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Altuve doubled twice, homered and drove in two runs over five at-bats Wednesday in a loss to Kansas City.

This has been an all-or-nothing series for Altuve, who's collected two three-hit games as well as an 0-for-4 in the first three contests of this four-game set. Expect plenty more hits as well as steals and counting stats from Altuve as the season goes on.

Beckham reached base three times and went 2-for-3 at the plate on Tuesday against the Nationals.

Beckham was given the start at second base and batted eighth in the Braves' lineup. The 29-year-old has only started in two of the Braves' first seven games and has been more of a utility backup for the club. He's 3-for-12 at the plate in his six appearances, four of which came as a pinch-hitter later on in the game.

Andrus is not in the lineup Wednesday against the Mariners.

Andrus has gotten off to an excellent start to the season, batting .357 through eight games, but he'll get the day off Wednesday regardless. Hanser Alberto will take his spot at shortstop and bat eighth.

Semine went 2-for-3 with a pair of solo home runs Tuesday against the Angels.

Semien continues to bat ninth in the Athletics order, even though he now owns a team-leading .593 slugging percentage after this impressive outburst. The shortstop will move up if he can sustain this pace, but that's a big if.

Andrus went 3-for-4 with his first double of the season, an RBI and a run scored in Tuesday's 8-0 shellacking of the Mariners.

Andrus' .387 OBP would set a new career high, which makes it all the more frustrating that the speedy Venezuelan is yet to nab a steal on three attempts after topping 20 in each of his first seven MLB campaigns. He's making up for it by contributing elsewhere for now, but history and his place in the bottom third of the Texas batting order suggest there's a ceiling on the 27-year-old's production.

Forsythe hit his second home run Tuesday against Cleveland, a two-run home run.

The home run came off Corey Kluber and broke a 1-1 tie in the eighth inning. Forsythe is struggling to hit for average thus far, at .222 with six strikeouts in 30 plate appearances, but he has three extra-base hits and a .481 slugging percentage. Forsythe hit .281/.349/.444 in 153 games in 2015.

The Padres are hopeful to get Solarte (hamstring) back before the end of April, MLB.com's AJ Cassavell reports.

The Padres' starting third baseman appears to be progressing nicely in his recovery from a strained hamstring, and he should return in late April or early May. In the meantime, Alexi Amarista and Adam Rosales figure to get the starts at the hot corner for San Diego.

Marte is not in Tuesday's lineup against the Rangers, Bob Dutton of the Tacoma News Tribune reports.

Marte has been held without a hit over the last three games, as he's seen his average drop to .160 on the season. He'll get a day off while Luis Sardinas will take over the duties at shortstop and bat second against Derek Holland.

Altuve went 3-for-4 with two steals, an RBI and three runs Monday against the Royals.

With six steals in seven games, Altuve's off to a rip-roaring start to 2016. Six of his eight hits have been singles, but that's just given him extra chances to run. Of course, we should expect more pop to come after Altuve ripped 15 homers and 40 doubles last year. He's well on his way to another box-score-stuffing campaign.

Hernandez will get the start in left field Tuesday and is batting leadoff against the Diamondbacks, Eric Stephen of SB Nation reports.

The Dodgers are already without Scott Van Slyke and Carl Crawford due to back injuries, so Hernandez will get the start in left Tuesday to help add another right-handed bat to the lineup against lefty Patrick Corbin. Hernandez has gone 4-for-12 to start the year and should see semi-regular playing time with Van Slyke and Crawford sidelined, but Van Slyke's expected return in the coming days could render Hernandez useful only in daily formats this week.