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Drury will start at second base and bat seventh Sunday against the Blue Jays, Pete Caldera of The Bergen Record reports.

With Gleyber Torres (hip) on the disabled list, the Yankees have been breaking Drury in at second base after the latter served exclusively as a corner-infield option during his stints with the big club and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre this season. Drury will pick up his second straight start at the position Sunday, but since both assignments have come against lefty pitchers, it appears he could be stuck in the short end of a platoon at the keystone with Neil Walker. Neither player has performed especially well for the Yankees this season, with Drury hitting .189 over 42 plate appearances and Walker batting .185 over 194.

Rosario is out of the lineup for Sunday's series finale against Tampa Bay, Matt Ehalt of The Bergen Record reports.

Rosario is only 2-for-21 over his last 11 games, so he will take a seat against Tampa Bay starter Nathan Eovaldi. Jose Reyes will start at shortstop and bat eighth in his absence.

Marte hit a pinch-hit solo home run in Saturday's win over the Padres.

Marte capped off a historic night for the Diamondbacks, bringing their total to 20 runs (a club record) with his eighth homer of the season. Seven of his eight home runs have come since June 1 -- he had just one long ball in his first 52 games of the season. Marte should continue to start close to every day between second base and shortstop.

Albies went 2-for-5 with two runs scored Saturday against the Brewers.

Albies now has a five-game hitting streak, four of which have been multi-hit efforts. That has aided him in his run-scoring potential, as he continues to lead the National League in runs scored.

Altuve went 2-for-4 with a walk, a double, a run and a stolen base against the White Sox on Saturday.

Altuve was relatively quiet given that the Astros scored 12 runs, though he did manage to steal his 13th base of the season. While it will be difficult for him to record his fourth constitutive 30-steal season, he has recorded 11 of his 13 stolen bases since May 20.

Chavis was promoted to Double-A Portland on Saturday.

Chavis had been with short-season Lowell for a tuneup after he was suspended for the first 80 games of the season for using a performance-enhancing substance. He'll look to conquer the Double-A level after posting a .250/.310/.492 line in 67 games for Portland last season.

Marte is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Padres.

Marte will hit the bench after starting the last four games and going 2-for-14 in that stretch. Daniel Descalso will start at second base and bat sixth for the Diamondbacks on Saturday.

Semien went 2-for-4 with a run in a loss to the Indians on Friday.

Semien has now compiled four multi-hit efforts over his last seven games, although all nine hits have been singles. Nevertheless, it's a welcome stretch of offensive success for the shortstop, who saw his season average drop 19 points to .248 during June. A boost in power numbers would ideally be the next step in Semien's resurgence, as he hasn't tallied an extra-base hit since June 20.

Albies went 1-for-4 with a double in Friday's loss to the Brewers.

The double was his 29th of the year and 50th extra-base hit. The second baseman leads the National League in both categories, and Mark Bowman of MLB.com reports that Albies is now the second-fastest Brave in history to reach 50 extra-base hits in a season, with only the legendary Hank Aaron ahead of him in the record books. Albies' .280/.320/.517 slash line isn't too shabby either.

Altuve went 3-for-4 with a walk and two runs scored in Friday's 11-4 win over the White Sox.

Altuve had been slumping, hitting just .154 over his last 26-at-bats, when he delivered the first of his three singles in the third inning Friday. The multi-hit night, his second in his last 14 games, pushed him back atop the major-league lead in batting average at .337.