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Lopez is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Tigers.

Lopez singled in a run in Saturday's game, but that was the only hit he recorded over his last four games, so manager Mike Matheny decided to hold him out Sunday.

Haggerty went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in a win over Atlanta on Saturday.

Haggerty launched a 401-foot shot to left off Max Fried, who's notoriously effective at keeping the ball in the park on the road, to give the Mariners a 1-0 lead. The 28-year-old's bat has cooled off a bit in recent games, but his current .295 average and .841 OPS are both easily career-high figures.

Andrus went 2-for-5 with a three-run home run and two runs scored in Saturday's victory over the Athletics.

Andrus knocked in Yasmani Grandal and Josh Harrison on a second-inning home run against his former team. It was his 13th homer of the season and his fourth this month. Andrus also scored on on an Eloy Jimenez single in the seventh inning. The veteran shortstop has come alive after joining the White Sox on Aug. 19. Since then, he's 27-for-89 (.303) and has raised his season batting average from .235 to .251.

Arroyo started at first base and went 2-for-3 with a home run and two additional RBI in Saturday's 17-4 win over the Orioles.

The righty-hitting Arroyo got the start at first base over the lefty-hitting Triston Casas despite the Orioles throwing right-hander Jordan Lyles. Casas was 2-for-18 with a home run, two RBI, three walks and seven strikeouts over five consecutive starts before being held out Saturday. The job still belongs to Casas, who is expected to be the primary starter at first base for the rest of the season. Meanwhile, Arroyo could still find at-bats at other positions due to a hot bat. He's posted an .860 OPS over 31 games since coming off the injured list in late July.

Arraez went 3-for-5 with two doubles, an RBI and a run scored in Saturday's 6-4 loss to the Guardians.

Arraez has four doubles in his last four games, and he added an RBI single and a run in the Twins' ninth-inning rally that came up short. The infielder is hitting .289 (11-for-38) with five two-baggers and three runs scored through eight games in September, and he's been held without a hit only once this month. Arraez is back up to a .316/.377/.429 slash line with eight home runs, four stolen bases, 46 RBI, 76 runs scored and 28 doubles through 124 contests.

Rosario went 1-for-5 with a two-run home run in Saturday's 6-4 win over the Twins.

Rosario went deep in the first inning to give the Guardians a lead they would not relinquish. The shortstop has gone 7-for-36 (.194) in eight games this month, with his homer counting as his first extra-base hit and RBI in that span. The 26-year-old is slashing .277/.309/.395 with nine homers, 54 RBI, 74 runs scored and 13 stolen bases through 130 contests as the Guardians' near-everyday No. 2 hitter.

Espinal went 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, three RBI and a run scored in Saturday's victory over the Rangers.

Espinal put the Blue Jays up 4-0 with a two-run single in the first inning and added an RBI double in the third, both off Texas starter Kohei Arihara. The second baseman had been dreadful in his last nine games prior to this contest, turning in a .483 OPS in 31 plate appearances. Furthermore, the 27-year-old had recorded only two RBI in 39 at-bats over his last 14 games prior to Saturday.

Manager Rocco Baldelli said Saturday that he hopes Polanco (knee) will be able to return early-to-mid next week, Aaron Gleeman of The Athletic reports.

Although Polanco is eligible to be reinstated from the injured list during the Twins' weekend series against Cleveland, he'll be held out for at least a few more days. However, he played catch Thursday and seems to be trending in the right direction.

Frazier isn't starting Saturday against Atlanta.

Frazier went 2-for-13 with four strikeouts over the last three games and will get a day off Saturday. Abraham Toro is starting at the keystone and batting ninth.

Rengifo isn't starting Saturday against the Astros, Danielle Lerner of the Houston Chronicle reports.

Rengifo has recorded hits in six consecutive games, hitting .385 with a triple, a double, three runs, an RBI and a stolen base over that stretch. He'll take a seat Saturday while Matt Duffy starts at the hot corner and bats fifth.