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Braden Montgomery RF | CHW
White Sox's Braden Montgomery: Playing time continues to tumble
Montgomery is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game in Cleveland.
Montgomery has been held out of the lineup for two straight contests (both against lefties) and in three of the past four games. The rookie outfielder is sporting a .495 OPS thus far in September. Tristan Peters will shift to right field Wednesday while Brenton Doyle patrols center field for the White Sox.
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Munetaka Murakami 1B | CHW
White Sox's Munetaka Murakami: Sitting out versus southpaw
Murakami is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's game in Cleveland.
Murakami wore the golden sombrero in Tuesday's loss to the Guardians, and he's 1-for-19 with 12 strikeouts over his last six contests. This marks the second time he's been out of the lineup over the White Sox's past three games against left-handed hurlers. Miguel Vargas will slide across the diamond to first base and Colson Montgomery will play third base in Wednesday's rubber match.
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Angel Martinez LF | CLE
Guardians' Angel Martinez: Absent from Cleveland lineup
Martinez (side) is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game versus the White Sox.
Martinez suffered a right side injury during Tuesday's contest. He seems to have avoided a serious injury, but with it being an afternoon game Wednesday ahead of an off day Thursday, Martinez will receive some rest. Steven Kwan is handling left field and Petey Halpin will patrol center field for the Guardians.
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Chase DeLauter RF | CLE
Guardians' Chase DeLauter: Held out again Wednesday
DeLauter (wrist) remains out of the lineup for Wednesday's contest against the White Sox.
DeLauter experienced a setback with his right wrist injury during Monday's game, and he will now sit out a second straight contest. The Guardians are idle Thursday, but with the nature of the injury, it's not a given DeLauter is ready to play by Friday versus the Athletics.
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Drew Thorpe SP | CHW
White Sox's Drew Thorpe: Activated, optioned down
The White Sox activated Thorpe (elbow) from the 60-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Charlotte on Wednesday.
Coming back from Tommy John surgery, Thorpe has pitched well in 10 rehab starts, posting a 2.85 ERA and 38:13 K:BB over 41 innings. However, rather than throw him into a playoff race, the White Sox will keep Thorpe at Charlotte for the time being.
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Junior Caminero 3B | TB
Rays' Junior Caminero: Swats another walk-off homer
Caminero went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the A's.
For the second time in five days, Caminero walked it off for the Rays, this time by getting hold of a 100.4-mph fastball from Elvis Alvarado and driving it the other way to clear the fence in the right-field corner. Caminero is up to 41 homers on the season, first in the American League and third in the majors behind the Phillies' Kyle Schwarber (45) and the Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong (42), and the 23-year-old needs four more RBI to reach 100 for the second straight year.
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Bryan Baker RP | TB
Rays' Bryan Baker: Nabs third win
Baker (3-2) picked up the win Tuesday, working a perfect ninth inning without a strikeout in a 2-1 victory over the A's.
With the game tied 1-1 and a save situation off the table at home, Baker was called in for the top of the ninth and needed just seven pitches (three strikes) to set down the 2-3-4 hitters for the A's. The right-hander then got rewarded when Junior Caminero walked it off with a solo shot. Baker has been scored upon in only one of his last nine appearances, picking up two wins and three saves during that stretch with a 1.08 ERA and 0.96 WHIP, but a lackluster 6:5 K:BB.