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Santana went 4-for-6 with two walks, a home run, two RBI and two runs scored in Tuesday's doubleheader against the White Sox.

Santana reached reached base in all four of his plate appearances in the opening contest of the doubleheader. He followed that up by clubbing a two-run home run in the second game. It was Santana's first long ball of the season, though he has reached base safely in all five games to this point.

Abreu went 4-for-9 with two doubles, a home run, two RBI and two runs scored during Tuesday's doubleheader at Cleveland.

Abreu went 1-for-5 in the opening contest, with a double being his only notable contribution. However, he bounced back to record a solo home run -- which came against Adam Plutko -- and another double in the second game. While it was his first long ball of the season, Abreu has managed to record at least one hit in four of the team's first five games this season.

O'Hearn went 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, two RBI and a run scored in Monday's 14-6 win over Detroit.

O'Hearn made his season debut after being activated off the COVID-19 injury list prior to Monday's contest and quickly made an impact at the plate; his two-run single in the fifth inning proved to be the go-ahead knock. The 26-year-old should be the Royals' everyday first baseman as he looks to improve on his .195/.281/.369 slash line from 2019.

White went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run and three strikeouts in Monday's 8-5 loss to the Astros.

White took Astros starter Josh James deep in the third inning to spot the Mariners to a short-lived 3-0 lead. White has been boom or bust so far in 2020, with nine strikeouts in 18 plate appearances. The 24-year-old has still seen all the starts at first base and appears to be the favorite for playing time at that position.

Tellez went 1-for-3 with a walk and a solo home run in Monday's 4-1 win over the Nationals.

The 25-year-old came into the game looking for his first hit of the season and Tellez made it a loud one, as he took Anibal Sanchez deep in the fourth inning. Tellez figures to be the Jays' regular DH this season with Vladimir Guerrero making the transition to first base.

Diaz isn't in the lineup for Monday's game against the Braves.

After going 1-for-10 with four walks and three strikeouts while starting in the Rays' first three games this year, Diaz will play a bench role in the series opener against Atlanta. Joey Wendle will start at third base, batting sixth.

O'Hearn was activated from the COVID-19 injured list Monday.

O'Hearn missed most of camp after testing positive for the virus. He's only been cleared to participate in baseball activities for less than a week, so it wouldn't be a surprise to see him in less than a full-time role to start as he builds back up to game shape. Richard Lovelady was optioned in a corresponding move.

Royals manager Mike Matheny said Monday that O'Hearn (illness) is "really close" to returning from the COVID-19 injured list, Jeffrey Flanagan of MLB.com reports.

O'Hearn was cleared to return to the Royals' satellite camp last week to resume baseball activities, so he's presumably just attempting to make up for the training time he lost after testing positive for the coronavirus earlier this month. Once activated, O'Hearn is expected to slot in as the Royals' primary first baseman, likely occupying the strong side of a platoon with Ryan McBroom.

Santana went 0-for-2 with two runs and two walks in Sunday's win against the Royals.

Although Santana hasn't recorded a hit over eight at-bats to begin the season, he's drawn four walks and scored twice in Sunday's 9-2 win. The 34-year-old had a career-best .281 batting average, 34 home runs and 93 RBI last season and has a .333 OBP to begin the 2020 campaign.

Cron went 1-for-3 with a walk and a two-run home run in Sunday's win over the Reds.

Cron picked a good time for his second home run of the young season -- he went deep against Reds reliever Michael Lorenzen in the ninth inning, turning a 1-1 tie into a 3-1 lead for the Tigers. The 30-year-old looks comfortable in the middle of Detroit's lineup and could post a good number of home runs and RBI the rest of the way.