Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Spencer Horwitz went 2-for-4 on Monday night in a 7-0 win over the Cardinals. He homered on the second pitch of the game from Erick Fedde, giving him two long balls on the season. Over his 36 games, the 27-year-old lefty is hitting .258 with a .310 wOBA. Monday was his first game all season in the leadoff spot after bouncing around the middle of the order in most matchups lately. He has hit safely in 13 of his last 15 games, going 18-for-55 (.327) with six doubles and Monday's home run. With another right-handed pitcher on the mound on Tuesday, it will be interesting to see if the Pirates stick with Horwitz in the leadoff spot or go in a different direction. Especially if he's at the top of the lineup, Horwitz is starting to work his way onto some deep-league radar with his recent stretch of production.

Baltimore Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson had back-to-back big innings to help the Orioles emerge 10-6 winners in 11 innings over the Rangers on Monday night. He finished the day 2-for-5 with a home run, a double, two runs scored, a walk, and four RBI. Almost all of that production came after the game went to extra innings, tied 3-3. In the 10th, he hit a two-run homer off Robert Garcia, and in the 11th, he had a two-run double off Holby Milner that extended the lead to 10-6. Henderson is up to 29 RBI in 77 games this season with 10 homers and a .346 wOBA. While he still has a ways to go to catch up with last year's numbers, he's hitting .314 with a .388 wOBA over his last 20 games and is trending in the right direction after a slow start to the season. He will continue to be a strong shortstop play in standard formats with big games like this always a possibility if he's swinging it well.

Texas Rangers second baseman Marcus Semien hit his eighth home run of the year on Monday night, but the Rangers couldn't quite complete their comeback, falling 10-6 in extra innings. Semien went 3-for-3 out of the No. 3 spot in the batting order with two walks, two runs scored, and two RBI. He is still only hitting .237 on the season with eight homers and a .298 wOBA, but he has shown some signs of turning things around lately. This 3-for-3 night extends his hitting streak to six games, and during that stretch, he is 11-for-29 (.379) with two doubles, a homer, and a 47.8% hard-hit rate. It's a vast improvement on his season-long stats, but it still remains to be seen if Semien is back to a fantasy-relevant level or just going through a decent stretch. He's worth a look as a streaming or DFS value play in favorable matchups in the short term to find out.

Texas Rangers outfielder Adolis Garcia blasted home run No. 10 on the season as part of the Rangers' three-run 10th inning on Monday night that extended the game to the 11th, where they ultimately lost, 10-6. Garcia finished the game 2-for-5 with a run scored and three RBI in addition to a pair of strikeouts. His blast came off Orioles lefty relief pitcher Keegan Akin, who ultimately ended up with the win despite the blown save. Garcia has only hit two homers this season off of lefties with just a 71 wRC+ on that side of the splits. He had gone eight games without a home run before Monday, going just 3-for-31 (.097) over that stretch. Garcia and his fantasy managers will home his big game Monday helps jumpstart his sluggish bat this season.