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Donaldson will sit Sunday against the Red Sox.

Donaldson will get a breather after he went 1-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored in his first game back Saturday following a minor hand injury. DJ LeMahieu will start at third base while Matt Carpenter enters the lineup at designated hitter and bats fifth in the series finale.

Urshela is not in the starting lineup for Sunday's series finale against the White Sox.

Urshela will take a seat after he went 1-for-3 with a double and walk in Saturday's victory. Jose Miranda will draw the start at third base and bat seventh in the series finale.

Rivera is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Blue Jays.

Rivera looked as though he would have a clear path to starting in all four of the Royals' games in Toronto after 10 players were placed on the restricted list prior to Thursday's series opener, but the 26-year-old will end up sitting for the second day in a row. Michael Massey will pick up another start in place of Rivera, who will head into the All-Star break with a .231/.282/.407 slash line if he doesn't get used off the bench Sunday.

Ramirez went 2-for-5 with two home runs, two runs and five RBI in a 10-0 win against the Tigers on Saturday.

Ramirez opened the scoring with a three-run shot off Michael Pineda in the first inning and tagged Pineda again for a two-run homer during his next at-bat in the second. The pair of long balls matches the 29-year-old's total from his last 33 games and as his slugging dropped nearly 100 points from .647 to .558 during the dry spell. The successful performance increased his season line to .288/.368/.576, with his slugging and OPS both ranking among the 10 best in MLB.

Donaldson (hand) is starting Saturday against the Red Sox.

Donaldson was out of the lineup Friday against Boston after he was hit by a pitch on his hand Thursday against Cincinnati. However, he went 0-for-1 with a strikeout Friday and will start at the hot corner and bat fifth a day later.

LeMahieu went 3-for-5 with a run in Friday's extra-innings loss to the Red Sox.

LeMahieu knocked three singles in the contest, and he was on base when Giancarlo Stanton swatted a three-run homer in the third inning. The three-hit performance was LeMahieu's sixth this season and marked the fifth time in his past nine contests that he's tallied multiple hits. Over that stretch, LeMahieu is batting .342 across 38 at-bats, though he doesn't have any extra-base hits.

Candelario isn't in the lineup Saturday against the Guardians.

Candelario is on the bench for a second consecutive matchup after he went 2-for-13 with an RBI, a walk and five strikeouts over his last four games. Harold Castro is starting at third base and batting cleanup.

Chapman went 3-for-4 with a three-run home run in Friday's 8-1 win over the Royals.

The third baseman took Carlos Hernandez deep in the fifth inning to blow open what had been a 4-1 game. Chapman has gone yard in back-to-back games and four of his last nine, giving him 15 homers on the season. He's batting .333 (11-for-33) over that nine-game stretch in what could be a sign of things to come -- his .257 xBA and .515 xSLG are well above his actual .226 and .428 marks.

Urias went 2-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI in Friday's 5-4 loss to Tampa Bay.

The 28-year-old took Luis Patino deep for a solo shot in the fourth inning and added a two-run shot in the eighth off Colin Poche. In 10 games since returning from the injured list, Urias is 12-for-31 (.387) with 11 RBI and three homers, improving his season slash line to .250/.299/.431 with 19 extra-base hits through 222 plate appearances.

Burger (hand) won't begin his rehab assignment Friday as previously reported, as he's come down with an illness, James Fegan of The Athletic reports.

Burger was supposed to start working his way back from a bruised right hand with Triple-A Charlotte but will wait at least one more day to do so. It already seemed likely that the White Sox would wait to activate him until the beginning of the second half, so this delay may not actually affect his ultimate return date unless the illness winds up costing him more than a day or two.