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Lowe is not in the lineup against lefty Wade LeBlanc and the Orioles on Saturday.

The Rays have now faced three lefties this season, and Lowe has started against just one of them. Joey Wendle, who also bats left-handed, will start at second base in his absence.

Kemp went 0-for-2 with a walk, a stolen base and a run in a loss to the Mariners on Friday.

The speedster drew the start at second base and operated out of the bottom of the order, and his wheels helped provide some of the only highlights of the night for the Athletics. Kemp has started three games thus far at the keystone and is still in search of his first hit, but he has now drawn a pair of free passes and scored two runs overall.

Chavis went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Friday's 5-1 loss to the Yankees.

Chavis started at first base in place of Mitch Moreland against a left-hander, the fifth southpaw the Red Sox have faced in eight games. After going hitless in the first three starts, Chavis is 3-for-7 in his last two appearances.

Altuve went 0-for-4 with a walk and two RBI and was caught stealing in Friday's 9-6 win over the Angels.

Altuve, who is hitless in his last 14 at-bats, managed a couple of productive outs Friday. After seven games, one of MLB's best hitters has a .620 OPS.

Semien went 1-for-4 with a triple, two RBI and a run scored in Friday's loss to Seattle.

Semien finally got the A's on the board in the eighth inning with a two-run triple off Bryan Shaw. He then scored thanks to a sacrifice fly from Ramon Laureano. Unfortunately, the A's still came up short. The 29-year-old Semien has now hit safely in six straight games.

Lowe went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 6-3 loss to the Orioles.

He took Paul Fry deep in the fifth inning for his first homer of the year, knotting the score at 3-3 and taking Blake Snell off the hook for a loss. Lowe had gone 0-for-8 with four strikeouts over the prior two games, but the streaky infielder is still batting a robust .300 (9-for-30) to begin the season with six RBI in eight games.

Torres (elbow) is starting at shortstop and batting third Friday against the Red Sox.

The 23-year-old was hit by a pitch on the elbow during Thursday's win over the Orioles, but X-rays came back negative and he'll remain in the lineup Friday. Torres is 3-for-15 with one home run, two runs scored and two RBI through five games, with all three hits coming during the same contest.

Arauz started at second base and went 0-for-3 in Thursday's 4-2 win over the Mets.

Arauz, a Rule 5 draft pick, was making his first start of the season. The Red Sox are maintaining him on the roster while they can carry 30 men, but the challenge will be keeping him around when rosters are reduced to 28 and then 26.

Torres (elbow) told reporters that he thinks he'll be able to play in Friday's game against the Red Sox after being hit by a pitch and exiting Thursday's win over the Orioles, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports.

X-rays on Torres elbow came back negative earlier Thursday evening, so the shortstop's optimism about playing in Friday's rivalry matchup doesn't come as a surprise. The 23-year-old has notched three hits, including one home run, in 14 at-bats thus far.

Torres has been diagnosed with a right elbow contusion after being hit by a pitch in the first inning of Thursday's game against the Orioles.

Torres stayed in the game after being checked on by trainers, but he was later replaced by Tyler Wade in the fourth inning. With X-rays on Torres' elbow coming back negative, the shortstop seems unlikely to miss an extended period of time, although it's not yet clear if he'll be able to play in Friday's series opener against the Red Sox.