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The Royals recalled O'Hearn from Triple-A Omaha on Monday.

Kansas City placed middle infielder Adalberto Mondesi (oblique) on the 10-day injured list to clear a spot for O'Hearn. So long as both Carlos Santana and Jorge Soler are healthy, O'Hearn likely won't have a clear path to regular at-bats at either first base or designated hitter, so he's expected to serve mostly as a lefty-hitting option off the bench during his time in Kansas City.

Dalbec went 2-for-4 in Sunday's 7-3 loss to the Royals.

Dalbec recorded his fourth multi-hit effort in the last nine games and has hit safely in eight of those contests. During that stretch, he's 13-for-34 with six extra-base hits, eight RBI and six runs scored. He's worked on the timing of a leg kick, but Dalbec also choked up on the bat, per Jordan Horrobin of MLB.com. That has shortened his swing and improved his bat-to-ball timing. At a time when the slumping Dalbec was losing at-bats to Danny Santana, the young slugger has fended off the challenge.

France, whose wrist was briefly attended to by a trainer during Sunday's extra-inning win over the Rays, will get an MRI on Monday, the Associated Press reports. He finished Sunday's contest 1-for-3 with a solo home run.

France held his wrist after a swinging strikeout that ended the ninth inning, but he remained in the game for the top of the 10th before being removed for Taylor Trammell. France, who is hitting a blistering .433 over his last eight games, spent time on the injured list earlier in the season due to wrist inflammation, missing the minimum 10 days in that instance.

Olson went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and a strikeout in Sunday's 2-1 loss to the Athletics.

Olson has reached base in each of the last 19 games, and he's had multi-hit efforts in three of his last four appearances. Across the last four contests, he's gone 9-for-18 with two home runs, five RBI, three runs and a stolen base.

Gittens was optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre after Sunday's win over Oakland.

Gittens has been in the majors the past couple weeks but will return to Triple-A with Luke Voit (oblique) expected to return from the injured list Tuesday. Gittens appeared in nine games and went 2-for-19 with a homer and four RBI during his first taste of big-league action.

Tellez is not in the lineup Sunday against the Orioles.

Tellez is sitting out the third straight game and is 0-for-8 in his past four appearances. Teoscar Hernandez will bat cleanup as the designated hitter in his return from the paternity list. Santiago Espinal has filled a regular spot in the lineup and could continue to do so until George Springer (quadriceps) is activated.

Olson went 3-for-5 with two RBI and a stolen base Saturday in the Athletics' 7-5 loss to the Yankees.

Thanks to his second three-hit game in four days, Olson's average is up to .301 for the season. He's well on his way to sailing past his previous career-best mark in the category (.267), and most impressively Olson hasn't had to sacrifice any power to maintain the lofty average. His 19 home runs on the season are good for fourth place in the majors behind Vladimir Guerrero, Fernando Tatis and Shohei Ohtani.

Gurriel is out of the lineup Sunday against the White Sox, Danielle Lerner of the Houston Chronicle reports.

Gurriel started the past 17 games after missing three contests with an inflamed finger in late May, but he'll receive the day off Sunday after hitting .339/.400/.525 with three homers, 10 RBI and 12 runs during that stretch. Taylor Jones will start at first base in his absence.

Guerrero went 2-for-5 with a home run, a double, two additional RBI and an additional run scored in Saturday's win over the Orioles.

Guerrero keeps mashing and already has seven homers on the month, though he's been supplying value outside of the power department since he's also hit safely in all but one of his last 10 games. The slugger is hitting .381 with a 1.252 OPS in 17 games this month.

Mountcastle went 4-for-4 with three home runs and four RBI in Saturday's 10-7 loss to the Blue Jays.

Mountcastle and the rest of the Orioles lineup combined for six home runs -- the most for Baltimore in a single game since August 2016 -- but it wasn't enough for the team to keep pace with the Blue Jays, who plated six runs in the ninth to steal the win. Though the 23-47 Orioles already find themselves out of playoff contention well before the All-Star break, Mountcastle has been a silver lining in an otherwise bleak season. After going 10-for-17 at the dish over his last four games, Mountcastle has lifted his season-long slash line to .266/.292/.477 across 250 plate appearances.