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Haggerty went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Tuesday's win over the Padres.

Make it three steals through six games for Haggerty. He also has a homer, three RBI and three runs scored. "He can do a lot of things on the field," manager Scott Servais told Lauren Smith of The News Tribune. "I'm excited with how he's swinging the bat. That was the report coming out of the Tacoma -- these quality at-bats, they were there." A 24th-round pick in 2015, Haggerty was traded from Cleveland to the Mets in January of 2019 before the Mets ultimately DFA'd him. Haggerty stole 49 bases at the High-A level in 2017 and clearly has a fan in Servais, as Haggerty has been anchored in the two hole and playing left field every day since his callup.

Kemp went 1-for-2 with three runs scored and a walk in Tuesday's 10-3 win over the Rangers. He was also hit by a pitch.

Kemp scored all three times he got on base, making a noticeable contribution to the Athletics' big win. He's hit safely in four straight games, going 4-for-14 (2.86) in that span. The second baseman is slashing .250/.384/.283 with one RBI, 11 runs scored and two stolen bases across 74 plate appearances.

Semien went 3-for-5 with a two-run home run, an additional run scored and a double in Tuesday's 10-3 win over the Rangers.

Semien swatted his fifth homer of the year in the fifth inning, accounting for what would be the winning run. In the seventh, the shortstop got aboard on a fielder's choice and later scored on Stephen Piscotty three-run double. Semien has back-to-back three-hit games, raising his batting average to .233 across 143 plate appearances. He's added 12 RBI, 18 runs scored and three stolen bases in 31 games this year.

Urias is not in Tuesday's lineup against the Reds.

He has cooled off a bit after notching back-to-back three-hit games in the middle of the month. Urias is now 2-for-22 with seven strikeouts over his last six games. Keston Hiura will start at second base while Christian Yelich starts at designated hitter and Jace Peterson gets his first start in left field.

Hoerner is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Tigers.

Hoerner started Monday but returns to the bench in favor of Jason Kipnis on Tuesday. Kipnis has outperformed Hoerner so far offensively, and that figures to keep the latter out of the lineup more often than not, at least in the short term.

Albies (wrist) hit from both sides of the plate without incident Tuesday and is getting closer to a return, David O'Brien of The Athletic reports.

Atlanta just got Ronald Acuna and Nick Markakis back Tuesday, so Albies is the lone lineup regular still on the injured list. There isn't a firm timetable for his return, but those who are stashing him should probably remain patient for another week or two.

McNeil is starting at second base and hitting eighth during Game 1 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Marlins.

He has not played since Aug. 18 due to the Mets' COVID-19 postponements and due to a knee issue that had bothered him dating back a couple weeks. McNeil has not batted lower than third in the order this season and is 2-for-18 over his last six games.

Gimenez was placed on the injured list for an undisclosed reason Tuesday, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports.

The team is not specifying which injured list Gimenez is going on, so this could be COVID-19 related. He should be considered out indefinitely.

Semien went 3-for-4 with three singles and a walk in Monday's 3-2 loss to the Rangers.

After an outstanding 2019 in which he hit .285/.369/.522 with 33 home runs, Semien has struggled a bit in the first half of the shortened 2020 campaign. He will hope that his three singles Monday can get him going on the right track after hitting just .219/.275/.352 through the first 30 games. Despite his struggles, Semien appears to still have a stranglehold on everyday leadoff duties atop the Oakland lineup.

Biggio went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored Monday against the Rays.

Biggio provided Toronto with an insurance run in the top of the ninth inning, coming through with an RBI double to right field. He's now reached base safely in 17 straight games, batting .350 with 11 extra-base hits and 11 RBI over that stretch.