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Guerrero (oblique) went 1-for-3 and was hit by a pitch for High-A Dunedin on Tuesday.

It's not an impressive line in the box score, but it did represent a big step in Guerrero's recovery, as he was playing back-to-back games for the first time on his rehab stint. The 20-year-old is 4-for-15 with a double through four contests for Dunedin, and he may not be far away from a promotion to Triple-A Buffalo -- the final stop before his big-league debut.

Diaz is not in the lineup Wednesday against the White Sox, Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

Diaz will head to the bench for Wednesday's series finale after starting the past five games, going 5-for-21 (.238) with a pair of homers and a stolen base in those contests. Daniel Robertson will man third base and hit seventh in this one, with Ji-Man Choi at first base and Avisail Garcia at DH.

Freeman won't play Wednesday against the Rockies with the contest being postponed due to inclement weather in Colorado, Thomas Harding of MLB.com reports.

Atlanta and Colorado will hold a make-up game Aug. 26. Freeman and the Braves will return to action Thursday in Atlanta for the club's series opener with the Mets.

Cabrera is expected to return to the starting lineup Wednesday against the Diamondbacks, Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News reports.

Cabrera was given an off day Tuesday after a whirlwind couple of days in which he flew from Anaheim (Calif.) to Miami (Fla.) to be sworn in as an American citizen before returning to Arizona on Tuesday afternoon.

Alonso went 2-for-5 with two home runs and three RBI in Tuesday's 14-8 loss to the Twins.

Alonso now has a home run in three consecutive games while also collecting multiple hits in each contest. The 24-year-old owns a fantastic .385/.429/.923 slash line with five home runs and six doubles through his first 39 major-league at-bats.

Voit went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and two runs scored Tuesday against the Astros.

Voit took Gerrit Cole deep in the first inning for his third home run of the season. He is now riding a five-game hitting streak, though he has failed to record multiple hits in any game and his average still sits at just .195. Encouragingly, he has only struck out at a 22 percent clip to begin the season and has paired that with a strong .340 on-base percentage. Batting third in the Yankees' lineup due to injuries, Voit should rack up plenty of counting stats for the time being.

Goldschmidt went 1-for-4 with a home run and two runs scored Tuesday against the Dodgers.

Goldschmidt took Ross Stripling deep in the fifth inning for his sixth home run of the season. After hitting four homers in the opening series of the season, Goldschmidt has continued to flash tremendous power. He has yet to have much batted-ball luck when he isn't going yard, as he has just two hits that haven't resulted in home runs to this point in the season.

Cabrera is not in Tuesday's lineup against the Diamondbacks, Jeff Wilson of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports.

He is 3-for-24 with a 34.6 percent strikeout rate over his last seven games. Patrick Wisdom is starting at third base and hitting seventh.

Cron is not in Tuesday's lineup against the Mets, Betsy Helfand of the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports.

With the Twins playing in a National League park, they are opting to go with Willians Astudillo at first base and Cron on the bench to open the game. With Jacob deGrom on the hill, perhaps they just want a guy in there who is unlikely to strike out, but maybe Astudillo has already ascended past Cron in the hierarchy for at-bats on the rare occasions when the Twins play in an NL park.

Hoskins went 2-for-4 with a pair of solo homers as the Phillies beat the Nationals on Monday.

Hoskins' fourth homer of the season gave the Phillies the lead in the sixth inning off Anibal Sanchez. His fifth of the year gave his team a necessary insurance run in the eighth inning off Justin Miller. The first baseman has a .367 batting average and 15 RBI to go along with his homers.