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Luis Campusano C | SD
Padres' Luis Campusano: Sitting Saturday
Campusano isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Marlins.
Campusano will retreat to the bench Saturday after going 0-for-2 with a walk and two strikeouts in Friday's series opener. Freddy Fermin will start behind the plate and bat ninth.
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Joe Mack C | MIA
Marlins' Joe Mack: Resting up Saturday
Mack isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Padres.
Mack will get a breather after hitting a home run in Friday's contest to extend his hitting streak to four games. Liam Hicks will handle catching duties with Mack on the bench.
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Francisco Alvarez C | NYM
Mets' Francisco Alvarez: Clubs 12th homer
Alvarez went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Friday's loss to the Dodgers.
The 24-year-old backstop supplied the Mets' last gasp of offense on the night when he took Evan Phillips deep in the eighth inning. Alvarez is up to 12 homers on the season, and three of them have come in five games since the All-Star break. Over 123 plate appearances since returning from knee surgery in early June, Alvarez has produced a .274/.333/.504 slash line with eight home runs, 11 runs scored and 16 RBI.
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Drake Baldwin C | ATL
Braves' Drake Baldwin: Socks homer No. 20
Baldwin went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Friday's extra-inning win over the Orioles.
His eighth-inning shot off Rico Garcia tied the game at 3-3 and set the stage for a wild 10th inning that saw seven runs cross the plate in total. Baldwin has gone yard in back-to-back games and five times in eight contests since the All-Star break, with the power surge carrying him to his first career 20-homer campaign.
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Gabriel Moreno C | ARI
Diamondbacks' Gabriel Moreno: Knocks two hits, game-winning RBI
Moreno went 2-for-4 with a sacrifice fly and an RBI in Friday's 3-2 win over the Nationals.
Moreno's sac fly in the top of the seventh inning knocked in the game-winning run. He's reached base at least twice in 12 of the last 15 games (.485 OBP), and Friday's two-hit night extended an on-base streak to 40 consecutive starts.
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Joe Mack C | MIA
Marlins' Joe Mack: Clubs homer in loss
Mack went 1-for-4 with a homer, a run scored and a strikeout in Miami's 4-2 loss to San Diego on Friday.
Mack opened up the scoring in the second inning with a solo homer to give the Marlins the early lead. The 23-year-old now has three home runs in his past four games. On the season, the rookie is slashing .243/.298/.446 with 10 homers and 30 RBI in 194 plate appearances.
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Austin Hedges C | CLE
Guardians' Austin Hedges: Blasts homer in loss
Hedges went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer, a run scored and a walk during Cleveland's 11-3 loss to Tampa Bay on Friday.
In the ninth inning, Hedges clubbed his fourth homer of the year to chip at the large deficit Cleveland was facing. The catcher recorded his third homer in the month of July and his first since July 4. On the season, the 33-year-old has hit a career-best .289/.351/.430 with four homers and 17 RBI in 155 plate appearances.
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Nick Fortes C | TB
Rays' Nick Fortes: Tallies four hits in win
Fortes went 4-for-4 with a double, two RBI and a run scored as the Rays beat the Guardians by a final score of 11-3 on Friday.
Fortes recorded his second four-hit game of the season Friday, with the other coming June 10 against Boston. The catcher knocked an RBI single in the fourth to extend Tampa Bay's lead to 5-1 and recorded an RBI double in the seventh to pad the lead even further. Over his last seven games, the 29-year-old has been red hot, slashing .500/.522/.818 with two homers, eight RBI and five runs scored in 22 plate appearances.
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Daniel Susac C | SF
Giants' Daniel Susac: Late addition to lineup
Susac will start at catcher and bat ninth Friday against the Angels, Justice delos Santos of The San Jose Mercury News reports.
Susac was initially left out of San Francisco's starting lineup, but with Drew Cavanaugh now sidelined by an illness, Susac will handle catching duties and bat ninth Friday.