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Donaldson went 2-for-4 with a double, a walk and a two-run home run in Saturday's 5-2 win over Baltimore.

Donaldson hit his first long ball of the campaign in the fifth inning, drilling a 403-foot two-run blast to give the Yankees a lead they did not relinquish. The veteran also doubled in the ninth, giving him his first multi-hit game since Opening Day. Donaldson is slashing .222/.282/.361 overall this season.

Chapman went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run in Saturday's 7-5 loss to the A's.

He took Domingo Acevedo deep in the sixth inning, kicking off a Toronto rally from a 5-2 deficit, but Oakland regained the lead in the ninth. Chapman has had a sluggish start to his stint with the Blue Jays, going 6-for-27 (.222) through nine games, but the third baseman does have two homers and six RBI.

LeMahieu isn't starting Saturday's game against the Orioles.

LeMahieu recorded hits in each of the last four games and went 6-for-15 with two doubles, two runs and an RBI during that time. He'll get a breather while Gleyber Torres starts at second base and bats seventh.

Manager Tony La Russa said Saturday that Moncada (oblique) is still experiencing discomfort when making some movements required for defense, James Fegan of The Athletic reports.

Moncada has been sidelined since the start of the regular season due to a Grade 1 oblique strain and initially carried a recovery timetable of approximately three weeks. While it's still possible that his pain subsides in time to meet that estimate, La Russa didn't want to put a timetable on the next steps in Moncada's recovery until the 26-year-old is pain-free. Jake Burger has drawn most of the starts at third base early in the regular season and should continue to do so until Moncada is cleared to return.

Burger isn't starting Saturday's game against Tampa Bay, Vinnie Duber of NBC Sports Chicago reports.

Burger had started in each of the last three games, and he went 5-for-10 with a homer, four RBI, two runs and three strikeouts. Josh Harrison will return to the lineup at third base while Leury Garcia starts at the keystone.

Suarez went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run, an additional RBI, a run and a walk in Friday's 11-1 victory over the Astros.

Suarez contributed an RBI groundout in the fifth inning, walked and scored in the seventh and launched a three-run home run off Houston reliever Ronel Blanco in the eighth. Though the 30-year-old is batting just .192 through 26 at-bats, four of his five hits have gone for extra-bases, leading to an .800 OPS.

Devers went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in Friday's loss to Minnesota.

Devers brought the Red Sox to within two in the bottom of the eighth with his shot off Jhoan Duran, but they would fail to add any more runs. The performance continued a hot start to Devers' 2022 campaign, as he's now hitting .367/.387/.667 with two homers and seven RBI through his first seven games.

Burger went 2-for-3 with a homer and two RBI in Friday's 3-2 win over the Rays.

Burger hammered a 430-foot solo shot off Drew Rasmussen in the third inning and then tagged him with an RBI single in the fifth. The 26-year-old is batting .375 with two extra-base hits through 16 at-bats so far this season. He should continue seeing somewhat regular action at least until Yoan Moncada (oblique) returns from the injured list.

Perez was called up by the Astros on Friday, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports.

Perez has never played a game at the Triple-A level, but this is already his second major-league call-up of the season. He spent two days on the roster during the first series of the season while Yuli Gurriel was on the paternity list and will now replace Yordan Alvarez, who landed on the COVID-19 injured list in a corresponding move. Perez made a single pinch-hit appearance in his previous stint on the roster and is likely in line for similar usage this time around.

Burger went 1-for-3 with an RBI in Thursday's loss to the Mariners.

Burger was fortunate to tally an RBI as he popped up with a runner on third base in the fifth inning, though it fell in after wind moved the ball significantly. While that wasn't a particularly well-struck ball, Burger has recorded three hits, two RBI and a run scored across his last two starts. Burger has begun the season in a part-time role at third base, though he could pick up additional playing time if Josh Harrison (back) remains out of the lineup.