Juan Soto stays on top of the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings as the Nationals did not play on Thursday. The Rays did play, and Brandon Lowe went two for four with a walk, double, and home run to jump into second place. Fifty of his 95 hits this season resulted in extra bases. The Rays beat the Orioles 7-2. Freddie Freeman and the Braves took a day off from their six game winning streak, as Freeman stands third. In a week the the NL East went from a possible massive tie to the Braves controlling the race, as the Phillies get swept by the Diamondbacks.

The Dodgers help the Braves as Los Angeles beat the Mets 4-1. Dodgers first baseman Max Muncy takes an 0 for 4 to land in fourth place in the standings. Paul Goldschmidt of the Cardinals goes two for five with a double to wind up in fifth place. He’s hitting .349 with a .397 OBP in August.

The highest game score of the day goes to Brandon Marsh of the Angels, a 74. He goes three for five with two triples and a walk in the 13-10 win over Detroit. Marsh now has eight extra-base hits in his young career, none of them home runs.