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Happ went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run during Sunday's 6-5 loss to the Rockies.

Happ delivered a clutch homer in the bottom of the eighth inning, tagging Luis Peralta for a three-run shot to tie the game at 5-5. However, closer Daniel Palencia surrendered a walk-off RBI triple to Mickey Moniak in the bottom of the ninth. Happ has recorded a hit in five straight games, and he's 8-for-20 (.400) with two home runs and four doubles during that stretch.

Marsh went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's 3-1 loss to Atlanta.

Marsh opened the scoring with a solo shot in the fourth inning, but Philadelphia wasn't able to add to it. The outfielder had gone 12-for-55 (.218) with no homers, two RBI and two doubles over his previous 20 games. For the season, Marsh is at a .267/.329/.408 slash line with eight long balls, 30 RBI, 44 runs scored and five stolen bases over 349 plate appearances. He continues to primarily share center field with Harrison Bader, though Marsh occasionally moves over to left as well.

Gilbert went 3-for-5 with a triple, a double, three RBI and two runs scored in Sunday's 13-2 win over the Orioles.

Gilbert supplied a two-run triple in the fourth inning and added an RBI double in the eighth. He remains in a part-time role, but he has logged three multi-hit efforts over his last 13 games. On the season, the rookie outfielder is hitting .190 with one home run, seven RBI, four runs scored and a stolen base across 42 plate appearances. He's also struck out 10 times and has yet to draw a walk. Gilbert figures to continue functioning as a fourth outfielder unless injuries open up more playing time.

Ramos went 3-for-5 with one walk, one RBI and two runs scored in Sunday's 13-2 win over the Orioles.

Ramos has logged three multi-hit efforts over his last five games, putting together a strong finish to August after a rough patch in the middle of the month. He didn't add much power this month -- just five of his 29 hits went for extra bases (two home runs, three doubles), and he batted .271 over 26 games. On the season, Ramos is at a .268/.341/.408 slash line with 16 homers, 58 RBI, 70 runs scored and six stolen bases over 133 contests.

The Reds outrighted Joe to Triple-A Louisville on Sunday.

Joe had been demoted to Triple-A on Aug. 2, when the Reds cleared room on the active roster for trade-deadline pickup Miguel Andujar. Since that date, Joe had slashed a lowly .200/.344/.300 over 17 games with Louisville, which likely took him out of consideration for a September call-up. He's now lost his spot on the 40-man roster and will have the ability to elect free agency.

Carroll went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run in Sunday's 5-4 loss to the Dodgers.

The Diamondbacks had little success against Los Angeles starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto, but Carroll cashed in a big and timely hit when he took reliever Tanner Scott deep to tie the game in the eighth inning. This was Carroll's second straight game with a homer, and he's logged four multi-hit efforts over his last seven contests. The 25-year-old outfielder already has a career-high 29 homers, and he has a month left to add to his total. He's added 71 RBI, 92 runs scored, 21 stolen bases, 27 doubles, 16 triples and a .258/.333/.559 slash line over 121 games this season.

The Cubs are expected to recall Alcantara from Triple-A Iowa on Monday, Jesse Rogers of ESPN.com reports.

Alcantara received a brief cup of coffee with the Cubs last September, going 1-for-10 over three games. The 23-year-old has spent the entire season to date with Iowa and has produced well, slashing .266/.349/.470 with 17 home runs and 10 stolen bases over 102 games. The Cubs are expected to option outfielder Owen Caissie to Iowa to make room on the active roster for Alcantara, who likely won't be in store for much playing time in the Chicago outfield while all of Seiya Suzuki, Ian Happ, Pete Crow-Armstrong and Kyle Tucker are available.

The Cubs are expected to option Caissie to Triple-A Iowa on Monday, Jesse Rogers of ESPN.com reports.

After being called up from Triple-A on Aug. 14, Caissie struggled to carve out a regular role in the Chicago outfield and slashed just .208/.240/.375 through his first 25 big-league plate appearances. He'll get the chance to resume playing on an everyday basis at Iowa and will cede his spot on the active roster to Kevin Alcantara, who si expected to be called up from Triple-A on Monday in a corresponding transaction.

Kepler is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against Atlanta.

Before taking a seat for Saturday's 3-2 win while southpaw Chris Sale was on the mound for Atlanta, the left-handed-hitting Kepler started in each of the previous three contests and went 2-for-11 with a home run and a walk. Atlanta is sending a righty (Hurston Waldrep) to the hill for the series finale, but Kepler will remain on the bench while Harrison Bader picks up a start in the outfield in his place.

Lee is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Orioles.

Drew Gilbert will get the start in center field while Lee receives what appears to be a routine rest day in the series finale. Lee had started in each of the Giants' last four contests and went 4-for-16 with a double, a walk, two runs and an RBI.