk.
Young was solid for most of Friday's start, limiting the Blue Jays to just one run through four innings before yielding a two-run homer to Brandon Valenzuela in the fifth. Young stayed in the game and pitched into the seventh frame, ending his night with 64 strikes on 85 pitches (75.3 percent strike rate) while logging seven groundouts and 22 first-pitch strikes (to 25 batters). He has registered three consecutive quality starts and is up to four on the season, which has Young sitting at a 3.47 ERA, 1.34 WHIP and 37:17 K:BB across 49.1 innings. He's slated to make his next start next week at home against the Mariners.