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India went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, a walk and an additional run in Tuesday's 4-3 win.

India bolstered his National League Rookie of the Year case with two more extra-base hits, and his 19 home runs trail only Chicago's Patrick Wisdom (25) for most in the NL among first-year players. The 24-year-old will look to keep rolling in Wednesday's series finale; he'll start at second base and bat leadoff against the Cubs' Alec Mills.

Albies went 2-for-3 with a home run, a walk, four RBI and two runs scored in Tuesday's 8-5 win over Washington.

The second baseman was the hero Tuesday. He helped Atlanta retake the lead in the seventh inning with a two-run blast, and he added an RBI single for insurance in the eighth. Albies has homered in four straight games and now has 27 for the year. He's added a .262/.318/.502 slash line with 93 RBI, 88 runs scored and 17 stolen bases across 581 plate appearances.

Frazier is not in the lineup Tuesday against the Angels.

Frazier has hits in each of his past two games after going 4-for-33 in his previous 13 contests, but he'll take a seat for Tuesday's matchup with the Halos. Ha-Seong Kim will start at the keystone in his absence.

Dubon went 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, two RBI and a run scored in Monday's 10-5 win over Colorado.

Mike Yastrzemski (illness) was scratched from the lineup and Dubon slotted into the No. 7 spot in the order. The 27-year-old delivered arguably his best game of the season on short notice, which included a two-run single in the sixth inning for San Francisco's last runs. He's slashing .241/.280/.382 with five home runs, 22 RBI, 19 runs scored and a pair of stolen bases through 182 plate appearances. With center field a sudden point of weakness for the Giants, Dubon and Steven Duggar could both see short-term increases in playing time.

Estrada went 3-for-5 with two home runs and three RBI in Monday's victory over the Rockies.

The 25-year-old went deep off of Kyle Freeland in back-to-back innings with a solo shot in the fourth and then a two-run homer in the fifth inning. Estrada has operated mostly as a bench bat this season and had struggled to a .108 batting average while posting zero multi-hit performances in 14 games and 37 at-bats since the beginning of August prior to Monday. On the bright side, he has now hit three home runs in his last five games after having only three homers on the season before this recent hot streak.

Estrada will start at second base and bat sixth Monday in Colorado.

Estrada will stick in the lineup for the fifth time in six games, despite recording only two hits in 19 at-bats across the previous four contests. Considering that top second baseman Tommy La Stella was sidelined for most of that stretch while battling a side injury, Estrada looks like he'll be limited to a short-side platoon role moving forward. The lefty-hitting La Stella returned to action in Sunday's 6-4 win over the Dodgers, but he'll be on the bench Monday with a southpaw (Kyle Freeland) on the hill for Colorado.

Manager David Ross said Hoerner (oblique) took batting practice and participated in infield drills Monday, Meghan Montemurro of the Chicago Tribune reports.

Hoerner was placed on the injured list July 29 with the right oblique strain and appeared on track to rejoin the Cubs by the end of August, only to have his recovery timeline pushed back when he suffered a setback during his minor-league rehab assignment. Due to the length of his absence, Hoerner will more than likely need to restart a rehab assignment and play in at least a handful of games before being activated. Once reinstated, Hoerner will likely take over as the Cubs' everyday shortstop.

Albies went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Sunday's 9-2 win over the Rockies.

Albies' only hit came on the first pitch of the day, taking Ryan Feltner deep to right to open up the game. The 24-year-old has homered in three straight games and four of his last six, a run similar to the one he had in August when he had five home runs in six games. Albies has hit safely in nine of his last 10 games and is now slashing .260/.316/.495 with 26 homers, 89 RBI, 86 runs scored, 17 steals and 42:106 BB:K over 576 plate appearances.

Rojas went 1-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in Sunday's 10-4 loss to the Mariners.

The two runs give Rojas 60 for the season, second on the team behind Pavin Smith. He filled in at shortstop for the resting Nick Ahmed on Sunday, the 29th start at the position for Rojas, who will continue to move around the diamond through the rest of the season. He's also been deployed at second base and both corner outfield spots. Rojas has established himself as a piece for the 2022 iteration of the Diamondbacks, though it's unclear if he'll continue to be deployed as a utility guy or given a stable home. He entered MLB as a second baseman primarily.

Albies went 2-for-5 with a solo home run and an additional run scored Saturday in a loss to the Rockies.

Albies took Colorado starter German Marquez deep in the third inning to give Atlanta a short-lived 3-2 lead. He also homered Friday after sitting out a few games due to a knee injury. Albies' long ball Saturday helped him establish a new career high with 25 on the season.