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  • Red Sox's Rafael Devers: Not starting Sunday

    Devers is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Yankees.

    Devers will step out of the lineup for the first time since Sept. 7, and he had an .815 OPS with two home runs and 11 RBI during that 13-game stretch. Bobby Dalbec will step in at the hot corner and bat seventh in Sunday's series finale.

  • Josh Donaldson 3B | MIL

    Yankees' Josh Donaldson: Takes seat Sunday

    Donaldson is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Red Sox.

    Donaldson started the past 12 games and will head to the bench after he posted an .864 OPS with three home runs during that span. Marwin Gonzalez will take over at the hot corner in Sunday's series finale.

  • Nolan Arenado 3B | ARI

    Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Reaches milestone marks

    Arenado went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run and a walk in Saturday's 6-2 loss to the Dodgers.

    Arenado's homer was his 30th of the year, and it also accounted for his 100th RBI. He's reached those milestone marks in seven straight full seasons, missing them only in the shortened 2020 campaign. The third baseman has supplemented his usual hearty power numbers with a career-high five stolen bases, 41 doubles (two shy of his best mark), a triple, 71 runs scored and a .295/.359/.542 slash line through 142 contests this year. Arenado has tailed off a bit in September, slashing .221/.294/.364 across his last 21 games.

  • Jace Peterson SS | ARI

    Brewers' Jace Peterson: Sitting against lefty

    Peterson is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Reds.

    Peterson is on the bench Sunday for a third consecutive game amid a 1-for-17 slump. Mike Brosseau will receive the start at the hot corner with lefty Nick Lodolo on the mound for Cincinnati.

  • Matt Duffy 3B | TEX

    Angels' Matt Duffy: Riding pine Sunday

    Duffy is not in Sunday's lineup against the Twins.

    Duffy is hitting .267 with one home run and four RBI over his last 10 games. Michael Stefanic is starting at second base, pushing Luis Rengifo to third base.

  • Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B | CIN

    Pirates' Ke'Bryan Hayes: Back in action Sunday

    Hayes (back) is starting at third base and batting fifth Sunday against the Cubs, Kevin Gorman of TribLive.com reports.

    Hayes was held out Saturday for the third straight game due to lower-back discomfort, but he'll retake the field for Sunday's series finale. The 25-year-old has a .241/.311/.352 slash line with one home run, four RBI, eight runs and three stolen bases through 15 games in September.

  • Ramon Urias 3B | STL

    Orioles' Ramon Urias: Day-to-day with neck spasms

    Urias is day-to-day with back/neck spasms, Andy Kostka of The Baltimore Sun reports.

    Manager Brandon Hyde said Sunday that Urias would miss a day or two, so it sounds like he should return either Monday or Tuesday in Boston. Rougned Odor is starting in his place Sunday.

  • Taylor Walls SS | TB

    Rays' Taylor Walls: Returns to lineup Sunday

    Walls (groin) is starting at second base and hitting ninth Sunday against the Blue Jays.

    Walls had been making appearances off the bench this weekend, but this is his first start since Thursday. He is hitting .171 with one home run and two steals in 18 games this month.

  • Ramon Urias 3B | STL

    Orioles' Ramon Urias: Riding pine Sunday

    Urias is not in Sunday's lineup against the Astros, Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com reports.

    Urias is hitting .220 with zero home runs in 20 games this month. Rougned Odor will start at second base while Gunnar Henderson starts at third.

  • Padres' Manny Machado: Powers victory

    Machado went 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, two runs and two RBI in a 9-3 win against the Rockies on Saturday.

    Machado singled in the first inning, doubled home a run and scored in the third, knocked in another run in the fifth and walked and scored in the seventh. The 30-year-old has reached base three times in two of his last three contests -- batting 4-for-10 with three walks during the stretch -- and is now slashing .298/.369/.532 with 30 home runs, 94 runs, 97 RBI and eight stolen bases in 141 games.

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