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  • Cubs' Alexander Canario: Gets first big-league start

    Canario will serve as the designated hitter and bat ninth Tuesday versus the Pirates.

    Canario has spent most of September on the Cubs' active major-league roster, but this will be his first appearance in the starting lineup. The 23-year-old put up an .866 OPS with eight homers, 35 RBI, two steals and 23 runs scored in 36 games for Triple-A Iowa prior to arriving in Chicago.

  • Pirates' Andrew McCutchen: Moved to 60-day IL

    McCutchen (Achilles) was transferred Tuesday from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day injured list.

    This is a procedural move to clear out a 40-man roster spot for the arrival of Kyle Nicolas. McCutchen suffered a partial tear of left his Achilles tendon earlier this month and had already been ruled out for the remainder of the 2023 campaign.

  • Rockies' Charlie Blackmon: Four consecutive multi-hit games

    Blackmon went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored Monday against the Padres.

    Blackmon reached base three times in total, as he was also hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. He's tallied two hits in each of his last four games, a tally that includes three doubles, a triple, two RBI and four runs scored. The majority of that production came at Coors Field -- the team began a six-game road trip Monday -- and Blackmon has maintained just a .696 OPS away from home this season.

  • J.D. Martinez DH | NYM

    Dodgers' J.D. Martinez: Homers twice in win

    Martinez went 3-for-4 with two home runs and five RBI in Monday's 8-3 win over the Tigers.

    Martinez opened the scoring with a second-inning solo shot, popped a three-run blast an inning later and tacked on the Dodgers' last run with an RBI single in the seventh. He's gone 13-for-36 (.361) over nine contests since he returned from a groin/hamstring issue that sent him to the injured list in August. The designated hitter is slashing .266/.318/.556 with 28 homers, 91 RBI, 55 runs scored and a stolen base through 101 contests overall.

  • Brent Rooker DH | ATH

    Athletics' Brent Rooker: Bows out Monday

    Rooker is not in the lineup for Monday's game against the Mariners.

    Rooker homered three times over his last five games, but he will be held out Monday with manager Mark Kotsay loading up on left-handed hitters against Seattle right-hander Bryan Woo.

  • Justin Turner DH | CHC

    Red Sox's Justin Turner: Takes seat Monday

    Turner is not in the lineup for Monday's game against the Rangers, according to Alex Speier of The Boston Globe.

    Turner recorded just one hit in 11 at-bats over the past two days, so manager Alex Cora decided to give him a breather Monday. Trevor Story will serve as Boston's designated hitter and Bobby Dalbec will get the nod at first base.

  • Mike Ford DH | MIN

    Mariners' Mike Ford: On base three times in loss

    Ford went 2-for-3 with a walk in a loss to the Dodgers on Sunday.

    It was another quiet day for the Mariners' bats as a whole in the final installment of a three-game sweep at the hands of the Dodgers, but Ford managed one of two multi-hit efforts on the day for Seattle. The slugger came into the contest mired in a 1-for-15 skid that had encompassed his prior seven games, and the multi-hit tally was Ford's first since Sept. 4.

  • Brent Rooker DH | ATH

    Athletics' Brent Rooker: Provides only run with homer

    Rooker went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's loss to the Padres.

    The Athletics only managed six total hits on the day and Rooker accounted for two of them including their only extra-base hit of the day with an eighth-inning solo home run. The long ball was his third over the last five games and his 26th of the year, as he continues to be one of the rare sources of power in the A's lineup. For the year, the first-time All-Star is slashing .241/.324/.797 with 60 RBI, 55 runs and a 45:126 BB:K in 481 plate appearances.

  • Jorge Soler DH | LAA

    Marlins' Jorge Soler: Homers in return

    Soler (oblique) went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run, two runs scored and a walk in Sunday's 16-2 win over Atlanta.

    Soler was activated from the injured list Sunday and was in the lineup for the first time since Sept. 5. He wasted little time making an impact, drilling a two-run shot in the sixth inning. The 31-year-old slugger is up to 36 home runs this season, including 11 in 26 games since the start of August. Soler's season slash line is up to .243/.332/.520 with 73 RBI through 536 plate appearances.

  • Mark Vientos 1B | NYM

    Mets' Mark Vientos: Knocks three hits

    Vientos went 3-for-4 with a run, one RBI and a stolen base in Sunday's 8-4 win over the Reds.

    Vientos knocked an RBI single and swiped second base in the fifth inning and later scored a run in the seventh. It was the first three-hit game of his MLB career and his third multi-hit performance this month. Vientos is slashing .218/.262/.345 with 16 RBI through 187 plate appearances on the year, but he's gone 15-for-50 (.300) over his last 14 games.

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