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Rendon went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Marlins.

He turned on an inside slider from Tanner Scott in the sixth inning to give the Angels a 3-1 lead. The blast was Rendon's first of the season, and after an injury-plagued 2021, the 31-year-old is trying to return to the form that saw him post an OPS better than .900 in four straight seasons from 2017-20.

Ramirez went 3-for-5 with a triple, a grand slam and six total RBI in Tuesday's win over the Reds. He was also caught stealing.

Ramirez tripled on a blooper to shallow left-center, the result of Nick Senzel and Tommy Pham colliding in the outfield. His grand slam in the ninth, which broke the game open for Cleveland, was no cheapie. Ramirez is batting .429 in the early going.

Suarez went 2-for-4 with a solo home run during Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the White Sox.

The 30-year-old started the scoring during the second inning with a 364-foot homer to left field, but Seattle's offense wouldn't scratch across another run until the final frame. Suarez went 0-for-4 in his first two games with the Mariners but has showed some life in his past two contests, going 3-for-8 with a home run and a double.

Devers went 3-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored in Tuesday's 5-3 win over Detroit.

Overshadowed by the team's .173 batting average entering the game, Devers' hot start has gone unnoticed. The third baseman singled in Boston's first run, then knocked in the game-winning tally in the eighth inning. "He knows what's going on," manager Alex Cora told Dana Wakiji of MLB.com. "Even in the last at-bat... instead of trying to do too much, he saw the ball, hit it up the middle. That's what good hitters do and we have a good one." Devers has at least one hit in all five games thus far and is batting .381/.409/.619 through 23 plate appearances.

Suarez went 1-for-4 with a double in a loss to the Twins on Monday.

The fact the slugger's first regular-season hit as a Mariner was a two-bagger is quite fitting, considering 54 of his 100 hits last season in Cincinnati went for extra bases as well. Unfortunately, he's hitting just .083 and has struck out in 33.3 percent of his plate appearances so far this season, after generating a career-high 29.8 percent strikeout rate and hitting a career-low .198 average in what was his final Reds season.

Triple-A Columbus placed Freeman (shoulder) on its 7-day injured list April 5.

The 22-year-old is apparently still in need of further time to complete his rehab program for the surgery he required last August to address a torn labrum in his left shoulder. Prior to his 2021 season being cut short by the shoulder injury, Freeman slashed .323/.372/.470 across 180 plate appearances at Double-A Akron.

Burger is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Mariners.

Burger picked up starts in the White Sox's first two games of the season, but Josh Harrison has now replaced him at the hot corner in consecutive contests. The 26-year-old Birger previously sat out Sunday with the Tigers bringing a lefty (Tarik Skubal) to the hill, and Burger's absence from the lineup Tuesday comes against a right-handed starting pitcher (Matt Brash). The usage suggests Burger isn't part of a platoon arrangement at third base, though he may still be limited to a part-time role even while Yoan Moncada (oblique) is likely out for at least the next couple of weeks.

Donaldson isn't starting Monday's game against the Blue Jays.

Donaldson started in each of the first three games of the regular season and went 4-for-15 with a run, an RBI and six strikeouts. He'll get a breather Monday, as DJ LeMahieu shifts to third base while Gleyber Torres starts at the keystone.

Ramirez went 3-for-4 with a two-run home run, a double, three total RBI, three runs scored and a walk in Sunday's win over the Royals.

Ramirez has recorded hits in each of his first three games of the season and was excellent in this one, as he filled out the box score in what was a dominant win for Cleveland. He went yard for the first time in 2022 but already has three extra-base hits, and even though it's still early on the season, he's already gone 5-for-12 with two doubles, a homer, four RBI and three runs scored thus far.

Chapman went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run in Sunday's loss to the Rangers.

Chapman followed George Springer's first-inning homer with a long ball of his own off Spencer Howard. His elite defense at third base will keep him in the lineup on an everyday basis, but if the first three games are any indication, the strikeouts aren't going anywhere.