MLB Player News
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Max Stassi C | SF
Angels' Max Stassi: Laces second long ball
Stassi went 2-for-5 with a home run, two runs, an RBI and two strikeouts in a 12-5 win over Seattle on Saturday.
Stassi's fourth-inning solo home run was Los Angeles' first of 11 straight runs after falling behind 5-1 and triggered a big comeback win. He has a hit in three straight starts since returning from injury and is now slashing .275/.356/.450 in 14 games.
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Eric Haase C | SF
Tigers' Eric Haase: Homers twice off Giolito
Haase went 2-for-4 with a pair of homers and three RBI in Saturday's 4-3 win over the White Sox.
Haase got to Lucas Giolito for a two-run homer in the second inning and connected for a solo shot against Chicago's ace two innings later. Haase, who's now homered three times in the last two games, is hitting .266/.329/.656 with seven long balls and 11 RBI on the campaign.
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Sean Murphy C | ATL
Athletics' Sean Murphy: Retreats to bench
Murphy isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Rockies.
Murphy had started each of the last five games and hit .250 with a home run, three doubles, seven RBI and two runs. Aramis Garcia will take over at catcher and bat eighth.
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Danny Jansen C | TEX
Blue Jays' Danny Jansen: Retreats to bench
Jansen isn't starting Saturday against Houston.
Jansen will take a seat for the third time in the last four games after he went 1-for-3 in Friday's matchup. Reese McGuire will start behind the plate and bat ninth.
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Eric Haase C | SF
Tigers' Eric Haase: Smashes homer in loss
Haase went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and a walk in Friday's 9-8 loss to the White Sox.
Haase failed to reach in his first two at-bats of the night but singled, homered and walked in his final three plate appearances. Friday marked his second multi-hit and multi-RBI performances in his last three games and he's now slashing .250/.318/.567 with five homers, eight RBI and 12 runs scored since being promoted May 12.
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Yasmani Grandal C | PIT
White Sox's Yasmani Grandal: Rescues Pale Hose in win
Grandal went 2-for-2 with two walks, two solo home runs and a third run scored in Friday's 9-8 win over the Tigers.
Grandal homered in the second inning to put Chicago on the board, then he rescued the team in the seventh with a game-tying blast after the White Sox's bullpen surrendered a five-run lead in the top half of the inning. That set the stage for Yermin Mercedes' walkoff single. Grandal's belted three homers over the last two days, giving him nine for the season. The catcher is batting .154 with a miserable .123 BABIP. He's been hitting the ball hard -- 97th percentile per Baseball Savant -- but right at defenders.
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Sean Murphy C | ATL
Athletics' Sean Murphy: Knocks in three runs Friday
Murphy went 3-for-5 with a home run, a double and three total RBI in a 9-5 win over the Rockies on Friday.
The backstop enjoyed a big day at the plate, driving in three runs for the first time this season. He blasted a solo home run to right field in the second inning, knocked in another run with a single in the third and notched another RBI with a double in the sixth. Over his past seven games, Murphy has knocked in 10 runs despite batting a pedestrian .259.
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Martin Maldonado C | SD
Astros' Martin Maldonado: Knocks in five Friday
Maldonado went 2-for-5 with a home run, five RBI and two total runs scored in Friday's 13-1 win over Toronto.
In the sixth inning, the catcher blew the game wide open with a grand slam to put Houston ahead 7-0. Maldonado added an RBI single in the eighth. Friday was his third multi-hit game in 43 contests this year, all of which have come since May 14. The 34-year-old is slashing .164/.245/.286 with four homers, 14 RBI and 14 runs scored across 155 plate appearances.
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Jose Godoy C | TEX
Mariners' Jose Godoy: Not starting Friday
Godoy isn't in the lineup for Friday's game against the Angels.
Godoy will retreat to the bench for the third time in the last four games after he went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts Thursday. Tom Murphy will start at catcher and bat seventh.
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Max Stassi C | SF
Angels' Max Stassi: Takes seat Friday
Stassi isn't starting Friday's game against the Mariners, Jack Harris of the Los Angeles Times reports.
Stassi had started each of the last two games, and he went 2-for-6 with a double, an RBI, a run and two walks. Kurt Suzuki will start behind the plate and bat fifth.