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Escobar went 2-for-4 with a double, a RBI and a run scored in the 7-2 win Friday over the Rockies.

Escobar was a part of the two-out hit parade in the third inning against Jon Gray. Friday was his second two-hit game in a row and he has hit safely in 10 of his last 12 games. The 32-year-old leads the Diamondbacks in home runs (7), runs (19) and OPS (.847).

Astudillo isn't starting Saturday's game against the Royals.

Astudillo will be excluded from the lineup for a second straight game. Alex Kirilloff will start at first base while Luis Arraez starts in left field.

Urshela isn't starting Saturday's game against Detroit.

Urshela had gone 4-for-13 with a home run, four RBI and five strikeouts in the last three contests. DJ LeMahieu will start at the hot corner while Mike Ford takes over at first base.

Devers went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Friday's 6-1 win over Texas.

Devers' 105.6 mph line shot the opposite way barely cleared the wall in left field for his seventh of the season. He had earlier lined out on a ball that exited his bat at 105.5 mph. Boston manager Alex Cora said before the game that it looked like Devers was getting into a groove where he hits everything hard, Christoper Smith of MassLive.com reports. "It feels like he's going to go into one of those runs like he did in Baltimore early on that he's going to start hitting everything hard and the ball is going to start going out of the ballpark," Cora said. During the streak in Baltimore to which Cora referred, Devers went 7-for-16 with five homers and 10 RBI in three games.

Bregman went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run and a second run scored in Friday's 9-2 win over the Rays.

He took Ryan Yarbrough deep in the third inning for his fourth homer of the season, Bregman has been on a tear since returning to the lineup from his stint on the COVID-19 IL, going 13-for-38 (.342) over the last 10 games with two home runs, eight RBI and nine runs.

Senzel went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Friday's 8-6 win over the Cubs.

The 25-year-old effectively ended Jake Arrieta's night with his fourth-inning blast, Senzel's first long ball of the season. He's been feast or famine at the plate this season, as Friday's effort was the first time he registered exactly one hit in a game, but he wraps up April hitting .254 with two steals, four RBI and 11 runs through 24 contests.

Suarez went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 8-6 win over the Cubs.

The slugger came into the game having gone 0-for-23 over his prior six games, but Suarez snapped the skid with a fourth-inning blast off Jake Arrieta. His shaky defensive adjustment to playing shortstop may be affecting him at the plate, and Suarez finishes April with a woeful .130 batting average, four homers and nine RBI through 24 games.

Arenado went 2-for-5 with two doubles and two RBI in Friday's 7-3 win over the Pirates.

Arenado had gone just 1-for-7 with a pair of strikeouts in the last two games, but he put the Cardinals on the board with RBI doubles in each of his first two at-bats Friday. The 30-year-old is hitting .255 with four home runs, 15 RBI and 10 runs to begin the season.

Newman went 2-for-4 with a run and one RBI in Friday's 7-3 loss to the Cardinals.

The Pirates were unable to record any extra-base hits in Friday's contest, but Newman put the team on the board with a two-out single in the bottom of the fourth inning. Newman is now hitting .205 with a home run, six RBI and six runs this season.

Ramirez went 2-for-4 with a homer, three RBI and two runs scored in Friday's 5-3 win over the White Sox.

Ramirez got Cleveland on the board with a two-run single in the third inning. He then tacked on an insurance run with his solo shot in the eighth. The 28-year-old switch hitter now has hits in 13 of his last 14 games with five homers and 11 RBI during that span.