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Duffy will start at second base and batting fifth in Sunday's game against the White Sox.

Duffy is starting at the keystone for the third straight game and this figures to be the norm for a while, with David Bote (ankle) landing on the injured list Saturday. Duffy hasn't done a ton at the plate this year with a .640 OPS and one home run in 69 games, but the uptick in playing time at least gives him a little boost in fantasy value.

Urias is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rays.

Now that fellow infielder Jorge Mateo is healthy again after recently missing three games with lower-back and left hip soreness before returning to the lineup Saturday, the Orioles can afford to give Urias a day off. The 27-year-old had started in each of Baltimore's last 13 games, a span in which he hit .304 with two home runs, nine RBI and seven runs.

Moncada went 2-for-4 in Saturday's 7-0 loss to the Cubs.

Moncada was the lone highlight for the White Sox, collecting two of the four hits the team mustered. He extended his hitting streak to 14 games and is 19-for-53 (.358) with an .895 OPS during that stretch.

Segura went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and a second run scored in Saturday's 7-0 win over Arizona.

He went back-to-back with Odubel Herrera in the third inning against Humberto Mejia. Segura has racked up three straight multi-hit efforts during which he's also notched at least one RBI and one run, going deep twice in that stretch. That surge has pushed his slash line on the year back up to .295/.356/.443 with 10 homers, nine steals, 45 RBI and 58 runs through 101 contests.

Wisdom went 2-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs in a 7-0 win over the White Sox on Saturday.

Wisdom took AL Cy Young candidate Lance Lynn deep in the fourth and fifth innings. It was the second straight two-homer game for the slugger, making him the first rookie in Cubs history to accomplish that feat, per Tony Andracki of Marquee Sports Network. Wisdom has gone deep nine times in his past 16 contests and is up to 25 homers in 251 at-bats overall this season. He needs one more long ball to tie Kris Bryant's team rookie record set in 2015.

Sosa went 4-for-6 with two triples, five RBI and three runs Saturday in a 13-0 thrashing of the Pirates.

Sosa plated the first runs of the contest for the Cardinals with a two-run triple in the second inning, then one-upped himself by driving home three runners with a bases-clearing triple in the following frame. Per Jason Catania of MLB.com, the infielder became the first Cardinals player to rack up at least two triples and five RBI in a game since Ken Boyer in 1962. Sosa has been outstanding at the plate across 19 contests in August, registering three games of three or more hits and batting .388 (19-for-49) with two homers, three triples, 11 runs and 10 RBI.

Moustakas was removed from Saturday's game against the Marlins with right hip tightness, and he won't be in the lineup for Sunday's series finale, Bobby Nightengale of The Cincinnati Enquirer reports.

Moustakas was pulled from Saturday's contest after striking out during the second inning, and he'll be held out of the starting nine for at least one game. Lefty Jesus Luzardo is poised to start Sunday for Miami, so Moustakas may not have started regardless of the injury. However, there's a chance the 32-year-old slugger will be available off the bench.

Muncy (back) will bat second and play first base Saturday against the Rockies, Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reports.

Muncy had missed a pair of starts while battling back tightness, though he did appear off the bench Friday. He'll be involved from the start this time around and will look to bounce back from a small slump which has seen him go 0-for-19 at the plate in his last five games.

Rivera is batting eighth and playing first base Saturday against the Mariners.

Rivera steps up to replace Carlos Santana, who was scratched with hip soreness. It will be his first career appearance at first base.

Toro went 2-for-6 with a bases-loaded walk and an RBI groundout in an extra-innings loss to the Royals on Friday.

Toro extended his hitting streak to nine games with his third multi-hit effort in the last four contests. The trade acquisition has just one extra-base hit among his 13 knocks during the aforementioned hitting streak, but regardless Toro has been a fantasy gem in August with a .315 average, .802 OPS and tiny 10.5 percent strikeout rate across 105 plate appearances.