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Twins center fielder Byron Buxton (thumb) remains in Georgia following the death of his aunt, general manager Terry Ryan said Sunday. Buxton hasn't been cleared to swing a bat.

Tigers left fielder Yoenis Cespedes hit third Sunday against the Orioles for the first time in 2015. Prior to Sunday's game, he had hit second, fourth, fifth and sixth this season.

Cespedes has a good track record against Orioles starting pitcher Miguel Gonzalez, who is on the hill Sunday. Cespedes is batting .500 (4 for 8) with one RBI and one walk in his career against the right-hander.

In his career batting third, Cespedes is hitting .271 with a .465 slugging percentage and .782 OPS in 106 games.

Cespedes is hitless in his last three games (0 for 11). However, he is batting .274 with a .500 slugging percentage, three home runs, five doubles and nine RBI in 14 July games.

Left fielder Michael Brantley got the Indians on the board early on Saturday. Brantley launched a three-run home run with no outs in the very first inning, as the Indians beat the Reds 9-4. 

The home run was Brantley's sixth of the season and just the second in his last 54 games. Despite the lack of power, Brantley has manged to stay productive at the plate. He's batting .324 with two homers and eight RBI over his last 10 games.

Indians center fielder Michael Brantley went 2 for 3 with a walk in Friday's loss to Cincinnati. 

Brantley got a hit for the sixth time in the last seven games, including three multi-hit games over that span. 

Brantley got two of the team's three extra base hits, doubling twice to give him 26 on the season. 

Tigers right fielder J.D. Martinez went 1 for 4 with a solo home run in Friday's win over Baltimore. 

Martinez homered for the second time in four games and hit in his fourth straight. The homer was his 26th of the year. 

Athletics left fielder Mark Canha is not in the starting lineup on Sunday, after starting of the last nine games.

Sam Fuld gets the start in left for the 19th time and first since June 28. 

Tigers right fielder J.D. Martinez hit a solo home run in Friday's loss to Minnesota. 

Martinez went 2 for 5 and hit his 25th home run of the season. He has four homers in the last seven games and 11 RBI in the last nine. 

Martinez has hit in 10 of the last 11 games.

Tigers left fielder Yoenis Cespedes went 3 for 5 in Friday's loss to Minnesota. 

Cespedes hit a three-run home run and had his fourth multi-hit game in the last seven. He now has 13 home runs and three in the last five games. 

Cespedes has hit in eight straight games. He's hitting .368 over the streak. 

Indians left fielder Michael Brantley went 1 for 5 with two RBI in Friday's win over Oakland. 

Brantley hit in his fourth straight game and is 7 for his last 16. He had his first multi-RBI game since July 2. 

Athletics left fielder Mark Canha hit his seventh double of the season, one of just two extra base hits the team managed in Friday's loss to Cleveland. 

Canha went 1 for 4 and extended his hitting streak to six games. He's hitting .381 over the streak.