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Hoskins (groin) is out of the lineup Sunday against the PIrates.

Hoskins will be sidelined for the third straight contest as he continues to manage a left groin injury. Brad Miller will receive another start at first base in his place.

Rizzo will start at first base and bat leadoff Sunday against the Marlins.

While batting out of the cleanup spot during his first two games in pinstripes, Rizzo provided excellent early returns for the Yankees, going 4-for-5 with two solo home runs, three walks and three additional runs. After Rizzo's back-to-back big games, manager Aaron Boone will give the 31-year-old a spin in the table-setting role while moving Gleyber Torres down in the batting order. Rizzo could end up sticking as the leadoff man while the Yankees wait for DJ LeMahieu (triceps) to shake off an injury.

Lowe went 1-for-4 with an RBI in Saturday's 5-4 extra-inning win over Seattle.

Lowe singled home Adolis Garcia, who had doubled before him, to extend his RBI streak to four games. During that stretch, he has gone 6-for-15 with five RBI. The first baseman now has a career-high 50 RBI through 102 games.

Votto is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Mets.

Votto will receive a much-deserved breather after he saw a seven-game home-run streak come to an end in Saturday's 5-4 loss, when he finished 1-for-5 with a base hit. During the aforementioned seven-game power surge, Votto slugged nine home runs, nearly matching his total for the season (12) over 68 games prior to that. Max Schrock will cover first base in Sunday's series finale.

Ellis started at third base and went 0-for-4 with a pair of strikeouts in Saturday's 8-3 loss to the Dodgers.

This was Ellis' first start in the majors and second appearance after his contract was selected by Arizona on Friday. The Diamondbacks may trot out a variety of names -- some familiar, some less so -- at multiple positions over the final months of the season. After Eduardo Escobar was traded to Milwaukee, opportunities at third base are available. Since the trade, Asdrubal Cabrera and now Ellis have manned the hot corner.

France went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Saturday's 5-4 extra-inning loss to the Rangers.

He turned around a Spencer Patton fastball to lead off the ninth inning, giving the M's a very temporary reprieve and France his 10th homer of the season. He's hit safely in nine straight games, batting .297 (11-for-37) over that stretch, but that actually counts as cooling down for the streaky 27-year-old -- since the All-Star break he's slashing a sizzling .375/.434/.479.

Dalbec went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Saturday's 9-5 loss to the Rays.

His fifth-inning blast off Ryan Yarbrough was his first homer since June 28 and 11th of the season. While it was a nice way to wrap up July, Dalbec still slashed only .210/.234/.306 through 21 games on the month with an atrocious 1:25 BB:K. The return of Franchy Cordero hasn't had a big impact on Dalbec's playing time, but the eventual Boston debut of Kyle Schwarber (hamstring) probably will.

Cronenworth went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run, walk and strikeout in a 5-3 loss to the Rockies on Saturday.

Starting at shortstop for the injured Fernando Tatis, Cronenworth homered in the third to even the score at 2-2 and later walked in the sixth to reach base twice on the game. The infielder has put his power on display this season with 15 long balls in 104 games after just four in 54 contests in 2020. With Tatis out, Cronenworth is likely to gain shortstop eligibility as his appearance Saturday was his seventh this season.

Calhoun went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run in an 8-3 defeat to the Dodgers on Saturday.

Calhoun slugged a two-run home run in the fourth to bring Arizona within one run of Los Angeles' lead and later singled in the sixth. It was the outfielder's first home run since April 25 and he now has three long balls in 28 games after hitting 16 in 54 games last season.

Raley was optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City on Saturday, Eric Stephen of SBNation.com reports.

Raley spent a week on the big-league roster during his latest stint with the team, going just 1-for-9 at the plate. He now owns a .483 OPS through 65 plate appearances in his rookie season.