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Nolan Arenado 3B | ARI
Diamondbacks' Nolan Arenado: Pops homer in loss
Arenado went 1-for-3 with a solo home run, a walk and three total runs scored in Saturday's 11-5 loss to the Reds.
Arenado is up to 21 homers this season, including seven over 17 games in August. He's hitting .254 (16-for-63) with 15 RBI this month. The third baseman is batting .243 with a .768 OPS through 121 contests. Arenado battled an intercostal injury earlier in the week, but he looks set to play through it with little impact on his performance -- he's hit safely in three straight games since he returned from missing two contests due to the injury.
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Bo Bichette 3B | NYM
Mets' Bo Bichette: Smashes 14th home run
Bichette went 2-for-5 with a solo home run and a strikeout in Saturday's 10-5 win over the White Sox.
Bichette launched a long ball for the second consecutive game against the White Sox. With his two hits Saturday, the 28-year-old has now picked up at least one base knock in eight of his last nine games. In his first season with the Mets, Bichette is batting .268/.314/.398 with 14 homers and 66 RBI in 557 plate appearances.
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Jorbit Vivas 2B | WAS
Nationals' Jorbit Vivas: On bench Saturday
Vivas isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Marlins.
Vivas will take a day off to regroup Saturday after going 0-for-12 at the plate across his last four games. Jose Tena will start at the keystone while Vivas sits, and Brady House will get the nod at third base.
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Alec Bohm 3B | PHI
Phillies' Alec Bohm: Belts walk-off triple
Bohm went 3-for-5 with a triple, a run scored and three RBI in Friday's 7-6 extra-inning win over the Cardinals.
With two on and nobody out in the bottom of the 10th inning, Bohm crushed a sweeper from Luis Gastelum to the warning track in center field that Jose Fermin couldn't track down, allowing Edmundo Sosa to race home from first base for the winning run. Bohm has had a tough season at the plate overall, but he's caught fire in August, slashing .371/.416/.529 over 19 games with eight extra-base hits (six doubles, one triple and one homer), 11 runs, 15 RBI and more walks (five) than strikeouts (four).
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Nick Gonzales 3B | PIT
Pirates' Nick Gonzales: Drives in two
Gonzales went 2-for-5 with two RBI against the Dodgers on Friday.
Gonzales drove in the first run of the game with a single in the opening inning, and he then tacked on an additional run two frames later. In three starts since returning from a head injury, Gonzales has gone 5-for-15 with two RBI, a run scored and a double. Across 499 plate appearances this season, he has maintained an impressive .311 batting average, though Gonzales also has just a .093 ISO.
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Max Muncy 3B | LAD
Dodgers' Max Muncy: Launches homer Friday
Muncy went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in Friday's 5-4 extra-inning win over the Pirates.
Muncy replied to the Pirates' opening run with his two-run homer in the first inning. The third baseman has gone 10-for-34 (.294) over his last 11 contests, adding four homers and 14 RBI in that span. For the season, he's hitting .252 with an .848 OPS, 26 homers, 66 RBI, 67 runs scored, 18 doubles, one triple and two stolen bases over 119 contests. While he's been effective, a healthy Enrique Hernandez will likely lead to Muncy getting platooned more often down the stretch.
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Alex Bregman 3B | CHC
Cubs' Alex Bregman: Two homers not enough
Bregman went 3-for-5 with two home runs and three RBI in Friday's 6-5 extra-inning loss to the Mariners.
Bregman homered in the first and ninth innings, ending a seven-game stretch without a long ball. The third baseman's big performance still wasn't enough for the Cubs, but it was a positive to see him get back on track in the power department. For the year, Bregman is batting .258 with a .765 OPS, 18 homers, 66 RBI, 71 runs scored, 24 doubles, one triple and three stolen bases over 126 contests.
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Javier Sanoja 3B | MIA
Marlins' Javier Sanoja: Logs two RBI as pinch hitter
Sanoja went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored during the Marlins' 3-2 win over the Nationals on Friday.
Sanoja was left out of the Marlins' lineup for Friday's series opener, but he was brought in as a pinch hitter for Owen Caissie in the sixth. Sanoja struck out in that plate appearance, but he more than made up for it in his next two at-bats with consecutive RBI singles, the second of which was the game winner in the ninth inning. He's driven in at least one run in each of his last five outings, going 9-for-19 with two home runs and eight RBI in that span.
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Kyle Karros 3B | COL
Rockies' Kyle Karros: Returning from concussion IL
The Rockies activated Karros from the 7-day injured list Friday.
Karros wound up missing a little over a week with his concussion symptoms. He did not embark upon a rehab assignment, but the third baseman ramped up on-field workouts this week to clear the path for his return to the Rockies' lineup. Karros has had a nice first full season in the big leagues, sporting a .265/.361/.424 slash line with 10 home runs in 116 contests.