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France is not in Tuesday's lineup against the Reds.

He is out of the lineup for the second game in a row and is 1-for-12 with four strikeouts and zero walks since rejoining the big-league club. Greg Garcia gets another start at second base while leading off.

Bell went 1-for-4 against Washington on Monday.

He had been hitless in his last 12 at-bats, going four games without a hit for the first time in 2019. Bell batted .474 with four homers and nine RBI in a five-game stretch last week but has fallen off once again. The first baseman is 1-for-8 in his career against Tuesday's starter Stephen Strasburg. Bell still leads the National League with 36 doubles and is tied for first in RBI (98), along with Eduardo Escobar and Freddie Freeman.

Cabrera went 2-for-3 with a walk, a double, a home run, two runs scored and five RBI in Monday's 13-0 rout of the Pirates.

After going deep 12 times in 93 games for the Rangers to begin the season, this was Cabrera's first homer in nine contests as a Nat. The veteran infielder is faring much better overall at the plate than he did in Texas, though, slashing .379/.472/.655 with 10 RBI and a 6:3 BB:K for Washington.

France is not in Monday's lineup against the Reds.

France is 1-for-11 with three strikeouts and zero walks in three games since taking over as the primary second baseman. Greg Garcia will start at the keystone and lead off.

Alonso went 3-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two RBI and two additional runs Sunday in the Mets' 11-5 win over the Royals.

Alonso took reliever Jacob Barnes deep in the top of the ninth for his 40th home run of the season, allowing him to take sole possession of the National League rookie record previously established by the Dodgers' Cody Bellinger in 2017. With 58 games left to play, Alonso will have a realistic shot at besting Aaron Judge's MLB rookie record of 52, which was also established in 2017. Like Bellinger and Judge before him, Alonso looks on track to claim Rookie of the Year honors, especially with one of his chief competitors for the award -- the Padres' Fernando Tatis (back) -- expected to miss the remainder of the season.

Rizzo went 1-for-2 with a two-run homer and three walks in a win over Pittsburgh on Sunday.

Rizzo launched a home run to center field in the fifth inning to plate two runs and cap Chicago's scoring on the day. The 30-year-old is putting together another fine season at the plate, slashing .283/.395/.510 with a .905 OPS, 23 homers and 77 runs batted in through 514 plate appearances.

Flores went 2-for-5 with a solo home run in Sunday's victory over San Francisco.

Flores entered the game with a lifetime .176 average against Madison Bumgarner but collected a pair of hits against the southpaw Sunday, including a 422-foot homer to left field in the fifth inning. The two-hit performance capped a fantastic three-game stretch against the Giants in which Flores went 8-for-13 with three home runs. The 28-year-old has been red-hot in August, batting .457 (16-for-35) in 15 games.

Goldschmidt went 2-for-3 with a double, a two-run home run, a walk and two runs scored Sunday against the Reds.

Goldschmidt delivered a two-run home run in the third inning, putting the Cardinals up 2-1. The 31-year-old first baseman pieced together a solid weekend series, going 5-for-15 with two doubles, two home runs and five RBI over four contests.

Cooper went 2-for-4 with a home run, double and two RBI in Saturday's 11-4 loss to the Rockies.

The two extra-base hits were a welcome sight for Cooper's fantasy managers, who had watched the 28-year-old deliver only one double and no home runs over the previous 19 contests. The lack of recent power production dropped Cooper's OPS down to .807 for the season, but that figure still is good for first place among Marlins regulars, narrowly beating out Brian Anderson (.805). Cooper will start at first base and bat cleanup in Sunday's series finale at Coors Field, per Thomas Harding of MLB.com.

Hiura went 3-for-7 with two doubles, two RBI, two runs and a stolen base Saturday in the Brewers' 15-14 win over the Nationals in 14 innings.

The rookie continued to shine at the dish and on the bases in the Brewers' thrilling win, but he made things more difficult on Milwaukee by committing a two-out throwing error in the bottom of the 14th. Fortunately for the Brewers, Junior Guerra was able to strike out pinch hitter Joe Ross to end the threat. Milwaukee will continue to live with Hiura's regular lapses in the field so long as he keeps bringing life to an offense that has been lacking in reliable second-half performers aside from reigning NL MVP Christian Yelich. Hiura owns a monstrous .344/.420/.664 batting line since the All-Star break.