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  • Josh Naylor 1B | SEA

    Mariners' Josh Naylor: Extends hit streak in loss

    Naylor went 2-for-3 with a double and a walk in Sunday's 2-1 loss to the White Sox.

    Naylor extended his hitting streak to nine games with Sunday's two-hit effort. After going 9-for-76 (.118) in his first 19 games this year, Naylor's responded by batting .397 with a 1.020 OPS in his subsequent 19 contests. Overall, the first baseman is slashing .255/.317/.383 with five homers, 20 RBI, 12 runs scored and seven steals across 164 plate appearances this season.

  • Royals' Vinnie Pasquantino: Tallies two hits Sunday

    Pasquantino went 2-for-4 with an RBI in Sunday's 6-3 loss against Detroit.

    Pasquantino plated the first run of the day for Kansas City with an opposite-field single in the third inning. It has been a difficult start to 2026 for the first baseman, as Sunday's two-hit effort raised his batting average to .200. The 28-year-old owns a .640 OPS with five homers, 19 RBI, 16 runs and a stolen base across 39 contests.

  • Kody Clemens 1B | MIN

    Twins' Kody Clemens: Season-high three hits Sunday

    Clemens went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two runs scored during the Twins' 5-4 win over the Guardians on Sunday.

    Clemens logged the first run of Sunday's game after scoring on a wild pitch in the third frame, and he crossed home plate a second time on an RBI single from Brooks Lee in the fifth. Clemens' three hits were a season high and his fourth multi-hit game of the season. He is slashing .209/.321/.374 with five steals, three home runs, nine RBI and 13 runs scored across 108 plate appearances this season.

  • Rays' Jonathan Aranda: Receiving afternoon off

    Aranda is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Red Sox, Ryan Bass of Rays.tv reports.

    Aranda will exit the lineup for just the third time all season, with Rays manager Kevin Cash electing to give the left-handed batter the afternoon off while southpaw Payton Tolle takes the hill for Boston. Ryan Vilade will cover first base for Tampa Bay.

  • Justin Foscue 1B | TEX

    Rangers' Justin Foscue: Homers in win

    Foscue started at first base and went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Saturday's 6-0 win over the Cubs.

    Foscue made a second consecutive start and swatted the first home run of his short MLB career. The infielder has just five hits over 58 at-bats across three short stints in the big leagues, but he's been given a clean slate by new Texas manager Skip Schumaker, per Kennedi Landry of MLB.com. He got the nod at second base Friday and had an RBI single, and the keystone is an unsettled spot in the lineup given the struggles Josh Smith (lower body) has before he landed on the IL. Either Foscue or Ezequiel Duran, who started at second base Saturday, could take hold of the position.

  • Yankees' Paul Goldschmidt: Posts big performance in defeat

    Goldschmidt went 3-for-5 with a solo home run and an additional RBI in an extra-inning loss to Milwaukee on Saturday.

    Goldschmidt started at first base and worked as the Yankees' leadoff hitter, which certainly paid off when the veteran slugger walloped a game-opening homer. He went on to add two singles and finished as the lone Yankee in the contest to record multiple hits. Goldschmidt has started five of New York's past six contests, though that's largely due to Ben Rice (who worked as the DH on Saturday) missing four games due to a hand injury. With that said, Goldschmidt has perked up with the bat in May -- after entering the month batting a tepid .179, he's since hitting .296 (8-for-27) with two homers, seven runs and five RBI across eight contests.

  • Nick Kurtz 1B | ATH

    Athletics' Nick Kurtz: Crosses plate three times in win

    Kurtz went 2-for-4 with a walk, two doubles, three runs scored and a stolen base in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Orioles.

    The 23-year-old saw his homer drought extend to 13 games, but he's hardly been unproductive during that span. Kurtz is batting .283 (15-for-53) since April 25 with four doubles, a triple, two steals, seven runs, eight RBI and a 9:16 BB:K, and his on-base streak stands at 33 contests.

  • Pete Alonso 1B | BAL

    Orioles' Pete Alonso: Hot streak continues Friday

    Alonso went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 4-3 loss to the A's.

    The slugging first baseman smashed a Jacob Lopez changeup the other way in the fourth inning to open the scoring. Alonso's blast extended his hitting streak to eight games, a stretch in which he's batting .333 (11-for-33) with four doubles, four homers, 10 RBI and 11 runs to account for half his long balls on the season.

  • White Sox's Munetaka Murakami: Blasts 15th homer

    Murakami went 1-for-4 with a solo home run, a walk and two runs scored Friday against the Mariners.

    Murakami got the White Sox on the board in the first inning and tied Aaron Judge for the league lead in home runs with 15. Murakami continues to showcase his prodigious power, tallying four homers in his last 10 games. He has also struck out at a 37.2 percent clip in that span, and he continues to have an extreme three-true-outcomes skills profile.

  • Ben Rice 1B | NYY

    Yankees' Ben Rice: Rejoins lineup Friday

    Rice (hand) will start at first base and bat second in Friday's game versus the Brewers.

    Rice missed each of the last four contests while recovering from a left hand contusion, but he's ready to go Friday as the Yankees begin a road trip. The 27-year-old leads all of baseball with a 1.214 OPS this season.

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