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Frazier is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Tigers, Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times reports.

Frazier will take a seat after going 4-for-18 with a pair of extra-base hits and a walk while starting each of the past six games in the middle infield. The 30-year-old's last two appearances came at shortstop, but Frazier should settle back in at his natural spot at second base moving forward with J.P. Crawford (pectoral) returning to the lineup Thursday following a three-game absence.

Hensley went 3-for-4 with a walk and a run scored Wednesday against the Rangers.

Hensley was promoted from Triple-A Sugar Land on Saturday with Aledmys Diaz (groin) and Yordan Alvarez (hand) both banged up in recent days. Hensley has started three of Houston's last four games, collecting four hits in 13 at-bats. While at Sugar Land, Hensley maintained a .298/.420/.478 line in 464 plate appearances -- good for a 130 wRC+.

Altuve went 2-for-3 with a double, two walks, two RBI and two runs scored Wednesday against the Rangers.

Altuve was a primary contributor to Houston's offense Wednesday, with his biggest knock of the day being a two-RBI double in the second inning. He has seven multi-hit performances in his last 11 starts, during which he's hit .364 with two homers, six RBI and 10 runs scored. For the season, Altuve owns a .286/.374/.514 line -- good for his highest OPS since 2019.

Semien went 1-for-3 with a walk, a stolen base and two runs scored in Wednesday's 5-3 loss to Houston.

Semien's steal was his 20th and placed him in the 20-20 club (20 home runs, 20 steals) for the first time of his career. He joins outfielder Adolis Garcia as the second Rangers this year to achieve that feat. Semien topped his previous career high in steals (15 in 2021) earlier this season, which is due in part to the Rangers' philosophy of aggressiveness on the base paths, a benefit he talked about with Kennedi Landry of MLB.com in June.

Arraez went 1-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in a loss to the Red Sox on Wednesday.

Arraez accounted for the only runs off Boston starter Michael Wacha with his two-run shot to right field in the third inning. He added another RBI on a sacrifice fly in the seventh. Arraez batted a modest .269 in August to drop his season average to .318, which still ranks third among qualified major-league hitters.

Short was optioned to Triple-A Toledo after Wednesday's loss to the Mariners, Cody Stavenhagen of The Athletic reports.

Short was promoted by the Tigers last week and appeared in four games during his brief time in the majors, and he went 0-for-6 with a walk, two RBI and three strikeouts. The 27-year-old will head back to the minors with Spencer Torkelson and Ryan Kreidler set to be called up Thursday.

Andrus went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional RBI in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Royals.

Andrus put the White Sox ahead with a solo shot in the fifth inning and added another RBI on a groundout in the seventh. The homer was his first since joining Chicago and his ninth of the year. The shortstop is slashing .239/.299/.372 through 117 games overall, but he's hit a little better (.250) in 11 games with the White Sox. He's added 36 RBI, 45 runs scored and eight stolen bases when accounting for his time with Oakland.

Polanco (kneecap) is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Red Sox.

Polanco will sit out a fourth consecutive game while he continues to contend with left patellar tendinitis, affording Nick Gordon another start in the middle infield. The Twins are off Thursday, so the team will presumably wait and see how Polanco is feeling physically in advance of Friday's series opener with the White Sox before having a better sense of whether he'll require a stint on the injured list.

Haggerty (finger) is starting Wednesday against the Tigers.

Haggerty was out of the lineup for the last three games due to a finger injury, but he'll start in left field and bat ninth Wednesday. Since the start of August, he's hit .320 with two home runs, two doubles, eight runs, seven RBI and five stolen bases.

Espinal isn't in the lineup Wednesday against the Cubs.

Espinal has gone 0-for-8 with a walk and a strikeout over his last three games and will head to the bench for the third time in the last four matchups. Whit Merrifield is starting at the keystone and batting ninth.