Monday’s games shuffled the top five of the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings. Matt Olson of the Athletics goes two for four with a walk to claim the top stop as the A’s beat the Indians 4-3 in ten innings. Manny Machado of the Padres drops to second place with a one for four night in a 6-5 win over Arizona. Juan Soto homered for the Nationals before the game was suspended by rain. Soto sits in third place as the Nationals and Mets finish the game this afternoon.

Randy Arozarena of the Rays returns from the COVID list to post a two for four night against the Red Sox as Tampa Bay extends their lead in the AL East with an 8-4 win. Mookie Betts does not play in the Dodgers shutout victory over the Phillies. He drops to fifth place and a trip to the illjured list is likely for the Los Angeles star.

Salvador Perez of the Royals collects three hits in four trips to the plate, including two home runs as his game score of 80 tops the night. The veteran catching star for the Royals is slugging .522 on the season. His excellent night helped the Royals to an 8-4 win over the Yankees.