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Ohtani is batting second as the starting pitcher Tuesday against the Red Sox.

Ohtani will remain in the lineup as the pitcher despite his last start resulting in the Angels being forced to remove him in the first inning.

Brantley (side) is back in the starting lineup for Tuesday's game against the Athletics, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports.

Brantley was a late scratch from Saturday's lineup because of soreness in his right side. He remained sidelined during Sunday's series finale in Cleveland, but he appears to feel better entering the series against Oakland. He'll hit second as the designated hitter while Yordan Alvarez mans left field against Chris Bassitt.

Winker is not in the starting lineup for Tuesday's game against Kansas City, C. Trent Rosecrans of The Athletic reports.

Winker will get a chance to reset after going hitless across his last 14 at-bats. Aristides Aquino, Shogo Akiyama and Tyler Naquin will align the Reds' outfield from left to right as Nick Castellanos serves as the DH.

Soler is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Reds, Alec Lewis of The Athletic reports.

The 29-year-old went 1-for-3 with an RBI double Monday, and he is now hitting .206 in his last 10 games. Ryan O'Hearn gets the start in right field Tuesday, with Whit Merrifield getting a day as the designated hitter.

Choi went 2-for-4 with a double and two runs in a win over Cleveland on Monday.

Choi's second multi-hit effort in the last seven games pushed his season slash line to an impressive .270/.387/.420 across 119 plate appearances. Choi has already matched his homer (three) and RBI (16) totals from 2020 in nine fewer games, and both his average and OBP are currently sitting at career highs.

Dickerson hit a solo home run in his only at-bat during Monday's 5-3 loss to St. Louis.

The outfielder got San Francisco on the board with his eighth-inning blast off St. Louis reliever Giovanny Gallegos. The lefty-hitting Dickerson remains in a strong-side platoon role in left field, with Darin Ruf and Austin Slater most likely to draw in against southpaws, although Thairo Estrada got the start Monday. Dickerson is slashing .233/.303/.421 with eight home runs, 24 RBI, 20 runs scored and a stolen base through 175 plate appearances.

McCutchen (oblique) went 3-for-5 with two doubles, an RBI and two runs scored in Monday's 13-3 win over the Cubs.

It appears the oblique soreness that forced the outfielder from Sunday's contest was a minor issue. McCutchen put an end to a 2-for-18 skid with the three-hit showing Monday. He's slashing .234/.354/.433 with 13 home runs, 42 RBI, 44 runs scored and six stolen bases through 319 plate appearances this year.

Reyes went 3-for-5 with a homer, a double and five RBI in Monday's 9-8 loss to the Rays.

Reyes powered Cleveland's offense all night, knocking an RBI single in the fourth inning, a two-run homer in the fifth and a two-run double in the sixth. It was his first game all season with more than three RBI and his third multi-RBI game since the start of May. He's gone 6-for-14 (.429) in three games since returning from the injured list. Reyes' season OPS is up to .915 with 24 extra-base hits through 172 plate appearances.

Carpenter went 1-for-2 with a two-RBI triple and a walk during Monday's 5-3 win at San Francisco.

The veteran infielder brought home the first runs of the contest during the seventh inning with a two-run triple, which is his first three-bagger of the season. Carpenter has a .182/.314/.311 slash line with three homers, 19 RBI and 12 runs in 159 plate appearances this season.

McCutchen (oblique) is batting cleanup and playing left field Monday against the Cubs, Matt Breen of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

Oblique soreness forced the veteran to exit late in Sunday's contest, but he appears good enough to play in the series opener Monday at Wrigley Field. After going 0-for-3 on Sunday, McCutchen is hitting .241 with a homer, six RBI and eight walks in his last 11 games.